2016 brz infotaiment system bluetooth lag?
 

anyone else experience this problem? this whole infotainment system is mediocre at best i think. when i connected to the bluetooth, when i get a text my phone will vibrate first, then the ringtone will sound out a second later. when i text, the text key tone lags as well.

when i use bluetooth audio, it'll show information on the first song, then it stops there and won't sync up with the actual phone. so phone will be playing other songs but the screen will still show the first song.

also, is there any possible way i can get more apps into the system? or am i stuck with pandora, weather, and news?

thanks!

#firstworldproblem


Lol you nailed it (at least in the frs side) its just mediocre
If you want something better go get a nice aftermarket unit. These cars are not a Lexus so they have to cheap out somewhere to keep them affordable

Ahh ok was just wondering if there's some sort of improvement for the stock unit other than going after market haha.

Is it the FA163US unit from FujitsuTen? They're functional, not great. I disabled the text reading feature immediately because it has a stupid bug that will read out every single text in your history on Android, and every text the car missed while you aren't driving.

They are nice units from a functionality standpoint, I use Bluetooth Streaming and hands-free all the time and it works just fine. But some of the features like texting aren't worth your time.

List the head unit and your cell phone models, someone may be able to give you better help. And as always, go through the manual to try to resolve your issues.

Honestly I only use it for bluetooth and spotify while my phone is mounted, I'm just happy the skip buttons work on the unit. My friends and everyone keep asking why it only shows the first song played and doesn't show current song lol. I don't mind because I know all my music but I guess it annoys passengers if they want to know what song is playing and I have to press the power button on the quickly to glance at the song name. There's a delay on phonecalls as wells. Gets the job done for the most part so I'm not too bothered to change the unit. If all you do is listen to music and use bluetooth then it's okay, though if you do want apps I'd look at another unit. I've seen people post here about aftermarket units and watching youtube videos during traffic lol.

I've never bought a car and thought to my self, wow what a great sound system and it does all that I want!

Bought the BRZ with just the base shity stereo sans touch screen and installed one of these http://www.pioneer.com.au/au/product...50BT/page.html

Added speakers, amp and a reversing camera and could not be happier.

Takes SD cards so popped a 32GB one in there with music and video's, yes it plays just about any format video file, but I don't use that function myself.

Blue tooth syncs flawlessly the moment I start the car and it just keeps playing where I left off (if streaming from the phone). Song metadata streams to the screen correctly and even the siri functions work through blue tooth, if I want to just voice dial contacts.

The screen is very responsive and the GUI is nicely designed and layed out. The street directory is awesome.

Note the only drawback for Apple Car play is the need to plug your phone in for it to work. Not a feature I bother using to be honest.

TL;DR - Buy an aftermarket head unit and call it a day.

haha yeah im happy im not a big audiophile, so the bluetooth audio works ok for me. just wish it syncs instead of stuck at the first song.

and the system reads text messages??? i think they might've taken it out for the 2016....:(

You're going to have to play around with the settings. Try having the car initiate the connection, then try having the phone initiate the connection. You can also look up support for your Android phone on a forum like XDA.

More often than not, I find bluetooth problems have more to do with the phone than head units and other devices, and it has more to do with monkeying with the settings and proper configuration.

thanks! i didn't think of that actually. I use an iphone so i'll see if there's anything i can mess with. thanks for the heads up!

Glad Im not the only one with the issue. I have the same issue with the song and artist not updating after the first song. Mine usually drops off a few seconds then comes back softer and that usually only happens once. Im glad that I don't have to yell when using the phone and that the pause/play and skip functions work. Overall everything works is just not the most speedy thing in the world. Also made a call while playing music and the speakers turned up and practically blew my ear drums out and the call audio didn't come through. I haven't tried to recreate the situation yet. Will edit if I can though.

On the 2016 BRZ the radio is trapezoidal shaped as well as the dash trim panel. How did you make it fit correctly?

The installer used an adaptor bracket to make it look neat. Its not as flush as having a unit that fills the full width of that space, but it looks clean enough that it could be passed off as OEM.

http://i.imgur.com/9l5l0fy.jpg

The new Starlink does have particularly laggy bluetooth, probably nearing a full second. It never shows the correct tracks on Android either.

That's not a 2016, and that's not the same trim. It's the same as the one I have which came on the series.blue here in the US. It looks almost exactly like 2016 trim without the trapezoidal shape.

Thought it was only me.

My '15 FRS had no issue. '16 hyper.blue same issue with Spotify.