I have the car dock, and an FM modulator (I know the FM modulator isn't the best choice, but it is all that I can use right now).
Anyway if I plug the FM modulator into the headphone jack, I get much more bass compared to plugging it into car dock.
I am running CM9 RC1, but to be honest it has done it on all of the ROMs. Is there any way to get the sound to improve from the car dock to AT LEAST equal the headphone jack???
The car dock works through usb right? If so it probably just has a crappy dac and there's nothing you can do about that. Considering the headphone dac is one of the best, I would expect the dock to sound worse.
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Is there a better DAC that I can install?
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Is there a better DAC that I can install?
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Without a soldering iron, nope. The DAC (digital to analog converter) is a IC on the circuit board of the car dock. The one for the phone is on the motherboard of the phone.
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So...is the hardware in the G2 capable of supporting FM transmissions, negating the need for a third party piece of hardware to rock the **** out in your car?
Also, are there car stereos with bluetooth receivers? Just think, wireless Dead Kennedys...
I'm pretty sure its just FM reception.
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I have not read any consensus on the issue, but I have read that the hardware specs say that it is an FM transceiver, so it should be capable. I don't know if that is correct, but it has been posted on this forum.
No one, that I know of, has gotten it to work as a transmitter. It would be awesome.
Oh yes. It'd be great. Cause I don't have AUX port and using the cassette adapter really sucks (sound quality wise).
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Oh yes. It'd be great. Cause I don't have AUX port and using the cassette adapter really sucks (sound quality wise).
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Cassette? WTF are you driving? a 1985 k-car?
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Cassette? WTF are you driving? a 1985 k-car?
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Haha I have a POS Hyundai that's ten years old and even I have a CD player
Though my friend has a 2004 VW R32 and he has both CD and cassette
I hate CDs, especially in a car. I'll take a tape player any day. Sadly, all I have in my car is AM/FM. I might just get on down to a second hand store and buy a crappy stereo with an aux port.
You could buy a transmitter that plugs into the headphone jack. Nobody uses them much anymore so they're usually dirt cheap on eBay and they do the trick.
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I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with any small headphone amps for use with a cellphone. I need something small, battery or DC powered and relatively cheap. I'm not looking for audiophile quality here, just something to increase the volume in my car with its crappy stock speakers without any distortion.
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Headphone jack speakers (3.5mm) ?
fiio e5 or e6??
deffinitely a + for fiio - they have great solutions
sorry but i can't help maybe later
Saw something at radio shack!!!
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I know this is an older post but you should look into Cmoy headphone amps.
https://www.google.com/search?q=headphone+amplifier&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a#hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=kw5&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&sclient=psy-ab&q=cmoy+amp&oq=cmoy+&aq=0&aqi=g3g-s1g6&aql=&gs_sm=1&gs_upl=23752l32941l2l38151l5l5l0l0l0l0l149l636l0.5l5l0&gs_l=serp.1.0.0l3j0i10j0l6.23752l32941l2l38151l5l5l0l0l0l0l149l636l0j5l5l0.frgbld.&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=4b79eadf07cd0623&biw=1472&bih=748
fiio E6. Cheap but don't expect a huge raise in quality or volume
Hello, I'm looking for a FM transmitter for my phone that I can use with my car. It has to be inexpensive and I only want that particular device, not one of those DVD products. Does anyone have a product in mind that they use? Can you charge with it as well? Thanks.
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VR3 FM transmitter works great. Tried a.couple others but they were staticy and volume was low...only use vr3 now.
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I have a scoshe (probably spelled wrong)and I've tried an as seen on TV one, (I think it was Jupiter jack). I'd recommended you avoid those and, I never use it cause of lots of static. It made me miss my old cassette adapter cause those worked really well.
I am not sure how much you consider as inexpensive or expensive but I use the GG-FLEXSMART-X2 from GoGroove. I picked mine up for about 40 bucks and the sound quality is great. There is everything you want an FM transmitter for your car including USB for charging, a 3.5mm headphone jack, rewind, fast forward and pause buttons, also volume control. I used to try a whole bunch of FM transmitters but sound quality and build quality this one is the best one I have used so far.
Motorola T505. Bluetooth and auto-scan for FM channels.
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been searching and searching with no luck.
im using nschiwy-sparkplug120 rom
Any body know what chipset it has and if i can use the usb line out for audio?
and if yes on the usb line out.. can i just get a microusb to 3.5mm audio adapter from amazon?
Why not just use the headphones Jack?
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Why not just use the headphones Jack?
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I can use the headphone jack but its not a clean source.. like a line out.
I have audiophile headphones and want to connect the incredible to my fiio e17 portable dac/headphone amplifier... the best sound comes from a line out from the usb that will get amped from my dac/amp... then get sent to my headphones. Since i have my incredible sitting around.
a couple of companys make high end mp3/amplified portable players.. the Vamp from vmoda is a portable amp that allows an iphone 4 to doc in it is $600 so thats $600 plus an iphone 4.. Ibasso makes a high end android player with a awesome amp... is $800.. Hifiman makes an awesome portable mp3 player that can drive some pretty hard to drive headphones is $600..
So if i can use a clean line out audio signal from my free incredible and connect it to the line in from my pretty good Fiio dac/amp then i have a pretty darn inexpensive solution to my sensitive/subjective ears.
sorry to get too detailed.. but i am a audiophile with a severely limited budget.
Well, I did not know that. I would think the closest thing you will find is the video output cables to do this job. If memory serves, it is the standard left and right audio channels, and video. Of course you would need another cable to convert to 3.5mm jack, which is not a very clean or good looking method.
