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AVRCP with iPhone 3G S
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i honestly dont know if it will allow full AVRCP..but im hoping so!
My main issue is the poor sound quality with the current bluetooth in the current 3g...sounds like crap.
If they can fix the quality, then ill have a reason for wanting AVRCP to work. a2dp is pretty pointless without it
My main issue is the poor sound quality with the current bluetooth in the current 3g...sounds like crap.
If they can fix the quality, then ill have a reason for wanting AVRCP to work. a2dp is pretty pointless without it
do you have 3.0? Your post is confusing so i'll explain. The reason why the audio quality is bad now is because it doesn't have A2DP, which is the high quality audio bluetooth profile. AVRCP is the bluetooth profile that allows bluetooth devices to control playback. So far only pause/play has been working, but ff/reverse SHOULD be working but theyre not
but im speculating about 3G S because of its updated bluetooth. i know about current devices.
The audio quality on my Jaybird JB200 is pretty damn good with v3.0, better than it was with v2.2.1 and that damn bluetooth dongle. I'm so glad to be rid of that.
Wish 3.0 supported AVRCP, but if it did, then we wouldn't have anything to complain about, now would we.
Wish 3.0 supported AVRCP, but if it did, then we wouldn't have anything to complain about, now would we.
iphone 3gs sonyDR-BT101
Hi,
just got both iphone 3gs and sonyDR-BT101 headphones
working great
AVRCP only works for PLAY/PAUSE, not for NEXT/PREVIOUS
then sound is quite good, but I am not a melomaniac.
It all works very well for me.
The best part is that I don't have a wire to break now !
Dante
Hi,
just got both iphone 3gs and sonyDR-BT101 headphones
working great
AVRCP only works for PLAY/PAUSE, not for NEXT/PREVIOUS
then sound is quite good, but I am not a melomaniac.
It all works very well for me.
The best part is that I don't have a wire to break now !
Dante
Please everyone visit http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html and let Apple know we want AVRCP on our iphones! C'mon it's a at leaset 3-4 year old technology!
Bluetooth Helper
If you have a Stereo Bluetooth accessory that can only Play and Pause the iPhone, check out the Bluetooth Helper iPhone app. It enables you to skip tracks by tapping Play/Pause twice to skip to the next track, or three times to skip to the previous. It's a good stopgap until Apple enables full AVRCP on the iPhone (if they ever do). If you're jailbroken, it works in the background too.
I should disclose that the app was written by me. I have my own Motorola Bluetooth and I was pretty disappointed that it doesn't let you skip tracks on its own. Until now!
If you have a Stereo Bluetooth accessory that can only Play and Pause the iPhone, check out the Bluetooth Helper iPhone app. It enables you to skip tracks by tapping Play/Pause twice to skip to the next track, or three times to skip to the previous. It's a good stopgap until Apple enables full AVRCP on the iPhone (if they ever do). If you're jailbroken, it works in the background too.
I should disclose that the app was written by me. I have my own Motorola Bluetooth and I was pretty disappointed that it doesn't let you skip tracks on its own. Until now!
Thanks hatchfan
I ski with a bluetooth helmet. Digging the phone out of my pocket to change tracks is difficult, and risks dropping it from the lift. I tried bluetooth helper and it worked perfectly! Well worth the 99 cents. Now if I just could get the icy morning helper to fix my skiing.
I ski with a bluetooth helmet. Digging the phone out of my pocket to change tracks is difficult, and risks dropping it from the lift. I tried bluetooth helper and it worked perfectly! Well worth the 99 cents. Now if I just could get the icy morning helper to fix my skiing.
Music Controls
If you have a jailbroken iphone with cydia then you can download music control 1.2, it gives you FULL AVRCP support! Works perfect with pandora, regular ipod, xbmc streamer, and just about every music app. It also allows music apps like pandora to run in the backround. I finally get to use my track select buttons! It does have a 5 day free trial then asks you to purchase it for $4.99. Ive been using it for 3 days now along with my rocketfish MAB2 stereo bluetooth without any problems.
If you have a jailbroken iphone with cydia then you can download music control 1.2, it gives you FULL AVRCP support! Works perfect with pandora, regular ipod, xbmc streamer, and just about every music app. It also allows music apps like pandora to run in the backround. I finally get to use my track select buttons! It does have a 5 day free trial then asks you to purchase it for $4.99. Ive been using it for 3 days now along with my rocketfish MAB2 stereo bluetooth without any problems.
If you have a jailbroken iphone with cydia then you can download music control 1.2, it gives you FULL AVRCP support! Works perfect with pandora, regular ipod, xbmc streamer, and just about every music app. It also allows music apps like pandora to run in the backround. I finally get to use my track select buttons! It does have a 5 day free trial then asks you to purchase it for $4.99. Ive been using it for 3 days now along with my rocketfish MAB2 stereo bluetooth without any problems.
ill be waiting for some reviews. does this work directly in the ipod app? I know there was some other lame app that you had to use their app directly or something to get it to work. I forget what the name of it was.
yup, works directly with the ipod app. AVRCP works and acts as if it came right from the factory.
AVRCP support does not work in the trial version. Won't be shelling out $5 for the app until I've had a go with it.
I'm using it trial version so is the girl and one of my friends. Did you go to settings and activate your 5 day trial? If not your only running the free version, if so you might have to click reset to default setting (this happened on my girls and after I clicked restore defaults it worked fine).
I have it working on 2 3gs and 1 3g all on 3.1.2, paired with a rocketfish mab2, moto s9 HD and a halo.
I Just don't understand how the iPhone does not already do this. Every other phone with A2DP does. The iPhone is the best iPod/music phone on the market and it's missing fairly standard features.
I need this feature so I can bite the bullet and get a sweet Bluetooth kit for my motorcycle helmet.
I need this feature so I can bite the bullet and get a sweet Bluetooth kit for my motorcycle helmet.
As much as I want this too, I'm having good luck using the voice control via my Interphone F4 BT headset in my helmet. Even at highway speeds its easy to change tracks and playlists.
How do you like that set? That was one of the ones I was looking at. I think if we can get the ff/rw + a nice BT kit + a turn by turn app working in the background = the hands down best phone for a motorcycle.
Right now I just use the in box apple headphones under my Arai. I can listen to music and skip track and pause and such. I really wish my tomtom app would work with the screen locked so I could have voice guidance in the helmet. Maybe one day.......
chuckys1180 - Thanks for the heads-up. That was indeed the problem. I now have full AVRCP support with my Jabra CRUISER, and am loving it. I even find that since installing Music Controls the Play/Pause button functions more reliably--perhaps it replaces the entire AVRCP bluetooth stack? In any case, I think I will have to register after all!
Navigon works with the screen locked, and I think it has better Text-to-speech. You might want to give that a try.
Navigon works with the screen locked, and I think it has better Text-to-speech. You might want to give that a try.
thank you!! Works great using the SYNC in my Ford!
Now If I could only get it to read my text messages through bluetooth...
The F4 is a great setup. Plenty of volume and battery life, pairs up with the iPhone quick and easy. Callers report that I sound loud and clear even at speed.
Seems that music controls replaces the iPhones bluetooth stack, I'm now 3 days past my trial end an my track select buttons STILL WORK!
Lost all other features of the program but don't care since I didn't use any of them anyways.
Lost all other features of the program but don't care since I didn't use any of them anyways.
Can I use this on my 3rd gen IPod touch even though it is not jailbroken. I certainly don't mind paying for it if avrcp works. Can someone post a download link please.