Hi, I've been having issues connecting to my head unit via Bluetooth. Some times the phone will not connect to the head unit. To make it reconnect I have to disable and re-enable bluetooth on my phone. The other issue I am having is regarding call quality. When I'm synced to the car, the call quality can get so bad that you cannot understand anything the other side is saying depending on where in the car the phone is located. If I have the phone set in the center console the quality is horrible like previously mentioned, but if I hold the phone up around the center of the car the quality is perfect. I know this isn't due to the distance between the phone and the head unit, because if the phone is right next to the head unit it has the same issues. I had no issues with Bluetooth on my previous Galaxy S4. Surprisingly, it was one of the few things that worked reliably on the phone.
Pic is of my head unit
If you're on a stock ROM (not rooted), then I'd consider resetting to factory defaults and try again.
I've had several Galaxy and Note phones and so far, this Moto X has better Bluetooth performance than all of them. In my experience, anyhow.
If resetting phone back to factory defaults doesn't work, then you might consider a warranty replacement.
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With my old phone being an iPhone, you could plug in USB and have everything display on the OEM*car head unit screen like artist,song title,album name, and time lapsed from any music source (itunes,pandora,amazon prime music,Google play, etc).
My '12 maxima has the color lcd for the backup camera and menus,etc but when I try to connect my S7 edge via USB it just gives (check connected device) error!! I have Bluetooth for calls but not for music audio so that's not an option,although it pairs up immediately with no issue..And as previously reported here in the forums, the aux port in the SD820 s7 edge gives bad quality and extreme static at high volumes.
Do you guys know of any other options to get the S7 edge to play via USB, or will I have to stick with this boring iPhone 6s plus for my audio??
I enabled developer options to see what all USB options were available and no dice.*
Please help!!!! ??
Android USB audio in car:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/android-phones-and-usb-dacs/5490#post_10963953
http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/android-phones-and-usb-dacs/6480#post_11426983
I'm also having some difficulty with this. I have a new Kenwood DDX4016DAB head unit in my vehicle. This is a new 2016 model, and has a big 'ANDROID' button alongside the usual iPhone/iPod button.
The idea is that when the phone is connected to the unit's USB, that it should take over sound output from the phone - note - this is NOT accessing the phone as mass storage/MTP or anything like that - the head unit is supposed to take the full audio signal.
I find that when I connect the S7 edge to USB, that the sound does come across- -both Spotify, Waze, system sounds etc. - everything as it should. Playback controls on the head unit also function. The big problem is that the sound is very distorted and crackly. It doesn't sound right at all. I'm obviously hugely frustrated by this, as Bluetooth audio quality is not brilliant.
I find this problem to remain regardless as to whether I install Kenwood's (fairly useless looking) music app, or whether I just leave Android to do its native thing.
As to the OP - I appreciate that this may not be helpful to you directly (as we're both having problems), but I think my issue might help to clarify yours. Some head units (like mine) are able supposed to be able to take over the Android audio system totally. I suspect that this will only be quite new ones. A 2012 car is probably too old - I believe Android only began to support USB audio out with Android 5.0.
Older ones may simply not have the ability natively, or only be set-up for iPhone etc.
Just doesn't pair. Finds the device, I try pairing on my phone and it does it forever til it times out. On the other hand my friends phone connects instantly with no wait! Anyone else had issues with connecting to a headunit? Before that I had a Pioneer one with no issues but when I upgraded to a Sony one Bluetooth will not pair on the OnePlus 5.
Think I'm gunna get rid of this head unit and pay £60 more for a Kenwood one.
Kahun said:
Think I'm gunna get rid of this head unit and pay £60 more for a Kenwood one.
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I'd buy it off you if you were in the US. I think the radios are different though.
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I'd buy it off you if you were in the US. I think the radios are different though.
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I just went halfords and swapped it for a kenwood one. Had to pay £50 more. I haven't got around to setting it up yet so will test later to see if bluetooth works.
I've noticed Bluetooth issues with my car's head unit. It is a stock unit from Subaru. It paired just fine but I have to manually connect every time... And sometimes I have to click connect multiple times before it actually connects.
No problems with other phones on that head unit, and also no issues with other BT devices.
yubimusubi said:
I've noticed Bluetooth issues with my car's head unit. It is a stock unit from Subaru. It paired just fine but I have to manually connect every time... And sometimes I have to click connect multiple times before it actually connects.
No problems with other phones on that head unit, and also no issues with other BT devices.
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Well at least you're getting further than me lol
My previous head unit by pioneer worked okay, paired instantly and automatically connected as soon as I turned the car on. Let's hope I got more luck with the Kenwood. Finish work in 40 mins so will test then.
Well the Kenwood works great and as it should. I didn't even have to setup Bluetooth android auto did all of that for me looks. Like it's Sony's fault rather than OP
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Just doesn't pair. Finds the device, I try pairing on my phone and it does it forever til it times out. On the other hand my friends phone connects instantly with no wait! Anyone else had issues with connecting to a headunit? Before that I had a Pioneer one with no issues but when I upgraded to a Sony one Bluetooth will not pair on the OnePlus 5.
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I also can't connect to my car stereo. But my OP5 (OOS 4.5.6, rooted SuperSU) just won't see my MEX-XB100BT. My OP2 (CM14) had no issues seeing and connecting to it.
UPDATE: I managed to pair the phone via NFC. Worked like a charm from the first try.
