A few weeks ago, I got my first hearing aid.
I am wondering if there is a way to change the paired device type on the phone, so it will enable streaming directly vs. having to buy a third device to play "middle man". When I look at my bluetooth connections, it shows the aid as just a device like a computer/phone/tablet and I am wondering if I simply tell the phone that it is a media device like my JBL speakers, etc....perhaps it would start streaming audio.
Is this something that can be done?
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I want to know if it is possible to forward all Pc audio over bluetooth to the phone?
Basically I want to use the phone as a wireless audio link so I can walk around the house with access to my music on the pc. Also in the future, may want to set up the carpc in the same way.
Any info on this? The forum/google search picks up phone->other devices... never pc->phone.
Thanks
"to walk around the house...."
This may not be possible... unless I've gotten hold of completely the wrong end of the stick (which I hope I have), the range of the bluetooth on the pda is EXTREMELY short.. I understand that when streaming to bt headphones people are happy about getting a 50 cm range.
EDIT... actually the bluetooth on the BA is supposed to be a class 2 device which according to specs is supposed to have a 5-10 m range... so I ammend my above statement by saying I'm not really sure.
Can someone confirm either way please.
Thx.
Pardon me, my 'house' is a 1 bedroom tiny apt. A 5-10 m range would more than suffice.
I've heard of bluetooth wireless headphones from logitech... these have a 33 ft range
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4140375
spybld said:
Pardon me, my 'house' is a 1 bedroom tiny apt. A 5-10 m range would more than suffice.
I've heard of bluetooth wireless headphones from logitech... these have a 33 ft range
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4140375
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As long as it's line of sight you should have no problems at all.. as for the range of the headphones.. it all comes down to the range of the pda.. which isn't very good. It turns out that the range of a bt network is better.. so the problem seems to lie with the audio gateway stacks. (which is a big problem)
I don't think you'll be able to do it without a lot of work, (or maybe some 3rd party software) The first approach would be to use the bluetooth headset profile. But neither your phone or your pc has a headset profile. They proably both have audio gateways that can "support bluetooth headset profile" That is, they both want to play the role of the computer, and neither can play the role of the headset. Also, the audio would be narrow band and mono so it wouldn't sound that great.
You would want to have the advance audio distribution bluetooth profile. In order for it to work, one device would have to be the audio source and the other the audio sink. I suspect that neither supports this profile, but perhaps they do. Some newer phones do support it, and many usb dongles for PC's come with profile drivers, but even if you have both I suspect that both will be set up to to be the audio source. (windows before XP service pack 1 didn't support bluetooth at all)
SetoK said:
I don't think you'll be able to do it without a lot of work, (or maybe some 3rd party software) The first approach would be to use the bluetooth headset profile. But neither your phone or your pc has a headset profile. They proably both have audio gateways that can "support bluetooth headset profile" That is, they both want to play the role of the computer, and neither can play the role of the headset. Also, the audio would be narrow band and mono so it wouldn't sound that great.
You would want to have the advance audio distribution bluetooth profile. In order for it to work, one device would have to be the audio source and the other the audio sink. I suspect that neither supports this profile, but perhaps they do. Some newer phones do support it, and many usb dongles for PC's come with profile drivers, but even if you have both I suspect that both will be set up to to be the audio source. (windows before XP service pack 1 didn't support bluetooth at all)
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Thanks I was worried about that... It doesn't seem that anyone has thought of this way of using BT and I doubt that there is software to do it out there. I may fiddle around with it later on... but maybe one of those bt headsets would be just fine!
-spy
spybld said:
Thanks I was worried about that... It doesn't seem that anyone has thought of this way of using BT and I doubt that there is software to do it out there. I may fiddle around with it later on... but maybe one of those bt headsets would be just fine!
-spy
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Maybe it is not the solution you are looking for, but why don't you consider using WiFi instead. It's easier to configure, better sound quality, and you can setup as Ad-Hoc if you do not use WiFi AP.
I am doing this in the house and the media pc in my car. It works out just great.
Thanks I'm looking into it...
Any recommendations on cheap but good wifi cards?
Any wifi card from Circuit City / Best Buy will do. All you do is set up an ad-hoc network, install Orb to your PC and you'll be able to browse your media collection on your phone while you walk around. If you're just gonna be in your house/apartment and wanna stream music to your stereo bluetooth headphones, you could just pick up the Motorola DC800 which I've been raving about since day one. I can stream music from my laptop to my headphones and it sounds great no matter what floor of my house I'm in.. the only downside is that I have to create a playlist before I leave my laptop because you can't control what you listen to from the headphones unless you use your phone and Pocket Player with the WM plugin. Hope that helps!
the closest solution i can find
spybld said:
I want to know if it is possible to forward all Pc audio over bluetooth to the phone?
