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Car stereo compatibility

Not sure if this should be in accessories or not but I've been looking into getting a head unit for my car and have been wondering whether there is good android integration on decks these days. I was looking into the Kenwood excelon series but I didn't know how well they function with the e4gt, Google music, usb, and bluetooth. I've tried searching the Internet for my answers but have gotten various answers, so I decided to get your guys input.
Not sure if blue tooth connectivity or usb would be better- I've heard that id3 tags won't show up by way of bluetooth in some cases. I want a deck that I can select my music from since it's against the law to use my cell phone while driving here, and I would like to continue using Google music because everything is in the cloud. If need be I could always put music on my sd card but that is a last resort. Any ideas, suggestions, experiences? Thanks!
Edit: I don't know if this is useful but I forgot to add I'm running stock rooted gb el29 until ics gets fully stable (I know it's pretty much there already but I'd rather not bother with bugs right now)
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U can try adapter to stereo u currently have...bluetooth adapter works great for talkin on phone and listenin to music or usb if u want to read music and charge phone at same time..

But would an adapter allow you to select music through your stereo or would you still have to select music by way of your phone?
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I have the KFC-x794, a tad old I know, with the hands free addition. Works for me. But I had to get the bt adapter because the USB only works a crapple.
Love how autocorrect took KDC to KFC. Must be hungry...
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Google grom audio....they sell adapters(stock) comes with aux only
.. u can buy add on for usb playin and chargin and add on for bluetooth with mic...for both u can control via stereo but might depend if ur radios compatible..im a happy customer!

MoHoGalore said:
I have the KFC-x794, a tad old I know, with the hands free addition. Works for me. But I had to get the bt adapter because the USB only works a crapple.
Love how autocorrect took KDC to KFC. Must be hungry...
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I hate the chokehold that Apple has on stereo integration yet no love for Android. I don't get it.
All the id3 tags work fine on your desk? Also does Google music work with it?
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memoerdezguey said:
Google grom audio....they sell adapters(stock) comes with aux only
.. u can buy add on for usb playin and chargin and add on for bluetooth with mic...for both u can control via stereo but might depend if ur radios compatible..im a happy customer!
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That looks like a decent way to use the stock radio, how easy was it to install for you?
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Czarnickoli said:
That looks like a decent way to use the stock radio, how easy was it to install for you?
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I was lucky...they have vids on youtube on how to install and they were using my car but its pretty easy...just remove radio, connect one plug to where cd changer goes and thats it...up to u where u wanna put adapter..its like a 3×3 small box

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All the id3 tags work fine on your desk? Also does Google music work with it?
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Not sure what you're asking me. Tags for over the bt adapter to the display on the head? No. They don't work on that for me. But the player works fine.
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I have a sony deck, and the stock music player app works over bluetooth. MP3 track titles show up on the deck, I can pause, skip tracks forward and back, and fast forward/rewind using the controls on the deck. I have tried a couple of different music players and only the stock Touch Wiz player can be controlled from the deck. I can listen to other music player through bluetooth, but loose the deck control.
FYI I've used calk's GB and ICS roms, stock rooted, and Blazer GB with the sony deck.

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I have a sony deck, and the stock music player app works over bluetooth. MP3 track titles show up on the deck, I can pause, skip tracks forward and back, and fast forward/rewind using the controls on the deck. I have tried a couple of different music players and only the stock Touch Wiz player can be controlled from the deck. I can listen to other music player through bluetooth, but loose the deck control.
FYI I've used calk's GB and ICS roms, stock rooted, and Blazer GB with the sony deck.
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Perfect that's more or less what I was wondering and it seems to be predominate that only the stock player works with id3 tags showing up on the deck.
Has anyone figured out a work around to get Google music to work?
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I have a pioneer 80prs and he one thing that sucks on Android is the bluetooth lag.... When watching a movie and streaming the audio to the headunit the video is a second or two ahead

