Bluetooth sounds issues with car - Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers

Since moving to the S10+ from S9+ , I noticed the audio quality on the car bluetooth cracks at certain points. (Example, listening to Tron Legacy - Overture towards the end).
I have done some research and tried changing the codec but it always reverts back. I would have thought with the latest update this would have been fixed!!!
Anyone tried anything else?

You cannot change the codec. The developer setting is not true or real - it is automatically detecting what the car and the file are able to play to the phone.
I don't know why people think that matters.
My bluetooth has no issues with quality. How old is the car? Is it using like Bluetooth 2.1 or something?

vonDubenshire said:
You cannot change the codec. The developer setting is not true or real - it is automatically detecting what the car and the file are able to play to the phone.
I don't know why people think that matters.
My bluetooth has no issues with quality. How old is the car? Is it using like Bluetooth 2.1 or something?
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My car is a 2016 registered car, i've connected my wife's iphone and the sound is better, i have also connected my s9+ (refurbished as the s9+ is an insurance replacement due to my s9+ being stolen and i am selling it) and the quality is better.
Maybe I should download the firmware and reflash?

olster said:
My car is a 2016 registered car, i've connected my wife's iphone and the sound is better, i have also connected my s9+ (refurbished as the s9+ is an insurance replacement due to my s9+ being stolen and i am selling it) and the quality is better.
Maybe I should download the firmware and reflash?
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One time a few weeks ago my sound was kind of quiet and I wasn't sure why, I eventually forgot about it but a few days later I was messing with settings in "Sound Assistant" and the regular system connections, and I did something with one of the controls like Media Volume Sync or maybe in dev settnigs for Disable Bluetooth Absolute volume, and everything got WAY louder.
Also, sometimes you may need to reboot after making those big changes just because any phone can glitch and not apply right.
If you don't have Sound Assistant it's in the Play Store and the Galaxy store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.soundassistant&hl=en_US
I'd try looking at these things and enable\disable:
Media Volume Limiter
Media Volume Sync
Disable Bluetooth Absolute Volume (Developer settings)
Dual Audio setting\toggle
Dolby Atmos On\Off? Auto?
Let me know if any of those help I'll reply when I see if you quote me!

vonDubenshire said:
One time a few weeks ago my sound was kind of quiet and I wasn't sure why, I eventually forgot about it but a few days later I was messing with settings in "Sound Assistant" and the regular system connections, and I did something with one of the controls like Media Volume Sync or maybe in dev settnigs for Disable Bluetooth Absolute volume, and everything got WAY louder.
Also, sometimes you may need to reboot after making those big changes just because any phone can glitch and not apply right.
If you don't have Sound Assistant it's in the Play Store and the Galaxy store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.soundassistant&hl=en_US
I'd try looking at these things and enable\disable:
Media Volume Limiter
Media Volume Sync
Disable Bluetooth Absolute Volume (Developer settings)
Dual Audio setting\toggle
Dolby Atmos On\Off? Auto?
Let me know if any of those help I'll reply when I see if you quote me!
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I've tried the Samsung app and the other options nothing improves the quality. I have downloaded the last firmware and flashed, still having the sound quality issues.
I have also updated the firmware on my car but that hasn't changed anything, but its definitely the phone that is an issue, i've even dug out my S7 and paired it to the car with no issues. When I connect the S10+ via aux the quality is much better.

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Car speakers over bluetooth flat

The equalizer built in works very well over a wired connection, but over bluetooth sound is flat with a lot of quality loss. Any ideas if it is resolvable? I already enabled the enhanced stereo option in bluetooth options.
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by flat do you mean there is not a lot of hi and low?
Bluetooth at this stage (2.0) as far as i know won't sound close to even an analog wired connection. but for me it's "good nuff" considering i like the feature of just getting in my car and hitting play and not have to wire anything up to the phone.
Which application are you using, I could try doing a sound test between both.
I do understand what your saying my old windows mobile phone sounded about as fair as an FM radio over bluetooth, when i looked into it seemed to just be limitation of the protocol
Right now my sound system is lacking (no sub, the mains can only reach down to 90hz) so at this time I can't get good est of the differences with the sound to compare my phone to yours.
But when i had my windows mobile it wasn't so much "flat" it just sounded like a 96kb mp3, like it be re-encoded kinda, it still had good range.
You may also want to look into your receiving bluetooth device and how good the reviews are on that.
hope i've helped a bit

