Blue Tooth Question

[CRZin702]

Howdy ya'll,

I just went with my friend to buy a new Prius, and when they delivered the vehicle to him, they connected his blue tooth. The cool thing though once his Iphone was paired to the Prius, he was able to play his Iphone mp3's through the blue tooth. I went to my CRZ and tried the same thing, but didn't work, but I have a Droid. Has anyone with an Iphone here tried that before? Or is that just a Prius thing?

[zach2011]

I've tried it before, it does not work unfortunately. It just depends on the type of Bluetooth chip used in the vehicle.

[CRZin702]

Bummer, I thought that was such a cool feature. I was hoping it was just something I wasn't aware of in the CRZ...Oh well...=) Thanks zach2011...

[holeydonut]

Nope, the CR-Z's factory bluetooth won't support the A2DP hi-bitrate stereo-audio protocol. It only supports the lesser-quality protocol to stream voice for calls.


My solution: (I eventually hard-wired the dongle behind my dash so it's not even visible)
http://www.crzforum.com/forum/61440-post5.html

[franck2725]

i tryed with my lg iq phone and all it does is voice call no music

[CRZ-Silver]

I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate phone and bought the Blackberry Music Gateway to enable my phone to connect via A2DP with the car stereo.
It works amazing and I not only listen to music from the phone but most times I prefer to stream online radio.
Just get any A2DP device that connects your phone to the stereo but the Blackberry device seems to be working with a lot of phones.

PS. I do not power the Blackberry bluetooth dongle from the USB port on the stereo like in the thread linked above, I use a car charger that has two USB cables (one for the phone, one for the Bluetooth dongle). The USB port on the stereo is reserved for the USB key that I use when I do not stream online radio.

[wizkid057]

My short term solution has been to use this little device. Seems to pair with most A2DP phones.

http://www.amazon.com/Scosche-motorM...5538549&sr=1-1

Using this until my CarPC is complete.

[Neutron256]

Originally Posted by wizkid057

My short term solution has been to use this little device. Seems to pair with most A2DP phones.

Amazon.com: Scosche motorMOUTH Plug and Play Bluetooth Handsfree and Streaming Audio Car Kit: Automotive

Using this until my CarPC is complete.

We use the motorMOUTH in my wife's Fit/Jazz. Hands free calling is not the best, but it works great for streaming music. The downside is that you have to charge it up regularly, or keep a power cable running to it. (I hate clutter in my car)

I had the Parrot MKi9100 bluetooth kit I installed in my Smart Car. It's a unit that plugs in between the radio and the speakers. This makes it so if you're listening to the radio it can cut it off and play bluetooth through the speakers. This works great if you're using your phone for turn-by-turn directions because it will mute the radio, you'll hear the directions, and then the radio comes back on.

I've been thinking about installing a parrot in my CR-Z but it has a separate display and remote which I don't want to mess with.

[Element]

My Samsung Galaxy 4G was able to stream music through Bluetooth.

[wizkid057]

Originally Posted by Element

My Samsung Galaxy 4G was able to stream music through Bluetooth.

Wait, how? ... I also have one of these and it will not stream music through the stock HFL bluetooth system.