Navigation and bluetooth - Legend Themes and Apps

So I have a shiny new Legend, and am very happy with it. I quite frequently use my phone handsfree in the car, and have a Parrot MKI9100 car kit installed. This seems to work well.
I also use my handset as a Satnav. My last phone was a Nokia E71, and when navigating whilst connected to the Parrot kit voice commands muted the stereo, presumably by the HFP/HSP protocol. I have installed both google navigation and Navigon on the Legend, and have hit a problem. The voice commands from the software seem to be sent over the Bluetooth Streaming (A2DP) protocol and so do not cause the Parrot to mute the stereo, unlike the commands sent over the handsfree protocol from the E71.
Is there any way to force the voice commands over the handsfree protocol, or do I have to resign myself to satnav via the Legends (rather quiet) speaker?
Thanks!

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Two Bluetooth devices simultaneously?

Hi,
has anyone yet had success in connecting e.g. a BT GPS receiver and a wireless headset at the same time to the wizard? I'm currently thinking about buying a BT-Headset, but don't want to miss the GPS navigation at the same time...
Thanks, Horst
yeah I've done it a bunch of times.
it works ok with a standard bt ear set but if you try the higher quality stereo set up i had all sorts of problems. The audio would slow down as the data wasnt getting through quick enough, then when it got the data it would play it fast to catch up to where it should be.
Two bluetooth devices
I have had no problems connecting a bluetooth GPS device and a Motorola headset at the same time.
I find the devices are more reliable if the bluetooth is connected first, then the headset.
When receiving a call on the headset the GPS and TomTom continue to work BUT I lose the sound from the TomTom programme - which has never caused any problems.
Cegmawr, have you done this using a BT Stereo Headset like the HT820? or using a standar mono BT headset?
I have an HT820 and when the GPS is on, i loose the Audio, it starts skipping
Make sure devices are Bluetooth 2 not 1.1
I had a Bluetooth 2 GPS and a bluetooth 1.1 hansfree speaker - bioth kept dropping out.
I now have a bluetooth 2.0 GOS and am using a Seimend Bluetooth Car Kit - all works perfectly, as it does with Nokia nd SoneyEric bluetooth headsets... seem s to me that Bluetooth 2 is the key.
Also, TomTom automatically mutes itself if you're in a call, nothing to do with Bluetooth.

Sat Nav over Bluetooth

Hi
Can anyone confirm that Sat Nav commands are streamed to a blue tooth speaker ?
I would like to use the Sat Nav on my phone but the in-built speaker isn't upto the job. A simple blue tooth speaker would be fine, if it works. . . .or are there any other alternatives.
Any help or recommendations would be most welcome.
Ta
Hi
I will test this at work today for you as i have bluetooth speakers there can also check an fm transmitter if you want to go down that route
I use a Venturi mini (http://www.myventuri.com/home.aspx ) and it stream BT sat commands, phone calls and even my .mp3 music to my car radio, separate or even together.....it's excellent, especially as it's powered from cigarette lighter socket
Thanks for this - I do like the look of the Venturi mini, and the usb charging function would be ideal, but I would prefer an independent speaker so that I can still use my cars radio/media player. What it does prove is that I can stream commands using A2DP to a bluetooth device.
I can confirm BT speaker output for two navigation softwares:
IGO8 and ALK Copilot.
Using a Blaupunkt car audio unit named "Hamburg MP68" with A2DP streaming.
Working quite well, the same as my BT stereo headphone, a Plantronics 590E.
If you connect a bluetooth headset/ a2dp device, all sounds should play over bluetooth, so it should work without any problems
accountabc said:
If you connect a bluetooth headset/ a2dp device, all sounds should play over bluetooth, so it should work without any problems
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Yes, but some devices, such as the Jabra BT3030 go into standby between commands and by the time it has come to life again, and received the audio half of the audio is missing, or you don't get any of it.
Well I'm going to try a Jabra SP700 and see if it works - I'll let you know.
My Jabra SP700 works fine with TomTom & streams music. I'd certainly recommend it.

