Hi,
Does anyone know does the Walkman app support :
Streaming via bluetooth
Automatic fading (e.g. when a satnav app is giving directions ) ?
I was thinking of getting Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps - has anyone used it ?
I'd like to stream my music on the phone over bluetooth to the car stereo (maybe using e.g. IOPlay : http://www.my-io.com/products/io-play2-overview ) and have the sat nav interrupt it occasionally for directions. In theory
Does this sound like it would work ?
nick0x said:
Hi,
Does anyone know does the Walkman app support :
Streaming via bluetooth
Automatic fading (e.g. when a satnav app is giving directions ) ?
I was thinking of getting Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps - has anyone used it ?
I'd like to stream my music on the phone over bluetooth to the car stereo (maybe using e.g. IOPlay : http://www.my-io.com/products/io-play2-overview ) and have the sat nav interrupt it occasionally for directions. In theory
Does this sound like it would work ?
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the first question,the bluetooth streaming is supported
Just tried Walkman and sygic, didn't navigate but the sounds in voice instructions made the Walkman cut down the music and then after the message fade in again.
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ahvipardik said:
Just tried Walkman and sygic, didn't navigate but the sounds in voice instructions made the Walkman cut down the music and then after the message fade in again.
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Thanks *very* much for testing - much appreciate it!
What do you think of Sygic?
nick0x said:
Thanks *very* much for testing - much appreciate it!
What do you think of Sygic?
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Just as a follow up - while I haven't yet bought an IOPlay the walkman does work great with Sygic. And as for Sygic - I think its an excellent navigation app. It can store the maps on the SD card and the latest update works really well
I use power amp and sygic and music fades in and out for directions as it should
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I use my Atrix BlueTooth in my Pick Up for all calls.When I switch the stereo to BT Audio the Atrix automatically starts Music Player. Is there a way to shut this off? It is a pain in the butt when I want to watch HBOgo movies or listen to Pandora....I have to pause the Music Player because there is no way I know of to shut it down
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I use my Atrix BlueTooth in my Pick Up for all calls.When I switch the stereo to BT Audio the Atrix automatically starts Music Player. Is there a way to shut this off? It is a pain in the butt when I want to watch HBOgo movies or listen to Pandora....I have to pause the Music Player because there is no way I know of to shut it down
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Just bypassed this in my Seat using Tasker - a media buttons grab on bluetooth connection and release on disconnection.
Monkey see, monkey do.
CodeMonkey said:
Just bypassed this in my Seat using Tasker - a media buttons grab on bluetooth connection and release on disconnection.
Monkey see, monkey do.
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Thanks for the Reply, I looked up that app, " Tasker ". Looks like a sweet app for $6.50. But I dont need any of the other features it provides. I would like to know how to disable the Music Player Automatic Startup function without spending anything on an app to be honest.
Try Llama. It's basically tasker lite. And itself free!
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omnimanx1 said:
Thanks for the Reply, I looked up that app, " Tasker ". Looks like a sweet app for $6.50. But I dont need any of the other features it provides. I would like to know how to disable the Music Player Automatic Startup function without spending anything on an app to be honest.
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No worries - I wasn't trying to push you to get the app, merely mentioned it in case you had it / could look up the functions I mentioned as a guide to finding your own fixes.
Monkey see, monkey do.
drumercalzone09 said:
Try Llama. It's basically tasker lite. And itself free!
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Thanks for the reply...Looks like Llama turns off bluetooth all together...unless I missed a setting somewhere.
Did you check the settings in the music app to see if you can override the headset? I think that's how its seeing your BT connector.
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Did you check the settings in the music app to see if you can override the headset? I think that's how its seeing your BT connector.
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I did. There are no options for bluetooth whatsoever. All I see as far as options is:
audio effects>
Party Shuffle Off/On>
Shuffle all>
there has got to be a dev here that can make a separate navigation volume . im sick of not being able to hear my nav while playing music . when nav voice comes on its so low compared to the volume i listen to my music at . HELP! even if its not a separate volume may some one could break into the app and boost the volume in the app about 30 %
Hmmm sound interesting but upload or link me to the app
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Its the maps app . You should have it on your phone .
