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Hello.
I am planning to buy some bluetooth carkit for Raphael and I want to ask you for your opinions and suggestions.
I want following:
- Build into a car directly-hard kit
- Sound goes to loudspeakers
- Big display to browse phonebook(Outlook),call logs(missed,incoming,outgoing)
- Comfortable control and browsing phonebook(not like wheel on Parrot)
- Phonebook with support for more numbers per contact
- Maybe some control buttons separated from display
- Browsing phonebook should be quick,not slow.
Has anyone some suggestions?
Good Luck
I have researched a fair amount on the subject. Never got too far - you will never find what you are looking for.
Your BEST bet in my opinion is to go for a higher end headunit - i think Pioneer makes a bluetooth capable receiver which has a lot of the functionality you require. I think they were like DEH-700bt and DEH-900bt. When i get some more cash (and these start showing up on the used markets) i'm buying the 900 model myself.
I know it's not enough for what you're looking to do, but if anyone sees this and cares, I got the MotoRokr T505 for like 70 bucks new on amazon, Does bluetooth hands free, stereo audio, fm tranmitting that autoscans for the best channel, has phone and media controls on it, battery lasts forever, audio quality is great, people don't even know I'm on a hands-free, uses your cars existing stereo, I can't say enough good things about it, had it for over 6 months, not a single problem.
Thanks for the tips guys.
However,I don't accept them,because:
- car radio with BT is for me useless,because in my car it is located pretty far from driver(Citroen Evasion),so I cannot comfortably see phbook on the display. Another thing against,it is expensive and for example Alpine I tried was unable to browse contacts.
- MotoRokr has no display,so big disadvantage for me.
I like the BT carkit in our company's Skoda Octavia II,with comfortable browser located right in front of my eyes on the onboard display,controls on steering wheel,sound to speakers,etc. I want something similar to my private Evasion.
Take a look at parrot.com site.
I use THB Bury CC9060 Plus.
It's touch screen or fully (even the deepest settings) voice controlable, works with up to 2 phones and one A2DP connection at the same time and offers great sound quality.
No need to take hands off steering wheel for anything you would like to do.
Sascha
All,
Does anybody have any fixes regarding the sound quality when using Bluetooth A2DP protocol? I use my Evo to mate with a Bluetooth receiver so I can listen to Rhapsody over my home stereo. The sound quality is flat. The high frequencies are not present. It sounds like a bad quality MP3. I know that its the A2DP causing the quality issue as directly connection (through 3.5 jack) is awsome.
The Apple 3GS A2DP sound quality was awsome. I am not sure why the Evo is not sounding good. Any help would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Lance
use the cyanogen rom--this uses a bitpool of 53 giving you the best bluetooth quality possible. the stock/sprint/htc bluetooth drivers are set for a bitpool of 32
Is there any other ROM that has the bit pool set to 53?
Lance
Nope all Sense roms use HTC's ****ty low bitpool setting. This is why I'm running CM as well it's the only rom I can A2DP to my Sony Head unit and get good audio. I attempted to contact HTC about this issue here's the juicy details
Here's my initial question
I have terrible static when streaming music over A2DP on my HTC EVO to my sony mex-bt2800 car radio. If I use CyanogenMod 6.0 which uses a open source bluetooth stack my A2DP is crystal clear to my radio. I have used logcat to look at whats going on I dont know if its a bitrate problem or a bitpool problem or if my radio isn't in your acoustic database.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708265&highlight=bluetooth+bitrate
Here's the response I received
Although the android software has been updated to be more compatible with Bluetooth headsets and car kits. Most of the time a Bluetooth manufacturer will have a list on there website stating devices they have found compatible, but this is not always the case. From the information on your issue it seems that your device is simply not fully compatible. The only thing we would be able to recommend would be to try another headset.
Then my response back
I would like an Engineer to read my question if possible since I don't think you fully grasp what I'm saying here. First My EVO's Bluetooth A2DP WORKS 100% clearly when using a Open Source ROM which implements Bluez Bluetooth stack http://www.bluez.org/
When I run your Sense UI ROM the Stock ROM you release which uses your own proprietary Bluetooth Stack I get static in the background so you cant really say its my phone now can you? Its your implementation that's not working properly. I'm not about to try every car stereo till I find one that works with the EVO when I know my stereo can work perfectly with my phone when using a properly coded open source Bluetooth stack.
