Bluetooth for Audio?

[billski]

Hmm. Now that I'm hooked on my cell-phone to Audi MMI bluetooth interconnect it leads me....

How about a wireless (bluetooth) connect between my iPOD/mp3 and MMI? That would save a lot of hassles with hardwire installation. I notice that Samsung has an mp3 player with MP3, though its marketed for integration with a cell phone. If not direct, how about piggybacking?

I have a cell phone with bluetooth AND mp3 player integrated. Any way to get these tunes to my Bose system via bluetooth.

[johnmclean]

Originally Posted by billski

Hmm. Now that I'm hooked on my cell-phone to Audi MMI bluetooth interconnect it leads me....

How about a wireless (bluetooth) connect between my iPOD/mp3 and MMI? That would save a lot of hassles with hardwire installation. I notice that Samsung has an mp3 player with MP3, though its marketed for integration with a cell phone. If not direct, how about piggybacking?

I have a cell phone with bluetooth AND mp3 player integrated. Any way to get these tunes to my Bose system via bluetooth.

billski,
has anyone gotten back to you on this? I am TOTALLY thinking of doing the same thing you're suggesting.
lemme know what you find and I'll do the same should i find a way to do this.
-john

[billski]

Originally Posted by johnmclean

billski,
has anyone gotten back to you on this? I am TOTALLY thinking of doing the same thing you're suggesting.
lemme know what you find and I'll do the same should i find a way to do this.
-john

Hi John, Nobody yet. I really haven't had time to research it further. Maybe in the fall I'll have time. My gut tells me that it is a change that audi would have to make. Why? Bluetooth is used a lot for wireless headphone. just take that same audio signal the phone part uses and use it for the mp3. I did research enough to know that audi uses the more advanced bluetooth protocol that support high fidelity (as opposed to tinny telephone fidelity.)

I tried to see if I could get my cell phone (which works on my audi) to play mp3 tunes and hear them through the audi.) I have the bluetooth connection enabled. The integrated mp3 player plays the tunes, but through its own speakers but I get nothing out of the audi. Bummer, can't even get it to work in a dumbed-down audio mode first.

Of course the next step would be to bluetooth the command (play, skip, stop, pause, etc.) but i'm not even to first base with the audio.

I really believe it's probably a firmware upgrad, nothing more than that for Audi. Whether the mp3 player would need an upgrade is an open question. The frustrating part is that Audi isn't very open about discussing their technology or plans at any level of detail like this.