Basically I want to use the phone as a wireless audio link so I can walk around the house with access to my music on the pc. Also in the future, may want to set up the carpc in the same way.
Any info on this? The forum/google search picks up phone->other devices... never pc->phone.
Thanks
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http://forum.videohelp.com/topic259354.html
i installed vlc 0.8.6c, set it up to stream my desktop's audio output
then on my elf, i use my music player(TCPMP) to load the url
through wifi (got ~10s lag/delay ba, or rather 20-25sec)
so for bluetooth, once u can setup ur handphone to ping ur desktop
the rest will be the same
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=InternetOverBluetoothNetwork
here are some experiments on players and mms/http stream
Code:
[I]Server Player Lag/Delay Protocol[/I]
VLC 0.8.6c WMP10 Mobile Failed
VLC 0.8.6c TCPMP 20-25 s mms://ip:port, http://ip:port
VLC 0.8.6c vlc-0.8.4-wince 7-9 s mms://ip:port
VLC 0.8.6c [B]vlc-0.8.4-wince 4-6 s http://ip:port[/B]
WME9 WMP10 Mobile 9-15 s http://ip:port/*
WME9 TCPMP 15-20 s http://ip:port
WME9 vlc-0.8.4-wince Failed
i not able to get these to work: MortPlayer/GSPlayer/WinVibePro/Conduits Pocket Player
i got vlc-0.8.4-wince http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/wince/vlc-0.8.4-test1-20051012-0130-wince.zip from http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/wince/
Cross-posted at http://www.astahost.com/index.php?showtopic=15806&mode=linear#entry110461
Update on 2007 Sep 8: added test result for Windows Media Encoder 9.
I would like to purchase a new cd head unit for my car and use my Zune Pass on my WP7 to play all my music via USB.
Why USB and not 3.5mm aux cable?
I would like to be able to charge my WP7 device and control volume/play/pause/etc from the car CD head unit rather than my WP7 device
Right now, the only CD head units I know of that are capable of this with Zune devices is 2 head units from Kenwood:
w ww.crutchfield.com/shopsearch/zune.html
Has anyone tried this or have another method to get this to work?
thanks
I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish is doable, and it's unlikely that it will be. The Win7 phones, at this time, don't have a standard Zune connector, which has specific pinouts for different functions, such as, passing audio, charging, basically controlling functions, etc. (much like the pinout on the iPods/iPhone)
Since all of the phones, at this time, have just USB mini/micro connectors, there has to be a driver associated on the receiver/computer/other device that knows how to communicate with the phone, process what you're trying to accomplish, and basically have digital two-way communication.
The more likely way, is to have a bluetooth enabled head deck, that allows two-way control (I'm pretty sure these are out, not sure about the two way), and a separate car charger...
Anyone else have any input that might help?
I have a kenwood BT-900 car stero that suports the zune hd through the USB port
it works awsome
I now have the WP7 and my kenwood does not see the phone at all only thorugh bluetooth but still does not do music streaming like to should
I beleave the will be testing the new phone out but as you know they don't tell me very much, all I know is the 2 of the support reps ordered WP7s and thought it would work fine but in fact it does not
I'm sure they will have some fix soon I'm hoping
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I have a kenwood BT-900 car stero that suports the zune hd through the USB port
it works awsome
I now have the WP7 and my kenwood does not see the phone at all only thorugh bluetooth but still does not do music streaming like to should
I beleave the will be testing the new phone out but as you know they don't tell me very much, all I know is the 2 of the support reps ordered WP7s and thought it would work fine but in fact it does not
I'm sure they will have some fix soon I'm hoping
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thank you for posting this, I was researching to buy that particular kenwood strictly for this reason. you just saved me a couple hundred dollars.
My car is a Peugeot, about 2 years ago i installed an Extension Box so I can use an USB-Stick to listen to my music. (It uses the external CD-Case Port on the Radio.)
The small box also enabled to connect I-Pod and I-Phone and was able to browse & play from them.
When I connect my WP7 it beeps all the time and can't even load the battery.
As I know, the box writes a playlist on any USB drive which is connected so I suppose WP7 simply doesn't allow this =(.
Hopefully this will be changed by some kind of driver.
I have a KDC-BT8041U in my truck. I connect to it via Bluetooth and use a usb charger when needed. I usually just hit the random play button (the two music notes in a circle on main screen) in Zune Music and then I can use the remote or on dash controls of my Kenwood to skip forward and backward through the songs. I can also pause and mute. The only down side is it does not show song title, artist, etc. on the screen of the stereo and I can't search for specific songs using the stereo. But it is still much better sound quality then AUX jack and you wont have to get caught with your phone in your hands while driving. (illegal where I live)
Another cool feature about this is the music fades out when you get an incoming text or call then resumes after your done. Be sure to go to settings, speech and enable speech recognition over the network, then at the bottom turn Read aloud incoming text messages to bluetooth so you can respond to your text messages using your voice. Work really good.
