DennisG01

I've read through many posts regarding bluetooth, but am still a little confused...

I have the "puck" thingy in the center armrest for cell phone bluetooth, which works very well. But I can't stream music from my phone over bluetooth (which, if I understand correctly, is normal for this model year and options). I do have the Aux input (no Ipod connector) in the glovebox and music from my phone will work perfectly fine that way. But it would be nice if it was wireless so rear seat passengers could do it, too... without a long cord getting in the way.

I've found some very inexpensive bluetooth dongles (is that the right term?) that plug into the Aux input. BUT, and here's where my question comes in, will that interfere with the operation of phone calls? For example, if I'm streaming music via bluetooth (through the aux input) and a phone call comes in, will I still get the phone call (along with the music sound "going away" during the call)?

I suppose I could get one of those dongles and try it, but was curious if anyone already knew the answer.

islandbeef

I use the Tune2Air media dongle. Do a "search" in the forums, we've discussed this topic a lot already.

Your phone should be connected to two different sources:
1. The Mercedes Bluetooth (for phone calls only)
2. The media dongle that's connected to the AUX port in the glove box (which also uses wireless bluetooth to connect to phone's music/gps apps, sound, etc).

When a call comes in, the streaming music should cancel or silence when a call comes in to the primary Mercedes bluetooth source. When the call ends, the music streaming will resume.

DennisG01

Awesome. The part about "my phone connecting to two different sources" and still having everything work normally was the part I was unsure about. Thanks!

Is yours connected through the Aux jack, or through an iPod jack? Or, does it not matter... meaning it should still function regardless of which style jack the phone is plugged into?

islandbeef

My Tune2Air is connected through the media cable iPod Jack (1st gen, not firewire). Depending on which media cable you use, the dongle must fit and will be self powered by the connection. For me, the dongle is always on (even when car is off) and there is no battery drain from what I can tell. Check Ebay for less expensive prices and better selection on the media cables.

Tip: make sure you have a working account with ITunes Music to activate the music streaming and sound features in your phone. Sometimes, I have to leave ITunes music app on so I may use the other apps like Waze, Pandora, Spotify.

DennisG01

I don't have the media (iPod) connection - only an aux port (3.5mm). The Aux to BT adapters are only about $15. Maybe I'll just have to get one and try it.

Thanks for the tip regarding the music app. I'm guessing it must already be "on" because I can stream music in my wife's Passat.

EWT

I have a Mobridge for hands-free/music integration with the head unit in my 08, but A2DP (bluetooth music streaming) feature stopped working a few months ago. I'm using one of those $15 BT adapters on my aux in-line now instead. It works fine, but you need to set it up to only do music and not do phone calls in the bluetooth settings on your phone.

DennisG01

Thanks! Once you made the appropriate changes in your phone, did affect phone calls coming in through the Command system?

DennisG01

Beef... thanks for taking the time to post that video. For some reason I didn't see it before. Probably something to do with the computer I was on at that point, I guess.

DennisG01

Just wanted to give a quick update to this...

I ended up getting a BT thing that's made by iSimple, called "BluJax". It's very compact and will even turn off automatically after 5 minutes of non-use. I leave it plugged into the 3.5mm aux jack in the glovebox all the time. It seems to be working very well. If a phone call comes in, the music pauses as you would expect. From what I've gathered, though, this "pausing" is more a function of the actual phone, and not so much the BT unit, itself. Meaning, the phone controls that functionality so, probably, any BT unit would work.

EWT

Sorry, forgot about this thread. As it looks like you discovered, the phone will interrupt any music/podcast playback when a call comes in and will route the call over the Command BT system if you have that configured in the bluetooth settings on your phone to receive calls.

DennisG01

No worries - thanks for posting back again.

As far as "configuring my phone"... It must have already been setup for that because all I did was plug the thing in and play music. I suppose that's what they call "plug-n-play"!

ellem09

Yes, my viseeousa tune2air works really well in my car. No issue streaming music via bluetooth and switch calls between phone and music via Bluetooth. I have the WMA3000A by the way.

muskaroxs

This works and is prob one of the best $15 I've ever spent. Talk/ music it all works great!
https://www.taotronics.com/taotronics-br05.html

kombifan

The best that I've seen and experienced is the CarPro Mercedes Bluetooth Dongle that attaches to your oem ipod connector.
The command system will act and recognize your iphone as an ipod and show and display your song titles and music on the screen. Hit and miss with spotify etc though.

For your aux port, try the Coolstream Duo from the same manufacturer from CarPro. It can charge from that same Ipod connector and just uses straight up 3.5mm aux jack to play your tunes.

I think cost was 70 vs 30....

heres the site: https://coolstreamrocks.com/carpro-b...es-ipod-cable/