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phone calls to car speakers

Red Fuji

Red Fuji

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Mar 13, 2012
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iphone 4/4s calls are not going to the car speakers.

It was working fine when I was using a 3.5mm pin wire from the headphone Jack to radio aux input. I decided to simplify by getting something that can handle both functions with one connection from iphon-charger and phone calls. The wire i got has a 30 pin connector at one end and branches out to two wires;one wire is a USB and other is a 3.5mm pin. It routes music to car speakers fine but wont route phone calls. Is that an iphone limitaiton or a wiring limitation? It really sucks because I was hoping to have just one wire coming out of iphone instead of two like I had before.
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BrianBaughn said:
That's right. Phone calls do not route through the 30-pin connector.

You could get an A2DP Bluetooth receiver/handsfree such as this one. That way you'd be down to one cord (power) on your phone.
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Thanks for the Belkin suggestion but i wish i dont need it - plus I want to play iphone stored music over the car speakers-hence the aux cable.
Content stored on phone can play through the 30 pin connector but phone calls can’t ?? – why why Apple? was that too much for Apple?
 
Red Fuji said:
Thanks for the Belkin suggestion but i wish i dont need it - plus I want to play iphone stored music over the car speakers-hence the aux cable.
Content stored on phone can play through the 30 pin connector but phone calls can’t ?? – why why Apple? was that too much for Apple?
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Get one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/FlexSMART-Transmitter-Hands-Free-Blackberry-Smartphones/dp/B003PPGOC0

Connects to your phone with Bluetooth and transmit either over Aux or FM. You can stream your music (controlled on your phone) and switches to hands-free when you get a call. It also has a USB port to charge your phone. I've been using this particular model for several months with no issue.
 
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Red Fuji said:
Thanks for the Belkin suggestion but i wish i dont need it - plus I want to play iphone stored music over the car speakers-hence the aux cable.
Content stored on phone can play through the 30 pin connector but phone calls can’t ?? – why why Apple? was that too much for Apple?
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The device I linked to, and others like it, will route whatever you play to your car's aux port. Either I don't understand what you mean or you don't understand the device.

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madsci954 said:
Get one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/FlexSMART-Transmitter-Hands-Free-Blackberry-Smartphones/dp/B003PPGOC0

Connects to your phone with Bluetooth and transmit either over Aux or FM. You can stream your music (controlled on your phone) and switches to hands-free when you get a call. It also has a USB port to charge your phone. I've been using this particular model for several months with no issue.
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As far as I can tell that device doesn't have an aux "out". It has an aux "in" according to the amazon.com page.
 
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BrianBaughn said:
The device I linked to, and others like it, will route whatever you play to your car's aux port. Either I don't understand what you mean or you don't understand the device.
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BrianBaughn,
Thanks for the clarification-i didnt study the device close enough; that's a great solution ! i also see they make one without blue tooth ($30 less) but i like the Bluetooth version :) -one less wire to phone.

1. about how long is the wire from the cig jack to the Call/Play button?
 
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