Here is some extra info from a logcat that shows how your Bluetooth makes a connection through A2DP and what I believe is too low of a bitrate or bitpool setting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708265&highlight=bluetooth+bitrate
PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME A ANSWER THAT YOU JUST READ FROM A SCRIPT. I would like a true response from someone who understands and can grasp my question fully like an engineer or a developer, when you give me a generic response of oh your Bluetooth headset isn't compatible keep buying new ones till you find one that works, that really makes me upset since you didn't even read my question it's a car stereo and there not cheap.
I await your educated answer.
And there final bull**** reply
We apologies for any inconvenience you may be experiencing. We will document your concern for review in development of our upcoming devices and future software updates. The situation is still an incompatibility with our device and your car kit weather on software or a hardware level. Unfortunately at this we have no further information beyond what has already been provided.
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Nope all Sense roms use HTC's ****ty low bitpool setting. This is why I'm running CM as well it's the only rom I can A2DP to my Sony Head unit and get good audio. I attempted to contact HTC about this issue here's the juicy details
Here's my initial question
I have terrible static when streaming music over A2DP on my HTC EVO to my sony mex-bt2800 car radio. If I use CyanogenMod 6.0 which uses a open source bluetooth stack my A2DP is crystal clear to my radio. I have used logcat to look at whats going on I dont know if its a bitrate problem or a bitpool problem or if my radio isn't in your acoustic database.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708265&highlight=bluetooth+bitrate
Here's the response I received
Although the android software has been updated to be more compatible with Bluetooth headsets and car kits. Most of the time a Bluetooth manufacturer will have a list on there website stating devices they have found compatible, but this is not always the case. From the information on your issue it seems that your device is simply not fully compatible. The only thing we would be able to recommend would be to try another headset.
Then my response back
I would like an Engineer to read my question if possible since I don't think you fully grasp what I'm saying here. First My EVO's Bluetooth A2DP WORKS 100% clearly when using a Open Source ROM which implements Bluez Bluetooth stack http://www.bluez.org/
When I run your Sense UI ROM the Stock ROM you release which uses your own proprietary Bluetooth Stack I get static in the background so you cant really say its my phone now can you? Its your implementation that's not working properly. I'm not about to try every car stereo till I find one that works with the EVO when I know my stereo can work perfectly with my phone when using a properly coded open source Bluetooth stack.
Here is some extra info from a logcat that shows how your Bluetooth makes a connection through A2DP and what I believe is too low of a bitrate or bitpool setting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708265&highlight=bluetooth+bitrate
PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME A ANSWER THAT YOU JUST READ FROM A SCRIPT. I would like a true response from someone who understands and can grasp my question fully like an engineer or a developer, when you give me a generic response of oh your Bluetooth headset isn't compatible keep buying new ones till you find one that works, that really makes me upset since you didn't even read my question it's a car stereo and there not cheap.
I await your educated answer.
And there final bull**** reply
We apologies for any inconvenience you may be experiencing. We will document your concern for review in development of our upcoming devices and future software updates. The situation is still an incompatibility with our device and your car kit weather on software or a hardware level. Unfortunately at this we have no further information beyond what has already been provided.
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Well I commend you for trying. This is something that makes me want to tear my hair out so I would love to see this resolved as well.
good on ya mate.
anyone know how to get another bluetooth stack on stock rooted 2.2?
I asked Flipz a while ago but I don't think he's looking into it. I also asked Netarchy he said he would look into it sometime but that i shouldn't hold my breath since he hadn't even looked at the code yet. HTC has released the source for their Bluez implementation so all we need is a dev willing to look into adjusting the bitpool setting.
This is a HUGE problem. I am flashing CM6 right now. HTC I am very disappointed with you..
The cyanogen rom also has great dsp equalizer
CyanogenMod will also make you a tropical island than transform your EVO into a jet plane and take you there ;-)
But in all seriousness, yeah, CM6 has BT fixed. One of my friends nagged Cyanogen about it last month, and he patched it right away.
I wish somebody could help us by increasing the bitpool on the Bluetooth driver. The Evo would be so much more enjoyable (for me at least) if the sound quality was better thru A2DP.
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Is there any other ROM that has the bit pool set to 53?