If you wanted integrated navigation volume it would have to be hard coded into the OS. Nav volume is based on media volume, so you can't really boost it in the OS. It would require edits to a majority of the framework files and a custom systemui
well then my question is ... can it be done ? i know im not the only one with this problem. its all over the internet with no fix that i can find . im sure people would appreciate it if a modded app was available .there used to be a separate volume for this but google removed it for some reason ?
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well then my question is ... can it be done ? i know im not the only one with this problem. its all over the internet with no fix that i can find . im sure people would appreciate it if a modded app was available .there used to be a separate volume for this but google removed it for some reason ?
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Doubtful. If it was done, it couldn't be done for Sense roms and would take months to implement into AOSP. You'd have to convince CM or someone that it's a major issue. Too much work for 1-2 people. Try using an aftermarket app like Volume+?
It can depends on how you are listening to music. If you listen to music from your phone threw the auxiliary port in the car then it will play threw the car speakers and work like you want it to. It maybe even work threw Bluetooth if your car lets you listen to music/media thew Bluetooth then you might be able to listen to the radio while having nav on and connected to Bluetooth and have it played back on the car speakers. When I need to use the nav on mine I just connect threw the auxiliary and listen to music from my phone and let the nav play threw the speakers.
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yes i have a 2011 ford taurus and connect via bluetooth it works but while listening to music and using nav ,the nav is much lower than the music . and if i turn up the volume then the music is to loud . it just sucks google took out nav volume . theres got to be a way to break into the nav app and change the output volume . but im no developer so i may be wrong . maybe even something like this http://www.droidforums.net/forum/te...ions/85987-facinate-g-nav-volume-too-low.html
Try doing it thew the auxiliary that works great for me it works on stock nav and sygic.
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That weird when I tried the app my music go low and the nav can talk what music app are you using
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Personally, for many reasons, I have a strong preference for using a separate device for my GPS. I use an old Garmin nuvi 750.
Without the Garmin, I would be running maps, trapster, and keeping my phone on the dashboard for a good GPS signal. And on top of that, I might receive a phone call.
I prefer using my GPS as a GPS and speed camera warning device. Then my smart phone can be a phone, email, messaging device.
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Personally, for many reasons, I have a strong preference for using a separate device for my GPS. I use an old Garmin nuvi 750.
Without the Garmin, I would be running maps, trapster, and keeping my phone on the dashboard for a good GPS signal. And on top of that, I might receive a phone call.
I prefer using my GPS as a GPS and speed camera warning device. Then my smart phone can be a phone, email, messaging device.
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Navigation is for people who don't have a GPS, or don't have it with them. Not meant to be a full fledged GPS. (Even though it is pretty close)
I noticed this same problem about a month or so ago. They changed Maps so that it had the same volume as general media and assumed that all other apps would work perfectly with it. Like you said its all over the internet, or a decent section of the internet. Based on the amount of complaints I assume eventually things will improve over time with updates. Yet with the way they reprogrammed it, there is no longer a separate "navigation volume" option in settings. So changing it would be like programming an entirely new app. I'm with you though. I can't hear my nav at the same appropriate volume of music.
Hello Members
I've a bluetooth Alpine car stereo, and when I connect my XZU the default music player is the Walkman app, if I pause the app and close it then try and use Google Music Player app, I get no sound through the car stereo.
I've worked out that apparently the Sony Walkman app takes possession of the Bluetooth sound connection as default, and that this is showing up in the Smartconnect app under the 'device' section under 'application'.
So, how can I change the default application that opens in the Smartconnect app to Google Music play, when I connect to my car stereo?
Any help would be great, thanks
Regards
Livio
liviococcia said:
Hello Members
I've a bluetooth Alpine car stereo, and when I connect my XZU the default music player is the Walkman app, if I pause the app and close it then try and use Google Music Player app, I get no sound through the car stereo.
I've worked out that apparently the Sony Walkman app takes possession of the Bluetooth sound connection as default, and that this is showing up in the Smartconnect app under the 'device' section under 'application'.
So, how can I change the default application that opens in the Smartconnect app to Google Music play, when I connect to my car stereo?
Any help would be great, thanks
Regards
Livio
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SmartConnect/events then edit the one linked with your car stereo. Haven't tried it myself so don't know it you can change the default, but I have it so it plays PowerAmp on car connection, so should work.