I have a Pioneer unit (avic f960dab) and my OP5 connects absolutely fine.
Media browsing however does not work at all. Used to work with my iPhone but have never been able to get it working with Android.
yubimusubi said:
I've noticed Bluetooth issues with my car's head unit. It is a stock unit from Subaru. It paired just fine but I have to manually connect every time... And sometimes I have to click connect multiple times before it actually connects.
No problems with other phones on that head unit, and also no issues with other BT devices.
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For what it's worth, I ALWAYS had issues connecting Android devices to the OEM stereos in my 2011 STI and 2015 WRX. I've since switched to an Audi and those connectivity issues are gone (with both Google Pixel and Galaxy S8). The Subaru OEM stereo is known to be garbage. I highly recommend doing yourself a favor and upgrading it. It will improve the sound quality of your OEM speakers while also improving bluetooth connectivity. It's something I never did but in retrospect, I should have.
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For what it's worth, I ALWAYS had issues connecting Android devices to the OEM stereos in my 2011 STI and 2015 WRX. I've since switched to an Audi and those connectivity issues are gone (with both Google Pixel and Galaxy S8).
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I wonder if it has compatibility issues with certain chipsets - my stock Nexus 6 worked flawlessly.
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The Subaru OEM stereo is known to be garbage. I highly recommend doing yourself a favor and upgrading it. It will improve the sound quality of your OEM speakers while also improving bluetooth connectivity. It's something I never did but in retrospect, I should have.
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I've been considering upgrading since day one, but as long as my phone connected fine it didn't bother me too much. This might be a good enough excuse...
I got my 6t to pair with the radio by connecting the phone to the radio with the usb for Android Auto. Before connecting using USB I could not find the radio under available devices to pair with. After connecting to the radio the with the USB I was able to see the radio and my phone was trying to connect, kept giving an error 'wrong pin' at this point I just unplugged the USB and the the radio ask for permission to use the contacts in my phone which I granted. Radio is now paired and auto connects.
Morning all
Bought a new work van which come with a sony double din headunit and the bluetooth was useless kept dropping the connection while driving, So before i crashed into the back of someone to keep reconnecting it i bought a new headunit, The one in the link below.
https://ebay.co.uk/itm/9-Android-8-...lf-Touran-Caddy-Jetta-EOS-Sharan/142821418704
So far so good apart from a few issues
The torque app does not pair with my OBD2 dongle but works fine streaming from my phone using the amazon music app
The wifi is next to useless and very slow, I can see my home wifi network and can connect to it, Then it disconnects straight away, The aerial symbol shows a maximum strength signal then shows the empty aerial signal with zero strength
Using my mobile in the van as a wifi hotspot works ok but is very slow and pretty much unusable
The canbus decoder is wired wrong i think, I open the drivers door and it shows on the headunit as the passenger door is open and vice versa, The passenger side sliding door shows as the correct door open as does the boot
Have bought the DAB+ add on box but will not be fitting that until this weekend possibly if i can sort out the above issues
Front and rear cameras are also on order for reversing and dashcam useage, again these are not going to be fitted for the same reason
Other than that its a good headunit but can the issues above be sorted out or send it back and get the xtrons one as it's exactly the same?????
I have uploaded pictures to my google drive of,
Whats in the box
Headunit fitted in the dadhboard
Headunit showing different screens
Headunit specs android version, memory, kernel etc etc
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1BNqfitMlJSrCySuVWI4ncMUDB6KUSES9
This is the xtrons one would it be any better or would it suffer from the same issues??
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XTRONS-9...613935?hash=item1ca766c2ef:g:uJIAAOSwRChayxq7
Any help on the above issues would be appreciated as i am still in the time frame for sending it back via paypal if its not fixable
I bought the head unit for my Passat b7, seems like a good unit but my iPhone 7 keeps disconnecting or even not connected at all to the phone, also my mobile WLAN connection seems sometimes working sometimes not.
I installed an Atoto S8 (2nd generation) head unit in my car, and I'm noticing that it only reconnects to whoever drove the car last.
For example, I usually drive the car. But when my wife drives, we need to manually go into settings to find the list of paired devices on the unit and then click on her phone to connect. After that, it will auto-connect whenever she drives until I take the car. My phone won't connect anymore unless I go into the list of paired devices and do that same thing. Silly and annoying because we share the car sometimes and have to keep track of who drove last if we want our phones connected.
I reached out to Atoto because their linux-based F7 didn't do this (I owned one previously), it would reconnect to any previously paired device automatically like any head unit should (obviously most recent first, but then if not found move on to another previously paired). They said the Android based units don't work like that, then gave me a silly reason for it that didn't make sense (something about security unlocking which the F7 doesn't have to worry about).
I'm wondering, do all Android head units have this issue or is it unique to this brand?
I recently installed a Fellostar Android head unit/radio in the car, and we have a problem getting the unit reliably to connect to the phone. This usually happens automatically, via whatever app (can't recall the name) that came installed on the unit for that purpose. *But* sometimes it is flaky, and doesn't want to connect (endlessly "verifying"), even when the cable is plugged into the phone. *And* the problem is much worse if there are multiple phones/users in the car who have connected previously - the head unit just randomly connects to one of the phones, again regardless of which one is plugged in.
Is there a fix for this? Is there some way to choose, from the head unit, WHICH phone it should connect to?? The factory installed linking app offers no such choice. Are better apps available? what and where?? Thanks in advance...