ipod/iphone music control via usb?

[Fish]

Originally Posted by denkigrve

Ha nice, I just saw this thread and was gonna post up about that. I was tinkering with it this morning trying to figure out how to tell it to STOP automatically playing bluetooth audio off of my phone when I turn on the stereo. I only want BT audio for phone calls, I have an iPod touch for music over USB. :P

Lol that's the same setup I'm doing.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by denkigrve

Ha nice, I just saw this thread and was gonna post up about that. I was tinkering with it this morning trying to figure out how to tell it to STOP automatically playing bluetooth audio off of my phone when I turn on the stereo. I only want BT audio for phone calls, I have an iPod touch for music over USB. :P

Interesting. I have an old iPod (Gen2 I think) hooked up to the USB and have my DroidX over BT. I have no problems doing exactly what you are trying to do. If music is playing on the iPod and I get a call, the music pauses and I can answer the call.

I do have a problem with NAV on my phone though. It doesn't play that through the radio or through the phone since the phone thinks it needs to play through the radio.

I'm guessing I would have to switch to BT audio to get the NAV turn-by-turn directions, but then would not be able to listen to the iPod. Sounds like we just have the opposite setups on our HUs.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by denkigrve

Ha nice, I just saw this thread and was gonna post up about that. I was tinkering with it this morning trying to figure out how to tell it to STOP automatically playing bluetooth audio off of my phone when I turn on the stereo. I only want BT audio for phone calls, I have an iPod touch for music over USB. :P

If you have an FR-S with the stock unit, I think I've figured this out.

The iPod/BT/Audio button (top button on the smaller "circle") is a toggle switch. With my DroidX connected BT and an iPod connected USB, I was able to switch back and forth using the button between the iPod playing and my DroidX streaming from Amazon Cloud Player.

As a bonus I discovered I can pause, and skip back and forth between track on the Cloud Player.

Whichever setting I leave it in (iPod/BT) is the one it picks back up on when I turn the radio back on.

Don't have an iPhone to test with, but hope that helps.

[denkigrve]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

If you have an FR-S with the stock unit, I think I've figured this out.

The iPod/BT/Audio button (top button on the smaller "circle") is a toggle switch. With my DroidX connected BT and an iPod connected USB, I was able to switch back and forth using the button between the iPod playing and my DroidX streaming from Amazon Cloud Player.

As a bonus I discovered I can pause, and skip back and forth between track on the Cloud Player.

Whichever setting I leave it in (iPod/BT) is the one it picks back up on when I turn the radio back on.

Don't have an iPhone to test with, but hope that helps.

Hrm, if I power off/on while the car running it does that, but as soon as I start the car it's like "OH HAI BT AUDIO! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! LETS BE THE BEST OF BATTERY SUCKING FRIENDS!" I'm trying to prevent that. I'll mess with it if I can get some time tonight, still at work. :X

[Buggy51]

If all else fails, wonder if there's a jailbreak option

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by denkigrve

Hrm, if I power off/on while the car running it does that, but as soon as I start the car it's like "OH HAI BT AUDIO! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! LETS BE THE BEST OF BATTERY SUCKING FRIENDS!" I'm trying to prevent that. I'll mess with it if I can get some time tonight, still at work. :X

Interesting, mine does not do that, but as I said I don't have an iPhone.

On a related note, I mentioned above I use Amazon Cloud Player. For you iPhone/iTouch folks, Amazon just released a version of the Clould Player for those devices.

Since the Cloud player comes with Amazon Prime, I use it to back up the family's music to the cloud. That way its available to us from any browswer or our smartphones. It's nice to have access to your music collection and playlists no matter where you are, without carrying it around with you!

[Buggy51]

Originally Posted by Buggy51

If all else fails, wonder if there's a jailbreak option

I suppose its fun to quote myself:

http://leimobile.com/noaccsplash-released/

Apparently if you have a jailbroken ipod/phone using that app might allow you access to music controls when you plug things in via usb.