Bluetooth streaming

[oli356]

Hi all,

My next car will have Bluetooth so I am able to stream music from my phone.

For those who have this, how is the reliability and quality of it? Compared to say using auxiliary port or USB.

Cheers

 

[oli356]

VW Polo, 2009 >

 

[oli356]

Good to hear especially about the HTC one as that is what I have.

Saves messing around with all the cables, probably use NFC as well to turn bluetooth on/off when entering car to save battery.

Cheers guys

 

[oli356]

Generally I just turn on a radio station and listen to it, DI.FM or kisstory or something. I don't care for searching for tracks so as long as I can go to the next track from the buttons on the wheel or the stereo I will be happy.

Interested to see how well DAB works anyway and what stations are worthwhile listening to on there.

 

[oli356]

So the bluetooth sounds like crap, I think something is wrong. Calls are fine, but when playing the music the speakers are just extremely tinny, not giving it anywhere near its full power. You wouldn't want to listen to it.

Going to try a different phone tomorrow to see if that is the problem.

 

[oli356]

When you pair the device i'm sure it asks or there are some settings for phone and/or media on the HTC?

Check in the BT settings for the connection to the car on your phone.

It asks to use contacts/music and that was it. The connection is there on my phone "Stream music" or whatever it says, it is also detected by the car.. but as mentioned, quality is appalling.

 

[oli356]

The bluetooth fitted as standard on the new polos is terrible quality. It is possible to fit the proper bluetooth module found on the golf etc if you have one of the colour screened stereos. Theres more info on the bluetooth in your polo HERE (Uk polos forum)

Interesting, thanks for the link. I had a call earlier from the dealership and I mentioned this, he said he would look into it.

Don't see why they implemented something so rubbish... its fine for calls. USB flash drive in the glove box works well