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Thanks SpyderTracks, if I add an 'Event' to the 'Alpine car stereo' device to allow Google Music Player to start, then what I get is, on connecting to the car stereo the Walkman app will open in the notification bar, but I'll have to close it first and then open the Google Music Player app.
Smartconnect should really just allow me simply to change the default startup 'Applications' rather than having to add additional events.
Has anyone got any ideas if the primary Application for a device in Smartconnect can be altered?
I really can't understand how, or why it's having to work in this way, and why Smartconnect didn't ask me first what Application I wanted to start, when I first made the Bluetooth pairing to the Alpine Car stereo.
This option should have been a choice that I make.
liviococcia said:
Thanks SpyderTracks, if I add an 'Event' to the 'Alpine car stereo' device to allow Google Music Player to start, then what I get is, on connecting to the car stereo the Walkman app will open in the notification bar, but I'll have to close it first and then open the Google Music Player app.
Smartconnect should really just allow me simply to change the default startup 'Applications' rather than having to add additional events.
Has anyone got any ideas if the primary Application for a device in Smartconnect can be altered?
I really can't understand how, or why it's having to work in this way, and why Smartconnect didn't ask me first what Application I wanted to start, when I first made the Bluetooth pairing to the Alpine Car stereo.
This option should have been a choice that I make.
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Just worth a try, try adding a new action when you're next in the car and deleting the existing one.
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i can't get this working. i've paired my bluetooth earphones and all headset controls (even if in google music) work through that damn walkman app.
i looked in events and see nothing about stopping that app taking default control of inputs.
i tried to freeze the app and it did nothing.
i listen to audio courses on my phone on the way in to work and need to be able to press pause. this phone can't do that unless the screen is on in front of me the whole time which is going to kill my battery
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ok, froze smart connect and walkman and seems to be better, except oddly the pause button doesn't work as it did before
and what i've done above stops the smartwatch connecting.
any way to have both?
SpyderTracks thanks for the suggestion, and I did think of trying that.
But when I initially connected the car stereo up to the phone the first time, it never gave me the option to setup a new Smartconnect hardware action for the stereo's connection, it made that wrong decision for me.
So, because we need to find out if either the Smartconnect software can either be controlled fully, or if it can be deactivated without effecting the SmartWatch 2 functions, I've email Sony for help also. I think that all bluetooth connect 'Application' decisions in Smartconnect software should be confirmed, and all Sony bluetooth hardware specific items should be automatic.
Or, that the Smartconnect software should only be relevant to Sony NFC Bluetooth, and WIFi products, and nothing else.
Hope your listening Sony!
liviococcia said:
SpyderTracks thanks for the suggestion, and I did think of trying that.
But when I initially connected the car stereo up to the phone the first time, it never gave me the option to setup a new Smartconnect hardware action for the stereo's connection, it made that wrong decision for me.
So, because we need to find out if either the Smartconnect software can either be controlled fully, or if it can be deactivated without effecting the SmartWatch 2 functions, I've email Sony for help also. I think that all bluetooth connect 'Application' decisions in Smartconnect software should be confirmed, and all Sony bluetooth hardware specific items should be automatic.
Or, that the Smartconnect software should only be relevant to Sony NFC Bluetooth, and WIFi products, and nothing else.
Hope your listening Sony!
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Thanks for the info and your time on this... I hope Sony respond. It seems short sighted to lock such a good app to link to Sony apps only... Keep us posted please :sly:
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Just an update,...
Sony never responded to my email, I ended up doing a Web chat, which got me nowhere so I ended calling them with no success.
I have read a few forum posts regarding this type of problem from a while back, people were experiencing problems of the Alpine head unit showing BT A Pause' when using some apps, while other apps on there phones (of the time) worked with no problems.
I think this problem not so much a Sony problem, as it is, how Google Music Player is interacting within the Bluetooth connection of the phone, and the way the Alpine Bluetooth car head unit is understanding the connection.
There was a known issue with Alpine BT head units, and ipods/Iphones/and Motorola s, which lead them to issue a firmware update, I wounder wheather this might be the case again for the XZU
I have just discovered this issue today when trying the google music app. This is frustrating as Play Music allows saving to SD by default, and I am not willing to root my Z Ultra.
It does appear that smart connect is locked to the Walkman app which makes switching music service almost impossible. :crying:
McNexus said:
I have just discovered this issue today when trying the google music app. This is frustrating as Play Music allows saving to SD by default, and I am not willing to root my Z Ultra.
