Bluetooth Audio From Phone
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Bluetooth Audio From Phone
Is there some magic code to make the bluetooth audio work? I can get the car's BT audio to pair with my phone but music won't play. With Pandora on my phone the radio shows the song name and I can use the radio controls to fast forward but songs won't play. As soon as I disconnect the bluetooth music starts playing on my phone. If I re-connect BT the music halts immediately. This happens with both Pandora and Youtube. I've read the owners manual assuming that I need to kick off play from the radio but I can't find it. What am I missing?
It's a 2011 ES 350.
It's a 2011 ES 350.
Last edited by qmanman; Jul 28, 2021 at 09:29 AM.
Is there some magic code to make the bluetooth audio work? I can get the car's BT audio to pair with my phone but music won't play. With Pandora on my phone the radio shows the song name and I can use the radio controls to fast forward but songs won't play. As soon as I disconnect the bluetooth music starts playing on my phone. If I re-connect BT the music halts immediately. This happens with both Pandora and Youtube. I've read the owners manual assuming that I need to kick off play from the radio but I can't find it. What am I missing?
It's a 2011 ES 350.
It's a 2011 ES 350.
I use an iPhone 11 Pro with iOS 14.7.1 and my Bluetooth works normally with Spotify and YouTube, haven’t tried Pandora in a while.
I’ve had issue with Bluetooth once in a while and the fix has always been to shut the phone off and turn it back on and also restart the radio and/or car.
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Phone is a new LG Velvet Android phone. I didn't restart the phone but I did restart the car numerous times.
So there's no magic code or button combo I'm missing? It should just work?
So there's no magic code or button combo I'm missing? It should just work?
Last edited by qmanman; Jul 28, 2021 at 02:59 PM.
That's right. Most of the time the issue is with the phone. Restart both and try again.
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I think its the phone. A while back Google updated their BT stack. It introduced significant backwards compatibility issues. I have an older BT adapter hooked up to the head unit. It worked great with my Android phone for the first few years but then Google decided to "fix" things. I now have issues similar to what you are seeing. On my newer 2017 Expedition, I don't see any of these issues.
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