usb hands down superior. kenwood/pioneer best integration
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usb hands down superior. kenwood/pioneer best integration
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I'm trying out a friends pioneer this weekend and I'm almost positive I'll get a pioneer deck or a Kenwood excelon. They seem to be catching up with android use finally according to reviews. I would say it's partly google's fault and partly stereo brands. I imagine it's hard to plan to integrate android when it is so fragmented.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone here tried using a tablet as a head unit? I'm curious how much audio quality you would have to sacrifice..
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Check out mirror link head units... I believe Sony has a model coming to the states soon... supposedly they support full integration with your phone...
As far as the tablet goes, if you can run your audio through your usb your audio quality should be as good as the quality of the music files on your tablet and the quality of the sound system in the car...
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I have the pioneer deh-p8400bh and it works great for Bluetooth as well as USB.
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App radio 2 with the Android cord. End of conversation.
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Buy a new ford with sync. That $hit is the $hit, yo!

Atticuspoint6 said:
Buy a new ford with sync. That $hit is the $hit, yo!
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It is cool, but nothing compared to what aftermarket has to offer. Yo.
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basketthis said:
App radio 2 with the Android cord. End of conversation.
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That looks absolutely amazing! A bit on the high end of what I'm doing to spend but it looks like it would be worth it. Do you have the appradio2?
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Default audio player / Ford sync / Bluetooth

I was hoping someone could help me with the default media player when syncing via Bluetooth with a Ford Sync radio.
Im using CM9, and when I choose Bluetooth input on my radio, my Gnex automatically starts playing music with Apollo. Is there a way to remove that as a default option, or change the default to a different media player, like Pocket Casts or something else?
Any help would be appreciated!
** the launch by default option in setting/apps is greyed out and not changeable
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codya321 said:
I was hoping someone could help me with the default media player when syncing via Bluetooth with a Ford Sync radio.
Im using CM9, and when I choose Bluetooth input on my radio, my Gnex automatically starts playing music with Apollo. Is there a way to remove that as a default option, or change the default to a different media player, like Pocket Casts or something else?
Any help would be appreciated!
** the launch by default option in setting/apps is greyed out and not changeable
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Have you tried going into setting->apps->Apollo
And pressing clear defaults?

I have, no dice though... the "clear defaults" button is inactive.
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codya321 said:
I have, no dice though... the "clear defaults" button is inactive.
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you could try going into your system files and deleting the apollo.apk
Never liked that player anyways

So I deleted the Apollo apk, fixed that problem. Now when I sync via Bluetooth to my radio, Google music automatically starts playing. I have gone into app settings and tried to clear the defaults, but its still greyed out and not a changeable option...
Any other ideas?
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Sorry for bumping an old thread, but did you manage to fix it?
codya321 said:
So I deleted the Apollo apk, fixed that problem. Now when I sync via Bluetooth to my radio, Google music automatically starts playing. I have gone into app settings and tried to clear the defaults, but its still greyed out and not a changeable option...
Any other ideas?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
Could always buy a tasker, I would imagine those settings are buried deep in a .dex file
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Play music via usb in car

Ok.... does anyone know of a an app or a way to pay music on my sd card on my car stereo? I plug in my usb cable and nothing happens i used to be able to pull down the drop menu and i could mount sd card and whala it played but that option is gone. Thank you in advanced for any solutions you may have.
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The GS3 does not support connecting over USB as a mass storage device (like my old Evo did). That is likely why your car stereo does not see your music on your phone. Not sure there is a way around that.
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Lame looks like im stuck using an ipod. Ugh i hate apple products.
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XBMC4LIFE said:
Ok.... does anyone know of a an app or a way to pay music on my sd card on my car stereo? I plug in my usb cable and nothing happens i used to be able to pull down the drop menu and i could mount sd card and whala it played but that option is gone. Thank you in advanced for any solutions you may have.
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Hi, I'm not sure if this is a solution but you can try it.
do you see the usb logo when you connect your phone to the radio on the status bar? If yes, pull down the notification, and click on the usb logo.. than choose "camera (ftp)", and right after that choose Media Device (MTP). It should work after that. You can also try to enable usb debugging under settings-developper options-usb debugging.

