Sound quality when used with car stereo? How is the sound quality when transmitted to car stereo via built-in "handsfree" Bluetooth feature?
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In order to use the Sony Bluetooth iPod transmitter, your car has to support A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile.. streaming stereo audio). Please note that A2DP is NOT THE SAME as the handsfree profile you use for making phonecalls. As long as it does it should work fine. I use bluetooth iPod in conjunction with a JVC KD-AVX33, which does support Bluetooth audio devices and the sound is crystal clear. I've noticed that Bluetooth audio often gets a bad reputation due to a number of cell phones with crappy audio quality, which may sound acceptable coming out of the phone speaker, but really sounds pretty horrible when coming out of a nice pair of speakers. Anyway, I digress. To sum up, bluetooth quality sounds great with this transmitter. Whether or not it works with your car just depends on whether your car stereo supports Bluetooth audio (A2DP). Hope that helps.
331125
bluetooth works outstanding,, Once u have your device or phone paired, anything u play on your device or phone will play thru your car speakers. just set the Pioneer source on BT the headphone icon.
1628177
Audio Quality is the best that I have heard so far over Bluetooth. The Blue tooth range is a little on the short side being in a metal car. In my 525 the connection is in the trunk so that is were I have the Media Bridge located and it will some times cut with my phone located in the drivers seat.It comes with a long harness and if you locate the Bride in the cab of the car you will have no problems.
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I haven't had any problems with it. I talk to my boyfriend all the time on speaker phone and without it. If it's difficult to hear them while driving I recommend having a radio with an aux port. If the radio is Bluetooth compatible just sync it with you're smart phone or use a generic aux cable and plug it into your headphone port on your smartphone. Either way this patches it through your car speakers. This works really well especially if it's windy or bad weather. My bf says when I do that it sounds very clear.
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My experience is that the USB is only used to POWER the device, not to actually transfer music data. To hear the music you have to use the headphone port on the opposite side and plug THAT into a "line in" on the car stereo. If you don't have a "line in" on your stereo, this product is probably not for you. Cheers.
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The USB port on my stereo hasn't worked properly from the beginning. With the Bluetooth I can answer yes! Also with the aux port it will too.
1970074
I have been using mine in my car Bluetooth stereo and with my ultimate ears triple fi 10 pro headphones. Never tried it with Bluetooth headphones
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I have not had that problem. The Bluetooth is almost always on and nobody has said anything to me about clarity. I the bluetooth in the car, with a headset and it is on when I am not using the car or headset.
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I have used this in my car. I've got great speakers in my car, but I don't have a bluetooth stystem (so, playing anything streaming, such as something from Soundcloud) is out of the question. It really doesn't get loud enough to rise above the road noise, but in slow traffic, it's OK. It's better than the speaker on my phone, and at least allows me to listen to something I can't otherwise listen to in my car. As a bonus, it is also a speakerphone (that works *really* well), so you have music, and a hands-free system. It's an OK solution if you're on a budget. HTH
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The make of the car is irrelevant. Your stereo or amp needs to have an RCA input. Any input really using adapters from the RCA plugs. Think of the Bluetooth dongle as a generic audio source. you need to have someway to connect it to your stereo or amp, and a way to select it, if applicable. I run mine straight into the amp. It has moderate bluetooth strength. I am able to pickup a signal through a thin firewall but not much more. FYI.
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Yes! I use mine with my classic and i use an LG bluetooth headphones, which has volume controls and FF/REV on it as well. It works flawlessly with my unit. What type of bluetooth car stereo do you have?
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I don't think these guys understood your question. I was wondering too about this as my car has bluetooth built in for calls, but no a2dp technology for the audio. I searched thru the reviews and I guess it does work with your factory builit-in bluetooth. See copy and paste below."Works in conjunction with the bluetooth phone headset built into my car, so able to pair audio output & phone interface once I turn on BT on my phone. I rarely have to click the single button on the clip to get it paired."
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this device will let you connect via a radio frequency to your car and you connect your phone to the device via bluetooth.while it's connected you can also take calls via speakerphone which you will hear through your speakers. The audio jack in your car can be you separately but cannot be used with this device you would have to plug it into your phone then to the audio jack.
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This is strictly a receiver. It connects to your Bluetooth device (iPhone/Android) and any music playing from your phone will transmit to your car audio so long as you car has an audio in jack. 3.5mm cable male to male; one side plugged into this device and the other end to the audio in of your car
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It was one of the first tests I made. I called my Dad and Mom from my car (while driving). They said the sound was "perfect", and I've called them using a Motorola Bluetooth earpiece (which they noticed). It's really very good.
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Obviously you didn't get a reply here but did you get an answer to your question? Just picked up a used 07 Audi S4 & now trying to determine my 'iPod strategy.' A wired connection requires 1) 300-600 bucks and 2) losing my disc changer. But I don't want to go bluetooth if I surrender sound quality. I can live with no bluetooth for my blackberry since it has a speaker.So... looking for feedback!
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I am sorry I dont know but it works pretty well with the software included for old and new cars, buy bluetooth version