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Old 03-21-13, 04:04 PM
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I'm able to run Enform with my iPhone5 over bluetooth. However when I connect my iPhone5 to the USB port while Pandora is playing, the music stops and I can't figure out how to get it playing again. The album art shows up and the car display seems to show Pandora is playing, but I don't hear the sound.

Any ideas or suggestions to get Enform working over USB?
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If you are using an I phone, you will have to click the box that looks like a tv and change the audio output. Also on the car make sure your on the USB tab and not the Bluetooth tab.
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Originally Posted by tsmith167
If you are using an I phone, you will have to click the box that looks like a tv and change the audio output. Also on the car make sure your on the USB tab and not the Bluetooth tab.
Can you please elaborate on "box that looks like a TV"? I'm using iOS 6.1.2 at the moment.
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Actually, to the left of the play button there is three bars. If you slide up on the three bars, you will see a rectangular box with a triangle at the bottom. That is where you click to change the audio source
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Originally Posted by tsmith167
Actually, to the left of the play button there is three bars. If you slide up on the three bars, you will see a rectangular box with a triangle at the bottom. That is where you click to change the audio source
I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but I do not see any of the things you are describing. Can you take a screenshot?
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I noticed this problem a few months ago on my car. So I took it to the dealer, but they didn't have a solution either. They said it was an Apple problem.
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Not sure how to post pics on here. It ask me for a URL
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Originally Posted by tsmith167
Not sure how to post pics on here. It ask me for a URL
Create an account on photobucket.com and upload the picture(s) there. Then post the picture's URL here.
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Trying to post urls, but it just post a bunch of code. What am I doing wrong?
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The order is wrong. The first pic should be last.
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My iPhone 5 doesn't have an output option. Neither does my wife's. Perhaps it is because we don't have Apple TV?

On both phones, it appears that the BlueTooth connection to the car is lost once the iPhone is plugged into the car's USB port. It also appears that enform only works via BlueTooth connection and not when the iPhone is hard wired.

Anybody else with an iPhone having the same issue?
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I have the IPhone also and had the same problem also. I got it too work thru the iPod source. BT audio seems too not work when plugged in.
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I finally got around to talking with the tech specialist at my Lexus dealership while I was there for my 5K service and some other stuff. He told me this was a known issue and that the only thing they can recommend at the moment is to put in a USB charger for when I want to stream Pandora through the enform app. That essentially allows the iPhone to charge while streaming pandora through the enform app.

My loaner car is a GS-350 Luxury and the same thing happens on the loaner. That make it two iphone 5's in two cars where it does not work for me.

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