Parrot CK3000 wont stream music on the car speaker

I have Parrot CK3000 bluetooth hands free car kit install in my car I can play & hear music from the speakers when I connect to my Nokia n700, but when I connect to my HTC Hero music wont play on car speakers it will play on the speakers of the phone. every thing else works when I receive call it will go to the speakers the only problem is the music,
My Hero runs VillainROM 5.4
any idea
Simple answer is that it won't work - I used to have a Parrot CK3000 and could not get it to work. Music from the Hero is transmitted using the A2DP Bluetooth profile. The Parrot, being a car phone kit, only uses handfree and headset BT profiles. I guess your Nokia used those ports to transmit music
Even if you get it to work by tweaking the Hero the sound quality would be mono and pretty poor, which is a limitation of the headset/handsfree profiles.
The newer Parrots support A2DP profile, and utilise the aux input on your car audio for good quality stereo music output, whilst still using the mobile phone input for phone calls. So does the Bury CC9060 handsfree kit, which I now use.

Question for bluetooth handsfree users

I have paired my sgs2 with my bluetooth car kit. Phone calls etc work perfect, using my car's speakers and microphone. However, when i try to use the satnav on my phone, or start the Voice Commands app and it says "what would you like to do?", the audio comes out of my phone's loudspeaker rather than my car's speakers!
Is anybody else having this problem? Or is it working fine for other users?
I am using a Parrot 3200LS. Here is a screenshot of it's bluetooth settings on my phone:
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On google people mentioned that there should be 2 checkboxes, Phone and Media, but i only have Phone. Is this what is causing the problem? Is there any way i can fix this?
Thanks
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
EDIT: I found the answer to my own question. Apparently my Parrot 320LLS does not support A2DP, which is required to play the navigation, music, etc sounds through the car speakers via bluetooth!