A2DP sound quality issue with Galaxy S 2

Hi guys
i read xda so much, but i don't write as well
i have a big issue with my galaxy s 2
i use a bt car stereo, with a2dp and avrcp support
i used to stream all my music collection from my iphone4
now i got my sgs2 and i love it... but
the audio stream looks "limited"
it seems a bandwidth issue, or i don't know a quality issue
with iphone4 i streamed at full quality, now the sgs2 sounds a lot worst
other than that, i have to disable wifi because if on, the music is choppy and skips a lot
with wifi off, the stream goes well, but it sound bad...
sorry for my not so perfect english... i hope there is a way to improve sound quality because i "live" with a2dp on in my car...
That's strange. My a2dp stream actually sound better from sgs2 than it does from my ipod touch 2nd gen, iphone or my computer (bluez).
Receiver is a belkin stereo a2dp receiver.
Are you sure that it's not in handsfree mode? Long press the a2dp device in bluetooth settings and there should be an option to select it to be a media device, make sure it's checked.
thanks for the reply gvoima, no it's in media device mode
i think the problem is the bitpool
i've got the same problem of this guy: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708685
there is an mp3 sample of the problem in the first page
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That's strange. My a2dp stream actually sound better from sgs2 than it does from my ipod touch 2nd gen, iphone or my computer (bluez).
Receiver is a belkin stereo a2dp receiver.
Are you sure that it's not in handsfree mode? Long press the a2dp device in bluetooth settings and there should be an option to select it to be a media device, make sure it's checked.
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I got a belkin stereo receiver as well, but it sounds bad and choppy, just like the topic starter described. Though still compressed (this is a known issue for A2DP due to bandwidth limitations) songs sounds much better from my Nokia E52 work phone.
rikc said:
I got a belkin stereo receiver as well, but it sounds bad and choppy, just like the topic starter described. Though still compressed (this is a known issue for A2DP due to bandwidth limitations) songs sounds much better from my Nokia E52 work phone.
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The "but my (insert phone) worked better" isn't really valid. For as many people who make that statement there are an equal number who are shocked that the SGS2 works where other phones haven't. This is kind of like the Wi-Fi issue. When two pieces of equipment don't interact well you can't just blame one of them.
In my car and on my Yamaha YSP-4000 the SGS2's Bluetooth works better than any phone I've used. That includes the HD2, G2, and G2X. The sound is much more defined and headset controls (random and repeat) show available for the first time. The SGS2 also feeds track info to the car which none of the others did.
Bluetooth connections and sound quality are always a big YMMV.
My Sony MW600 sound great, I use to have a Motorola Defy , and it use to have an "Enhanced Stereo" option in the blue-tooth menu, the Samsung S2 does not have this option.
@BarryH,
Oh I know, I not blaming the SGS2. I only think the SGS2 out sound to it's output module which is somehow less suitable for the kind of compression, maybe set by the Belkin module. Actually I'm currious if there would be ways to change the way the SGS2 sends sound signals via A2DP
rikc said:
@BarryH,
Oh I know, I not blaming the SGS2. I only think the SGS2 out sound to it's output module which is somehow less suitable for the kind of compression, maybe set by the Belkin module. Actually I'm currious if there would be ways to change the way the SGS2 sends sound signals via A2DP
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LG's implementation of Bluetooth drove G2X owners crazy. Check out this thread from the G2X forum...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117769
Maybe it will help. The only other solution for the G2X was installing an AOSP ROM.
Well, I tried it (Bluetooth Fix Repair), but off-course that tool is for a problem the SGS2 does not have.
From the tinkering I've done now I know.
- Having MusicFX installed does not make a difference
- Video players running ffmpeg codec do also not make much difference in sound quality
- The -type- of file does make a difference, i.e. low bitrate files play better
This makes me think, is there a music program which can resample/recode music before playing. I'd rather have software do that than A2DP do it badly, or is mono output (other than all the tools enabling playback on mono headsets which is for pre-A2DP headsets and thus something else) possible?
Edit /system/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf
Uncomment "Master" option and set it to "True".
Uncomment "MaxConnections" and set it to 3.
Most Android devices have this file configured poorly by default, those 2 settings should help though.
I'd suggest also enabling HFP and AutoConnect.
Great! That definitly reduced creaking/noises and even the occasional stuttering music!
Since you seem to know your stuff, would there be a way to send a mono signal to (only) the A2DP stack and would this decrease the 'tin can' effect? I'd rather have better upper tones than stereo.
knightnz said:
Edit /system/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf
Uncomment "Master" option and set it to "True".
Uncomment "MaxConnections" and set it to 3.
Most Android devices have this file configured poorly by default, those 2 settings should help though.
I'd suggest also enabling HFP and AutoConnect.
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Thanks for the suggestions...going to try this and see if the sound quality improves in my car stereo.
Till now the best A2dp sound quality was on my Nexus S, but that was with the help of custom rom development and vodoo sound. Worst was the g2x.
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Ok guys, I think I might have... accidentily... run into a phenonemon.
I tested my phone on a Creative D100 wireless speaker it it went great, no tin can sound, no hickups.
This proved to me that there had to be something wrong. Now when I was posting here earlier I was listening a lot to music and at a certain moment I thought... wait I'm not hearing a tin-can sound anymore. However, later on while testing I heard it again so I thought I imagined it.
Powering off the phone and powering on again I was able to create this again. No tin can sound... however a lot of hickups (as if a lot of data had to be sent and it didn't quite fit). I made a call to my work phone (sound on the handset) to test and then the tin can sound was there again, no hick ups anymore though. Strangely enough a haven't been able to replicate the 'no tin can sound but hickup situation' though by powering off and on again. Tried after playing on the Belkin on the D100 again and no problems at all, great sound and no hickups whatsoever.
It appears to be a bigger issue with android connected to the bitpool setting the bluetooth receiver desires...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14944891#post14944891
Let's hope the upcoming Cynogen can fix this issue.
I too felt that the A2DP sound quality on the Nokia BH103 is crap as compared to my Nokia 5800 (sounded even better than stock wired headset). It also uses a lot more battery, I find mediaserver using a lot of battery.
How do we escalate this to Samsung?
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Edit /system/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf
Uncomment "Master" option and set it to "True".
Uncomment "MaxConnections" and set it to 3.
Most Android devices have this file configured poorly by default, those 2 settings should help though.
I'd suggest also enabling HFP and AutoConnect.
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Sorry, i'm on darky rom and i don't find this file, could someone help me out ?
Thanks

