Connecting BT car radio to BT speaker ?

[W.olly]

I am looking for a car radio for my boat and want to know if the car radio that has Bluetooth and a Bluetooth speaker will connect together ?

Be cool if they did saves wiring in speakers.


Looking at this aswell, like the idea of it, reviews are not great but not bad either.

https://www.halfords.com/technology/smart-tech/smart-tech/pioneer-sph-10bt-smartphone-receiver


I have a 2 Din box so choice is open, not mad eit any easier for myself again there, choices choices.

Any help on the BT connection please guys n gals :


Launch day aswel


Captain Fafffer

 

[dobbslc]

Anything bluetooth should link up with each other.

 

[W.olly]

Anything bluetooth should link up with each other.

I was hoping so, but me and tech dont go at all and was wondering if there was some reason they would not connect due some cray tech stuff.

 

[JonE]

I'm not aware of any head units that act as a Bluetooth source (i.e. send rather than receive the BT audio stream), I think that would be a very unusual use case for a car stereo?

 

[W.olly]

I'm not aware of any head units that act as a Bluetooth source (i.e. send rather than receive the BT audio stream), I think that would be a very unusual use case for a car stereo?

ah see i knew it, so BT is one way or the other, but ca radios just recieve BT.

If so looks like a will get a BT speaker and use my phone, save a bit of money or get a better BT speaker.

 

[dobbslc]

You could be right there.

 

[hotponyshoes]

As said above, car radios just recive audio/phone calls over Bluetooth not transmit it.

Either save the money on the radio and just fit a Bluetooth speaker (If you have mobile data you can still get radio from most phones) or,
Fit a radio and normal speakers. It's only one wire to each and you would probably want a power wire for a blootooth speaker anyway unless you are planning to take it home with you after each trip to recharge it?

Another option is a couple of normal speakers and a Bluetooth amp or a amp with a Bluetooth adaptor fitted. All cheap as chips.
I fitted "marine" amps but I think regular car amps in a dry location would be fine. You could strip the cover off and give the pcb a spray with something if you really wanted

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Launch day aswel

There has to be a video of that - who's performing the ceremony? Have you managed to engage the services of a minor Royal?

 

[ajlelectronics]

BT transmitters are freely available. Connect the radio speaker outputs to either local speakers or dummy loads and connect the transmitter to them in parallel. Sorted.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Here is one such beast... https://www.amazon.co.uk/TaoTronics...V6VE5079CMG&psc=1&refRID=ASCTF5GJ0V6VE5079CMGSB powered etc. You pays yer money...

 

[AndySV1K]

Anything bluetooth should link up with each other.

I wish that were true, but there are all sorts of bluetooth profiles and versions which means lots of things are not able to connect together and lots of things that are not designed to connect together.

Personally I think you will struggle to find a car radio and a bluetooth speaker that will directly pair without something else being the intermediary device.

You could use an audio line out on the radio and then use a bluetooth transmitter which will likely connect to a bluetooth speaker. They can be found quite cheaply.

 

[Seadog]

Another annoying aspect is BMW's tie in to Apple products. My friends' car refuses to connect with Samsung.

 

[RonA]

Anything bluetooth should link up with each other.

Providing they’re both running Compatible versions of Bluetooth. I’ve had devices with early versions of Bluetooth that won’t talk to later devices.
RonA

 

[Parm]

I'm not aware of any head units that act as a Bluetooth source (i.e. send rather than receive the BT audio stream), I think that would be a very unusual use case for a car stereo?

I agree, most will recive a signal from a source, but ive never seen one that can send out a signal to a speaker.

Why not keep things simple with some sort of smart phone and a blue tooth enabled speaker

 

[Parm]

There has to be a video of that - who's performing the ceremony? Have you managed to engage the services of a minor Royal?

Will there be ceremonial smashing of champagne bottles.................. against the restored GRP hull

 

[Migmac]

My daughter has something in her car that uses a free frequency to link to the car stereo and then to the Bluetooth speaker. It might be a similar thing to what’s mentioned post 10. I will look later when she’s back from work

 

[W.olly]

So sorry guys for late reply. been busy launching and cruising and just got back from 3 days away and off back in a few days
But in the end i have gave up, as most will agree, no car radio and will be getting a better BT speaker to go with phone as the one i have is a bit naff.

Dont know what to do with the 2 DIN space i have now, another draw maybe lol.

I am trying to down load vids and pics to You tube and taking ages but will add then to the blog asap.

Sorry i was that stressed in a way i didnt even smashed a bottle over the bow but smashed a few Asti and wine and ciders down me lol, got rather tipsy the first.....second...... ok and third nights lol.