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Hi, I'm not sure if this is a solution but you can try it.
do you see the usb logo when you connect your phone to the radio on the status bar? If yes, pull down the notification, and click on the usb logo.. than choose "camera (ftp)", and right after that choose Media Device (MTP). It should work after that. You can also try to enable usb debugging under settings-developper options-usb debugging.
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Ok cool. Ill give that a shot and see what happens. Hopefully it works. Thank you!
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m20120 said:
The GS3 does not support connecting over USB as a mass storage device (like my old Evo did). That is likely why your car stereo does not see your music on your phone. Not sure there is a way around that.
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All my music is on my sd card and I was just listening to music via usb in my car an hour ago. Op I'm not sure why yours doesn't work. Ever tried just using the earphone jack?

ReapersDeath said:
All my music is on my sd card and I was just listening to music via usb in my car an hour ago. Op I'm not sure why yours doesn't work. Ever tried just using the earphone jack?
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Yeah i could do that but i prefer usb cause my deck is a media player it has no cd slot or anything just shows all the songs via usb so i can use my remote to change songs vs looking at my phone distracting me from the road.
What rom are you on that allows you to connect usb as media?
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There is an app for the international s3 that allows you to mount your sd.. But I have tried and it doesn't work on the us version, it would be great if we could get it working
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Sgs3 easy UMS.. I guess it works for the Verizon and at&t versions..
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XBMC4LIFE said:
Yeah i could do that but i prefer usb cause my deck is a media player it has no cd slot or anything just shows all the songs via usb so i can use my remote to change songs vs looking at my phone distracting me from the road.
What rom are you on that allows you to connect usb as media?
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I've tried all types of music players and configurations. The s3 can mount the USB to play music. However 98% of car stereos only support apple. There for you can not see the music on your deck like you can with a iPod. You can change the songs but it won't display them.
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Anyone tried that app?
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Mine kinda works :-0
When I plug my SG3 into my Sony deck (xplod or something) it recognizes a folder and plays the tracks in it. However it is not my music folder. It is some folder containing notification files. It will display the names of the files so I will try to find where those are stored and see if I can put music files there and see if they will play. But yeah, most decks are designed to work with Crapple thangs...

streaming to Xbox360 UPnP apps

I have run into an frustrating issue as of late regarding streaming music from my s3 through my xbox using the built in music player. What is happening is the music player will randomly pause while streaming, requiring me to press the play button to get it going again. This is not being caused by incoming messages or calls. I don't have voice enabled. Keep wifi on is also enabled.
Strong wifi signal through entire home. Running frosty Jb v7.
If it's a player issue whats the best alternative? I tried a few from the play store 2player, bubble UPnp, poweramp , winamp. They either have ****ty interfaces or act just as wonky.
Maybe I am just not understanding the tech of it. I turn the xbox, tv and stereo on. Then push the icon on my music player(see attached photo) and it starts streaming through the xbox. I thought it was pretty slick until it started acting up on me.

I'm getting the same thing. Happens more often when I put the phone on shuffle.
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mt3g said:
I'm getting the same thing. Happens more often when I put the phone on shuffle.
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Possibly a custom kernel issue? No idea, just a thought. I know they can cause things to not work properly sometimes.

Was on stock. Good thought though.
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I tried bubble UPnP for a while.. didnt like the interface to begin with.. I want to go to artist then sort through various albums. It did work however until the program itself began freezing up and not retrieving my files. So that was a no go.

