Bluetooth FM transmitter

JimT

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Anyone had any joy with a bluetooth fm transmitter for the cigarette lighter by gear lever in granturismo?
Ordered a couple and they're too short to connect without a bodge job on it to reach to the power.
Anyone found one that reaches ok?
 

Gazcw

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If you have the iPod connection in the glove box, the best is the Intravee Bovee 1000 Tune2Air which is easy to find on Amazon and the like. You need to have the lead too which combines the usb and mini jack connections. Otherwise, I’ve used a £15 unit of Amazon that is amazing but won’t look at good.

I only have the ipod connection and the tune2air is very good.
 

Doctor Houx

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For the sake of £10 I’ve ordered this one and will let you know how I get on. No ugly big box on the end so should be able to shove it down into the socket far enough.... oooh Matron!
 

Doohickey

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I’ve got one of these which works well. Not cheap but easy to connect to my iPhone 11 and you can play digital radio from the phone. It comes with the Y cable needed to plug into the glove box connectors.

Downsides are that you can’t change tracks from the steering wheel and tracks keep playing once the engine is off so you need to stop it on your phone as well.

 

ChrissGT

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I plugged mine in the outlet that is in the boot of the car. Much easier and out of sight :)

And after installing usb/aux, i have like a 10 euro bluetooth adapter to stream my audio (the above viseeO but then a cheap chinese version)
 

Hawk13

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I’m sure the trivia-kings on here will tell us why the name Bluetooth was chosen.

Bluetooth was the nickname of a Nordic king and, to the best of my knowledge had no ability to transmit data wirelessly!

Why they chose his name is anybody's guess ... it could easily have been called Olaf.
 

Hawk13

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Bluetooth was the nickname of a Nordic king and, to the best of my knowledge had no ability to transmit data wirelessly!

Why they chose his name is anybody's guess ... it could easily have been called Olaf.

Strike that - my son tells me that there is logic behind it. King Bluetooth famously united 2 of the Nordic countries and when Ericsson, and Nokia (and probably others) met to talk about standardising tech, Bluetooth was suggested as a project code name.

And it stuck.