Lance
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It would be nice if there can be a patch of some sort...
Just an update today I got a call from HTC customer service since i gave a poor review of my experience on a survey they sent me. Talked in great detail about our problem with the Bluetooth stack told him about the bitpool setting how its 53 on CM and 35 on there roms. So hopefully on the next update well get a fix for the Stock Sense UI rom.
^^LMAO!!! dont blv the hype
I read that the CM6 ROM has this issue fixed. I have also read reports that the ROM email client doesn't support word wrapping (which I really do need). Can anybody confirm this?
Also,
Can anybody in ROM land please create a patch or an update to their ROM which increases the Bitpool to 53? I understand that the Bluetooth driver code has been released.
Thanks
bump............
any roms address this yet?
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any roms address this yet?
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maybe:
* Added DSP Manager (Digital Signal Processing) to boost audio and equalize sound for Headset, Phone Speaker and Bluetooth devices.
wont let me post links, but you know what to do:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793471
I am using the latest OTA, rooted, along with the latest pandora and the bt audio quality is much better. I have the motorola t605.
With the initial 2.2 update bt quality sucked but now it's better.
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mchlwvr614 said:
I am using the latest OTA, rooted, along with the latest pandora and the bt audio quality is much better. I have the motorola t605.
With the initial 2.2 update bt quality sucked but now it's better.
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That was a streaming issue, not a bitpool issue.
The BT audio was a lot better on my TP2 when I updated the registry bitpool to 48 from 32.
I wish they would fix it.
Hello all,
I'm looking to purchase a Tablet to satisfy a couple of my needs and would like to find out if some of my ideas are possible.
I spend a fair amount of my time in and out of my car so I'm looking to use a Galaxy tab for Satnav, music, phone access and emails. I spotted a Samsung dock that looks promising the "EDD-D1B1BEGSTD" (cannot link as a new user)
It charges it and has audio out which is perfect so I don't have to mess about with plugging in different cables everytime im in and out of the car just drop in and go with an aux in car stereo ready. My concern is it doesn't looks like it could take breaking/acceleration forces very well. Do any other docking stations have both charging and audio that are more car specific?
I don't want 2 contracts for 3G connection so can i confirm i can bluetooth my HTC desire to my tablet to access the internet?
As far as satnav goes, is it possible to have google maps offline?
Is it possible to bluetooth my HTC desire to the tablet to make and receive calls? As if the Tablet is plugged into my car stereo it would be a nice to have hands free calls. Would this be able to pull up my contacts from my phone too?
Out of interest would it be able to use a torrent manager and save directly to a network device/nasbox
Hope some people can answer my questions as im almost certain im going to make a purchase
Cheers
Alex
Any dock you purchase will struggle in the car as it is quite large in size - I see the tab as more of a co-pilot/navigator's unit which can be handheld or on a lap. I would recommend looking at reviews carefully and looking for any videos of the mount in action before purchasing. I do find the gps reception excellent and Google Navigation is fairly good though not quite TomTom quality.
For car audio, I'd recommend a bluetooth car stereo as this makes connection and playback much simpler.
Google Maps can be downloaded offline up to about 10-15 "squares" of information but this doesn't work for the Google navigation app. Google Navigation requires an internet connection to create a route and any wrong turns will also require the internet as a re-route is made. Probably best navigation is Sygic which is free to try for a month and then is about €20 to keep the maps and it works all offline.
There are a few apps that link the phone and tablet for messaging but not sure about calls if your car would be connected to tablet then the phone couldn't connect to car stereo if a call comes in I think.
There are loads of apps for getting nzbs/torrents and sending them to your NAS remotely, e.g. Synodroid is the one I use for Synology NAS.
So I'm really after an in car mount with just the one connector... But has audio out and charging... any ideas?
If I'm bluetoothing my HTC Desire to the tablet my understanding is I then cannot pair with a car stereo so would rather the in car month had audio out.
