"Not a Sunburst Miata" (moezsayani)
02/18/2015 at 12:18 • Filed to: None
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"Not a Sunburst Miata" (moezsayani)
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I just randomly thought of something. Does some kind of bluetooth adapter exist that I could plug into my car's USB port (instead of my phone's cable) and connect to my phone via bluetooth, and still be able to use the steering wheel mounted controls? Car is a 2012 Civic for reference
For Sweden
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 12:22 |
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Almost certainly not
Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 12:23 |
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I know there is an adapter that does but no idea if the steering wheels controls will work. I assume volume would since that is controlled by the deck but not sure about track change.
CalzoneGolem
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 12:23 |
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I'm completely unable to picture what it is you mean. You want your phone to still connect through the usb but wirelessly?
Tekamul
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 12:23 |
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I'm definitely going with no.
I'm not even sure I understand what you are looking for. You want the wheel controls to control your phone?
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Not a Sunburst Miata
> Tekamul
02/18/2015 at 12:27 |
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In the Civic, there are buttons on the steering wheel that control the music while your phone is plugged into the USB port. I would like to find some sort of dongle/thingy that would plug into the usb port instead of plugging in my phone's charging cable, and allow me to connect to that dongle via bluetooth, while still being able to use the wheel mounted buttons to control the playback.
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Not a Sunburst Miata
> CalzoneGolem
02/18/2015 at 12:28 |
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Basically. When you phrase it like that I realize that I'm just having dumb ideas. Serves me right for staying up all night...
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Not a Sunburst Miata
> Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
02/18/2015 at 12:28 |
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I've found one that connects to the auxiliary input that is bluetooth, but I don't want to have to worry about charging it/the wheel controls still won't work
Nibbles
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 12:31 |
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Theoretically possible. From a coding aspect; nigh unthinkable. It'd have to be more than just a dongle as it would have to have enough processing power to accept a function input (different with each make I would fathom), interpret the request and send request via bluetooth to the mobile device in a function it would understand.
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CalzoneGolem
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 12:32 |
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You should have some potent coffee and a muffin.
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Tekamul
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 12:34 |
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This opens up more questions, because this may be achievable. Is it iPhone only?
RazoE
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 12:34 |
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Might be able to find what you need there. I have the USB2.
Mattbob
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 12:54 |
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After extensive interneting, I think this is the only thing that exists at this point. http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimit… But given time and some development money I could probably makes something that converted a cars usb port to do bluetooth.
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Not a Sunburst Miata
> Tekamul
02/18/2015 at 13:00 |
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I'm using an iphone, I've never tried the system with anything else.
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Tekamul
> Not a Sunburst Miata
02/18/2015 at 13:04 |
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You could try a bluetooth dongle to see if it works. Looks like if you had the 2014 version of i-MID, it would be built in.
jariten1781
> Tekamul
02/18/2015 at 13:09 |
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If it's like most of them, it's not iPhone only. It mounts the phone as a drive searches root and some other folders (/Music, /Download, etc.) and indexes the files. Then it pulls the file when selected. The actual decoding, track switching, etc is handled in the car (ie the phone is just acting as a USB stick for all intents and purposes...in fact most of them can also play off USB sticks/harddrives if the file structure is set up appropriately).
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Tekamul
> jariten1781
02/18/2015 at 13:37 |
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I know it's capable of mounting the drive, but the concern is sending commands via USB back to the storage device. With the 2012 vintage of i-MID, I don't believe it mounts the drive when it's identified as an i-device. It's trying to include extra features, including hands free calling (without having bluetooth) and is sending commands back to the phone.
Hopefully with a BT dongle, it would just mount as a drive, but lose the phone features.