Granturismo Bluetooth Music connectivity

[DougieMc]

No it just acts as a speaker for what you manage through your ipod
But as its without cable you can do this with it sitting on the centreconsule

 

[bigbob]

Yes, that's true!

 

[safrane]

I have a bells and whistles aftermarket system in the GS that has USB and ipod connectivity. ..dammed if I know how to set it up as I have never owned an ipod or downloaded music onto a USB...Sadly the Becker CD changer in the boot is not connected as its 'old tech' so im stuck with the single slot system.

 

[zoros]

I could do with some advice from you guys whilst you are chatting about Ipod's etc.

I have a 2008 Granturismo. In the centre console there is a connector for an Ipod. The instruction manual tells me that it is connected to an auxillary unit with connections for the music media centre. It tells me to tune in an FM frequency (107.7 in this instance) to match the dip switch settings on the aux panel.
I have done this and allocated a set radio button to select 107.7. Press this button on the radio panel and the Ipod plays. Sounds fine so far....... BUT....
The acoustics are affected by interference and aerial positioning issues as if one is experiencing poor radio reception occasionally.
How can this be? My old car (M3) had a cable from the Ipod straight into the main music system (aux in) and played interference free???

Surely the Ipod on the GT is connected directly to the music media cnetre via a cable here also?

 

[CatmanV2]

I could do with some advice from you guys whilst you are chatting about Ipod's etc.

I have a 2008 Granturismo. In the centre console there is a connector for an Ipod. The instruction manual tells me that it is connected to an auxillary unit with connections for the music media centre. It tells me to tune in an FM frequency (107.7 in this instance) to match the dip switch settings on the aux panel.
I have done this and allocated a set radio button to select 107.7. Press this button on the radio panel and the Ipod plays. Sounds fine so far....... BUT....
The acoustics are affected by interference and aerial positioning issues as if one is experiencing poor radio reception occasionally.
How can this be? My old car (M3) had a cable from the Ipod straight into the main music system (aux in) and played interference free???

Surely the Ipod on the GT is connected directly to the music media cnetre via a cable here also?

Sounds like it's using an RF modulator, or why would you need to tune into an FM frequency. Poor solution, clearly.

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[Yeti]

I have a 64Gb Sandisk Flashdrive and simply load whatever I fancy onto that and plug it into the USB slot in the glovebox, works brilliantly as I mostly listen to audiobooks when travelling any distance.

 

[S99ANE]

I tried the usb stick route in the past. Only problem is it kept crashing after a few tracks. Tried a few sticks but no different so guess its the car.

When ever I plug my iphone or ipod I get the white logo screen of death.

 

[Rags]

I have a 64Gb Sandisk Flashdrive and simply load whatever I fancy onto that and plug it into the USB slot in the glovebox, works brilliantly as I mostly listen to audiobooks when travelling any distance.

I just connect my Iphone 5 to the Aux connector in the glovebox. Everything works perfectly and I even get track names etc and control via the GT console interface.

 

[S99ANE]

If only my car would do the same Rags. As soon as I connect an Apple product it crashes the media system in the car. Been to dealer and had updates etc but no improvement

 

[Rags]

If only my car would do the same Rags. As soon as I connect an Apple product it crashes the media system in the car. Been to dealer and had updates etc but no improvement

Is that because of model year differences? Surely its only a software update?

 

[Rags]

I still dont get why some cars work and others dont. As soon as I connect my iPhone 5 to the ipod connector in the glovebox, the Maz system picks it up as an iPod. I get an ipod graphic on screen, see all my playlists and song library, get track names and can forward rewind etc all from the dashboard controls. Pic below as an example (sorry about the angle) :

 

[CatmanV2]

Software

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