It does appear that smart connect is locked to the Walkman app which makes switching music service almost impossible. :crying:
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I use poweramp which you can set to autostart when there's a BT connection. Bypasses smart connect entirely with the same outcome.
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grrr sony
liviococcia said:
Hello Members
I've a bluetooth Alpine car stereo, and when I connect my XZU the default music player is the Walkman app, if I pause the app and close it then try and use Google Music Player app, I get no sound through the car stereo.
I've worked out that apparently the Sony Walkman app takes possession of the Bluetooth sound connection as default, and that this is showing up in the Smartconnect app under the 'device' section under 'application'.
So, how can I change the default application that opens in the Smartconnect app to Google Music play, when I connect to my car stereo?
Any help would be great, thanks
Regards
Livio
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This is quite a frustrating problem. Sony is quite elitist when it comes to their software. Fortunately andoid is flexible. Delete all events for smart connect. And install tasker. With tasker you can set Google play to start when headphones or bluetooth are connected.
Its not quite as good as smart connect unfortunately, because it has a very confusing interface. But once you figure out how to work with tasker its definately a "set and forget" type of functionality.
Hope this helps ^-^
Hi guys !
-6802
-14.2.A.1.136 (clean stock)
-Walkman version 8.1.A.0.3
Got a strange problem with Bluetooth streaming in the car . The Walkman player suddenly jumping on pause (every 2-3min).
So I need again manually push "play ' button on the phone to restore music play.
My Stamina mode is OFF. (restarting the phone not helps)
Any ideas whats going on ?
Regards.
avetny said:
Hi guys !
-6802
-14.2.A.1.136 (clean stock)
-Walkman version 8.1.A.0.3
Got a strange problem with Bluetooth streaming in the car . The Walkman player suddenly jumping on pause (every 2-3min).
So I need again manually push "play ' button on the phone to restore music play.
My Stamina mode is OFF. (restarting the phone not helps)
Any ideas whats going on ?
Regards.
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I think it's an issue with the rom. I have a feeling the BT is dropping connection which is why it pauses if only for a moment. Not 100% sure though, but yeah, I have the same since 290.
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I think it's an issue with the rom. I have a feeling the BT is dropping connection which is why it pauses if only for a moment. Not 100% sure though, but yeah, I have the same since 290.
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thank you
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this query but I can't find anywhere else.
I've got a Swift 2X and I'm having real issues with the Bluetooth audio in my car. I had no issues with my previous Galaxy S5 but with the Swift the music keeps cutting in and out. I've tried most basic tests and the issue send to be completely random.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mitch
Sulik50 said:
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this query but I can't find anywhere else.
I've got a Swift 2X and I'm having real issues with the Bluetooth audio in my car. I had no issues with my previous Galaxy S5 but with the Swift the music keeps cutting in and out. I've tried most basic tests and the issue send to be completely random.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mitch
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What way does it cut in/out? Does it pause the music or lose connection and then regain it? Also what model of car/radio.
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What way does it cut in/out? Does it pause the music or lose connection and then regain it? Also what model of car/radio.
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Hi Heavy Metal Man, I think it's pausing and not losing connection. Everything Bluetooth wise works fine for calls, (Audible) audio books and Google navigation directions. The problem is when I try to listen to music from my phone, I've tried Spotify, Amazon music and Google music and the Origen is the same. And, I am when possible downloading the music to my phone and no streaming it over mobile data.
I have a 2011 DS3 with the built in original radio/Bluetooth hands free kit (not sure of the model of radio sorry).
Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards,
Mitch
Sulik50 said:
Hi Heavy Metal Man, I think it's pausing and not losing connection. Everything Bluetooth wise works fine for calls, (Audible) audio books and Google navigation directions. The problem is when I try to listen to music from my phone, I've tried Spotify, Amazon music and Google music and the Origen is the same. And, I am when possible downloading the music to my phone and no streaming it over mobile data.
I have a 2011 DS3 with the built in original radio/Bluetooth hands free kit (not sure of the model of radio sorry).
Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards,
Mitch
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Hmm. What file format types are the songs? Any play better than others? It seems odd that it is only music. Have a play about with other sources and see if any play with less stuttering.