Really, really poor bluetooth audio quality?

On my G6, I have really terrible audio quality over Bluetooth connections, I've had two separate G6s, of different colors, received weeks apart, and they both suck for Bluetooth audio, especially my Sony car stereo, and LG Tone Free... can anybody else report on their experience? Does your LS993 sound awful on your Bluetooth devices?
Have a fairly new G6 bluetooth og Bose earpiece working very well, also on 2010 F150 pick up and 2012 Buick no audio issues. Audio has been fine so far.
Mine also is pretty poor. The volume level is about half the level of the satellite radio or fm stations in my car
Hello all.
I had G2 in the past and I use to listen music in my car, using Bluetooth connection to Pioneer head unit. I have Spotify premium account and I have my Playlist downloaded with the best quality. However once I got G6 a week ago I noticed that audio quality from the g6 with the same songs, same Playlist, same Spotify account, is not as good as it was with g2. So I did a short research and found a thread in the net where people reported the same problem.
A guy from the thread suggested to disconnect all other Bluetooth devices from the phone (like smart watch or band) and actually that solved my problem. I have MiBand2. Once I disconnected it the audio quality became as good as before.
So guys, if you have a smart watch, try to remove it and check the quality again. I hope that helps.
I went a couple of months with no issues on my Kia Optima, then suddenly, I started getting really bad aliasing on the highs. As said above, I turned off my Huwaei watch and the sound was normal again. After a bit, I turned my watch back on, and it remained fine.
I had it happen once again many weeks later; and again, a quick off - wait - on, cycle with the watch fixed it. So whatever it is, seems to be a bandwith allocation issue with the bluetooth software. From March '17 thorugh almost Sept '17 and I've only had to do this twice? I think I can live with this.
Hey heres something for you to try..
Download WiFi Scanner from App Store.. Look at your 2.4ghz networks.. then keep in mind your cordless phones, IP Cams, Walkie Talkies, baby monitors in your area.. You may be a victim of signal interference.
Bluetooth operates on the 2.4ghz spectrum along with a TON of other devices now available.
Your sony stereo may be the culprit.. if is an aftermarket "Xplod" deck
Im an audiophile, and my G6 runs better than my Samsungs.. (also no issues with the "preventative volume warning"
What you also may have is an app that is causing the volume to lower...
For example.. when i stream the music player with the stock app, sometimes Snapchat notification sounds cause the rest of the volume to be lower..
Google Maps is another one that can hijack the sound but you can control in settings.
For using music try a different app ( i use Maple Player) and it works great ..
Based on your experiences i think its something outside causing the problem to be honest. but thats ALOT of trial and error to deal with.. if worse comes to worse- you can always get an aux jack bluetooth adapter for your car stereo if it IS the stereos bluetooth receiver .