If your Desire has a 3g connection, you can create a wifi hotspot for the Tab... that way you can use Google maps for navigation on the tab (I've tried it with my Tab + Arc, works great!) Ofcourse, it does use quite a bit of data.. so unless you have around 2gb a month this would not be a viable option
Also if your car has bluetooth you can pair it with the phone/tablet to get audio over bluetooth ( no cables required)
I use my Tab for navigation. Google cached maps are useless without a wireless connection if you go off route. You need something like CoPilot (what I use) or Sygic which stores all map data locally on the device. There's no "official" car dock so you'll have to use the single port and a car charger to keep it charged. You can either use the audio out port to connect physically to the car's audio via a 3.5mm jack or some type of BT adapter connected to the car's audio to connect wirelessly.
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F8Z492-P-Bluetooth-Music-Receiver/dp/B0047T79VS
The idea of the docking situation is to make it as simple/lazy as possible. I find if I've got to mess about before a journey i just wont use the tech so wont buy it.
Ideal situation is, I walk up to my car with the tablet in bag and desire in my pocket. I step inside the car, drop the tablet in the docking station (no messing about with cables or adjusting cradles) turn tablet bluetooth on via widget on desktop and have everything ready to go. Data connection + phone ready to use when I want it and music/handfree kit through the car speakers via the aux in connection on the docking station.
The idea behind using bluetooth for Data is I could leave bluetooth on my Desire 24/7 (I already do) leave the phone in my pocket (not setup my phone for tethering each journey) push one button on my tablet and I'm ready to go. This could hopefully keep my data plan down to a minimal usage.
I know it sounds petty but in real life I want to get in and go.
Do people kind of understand what I mean? Or am i being too lazy/picky
cr33ch said:
Or am i being too lazy/picky
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^^^^^
This.
At least as far as tablets go. You could probably fabricate something yourself using the Tab media dock and a third party mount yourself, but nothing like what you're looking for currently exists.
I don't think I'm asking too much and I'll still prob go ahead with one but it would be nice to have all the features...
I'm kinda going on this video (though its not in english) that you can tether your data via Bluetooth w.youtube.com/watch?v=5hglunqoZLo&feature=related (I can't post videos as a new user)
But I don't know if the phone's calls\sms\contacts can be tethered to the tablet. Plus it will need to do all the above while sending data...
Navigation im not too bothered about, ill prob just either use data like I've been doing with my Desire or download tomtom
Then all I need to find is either a docking station that's more car friendly with same functions or modify the samsung one some how to make it more secure
cr33ch said:
Hello all,
I'm looking to purchase a Tablet to satisfy a couple of my needs and would like to find out if some of my ideas are possible.
I spend a fair amount of my time in and out of my car so I'm looking to use a Galaxy tab for Satnav, music, phone access and emails. I spotted a Samsung dock that looks promising the "EDD-D1B1BEGSTD" (cannot link as a new user)
It charges it and has audio out which is perfect so I don't have to mess about with plugging in different cables everytime im in and out of the car just drop in and go with an aux in car stereo ready. My concern is it doesn't looks like it could take breaking/acceleration forces very well. Do any other docking stations have both charging and audio that are more car specific?
I don't want 2 contracts for 3G connection so can i confirm i can bluetooth my HTC desire to my tablet to access the internet?
As far as satnav goes, is it possible to have google maps offline?
Is it possible to bluetooth my HTC desire to the tablet to make and receive calls? As if the Tablet is plugged into my car stereo it would be a nice to have hands free calls. Would this be able to pull up my contacts from my phone too?
Out of interest would it be able to use a torrent manager and save directly to a network device/nasbox
Hope some people can answer my questions as im almost certain im going to make a purchase
Cheers
Alex
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Google maps WILL cache for offline navigation, BUT you have to enable it in the Labs options, and predefine each area you want pre-cached making it pretty worthless. Your best option is to get wireless tethering working on your phone so you have a live internet connection on your tablet.
Docking your tab in the car will be a DIY project. I am sure it can be done but I have not run across any car docks that would work with this device. Charging can be tricky as well. The Tab requires 2 amps in its stock configuration. Very few car chargers put out that power. There are some rooted options that you can learn about.
As far as navigation goes, your best bet is a nav app such as Copilot. I have this app and find that it is as good or better than a stand alone GPS and the cost is very reasonable. My version does not offer voice control but there may be something newer out there that does.
The Tab can be tethered to a phone, (after rooting), but I have no experience with this so I cannot provide any advice. If it were me, I would use the phone for the stuff it does best and the Tab for what it does best. Phones are great for making and receiving calls as well as sending music to your car stereo. With a bit of effort you can do those things with the Tab but why reinvent the wheel. The Tab is best for things that require a larger screen. In the car, that would be Internet, assuming you have 3G access or are tethered along with navigation. The two devices compliment each other but IMO, cannot totally replace the other.
