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KJam Microphone switches off when connected to car stereo

Hi,
I have connected my KJam to my car stereo via a cable from the 2.5mm jack to the aux port of my car stereo. Tom Tom voice and phone calls are routed through my car stereo. Sometimes, the microphone will not work when I take a call. I can hear the caller perfectly but they can't hear me. Other times, the phone functionality works perfectly and we can both hear each other great.
If anyone can suggest any ideas, I would be very grateful.
Thanks

if your using a jack to connect it to your car, then its will prob. stop the mic working as its routing the audio to you car in the same way the headset with mic that you got with the k-jam does. I had this problem on mine, but due to the fact that i use a bluetooth neadset in the car fixed that little problem 8)

That's the end of my k-jam desires then.
I use my MDA compact in the same way you describe, for TomTom, Hands free calling and to play my music through.... and my microphone works fine with the headphone jack in.
I guess one thing to check would be the number of rings on your 2.5mm jack. If you have 3 then theres a possibility the k-jam thinks you have a mic on the end of the wire. If you have 2 rings (normal stereo headphones) then there must be another issue somewhere.

thanks for your replies. My concern was around the fact that sometimes the microphone works and sometimes not. I wonder if there is a workaround or a specific type of cable that I need to ensure that only the audio is routed and not the mic as well.
Thanks for all your help.l

never tried this myself, so i can only assume it would work. you could hack a cheap wired headset up, removing the earpieces but leaving the microphone. then add a stereo 3.5 plug so you can hook it up to your car stereo.
SpeedN

I have that very problem also, it's gotten that annoying that i've stopped using it through my stereo. you are able to get around it by popping the cable out of the kjam, then putting it back in.
pain in the ass though none the less.

What is the phone is set to Speakerphone ?
Even though Speakerphone is currently not working...

Hey all,
Just wondering if anyone has had any success in fixing this problem? I am having the same issue. I have a 2 ring 2.5-3.5mm adapter connected (so it should only be routing the audio, not the mic) and sometimes the caller can hear me, sometimes not. At one stage I found by unplugging the cable, setting to speakerphone, then unsetting speakerphone and plugging the cable back in would get it to work, but not anymore...
Any ideas?!?! I love my XDAII mini but this is driving me up the wall!
Cheers,
jlitjens

Notification of wired headset removal

Is there a way to detect when a wired headset has been removed? I'd like to write a program to stop audio playback if the headphones are unplugged, since it's pretty embarrassing to have the music blaring out of the speaker.
I figured this should be possible since the phone itself can detect the presence of a headset to know whether to auto-pickup a call. (This is for the apache, though i imagine the function call would be the same for other devices as well.) Thanks.

any ideas?

That's cool to have, but on the HTC Magician, the earpiece is just a normal 2.5mm with mic, plus a answer button, plugging it in doesn't have any visible notification on the phone.
It might work for yours, but I'm not sure about all other devices.

On WM5 just use the state and notification broker. State is saved in the registry.
For WM2003 you have to go at a much lower level I think.
V

If someone is writing an apps, please include for wireless bluetooth stereo headset when lose bluetooth connections.

aatreya said:
Is there a way to detect when a wired headset has been removed? I'd like to write a program to stop audio playback if the headphones are unplugged, since it's pretty embarrassing to have the music blaring out of the speaker.
I figured this should be possible since the phone itself can detect the presence of a headset to know whether to auto-pickup a call. (This is for the apache, though i imagine the function call would be the same for other devices as well.) Thanks.
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I think this would be a really useful program, especially for Universal owners as sometimes when we disconnect the wired headset, the phone still thinks that it is plugged in and thus we cannot hear any notifications.

Hmm - that's what I thought too, but it looks like (at least on the Apache) that there is no such state. One of the other threads referenced a state named "Headset", but I can't seem to find it.
Nonetheless, the phone must know whether the headset is plugged in, because it prevents you from turning on the speakerphone if the heaset is in.

