bluetooth audio streaming
 

Hi all, 1st post here... I got my N900 this afternoon... hehe..
I like it, havent had time to play with all the functions so, I cannot say whether Its awesome or not... it looks OK till now :) ... I just need to tweak some settings and try to get on the forums to know it better..

Ive been a hardcore Nokia user but they let me down by the late release of the N97, and I went to HTC HD instead at that time..

Back on topic, Can anyone please tell me if there is any app to stream audio via bluetooth?? It doesnt look like its built in the OS. I paired it with my car stereo earlier, and I was surprised it didnt play music. It showed handsfree only ???

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It has a2dp/avrc profiles like any good mobile does nowadays. streaming audio works great on my car stereo.

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This sould indeed work out of the box using the built-in media player.

You might want to check your firmware version. I had problems similar to what you describe with my stereo Bluetooth headset until Nokia released the current version (go to setting->about product and check that the version starts with 2.2009.51).

Otherwise, workarounds toforce a given bluetooth profile are expalined in this thread.

HTH,
Christian

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hi there thanks for the replies/.. Its working now. I tested it when i had just got it, thus it didnt work.. I tried after applying the maemo update, and it works fine now...
I hope it stopped the player when i turn my car ignition off.. but oh well, we cant have everything... :D:D

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maybe a bit off topic, but is it also possible to stream audio to the N900?
for example: I have a laptop with crappy speakers on my lap.
I have the N900 hooked up on my entertainment system.
so how to stream the audio to the N900?

sinds I paired my N900 i can select 'bluetooth audo' but can't hear a thing.

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nobody knows if this is possible?

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put ur songs in the shared/public folder ..
allow media sharing in control panel
open music player in n900, and on the bottom left, u will hopefully see your laptop name.

btw this works with my wireless router and when my n900 is connected to my wlan.. i dont know about bluetooth as i dont have t in my lappy..

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bt stream for music has always worked for me, i just paired my n900 and jvc kd-avx77 and opened music player and it plays files, i can browse files from my jvc car stereo too.. not the full listing but next, previous, pause/play and stop works just fine.. and when a call is coming my car stereo shows who is calling and i can answer through my jvc car stereo system because it has hands free function :)

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interesting... does it ring through ur car stereo also? my previous phone did.. but this one rings on the phone only, but i can answer/decline on my car stereo...

i think drips is talking about music which is stored on the laptop to play ON the N900...

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phone doesn't ring but my car stereo has it's own ring tone...

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Mine plays audio by default over the bluetooth.

JaBar Extreme

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install headphone daemon :) it stops music when headphone is unplug also when bluetooth audio disconnect

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I'm in a situation where my N900 and car stereo doesn't connect automatic. I'm wondering as a linux noob that is there maybe a xterm command that connects N900 to specific bluetooth device. That way i could atleast connect with one shortcut click. At the moment i must go to menu -> settings -> bluetooth -> device -> edit -> connect ... Not that user friendly.. =)

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Is it possible to use a bluetooth car sterio AND bluetooth handsfree device at the same time? For example, music will play over the bluetooth car sterio, and phone over bluetooth handsfree device?

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@craftyguy

Why would want to use headphones while listening music from car stereo? :confused: My car stereo handles both same time.

I take this silence as no. :(

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I'd like a variant of the same thing, in my case to disconnect my bluetooth headphones from the N900 easily so that I can connect to them with my iPod Touch...

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Actually, I drive a convertible, so any of the handsfree car stereos with separate microphones do not work as the wind noise is too loud. I would obviously mute the car sterio if I got a call on the handsfree device.

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What is the usable distance between the N900 and the bluetooth receptor ? more than with the FM transmitter ? the sound is better than with the FM transmitter ?

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That's right and I'm not talking about getting music shared and played in the N900 mediaplayer.
I would like if it is possible to stream all the audio that the Laptop makes can be streamed to the N900 since it's selectable as output besides the soundcard but I can't get it to work.