Hopefully this helps.
Bob
I'm fairly confident I can achieve what I'm looking for with a little modification. My Desire is already rooted with MIUI ill prob end up rooting the tab shortly after I purchase one too.
I think its just going to be a case of getting one and playing with it...
Just to confirm theres nothing really between the samsung and the Motorola xoom from a rooting/modification point of view?
No, no difference as far as rooting afaik.
I'd be interested into how you get on with your tinkering
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Well ive done it, ive put an order in for one with a Samsung docking station. Once it arrives ill report back with what i can and can't do
I am in the search for the best, well best for a descent price that is probably double din card stereo with the best Android integration.
By that I mean mainly blue tooth and usb.
I know based on some of the bluetooth protocols there are quite a range of things that can be integrated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Bluetooth_protocol_stack)
For example pluging into USB and the deck seeing the internal memory as well as SD Card to be able to play files from it, bluetooth being able to push music to the deck as well as the deck being able to communicate with apps such as pandora to skip tracks and such from the deck.
My searches thus far have lead to me this model http://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KWHR81B/JVC-KW-HDR81BT.html?showAll=N&search=KW-HDR81BT&skipvs=T
But I know there is one more bluetooth feature I would like and that is (MAP) Message Access Profile, which allows for text related messages to the deck for text to speech functions an such. (http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_...tooth-do-besides-make-calls-abcs-of-car-tech/)
So anyone have ideas, I think there are new models announced close to this time of year right?
Anyone have good suggestions for a review site?
maxpower2078 said:
I am in the search for the best, well best for a descent price that is probably double din card stereo with the best Android integration.
By that I mean mainly blue tooth and usb.
I know based on some of the bluetooth protocols there are quite a range of things that can be integrated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Bluetooth_protocol_stack)
For example pluging into USB and the deck seeing the internal memory as well as SD Card to be able to play files from it, bluetooth being able to push music to the deck as well as the deck being able to communicate with apps such as pandora to skip tracks and such from the deck.
My searches thus far have lead to me this model http://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KWHR81B/JVC-KW-HDR81BT.html?showAll=N&search=KW-HDR81BT&skipvs=T
But I know there is one more bluetooth feature I would like and that is (MAP) Message Access Profile, which allows for text related messages to the deck for text to speech functions an such. (http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_...tooth-do-besides-make-calls-abcs-of-car-tech/)
So anyone have ideas, I think there are new models announced close to this time of year right?
Anyone have good suggestions for a review site?
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This is what I'm looking into. Somebody sent me a screen shot of the app radio hooked up to their HTC and it even had the sense 4 lock ring displayed
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/AppRadio/AppRadio+2+(SPH-DA100)
CharliesTheMan said:
This is what I'm looking into. Somebody sent me a screen shot of the app radio hooked up to their HTC and it even had the sense 4 lock ring displayed
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/AppRadio/AppRadio+2+(SPH-DA100)
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That looks very cool but my phone is not on the list plus it seems like something that is in its infancy still. I think a broader technology like bluetooth that could be compatible with many more devices may be a better way of connecting. I think that kind of thing will be awesome in a few years when they nail down a standard for communicating audio/video to the head unit, almost like the head unit is just a monitor to the phone and a touchscreen monitor at that.
I'm actually looking for the same thing right now. I don't want to spend $500+ dollars on a head unit when I could buy a nexus tablet to do everything for half that. But I do want a stand alone radio that I can use with a phone or streaming data, plus a built in amp with preamp outs would be perfect.
App Radio 2 has many issues.
sureshot007 said:
I'm actually looking for the same thing right now. I don't want to spend $500+ dollars on a head unit when I could buy a nexus tablet to do everything for half that. But I do want a stand alone radio that I can use with a phone or streaming data, plus a built in amp with preamp outs would be perfect.
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I just purchased the App Radio 2, and am returning it to Crutchfield. The screen is nice looking, but otherwise it is the single most disappointing electronic device I have ever purchased. I won't go into the long list of complaints about the device, as the hatred I now have for it could destroy a small city. Suffice to say that the unit functions as designed, but was likely designed by a team of engineers who had never seen a car, radio, phone or normal human being. There are a few threads here for people who are still trying to make the device worthwhile, with a particular success in the ARLiberator App.
