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Dazz, I've never used Android Auto so I cant comment on the awkwardness of it but an option to solve swapping over the music usb would be to install the music on your phone I wonder if Apple Play behaves in the same manner
Thanks for that. I wish I knew your first name! (I don't really like calling you mate!) Talking of wireless charging I have an adapter coming for my LG G4 via Ebay that only cost about $7!
Reckon it would be good for the lower end cars without GPS etc and not so cool for cars with GPS pre installed. Could you use a double adaptor so you can listen to your usb mix tape and run android auto at the same tume?
Quote from: beerman on July 04, 2017, 02:41:11Reckon it would be good for the lower end cars without GPS etc and not so cool for cars with GPS pre installed. Could you use a double adaptor so you can listen to your usb mix tape and run android auto at the same tume?I actually have a 2 into one USB adapter cable! I got it for the simulator, but it wouldn't work for that. Might try it in the car though! Thanks for the idea. @beerman
Quote from: Dazzler on July 04, 2017, 08:38:06Quote from: beerman on July 04, 2017, 02:41:11Reckon it would be good for the lower end cars without GPS etc and not so cool for cars with GPS pre installed. Could you use a double adaptor so you can listen to your usb mix tape and run android auto at the same tume?I actually have a 2 into one USB adapter cable! I got it for the simulator, but it wouldn't work for that. Might try it in the car though! Thanks for the idea. @beermanMy cable is actually the opposite of this one 2 x male into 1 x female. (typical)
Quote from: Dazzler on July 04, 2017, 20:27:11Quote from: Dazzler on July 04, 2017, 08:38:06Quote from: beerman on July 04, 2017, 02:41:11Reckon it would be good for the lower end cars without GPS etc and not so cool for cars with GPS pre installed. Could you use a double adaptor so you can listen to your usb mix tape and run android auto at the same tume?I actually have a 2 into one USB adapter cable! I got it for the simulator, but it wouldn't work for that. Might try it in the car though! Thanks for the idea. @beermanMy cable is actually the opposite of this one 2 x male into 1 x female. (typical) Isn't that the norm, or has my internet surfing led me astray
Quote from: beerman on July 05, 2017, 02:12:39Quote from: Dazzler on July 04, 2017, 20:27:11Quote from: Dazzler on July 04, 2017, 08:38:06Quote from: beerman on July 04, 2017, 02:41:11Reckon it would be good for the lower end cars without GPS etc and not so cool for cars with GPS pre installed. Could you use a double adaptor so you can listen to your usb mix tape and run android auto at the same tume?I actually have a 2 into one USB adapter cable! I got it for the simulator, but it wouldn't work for that. Might try it in the car though! Thanks for the idea. @beermanMy cable is actually the opposite of this one 2 x male into 1 x female. (typical) Isn't that the norm, or has my internet surfing led me astray Gee I could create a whole new thread about that scenario but I better not!
Yes you can Daz! Save all your music on you phone, then download Google Music. You can then play all your saved music on your phone through Android Auto Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
So a bit more on Android Auto. I think the other reason I was a bit negative about it was my past experience with voice recognition technology. I remember the days of "Dragon speaking" and I'm not talking about my first M.I.L. ....When it first came out it had a woeful accuracy rating and so I never really embraced the whole talking to your computer or phone thing.After persevering and having a good play with Android Auto over the last couple of days it is a revelation!For those old fogies like me who prefer typing information into their phones and computers the accuracy of voice recognition has come such a long way!I think I have tried all the main functions of Android Auto (feel free to enlighten me if there are other useful features) and this is how it worked for me.The first one is pretty obvious... Phone calls. With my Calais I had to wait quite a while sometimes for the phonebook to download and then sometimes the system had trouble recognizing my selection.90% of my tested cals so far have worked first time or at the worst she has come back with a number of choices to select from. It was also great to be able to verbally ring someone that isn't even in your phone book. I was on my way to Ulverstone the other day wondering if my favourite little hairdresser would be available... I said call NRG hair Ulverstone and instantly she said "calling NRG Hair Room Ulverstone and dialed the number (love it!) Secondly, Navigation Guidance. Being able to say "Please navigate me to the Lighthouse Hotel in Ulverstone" or 11 Smith Street, Smithton without having to type it in the GPS is great. You do lose the school zone warnings and visual speed limit on the display that you get with the built in GPS though. I think my favourite would be the voice initiated Text messages .. "Text Message to Trish Mobile" car says "what message do you want to send?" or something like that. So you then say " Will be home in about half and hour" and the car says something like "your message is prepared... "Will be home in half and hour" do you want to send this message? Say send or change" The other voice function i've used is "play Music" Car says OK, playing music" Someone (Daz?) mentioned earlier about asking questions, but i havent tried that one yet!! Might try that this afternoon!