V20 APT-X Bluetooth Issues

Hi folks, wondering if anyone has dealt with this issue before.
I have a Kenwood KDC-X701 headunit in my Jeep which supports APT-X. I have never had an issue with any of my android phones connecting to the headunit, specifically my Galaxy S5 running LOS 14 nightlies. Always auto-connects and displays APT-X on the headunit (NOT AAC)
I broke the screen on the S5 so I bought an LG V20 (LS997) knowing full well that development has ceased on the V20, with the assumption that a stock ROM will at least be fairly stable.
Enter the issues I am having with my new V20, latest Sprint build 100% stock.
When I let the headunit auto-connect to the V20, it displays APT-X but no audio comes through the head unit unless I initiate a call (no music regardless of application, no google maps audio, etc). After disconnecting the call, it goes back to not passing audio.
If I disable auto-connect on the headunit and manually connect my V20, it connects and displays "AAC" and will play audio without issues.
Now, normally I would say "screw it, I found a workaround", but I tested my S5 and V20 side-by-side with some Modest Mouse FLAC files (through PowerAmp), and APT-X makes a noticeable difference in clarity. The mids/highs sound muddy on the V20 (AAC), and super clear on the S5 (APT-X). Enough so that I spent quite some time debugging it to see if I could figure out what the source of the issue was.
Is this something related to the APT-X HD codec? I spent an hour just now messing with it and I can NOT get the V20 to pass audio when connected via APT-X, but it passes audio just fine via AAC. 100% sure this is the V20 because every other Android I have tried (even my friend's S7, stock VZW), and none of them have this issue!
TL;DR
My V20 won't pass audio using the APT-X codec, but will pass audio using the AAC codec. My head-unit always auto-negotiates APT-X and I have to manually disconnect/reconnect through my V20 to get it to negotiate AAC and pass audio.
Any help/feedback would be greatly appreciated
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Here are some pics I took of the actual display
AAC https://photos.app.goo.gl/6urGBAmHOSGTy1Cn1
APT-X https://photos.app.goo.gl/VwgCoSkySW57iVSr1
Driving me mad because I like to just get in the car, hit play on the headunit, and not need to take my phone out of my pocket
Same problem here
This could have just as easily been my post word for word. I got a V20 over the weekend, replaced my old stereo with a x501 so that I could have bluetooth. Took me about a day to figure out that I have to disconnect and reconnect in order to get sound, even thou it is clearly connected via bluetooth and I can see what song is playing on the stereo. I too noticed that this is happening when its using APTX codec, when I disconnect and reconnect it for some reason switches to AAC and works perfectly. Yep, and it's very annoying because I do have to get into you phone and disconnect/reconnect every time I start my car. After that everything works as expected.
investinwaffles said:
My V20 won't pass audio using the APT-X codec, but will pass audio using the AAC codec. My head-unit always auto-negotiates APT-X and I have to manually disconnect/reconnect through my V20 to get it to negotiate AAC and pass audio.
Any help/feedback would be greatly appreciated
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Have you checked online for a firmware update for the radio? I have the kdc-x599 and mine had an update specifically for Bluetooth related issues and mine streams just fine over the aptx codec.
Thanks for the advice! I was actually on a much older firmware version so I went ahead and updated my head unit (from v.109 to v.116) but unfortunately there was no change
I am going to try a full factory reset on the head-unit this weekend but it's not looking promising unfortunately
It is pretty annoying to have to initiate the connection from the phone, especially when you hop in/out of your car like at a gas station and end up not remembering till you are on the road. I was looking for a widget or something that could auto-initiate a specific bluetooth connection instead of having to go into the settings (or toggle bluetooth on/off) but haven't found one.