[Q] Notifications and S Voice doesn't work via Bluetooth

My Galaxy S3 connects to my car's Bluetooth and allows me to make and receive calls. However, notification sounds are not playing via Bluetooth. It seems that the phone is sending the sounds to bluetooth but the car system doesn't play them. The result is that I have no audible indication when I receive a message when my phone is connected to my car's Bluetooth system.
Similarly, if I try to use S-Voice it would seem that the phone is expecting sound input via bluetooth and not from the phone's built in microphone, which means it does not detect any sound. Audio output also does not play on the phone or via bluetooth.
Presumably my car's bluetooth does not support receiving such sounds - only supporting basic phone functions. I cannot find any configuration settings on the car system to enable it.
Is there any way of stopping my phone trying to send notification sounds to bluetooth and to just play these via the phone's speaker but still allowing the phone to be connected to bluetooth for making and receiving calls? Similarly can I force S-Voice to use the phone's microphone and speaker if it cannot be made to work with my car's bluetooth?
S Voice on AT&T Galaxy Note Bluetooth In Car
First off, I am having the same issue, I tried even holding down talk / voice command button on steering wheel, No luck. I have a 2012 Kia Optima GLI full Nav and Voice command options. I have my Note working nicely with Team Perfection ICS R2, S Voice is fully functional except:
When using S voice in car connected to car Bluetooth (pushing search button on bottom of phone face) it tries to accept audio input from car Mic over Bluetooth, but never receives input. Can't find any setting in S voice app to change input setting from car to phone mic. Not sure why the car mic doesn't work other than just not supported by the s voice app? Anyone out there know of a fix or work around?
s voice does not work over any bluetooth
I have tried this on multiple Bluetooth devices. It does't hear anything and it responds with a very feint. Robotic distorted voice. Music plays well on Bluetooth but I have had problems with phone calls.so maybe the problem is the Bluetooth stack rather than s-voice.
I am having the same problem with SGS3. When I was testing s-voice on SGS2 you could set s-voice to use SGS speaker and mic for voice commands and notifications. Now I can't find that toggle.
BT Devices , yes....Car BT, No
It works fine on my headsets. IT doesn't work in my car.
spanout has nailed the problem. It apparently does NOT use the mic in the phone when hooked to BT. The car is not designed to pass voice to the BT. The car BTs typically have their own voice control, and as such is handling the voice itself.
When you think about it, it makes sense. Less chance for outside noise if it takes the input from the mic on your BT device, as likely the phone will not be close to your mouth.
The only way we'll get it to work is to find a way to enable the mic on the phone when on BT. Probably would need help from the DEVs here on that.
im in the same boat!
the real kicker is SIRI can send her voice over the car speakers and utilize the car mic.
so logic says, its purely a BT setting on the software ice cream and s3.
any apps for that? or any dev's want to chime in?
im using a very simple bmw bluetooth (not idrive).
it cant stream music, so i dont know how the fak siri can send her voice over it.
I have this problem with my SGS3, and had it with the SGS2 in my Ford S-Max. The problem is Ford's. Using the phone with a parrot car kit has all notifications fired over bluetooth.
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I have this problem with my SGS3, and had it with the SGS2 in my Ford S-Max. The problem is Ford's. Using the phone with a parrot car kit has all notifications fired over bluetooth.
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same with a jabra freeway with latest v3 firmware and a galaxy s3 i9300xxblfb.
very dissapo9nted, finaly a fast, accurate voice app that understands my music requeats and i cant use it in the car!
Yakumo.unr said:
same with a jabra freeway with latest v3 firmware and a galaxy s3 i9300xxblfb.
very dissapo9nted, finaly a fast, accurate voice app that understands my music requeats and i cant use it in the car!
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so switching the s-voice and nav to MONO works with bluetooth, but the a2dp or whatever protocol it uses normally doesnt work.
however calls are done using a2dp, so wtf?
can someone make a quick app that just forces ONLY s-voice and NAV in to mono?
the apps out there make everything go mono or nothing at all...sucks for voice call quality
I needed to revive this thread as a search for my problem led me to it.
1) Is anyone able to play a video on the S3 (GT-I9300 4.1.2) and stream the sound from the video to the car while connected via Bluetooth?
I am not.
2) S3 notification sounds do not play via the car's speakers when receiving a text message or email etc.
I can make and receive calls just fine and even play music from the S3 via BT by selecting the phone from the list of devices on the car's screen.
Blutooth / Voice App Issue - SOLVED
First of all this does work on my 2009 Highlander, but it's a bit Kuldgy.
BT Mono allows my voice app to work, but by itself it's not a solution. You have to activate it manually before using S-Voice, Google Voice or AVX. It opens the connection and has to be activated each time or it can be set to reconnect automatically…. Killing my radio.
Download the free version (I can’t access the play store to give you the link) and see if it works manually. If it works for your test then the rest should work as well.
Install Tasker:
Create a task to keep the screen from locking when your state is Bluetooth connected to the car device.
Create a Task (you don’t need it in a profile)
- Set bluetooth on (in case it’s off)
- Load BT mono (with auto on enabled in the BT mono app)
- Wait ~400MS
- Load App AVX (or S-Voice, or whatever)
- Wait 9 seconds
- Kill BT mono
- Kill BT mono root (it wasn’t always killing BT mono)
I’ve been thinking about trying to simply reboot the BT (BT off then wait then BT on) rather than kill an app.
You can add the task to your home screen as a widget…. Still not safe to do while driving.
That’s where GMD Gestures comes in. You set a swipe command, I use 2 fingers down, to launch the task.
Seems to work pretty well. I can keep my eyes on the road and still use voice commends. You do need to hang up the phone when you’re done talking, but I had to do that with Siri.
I still wish there was a force mono on all connections app, but I still haven’t seen one. AVX just added the ability to force mono for speech, it’s worked for other people, but I’m still trying to figure out why it doesn’t work for me (he's had reports that the Note 2 doesn't like his solution, Kudos to him for trying to add this).
Hope this helps
****UPDATE****
BT Mono may work for me because I'm rooted. According to the app on the store (pro version) Apparently Samsung, in an effort to prevent call recording, blocks the ability to re-route the microphone.

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