I'm tempted to try that out, but the reality is the radio software itself is the problem in my opinion. It would be great to use the ARLiberator phone functions, but I don't like the firmware of the radio.
I'm looking at other options and right now the Parrot Asteroid Smart is a front-runner. I'm conflicted as it has runs Android 2.3 and I was hoping for something more current. Search around on the forum for more details on both before you purchase, there are many potential show stoppers.
hey guys,
I've been searching for a Android Head unit for a while now. I too hate the fact that most of them are 2.3, but check this unit out.
ebay.com/itm/Hot-2-Din-Car-Radio-DVD-Player-Fast-Cpu-Android-4-0-WIFI-3G-GPS-Ipod-Bluetooth-/170939816360
recently stumbled over it. Wondering if any has seen one or has one, worry about the quality. Currently, I'm also considering Parrot's new unit.
Hope this helps.
Dan.S said:
I just purchased the App Radio 2, and am returning it to Crutchfield. The screen is nice looking, but otherwise it is the single most disappointing electronic device I have ever purchased. I won't go into the long list of complaints about the device, as the hatred I now have for it could destroy a small city. Suffice to say that the unit functions as designed, but was likely designed by a team of engineers who had never seen a car, radio, phone or normal human being. There are a few threads here for people who are still trying to make the device worthwhile, with a particular success in the ARLiberator App.
I'm tempted to try that out, but the reality is the radio software itself is the problem in my opinion. It would be great to use the ARLiberator phone functions, but I don't like the firmware of the radio.
I'm looking at other options and right now the Parrot Asteroid Smart is a front-runner. I'm conflicted as it has runs Android 2.3 and I was hoping for something more current. Search around on the forum for more details on both before you purchase, there are many potential show stoppers.
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I tried it WITH ARLiberator and I still hate it. I'm looking at the Chinese Double Din HU's now that run only Android (not wince and android).
RSO86 said:
hey guys,
I've been searching for a Android Head unit for a while now. I too hate the fact that most of them are 2.3, but check this unit out.
ebay.com/itm/Hot-2-Din-Car-Radio-DVD-Player-Fast-Cpu-Android-4-0-WIFI-3G-GPS-Ipod-Bluetooth-/170939816360
recently stumbled over it. Wondering if any has seen one or has one, worry about the quality. Currently, I'm also considering Parrot's new unit.
Hope this helps.
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Did you buy one? I'm looking at getting one like this or something similar...
I'm currently looking for a replacement for my Clarion CX501, any updates from anyone? Seems like the APT-X support has yet to hit the headunit market.
Has no one found a good unit yet? Please update!
copekyle said:
Has no one found a good unit yet? Please update!
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Get an android based double din radio, make sure its dual core, 1G Ram, DAB+ supported, 6.2-7" TFT capacitive touch screen, steering wheel controls supported and accepts WiFi dongle. you will have the mighty Google Play store to satisfy your imagination.
obviously such a unit would support most of the Bluetooth profiles.
I noticed few units on ebay but not from any known manufacturer. best i found was from some German supplier icar-tech
Alpha V800 and Alpha S600 are the ones, I haven't confirmed all the above requirements that I would wanna see in my next head unit.
Good Luck
maxpower2078 said:
I am in the search for the best, well best for a descent price that is probably double din card stereo with the best Android integration.
By that I mean mainly blue tooth and usb.
I know based on some of the bluetooth protocols there are quite a range of things that can be integrated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Bluetooth_protocol_stack)
For example pluging into USB and the deck seeing the internal memory as well as SD Card to be able to play files from it, bluetooth being able to push music to the deck as well as the deck being able to communicate with apps such as pandora to skip tracks and such from the deck.
My searches thus far have lead to me this model http://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KWHR81B/JVC-KW-HDR81BT.html?showAll=N&search=KW-HDR81BT&skipvs=T
But I know there is one more bluetooth feature I would like and that is (MAP) Message Access Profile, which allows for text related messages to the deck for text to speech functions an such. (http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_...tooth-do-besides-make-calls-abcs-of-car-tech/)
So anyone have ideas, I think there are new models announced close to this time of year right?