I am stock. Am I able to stream music as well? Or do I need a particular rom ...Assuming you guys figure this out.
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MikeJennni said:
I am stock. Am I able to stream music as well? Or do I need a particular rom ...Assuming you guys figure this out.
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Can be done on stock as well. Its a built in feature, just need to have a wireless(wifi) capable tv, xbox, or ps3 (maybe some thing else like adapters) pretty sure anything DLNA capable. And phone and Device need to be on same wifi.
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How are you guys are to do this?
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adracup said:
How are you guys are to do this?
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+1
Enlighten please
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MikeJennni said:
I am stock. Am I able to stream music as well? Or do I need a particular rom ...Assuming you guys figure this out.
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I did it on stock very easy. If you have Xbox, as long as it's on, your good. If you are watching Netflix, it will stop what you are watching. You have to use a stock samsung app. I just go through my gallery, find a pic or a movie, choose it, and there is an option which looks like a monitor with a couple of hornizontal arrows going through it. This doesn't work for streaming something on a website or whatever. If it is a file already saved to your phone it will work. All you have to do is go to the picture, or start playing the video, tap the screen and on the top you will find that different icon. Again, you have to have your Xbox ON or it won't show the icon. For Xbox it is cool because you could start watching the video or pic on your phone and want to say to everyone, HEY< WATCH THIS! and with one click it goes.
You can also connect it to work with PS3 but it only works as a media server. Meaning, with Xbox, you can decide, hey, I want to watch this on the Xbox now! With PS3, you have to search for the file and THEN, play it. It's not such an immediate action.

[Q] Music Player pushing to WMP?

Discovered a feature this weekend, but I'm not sure how it's actually working and was hoping someone could tell me what I did!
I'm on stock rooted GA10, using the Samsung Music Player. When I launch the app on my home network and I've got Windows Media Player open on my desktop, the app will show a PC symbol in the top left (see screenshot). Clicking on that pushes what I'm playing in the app to my PC, and thus out my stereo (win!)
I've set up WMP in the past to stream music from my PC (to my Xbox), but I have no idea what I would have changed to allow me to push media to it. Anyone know what service/protocol this would be using so I can get more info on it? Thank you!

Toleraen said:
Discovered a feature this weekend, but I'm not sure how it's actually working and was hoping someone could tell me what I did!
I'm on stock rooted GA10, using the Samsung Music Player. When I launch the app on my home network and I've got Windows Media Player open on my desktop, the app will show a PC symbol in the top left (see screenshot). Clicking on that pushes what I'm playing in the app to my PC, and thus out my stereo (win!)
I've set up WMP in the past to stream music from my PC (to my Xbox), but I have no idea what I would have changed to allow me to push media to it. Anyone know what service/protocol this would be using so I can get more info on it? Thank you!
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I noticed that with the JB builds to, you can do it with your xbox also, that's where I first noticed it pop up, and it works amazing! I love it.
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What mode do you have to have your xbox in to push media to it? That'd be even better!

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What mode do you have to have your xbox in to push media to it? That'd be even better!
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If your just sitting at the dashboard, start playing music on your phone and that computer icon will show up again and all you have to do is push it, the xbox does the rest!
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That's bloody brilliant...is it a function of DLNA? I knew it could stream from something, but i didn't know it could push too. Thanks for the tip!

Toleraen said:
That's bloody brilliant...is it a function of DLNA? I knew it could stream from something, but i didn't know it could push too. Thanks for the tip!
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It's not working on GB08!!! :banghead:
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E4GTUser94 said:
It's not working on GB08!!! :banghead:
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Try again! I flashed to GB08 yesterday and it worked fine this morning.

Toleraen said:
Try again! I flashed to GB08 yesterday and it worked fine this morning.
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I tried multiple times and it would you work so I'm guessing it's my Xbox?
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E4GTUser94 said:
I tried multiple times and it would you work so I'm guessing it's my Xbox?
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Long story short, tonight I ended up doing a stock EL29 oc --> GB08 oc, and I just retested. Working fine here!
On my xbox it only worked when I was at the dashboard, not sure if you're trying it mid-game or not.

Toleraen said:
Long story short, tonight I ended up doing a stock EL29 oc --> GB08 oc, and I just retested. Working fine here!
On my xbox it only worked when I was at the dashboard, not sure if you're trying it mid-game or not.
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Yeah I was at the dashboard maybe it's because I'm on TBSGS3 and not stock?
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