Guys, you are searching unreal things. It's not a Zune player, it a diffirent device at hardware and connectivity too.
Only one way to use our phone in car is a Bluetooth. It work good, as headset and throught A2DP for hearing music and control playback from car hi-fi.
My LG G2 will not stream music to my car. The phone Bluetooth works just fine. When I move to connect to the media streaming the car say no Bluetooth audio device connected. The car is a Mercedes E 350 2010. I had a nexus 4 also an LG phone and I had no issues streaming. I am aware of the menu that you can get to check the boxes for phone audio and media audio. I have tried every option I can think of with no luck yet. So far I unpaired the device, I factory rest the phone all to no avail. When I attempt to pair just the Bluetooth media to the car the car asks me to up in the pass code and I do then the phone asks for the same code. This lets me know that the 2 devices are communicating. Once I have entered the pass code the car says connecting….. then is says connection to Bluetooth media device unsuccessful called LG T-Mobile and Mercedes and not one of them has any idea that was helpful or I had not tried yet. . I am rooted but running stock. Have 2 headsets that both work fine streaming music. Any ideas would help.
Hi all,
I'm running the latest OOS4.5.8 (rooted, Magisk (no modules installed)), and noticed for a whilst (including when on previous versions) that the phone will 'hog' bluetooth audio devices connected.
I've got a pair of bluetooth headphones that will pair and connect to 2 audio devices - but only play audio from one at a time (the first to start transmitting). Before I got my OP5 I could connect 2 phones easily and start playing from Spotify on either without any issues.
With the OP5 connected, I've noticed often no audio comes out when I play spotify on the other phone - until I turn off Bluetooth on the OP5 at which point the headphones announces the phone is disconnected and audio that was playing from the other phone comes out.
I think this has been happening for a while, but I've only just identified the actual cause (before this I thought it was a headphone / spotify problem).
Has anyone experienced this / have any suggestions?
There's a Bluetooth audio codec in the advanced menu in settings, would that make any change ?
If not then potentially unpair all the devices and then resync up, there are very few options in regards to Bluetooth, it's pretty much on or off.
Also (could be unrelated) I've read that you can only have one Bluetooth controller at a time connected for gaming, so maybe this is related ? Could a Kernel change possibly help?
Check the threads to see if it's listed.
Hello.
I use an Android multimedia system in my vehicle. I bought this system online. A Chinese-made CarPlay system for vehicles that do not support CarPlay. I think it has some flaws because it is a system that has not been developed very carefully. This system came with a CarPlay clone application called QLink. Everything was going well, but when the phone call came in, things changed.
The system turns off the playing music and shows the incoming call. That's nice. When I answer the call, when the voice of the other person comes, the music that has been stopped starts playing again. Likewise, at a time when I have stopped the music in the car, if I turn on Siri, the stopped music starts to continue with the first beep of Siri. In short, every sound triggers other sounds that have stopped. I'm so tired of this situation. I disassembled the hardware. I couldn't find any port to connect to PC. I decided to tamper with the software.
There is a situation like this; my car has a bluetooth module and also the hardware i bought has its own bluetooth. But when I want to connect to this Android device via bluetooth, no option about sound is seen in the details. Only "contact list" and "internet sharing" options appear. Permissions such as "music" or "call" do not appear in the bluetooth options. I think it's because this "tablet" has access to the car's multimedia tools, but doesn't have any sound devices like microphones or speakers on its hardware. This is my guess of course. If a tablet does not have a microphone and speaker on it, then the sound-related permissions should not be visible when connected via bluetooth.
I want to bypass everything like QLink on this system and turn it into an Android tablet only. Then I will create a vehicle system as I want by installing my own applications. Here is the problem. While I understand electronics in general, I'm a total alien when it comes to mobile gadgets and Android. That's why I have a few questions for you and I will follow a path accordingly.
1- Can I fix this bluetooth audio permissions problem on tablet? With tricks like virtual microphone, speaker. Or is it something else other than my guess?
2- If I clean the tablet and connect directly via bluetooth, will the music and calls playing on the tablet play on the car speakers through the connections of this hardware to my vehicle? The service that installed the system brought the air conditioner, media and ECU connections of the vehicle together with a connector and connected them to this tablet. Will this link continue to work the way I want it to?
3- Did I explain my problem clearly? I dont know but if you need to know anything that I didn't mentioned then you can ask me every detail.
I really need every bit of information. Thank you so much for everyone's help so far. I'm looking forward to your answers.
Android Ver.: Android 10