Anyone have good suggestions for a review site?
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You want Android in your car...install a tablet in the dash. That's the best option, or you could go with the Parrot. But from the reviews I've seen I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.
Car Stereo
Hi,
Did you end up getting this head unit?
Does it work well?
RSO86 said:
hey guys,
I've been searching for a Android Head unit for a while now. I too hate the fact that most of them are 2.3, but check this unit out.
ebay.com/itm/Hot-2-Din-Car-Radio-DVD-Player-Fast-Cpu-Android-4-0-WIFI-3G-GPS-Ipod-Bluetooth-/170939816360
recently stumbled over it. Wondering if any has seen one or has one, worry about the quality. Currently, I'm also considering Parrot's new unit.
Hope this helps.
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I wanted to get in on this thread to see if anyone has actually pulled the trigger and bought something yet.
I share the same mentality -- the phone/tablet can handle most of the "smart" functions. All that's needed is rock-solid bluetooth support. If it does great USB, that's a huge bonus.
I have one of the older Pioneer stereos that first did Bluetooth. I got it around 2007. The market has matured a lot since then and I'm itching for an upgrade.
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I wanted to get in on this thread to see if anyone has actually pulled the trigger and bought something yet.
I share the same mentality -- the phone/tablet can handle most of the "smart" functions. All that's needed is rock-solid bluetooth support. If it does great USB, that's a huge bonus.
I have one of the older Pioneer stereos that first did Bluetooth. I got it around 2007. The market has matured a lot since then and I'm itching for an upgrade.
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I've had a look around many different forums and stores, and I'm still at square one. I totally agree that all that's needed is rock-solid bluetooth support.
I've been into a few shops in the last few days and BT paired my GS2 running CM11 and Google Play Music with some head units....for what they can do via bluetooth, they all seem to do a decent job of it......I can skip/pause songs on either the head unti or the phone, Google Play Music on the phone updates as you switch songs on the HU.
But what it doesn't seem capable of (that I've seen or read about), which apparently iPhones can do, is change albums, browse by artist/genre, search, etc.....beyond the most basic of back/next/pause functions, unless I'm mistaken, it's just not possible when BT pairing an Android phone with any head unit on the market.
Can anyone definitively confirm that this is or is not true?
Well.... Now that android auto is in the making, maybe there will be some better offerings available for those of us looking for a good stereo!
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Well.... Now that android auto is in the making, maybe there will be some better offerings available for those of us looking for a good stereo!
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Until then what are we supposed to do ..buy an IPhone?
I have a Google Nexus 4 and went too the effort of looking into the options. I find it utterly amazing in an Android phone you can't browse albums over bluetooth its simply a joke!
The best option would be to try to maybe get a double DIN car stereo with support some kind of screen mirroring so you can change album from the touch screen maybe something like a AVIC-F60DAB but it costs a grand would be cheaper for me to buy an IPhone!!!
I belive you need the AVRCP standard if you want the track listing to display on your headset via Bluetooth.
Even if I could get a Car Stereo to support my mobile..the big problem with the Google nexus and it seems many Android devices they don't support Bluetooth very well. There is a bug in the Nexus 4 so that when you are using bluetooth in your car stereo after a while Bluetooth will just turn off Google don't seem to care about fixing this..I don't really want to get an Apple but if means I can listen to Music via Bluetooth and get access to Google Music then why not.!!
I have a Double Din car stereo. It's the Pioneer AppRadio 3 and it works well mirroring my Nexus 5. There's an app called "AppRadio Unchained" which let's you control your phone via the touch screen of the stereo. The only downside is the lack of power on the radio which makes the scrolling not as fast as any Android phone nowadays, but the Bluetooth has been working non-stop for me.
I had to buy an HDMI dapter to make it compatible though.
I've had a look at these but they are expensive! Maybe if I get a raise I'll buy one haha!
I was hoping to get something similar, but without having to use a HDMI adapter, a completely wireless solution would be kick ass!
This is my first post. I haven't seen the topic anywhere and was looking to people that have experience with this. Any advice is appreciated!
I have an older Yamaha receiver that I use for my surround sound. It doesn't have hdmi, bluetooth, etc built in. It only has the red, white, yellow in the back. I have an auxiliary cord that I use, but I'm looking for something wireless. I use the ATT SGS4 as well.