I really like the concept of the phone and the hardware, but LG is just "not good" at Android. My best advice is for them to run just pure AOSP and fire their OS development team, but hopefully Google will force their hand with Project Treble.
Compounding things further I dug out my S5 with Lineage OS to set it up as a garage phone and remembered how much I miss just pure AOSP (and root access, and no bloatware, and stability)...
I wonder if the KDC-X702 and latest models have the same issue, but confirmed that it was an issue specific to the V20 and it seems futile to change the whole head unit because of the shoddy bluetooth stack in the V20.
So, I will grudgingly deal with the issue and try to push it from my mind every single time I get into my car until I can find a suitable replacement for the V20, but the damn headphone amp has spoiled me which makes it hard. Maybe someone will come out with a nice streamlined Type-C DAC/AMP combo but I am not holding my breath
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Last ditch effort - I am going to send an email to both Kenwood and LG tech support to try and get some engineering assistance.
I know LG is going to write me off, but Kenwood seems actively engaged in development (last firmware update for the KDC-X701 was March 15th, just days ago). It's not on their end of the equations so I am not sure what they can do anyways
@investinwaffles
Is your phone rooted? That sounds kinda similar to the issue of using certain audio mods or tweaks on the V20. I use Viper and to activate the mod over Bluetooth I have to use an app created by WETA that basically forces a phone call so it can activate the effects. My TMobile version doesn't have any problem playing over aptx on mine regardless of audio mod though but it sounds kinda similar.
KUSOsan said:
@investinwaffles
Is your phone rooted? That sounds kinda similar to the issue of using certain audio mods or tweaks on the V20. I use Viper and to activate the mod over Bluetooth I have to use an app created by WETA that basically forces a phone call so it can activate the effects. My TMobile version doesn't have any problem playing over aptx on mine regardless of audio mod though but it sounds kinda similar.
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No, I am 100% stock, Sprint ZVD firmware (latest update)
Mine is stock and I did update the firmware on the headunit(x501) to 116, this is what Kenwood told me which I tried with no luck...
I recommend that you initialize the Bluetooth settings, reset the unit, and verify the firmware is up to date. Simply press the volume knob to enter FUNCTION, turn the knob and select BT MODE, INITIALIZE, and YES. You may then remove the faceplate and press the small button on the radio with a paper clip or ball point pen.
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Once i told them this did not work they asked me this...
I recommend that you pair and connect a different device to confirm if you are experiencing a compatibility issue or if the unit needs to be serviced. For testing purposes try a phone manufactured by a different brand or one listed on the Bluetooth compatibility list.
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None of the phones on their list support aptx, they are all very old phones. What I don't understand is why does it try to use aptx only when the headunit boots, then it will switch to AAC when I disconnect and reconnect bluetooth from the phone. If the phone is setup to use aptx, wouldn't try to negotiate aptx everytime it connects? Anyway, AAC works but its a hassle every time I jump in and out of the car. Is this just an issue with the LG V20 or Kenwood? I dont' have any other bluetooth devices that use aptx to test with... and since other phone I have only use aac I can verify the headunit either.
On a side note, I also have issues with hand mode. when I connect the phone via usb it will only provide power. I have spent no time troubleshooting this so it could be as simple as a cable issues. I was curious if you have connected the LG V20 via usb and been able to use hand mode?
@G2T
Do you have a Sprint variant as well?
I have a T-Mobile variant and a Kenwood unit and I have no issues with using aptx. Mine doesn't display the codec on the unit but I have used logcat to verify that it doesn't switch back to aac as I've had Bluetooth issues before on a certain TMobile firmware
I have AT&T

