I am looking for a way to control my music in the car via a wireless remote while still enjoying direct AUX input quality. Would I be correct in saying that I could use the remote that is included with these to control my music on my phone if the music is playing via 3.5mm AUX.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Bluetooth-Han...ht_5735wt_1168

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bluetooth-Mp3-Ca...ht_1327wt_1185

I had the idea that I would pair the remote with my phone and plug the AUX input 3.5mm into my phone then I can use the bluetooth remote on my steering wheel to control the music without taking a hand off the wheel.

That's one way to do it. I literally just finished building my own BT music streaming kit for my car, because I didn't want to pay Pioneer $400 plus for a plug in option.

I turned one of these, a Nokia BH-503...
http://www.nokia.com.au/MEDIA_BANK_1...03_312x312.jpg

...into this:
(whole unit)


(inside)


(controls on my dash; skip/track back, play/pause, skip/track forward)


(controls are backlit with blue leds)

Can you explain what compnents are in the box and the setup, I understand the concept.

Is that a volume dial at the end of the box?

No, it's actually a fuse holder.

It's made of:
-Nokia BH-503 BT Headset (PCB only)
-LM317T
-470 Ohm resistor
-240 Ohm resistor
-TRS port
-four buttons

Basically, I had to power the device from my car, but it only runs on 3.7v instead of 12v. So an LM317T is used with two resistors to output the correct voltage. Then, the audio output has to be converted into something my car's head unit can read. So the two earth pins for earth speaker of the headset are earthed together (common earth), which is then connected to the earth of TRS port. The positive pins of each speaker are then connected their respective left or right channels of the TRS port. My head unit then plugs into this port through it's auxillary input. The four buttons are just extended as necessary, as they are actuated by bridging their respective contacts.

So, the on/off button is the top left button in the last picture (used a factory dash button), and the skip/track back, play/pause, skip/track forward buttons are the three illuminated buttons below my head unit.

Have you tried bluetooth music streaming - I use it in my car and there is very little difference to be honest, especially once driving with the traffic news etc.

I have a cheap £50 bluetooth head unit (from Aldi a cheap discount store here in the UK) and the music controls work great with the stock media player. If a phone call comes in, the music pauses, and then resumes.

The convienience is excellent.

Well I've got this cable coming in the mail which I'm going to use with an RCA L&R to 3.5mm cable which will plug into the n900 then I'll simply pair the steering wheel bluetooth remote with my n900 and I'll have steering wheel control of my music.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Hope it works out for you. My method is obviously a bit different, but then so were my wants!