I have tried the AirPort Express, but can't get the audio to stream. I've been in contact with the AirTunes dev, but still can't seem to get it consistently working. I'm looking for something similar to the AirPort Express, but for Android.
I know a bluetooth adapter is an option, but I'm unfamiliar with the quality and range that I would get.
Essentially I want a device that I can stream music too using the red and white ports in the back. Maybe a Roku?
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This is my first post. I haven't seen the topic anywhere and was looking to people that have experience with this. Any advice is appreciated! I have an older Yamaha receiver that I use for my surround sound. It doesn't have hdmi, bluetooth, etc built in. It only has the red, white, yellow in the back. I have an auxiliary cord that I use, but I'm looking for something wireless. I use the ATT SGS4 as well. I have tried the AirPort Express, but can't get the audio to stream. I've been in contact with the AirTunes dev, but still can't seem to get it consistently working. I'm looking for something similar to the AirPort Express, but for Android. I know a bluetooth adapter is an option, but I'm unfamiliar with the quality and range that I would get. Essentially I want a device that I can stream music too using the red and white ports in the back. Maybe a Roku?
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OK, I don't think you'll get a lot of responses here. This section is kind of open Q&A, but it seems really focused on Galaxy S4 (i337+) and not so much the far end peripherals, although they do get mentioned now and then (mostly car BT it seems to me).
However, I do use a couple of ROKUs, the older one is great to stream music from computer, phone and internet. Bluetooth works for me in a one-to-two room distance and that depends as well. If I were you I would go to a Best Buy, or audio store with these questions and also perhaps post in the general section of XDA and maybe find the ROKU site as well. Google searches also will help get you some useful, broad-ranging answers.
Meantime, you're here, and if you haven't already done so, you can scan these development threads, which can offer you tips on maximizing what you can do with your S4. Sorry to be redundant if you already have done that already. . . .
Good Luck!
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OK, I don't think you'll get a lot of responses here. This section is kind of open Q&A, but it seems really focused on Galaxy S4 (i337+) and not so much the far end peripherals, although they do get mentioned now and then (mostly car BT it seems to me).
However, I do use a couple of ROKUs, the older one is great to stream music from computer, phone and internet. Bluetooth works for me in a one-to-two room distance and that depends as well. If I were you I would go to a Best Buy, or audio store with these questions and also perhaps post in the general section of XDA and maybe find the ROKU site as well. Google searches also will help get you some useful, broad-ranging answers.
Meantime, you're here, and if you haven't already done so, you can scan these development threads, which can offer you tips on maximizing what you can do with your S4. Sorry to be redundant if you already have done that already. . . .
Good Luck!
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I want to compliment you on your answer. You politely described to this user how to get the best response for the question. There are some in this forum who act as though Noobie questions are a burden, but you politely gave great advice, and truly helped. Good job!
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This is my first post. I haven't seen the topic anywhere and was looking to people that have experience with this. Any advice is appreciated!
I have an older Yamaha receiver that I use for my surround sound. It doesn't have hdmi, bluetooth, etc built in. It only has the red, white, yellow in the back. I have an auxiliary cord that I use, but I'm looking for something wireless. I use the ATT SGS4 as well.
I have tried the AirPort Express, but can't get the audio to stream. I've been in contact with the AirTunes dev, but still can't seem to get it consistently working. I'm looking for something similar to the AirPort Express, but for Android.
I know a bluetooth adapter is an option, but I'm unfamiliar with the quality and range that I would get.
Essentially I want a device that I can stream music too using the red and white ports in the back. Maybe a Roku?
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It all depends on where you're trying to stream your music from. You mention (for relevance I think) that you use a Galaxy S4. Are you trying to stream from the S4, from a computer, from what? There are HUNDREDS of methods of solving this.
Some involve Roku as you mentioned, you could also use a 'Y' adapter that goes from the Red/White RCA cables from the back of your stereo to a FEMALE 3.5 MM auxiliary jack, then you can plug in these cheap devices sold that plug into 3.5mm aux like a headphone, but the device allows you to tune into a radio station on AM and stream that way.
You can buy some RCA adaptive bluetooth boosters which would allow streaming of music.
It all depends on how you're trying to go about this.