Samsung S8 Crackling Bluetooth audio and Bluetooth Codecs

Hi Guys.
I've seen a number of posts on this subject so here's my story and my experience thus far.
I've been using an iPhone 7 since it came out. I've been very happy playing music in my car (Fiesta with SYNC2 system) all this time. My significant other has been using an S8 for some time, and her music always sounded 'crackly' (for lack of a better word) in the car. I thought this was just her Spotify or something.
2 Days ago I bought my own S8 and I had exactly the same issue.
Now from some research I've been able to deduce that this is down to the Bluetooth Codec the phone uses. I changed mine to aptX yesterday and the music quality was great. Didn't sound like a 200KB MP3 downloaded in the early 2000's anymore.
However...
Last night I had to reboot my phone for reasons, and the developer options reset completely, which I believe is normal behavior. But now I can't set my Bluetooth Codec anymore? I change it, the moment I close the menu, it reverts back to SBC. I tried this with Bluetooth off, Bluetooth on and not connected, Bluetooth on and connected, no joy. It keeps reverting. Same goes for all the other Bluetooth settings (i.e bitrate).
So gentleman I ask you humbly, wtf? Why does the settings not stick and is this normal behavior? Is there a way I can force it to use AAC or aptX once more? I really have come to enjoy this phone but playing music in my car is a very very big factor and since AUX and USB (can't seem to play Apple Music/Google Music via USB) isn't an option, I'm stuck with Bluetooth.
Thanks in advance,
Have you made sure dual audio is disabled???
If not, go to Bluetooth, turn it on, hit the tripple dots in the top right and tap on "Dual Audio"
Make sure it's off and now try changing to AptX or whatever codec works best for you.
Disable / re-enable Buetooth and see if it sticks. (Try rebooting too)
Also, Bluetooth codecs will automatically change if the device you're connecting to doesn't support your choice of codec.
Keep me posted
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Have you made sure dual audio is disabled???
If not, go to Bluetooth, turn it on, hit the tripple dots in the top right and tap on "Dual Audio"
Make sure it's off and now try changing to AptX or whatever codec works best for you.
Disable / re-enable Buetooth and see if it sticks. (Try rebooting too)
Also, Bluetooth codecs will automatically change if the device you're connecting to doesn't support your choice of codec.
Keep me posted
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Hi Corey,
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, the above didn't work Dual audio was disabled, I enabled it and disabled it again. I tried changing the codec and bit rate but the result is the same, the moment I close the menu or turn on Bluetooth, it reverts back to SBC and Best Effort bitrate. I should mention that when I turn on the Bluetooth, it doesn't connect to anything, the only paired device at this point is my car.
Interestingly enough, if I don't close the menu but just hit the middle button, the settings will stay as is and the audio is great. What I haven't tried yet is closing the menu after a 'good' connection is made to the car. It may be that the setting sticks but the menu says otherwise. But I can definitely confirm that if I close the menu and then connect, the audio is garbage.
As for the compatibility of the car's Bluetooth, well it's a Ford SYNC2 system which from what I can see is actually quite basic. I am starting to this the problem isn't as much the codec, but rather the bitrate at which the phone is playing/sending music across the Bluetooth.
dxcza said:
Hi Corey,
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, the above didn't work Dual audio was disabled, I enabled it and disabled it again. I tried changing the codec and bit rate but the result is the same, the moment I close the menu or turn on Bluetooth, it reverts back to SBC and Best Effort bitrate. I should mention that when I turn on the Bluetooth, it doesn't connect to anything, the only paired device at this point is my car.
Interestingly enough, if I don't close the menu but just hit the middle button, the settings will stay as is and the audio is great. What I haven't tried yet is closing the menu after a 'good' connection is made to the car. It may be that the setting sticks but the menu says otherwise. But I can definitely confirm that if I close the menu and then connect, the audio is garbage.
As for the compatibility of the car's Bluetooth, well it's a Ford SYNC2 system which from what I can see is actually quite basic. I am starting to this the problem isn't as much the codec, but rather the bitrate at which the phone is playing/sending music across the Bluetooth.