Any ideas?

you are right!... i will do some work on this and see what happens

Answer with loudspeaker automatically?

hey guys,
I would love to setup a profile for when I am driving my fiancee's car so that when I make or answer a call it automatically makes/answers the call in loud speaker. I have an in-car dvd/gps with bluetooth, so I don't need it for my car.
I have spb phone suite set up for home, my car and work,but there is no option to have it answer with the loud speaker.

ive not tried it but this might be what your looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452924

I've used the Oldsap programme and it works OK.
Although I have found that the speaker from the phone is not loud enough to overcome traffic noise.
My current solution works brilliantly.
My car stereo has a tape deck in it, and so i've been able to use an MP3 to cassette adapater( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-F8V366-APL-Mobile-Cassette-Adapter/dp/B0000AOWVC )
The advantage of this is, the call comes through your cars speakers, but since the phone recognises that a headset without a microphone is plugged in it automatically boosts the microphone to hands free mode.
Hence great volume and you don't have to shout

[Q] an issue with the speakphone microphone while connecting headphones on omnia 2

Hi friends,
I would realy like some help for an issue that i have with my omnia 2..
ok, so basically i was making a setup in my car so i could listen to music
by connecting a 3.5 male to male cable (which i've made myself so it would be as short as i need it to be) to the AUX input in my car stereo system.
The music sounds sweet.
I also liked the fact that i could hear the person i was talking to on my car's stereo system, and obviously the music stops when you get a call so it's very nice..
now I know that the omnia 2 has 2 microphones (which is amazing!)
one for a regular conversation, and another one which is way more sensitive
for the use while you're using it as a speakerphone.
The problem is:
when i connect the 3.5 plug in the phone it lets me select:
1. Headphones
2. Headset
3. TV-out
when i select either of 1 or 2, the phone uses the regular mic and not the speaker mic.
i can hear the sound of my speakers in the car
(or maybe i will even hear it the same with headphones)
but i can't have the other side hear me as well as he will with the speaker phone.
I know it uses the regular mic because when i disconnect the 3.5 plug from the phone and put it on speaker, the other side hears me much much better.
(phone and me stay at the same place at the entire test)
my question is:
is there anyway to change (perhaps in the registry?) something
for the phone to use the speaker mic while anything is connected to it's 3.5 jack?
any help will be much much much appreciated.
Thanks a lot!
Roy.

Are you sure the mic doesn't work when you select "headphones"? When I use it like you do in the car, it works perfectly. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised it did, as opposed to Omnia I.
"Headset" means the original headphones with the mic on the cord, while "headphones" means regular headphones, and then it automatically uses the built-in mic.
If it doesn't work like this, take it to the service if you're still within the warranty.

[Q] Bluetooth Headset for Phone, and Audio Jack for Music

Hi all,
Basically, I'm trying to figure out if the subject is possible.
What is happening now is that if I have a standard stereo audio cable plugged in (non-mic) with BT connected to a headset and I receive a call, the audio for the call goes through the headset jack instead of the BT, and because of that there is no mic to pick up my voice. This leaves me able to hear the caller, but them not able to hear me.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Ben

Fmstrat said:
Hi all,
Basically, I'm trying to figure out if the subject is possible.
What is happening now is that if I have a standard stereo audio cable plugged in (non-mic) with BT connected to a headset and I receive a call, the audio for the call goes through the headset jack instead of the BT, and because of that there is no mic to pick up my voice. This leaves me able to hear the caller, but them not able to hear me.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Ben
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Had sort of the same thing happen to me, except I tried making a BT call while plugged into headphone jack and other end was plugged into my car's aux port. Started to make the call and quit. Guess its another limitation of the current set of roms, if I'm reading correctly.
My question is under android I would have a microphone on the keyboard so that if I was going to navigate somewhere I could just hit that and say where I wanted to go instead of typing out a long address. I am using HTC Locations, and don't see any provision for allowing me to speak my destination point.

I don't think that's possible yet, but there is a lot in the way of BT profile and audio settings that may help that. we'd probably want to look for something that doesn't auto cut off when a jack is inserted
as it stands, BT is buggered (music playback) on ultrafruit ROMs anyway so we're not missing much, xbmods ROM worked fine but his left for pastures new and everyone else is being silent on the matter.