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I need to change my Car Stereo and I'm wondering about this solution: instead of using the AUX Connection from the Nexus 5 to the Car Stereo it would be amazing to use a Bluetooth connection.
This could be a good choice? how about the audio quality? I have tryed it with my old HTC Desire and a entry level Car Stereo and the audio quality was awful...
It has gotten much better. I use it in my car regularly with an aftermarket head unit that supports the latest Bluetooth technology. I run speakers and an amp with a sub. I also have an aux cable going to my glove box. For me the difference isn't great enough because I use the Bluetooth and never use the aux cable.
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I actually use a bluetooth dongle which I connect to my cassette adapter in the car. Very cheap way of getting bluetooth music. The audio is decent as well.
throw Viper4Android on there and it's perfect. If you don't root, it'll still be just fine.
Bluetooth is the pits I've speakers that are BT or hard wire and there is a world of difference. The speakers are Bose so it's not quality
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I have a stereo which sends audio and video over HDMI via a slimport adapter. The later version can also do A2DP audio over bluetooth to be connection free.
It also uses the phone's navigation software, so its never out of date. If you have a rooted N5 then you can basically display your phone and all its functionality through the HU. Have a look at the Pioneer AppRadio's and ARUnchained app on here.
I have a Bluetooth FM transmitter and it works quite well. Plugs into the cigarette outlet and has a USB port for charging. The sound quality is good. Beats listening to FM radio that's for sure. I got it on amazon for around $30 if I remember correctly.
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I put a clarion double din unit with Bluetooth, in my wife's car. What it lacks in audio quality(it doesn't lack much) it makes up for with the fact that I don't have an extra cable running to the phone/head unit. It really nice to get in and have the two devices automatically link up.
I am obsessive compulsive over tangled cables, or just cables in general so I also enjoy not having to remove plastics from the dash to run a aux cable in a clean manner.
Ford Sync user. I love SOKP ROM for sound. I back down the volume two steps from full on my phone and sound is just as good as any other source.
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i have an alpine ute 42bt bluetooth head unit going to 2 6.5 inch alpine sps 610 mids and an 800 watt amp going to two old alpine type e subs. its not the best setup ever, but i cannot hear any difference between using bluetooth and the aux on mine when i have everything dialed in on the head unit and in viperfx
I use a converter in my room. It worked great , and was cheap. It now doesn't work unless you're really close to it. I just bought a more expensive one. I'm hoping that works good. Either way I like using it.
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It has gotten much better. I use it in my car regularly with an aftermarket head unit that supports the latest Bluetooth technology. I run speakers and an amp with a sub. I also have an aux cable going to my glove box. For me the difference isn't great enough because I use the Bluetooth and never use the aux cable.
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G1 has it right. If you tried in the last couple generations of bluetooth stereos it was pretty mediocre with lots of drop outs. But, personally the stuff from the last couple years is great. And the convenience on new phones that have good enough battery that you can go zero cables for short/medium drives is awesome.
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Thanks all for your experience sharing, from what I understood there's then no big quality audio problems with Bluetooth.
I'm thinking about to upgrade my old car Stereo with an ONLY Bluetooth receiver, I mean that I want to throw away the entire old head unit and add a Bluetooth receiver that I could plug direct to the ISO 10487 connector. Did someone know a product like this one I'm searching for?
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I need to change my Car Stereo and I'm wondering about this solution: instead of using the AUX Connection from the Nexus 5 to the Car Stereo it would be amazing to use a Bluetooth connection.
This could be a good choice? how about the audio quality? I have tryed it with my old HTC Desire and a entry level Car Stereo and the audio quality was awful...
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I have a JVC head unit, and I listen to music, podcasts, and navigation through Bluetooth. It's not the best unit either. I've tried it with 4.4, 4.4.2 and 4.4.3 stock, and locked, and as well with unlocked and rooted. With and without ViPER4Android it still sounds good! No distortion, no dropped signal.
Bluetooth streaming is the way to go IMO.
LINK to my crummy head unit.
I don't have a bluetooth enables stereo in my car but I have an aux input. I bought one of these, plugged it into the aux port and connected it to my phone via bluetooth. The sound is actually really nice.
http://www.mobilelifeshop.com/produ...As5NjF630YZvSH1enFuyQD5kcRia0cn7Ghg4RPfbw_wcB
Thanks, but both solutions (car head unit and bluetooth receiver with aux connection) are not what I'm looking for, what I'm looking for is a bluetooth receiver that could be connected directly to the ISO cables of the car, so I could throw away my old car head unit.
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Thanks, but both solutions (car head unit and bluetooth receiver with aux connection) are not what I'm looking for, what I'm looking for is a bluetooth receiver that could be connected directly to the ISO cables of the car, so I could throw away my old car head unit.
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I get what you are wanting now. Just today, the same thought popped into my mind because my car stereo is having issues. I thought of bypassing my stereo all together and hooking up that bluetooth adapter directly into the system. But I'm not a stereo guy and havent looked at the connections in my car yet.
I found this but don't know if it would work at all.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Smart-ForTw...2?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item4ad5fb8768
EDIT: Never mind. That's for a Smart car or something. lol
Yep, what I would do i bypassing the stereo completely. I have all what I need on my Nexus 5, without the Car Head Unit I should no more fear thief and the internal look of the auto will be more cleaner.
Up!
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Up!
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BlackBerry has you covered my friend. If the old head unit has red/white splits or if you can hack it up get this http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-music-gateway/9A172A11438.htm
You can probably get it much cheaper from amazon. I have it powered from the USB port on my stereo and I hide it behind the stereo.