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I'm not gonna' lie, I'm not very impressed by the Bluetooth on the S8... or Bluetooth in general.
It's lousy most of the time, mine always distorts and especially around emergency vehicles... (Could be interference from their coms???)
If possible, just stick to good 'ol copper wire
I can't imagine wireless audio not ever being interfered with and will always stay wired.
Also, try a music app called Poweramp.
It has many settings involving latency etc. It has a trial for 2 weeks and is worth EVERY penny if you decide to buy IMHO.
Try the build version first, if that doesn't have settings that you need, try the alpha version.
It has lots of latency settings etc
I'm guessing higher latency = better results as it has more time to be pushed over BT before the sound is reproduced.
I'm probably wrong though.
Can't beat lots of settings tho aye.
CoreyOS said:
I'm not gonna' lie, I'm not very impressed by the Bluetooth on the S8... or Bluetooth in general.
It's lousy most of the time, mine always distorts and especially around emergency vehicles... (Could be interference from their coms???)
If possible, just stick to good 'ol copper wire
I can't imagine wireless audio not ever being interfered with and will always stay wired.
Also, try a music app called Poweramp.
It has many settings involving latency etc. It has a trial for 2 weeks and is worth EVERY penny if you decide to buy IMHO.
Try the build version first, if that doesn't have settings that you need, try the alpha version.
It has lots of latency settings etc
I'm guessing higher latency = better results as it has more time to be pushed over BT before the sound is reproduced.
I'm probably wrong though.
Can't beat lots of settings tho aye.
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Morning Corey,
Yeah so my situation at the moment is to have my old iPhone in the car at all times as a glorified bluetooth player. I've also gone out and bought an auxiliary cable for when the iPhone's battery dies on me (happens more often than one would think). And to have a charger for the iPhone, charger for the Samsung and aux cable for the Samsung all plugged in becomes really messy.
It must be something to do with the Bluetooth 5 feature. I don't know what version the iPhone is (cba to check) but it works like a dream.
Wish we had some form of backwards compatibility or a feature to force an older version with Samsung. Just sucks buying a phone which is really not cheap in ZA just to have the music sound like a 300kb MP3 played on Winamp with the treble bars turned up all the way.
I'll try out the app you suggested mate, thanks!
dxcza said:
Morning Corey,
Yeah so my situation at the moment is to have my old iPhone in the car at all times as a glorified bluetooth player. I've also gone out and bought an auxiliary cable for when the iPhone's battery dies on me (happens more often than one would think). And to have a charger for the iPhone, charger for the Samsung and aux cable for the Samsung all plugged in becomes really messy.
It must be something to do with the Bluetooth 5 feature. I don't know what version the iPhone is (cba to check) but it works like a dream.
Wish we had some form of backwards compatibility or a feature to force an older version with Samsung. Just sucks buying a phone which is really not cheap in ZA just to have the music sound like a 300kb MP3 played on Winamp with the treble bars turned up all the way.
I'll try out the app you suggested mate, thanks!
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No worries and if you are referring to a USB cigarette lighter charger/USB charger then try the multi-cables.
Try one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poweradd-L...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=59QBSADVWM0NKGZGTQ4K
sorry to drag up an old thread, i have the same problem ( sync2 too) and it is same issues. I have noticed that even though its bad its tolerable bad. then i add my samsung watch and becomes awful.
did you ever figure the issue out? i feel its the sync2 causing some kind of problem
ninjatiger26 said:
sorry to drag up an old thread, i have the same problem ( sync2 too) and it is same issues. I have noticed that even though its bad its tolerable bad. then i add my samsung watch and becomes awful.
did you ever figure the issue out? i feel its the sync2 causing some kind of problem
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I dont know yet I have been using my s8 and bluetooth audio for watch speakers controllers everything and today for the first time my speaker was crackling under bluetooth
I will most def be trying to recreate this and figure it out cause it was very iratating...

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