iPhone 5 & Sync
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Originally Posted by Platinum12
The new plug does not offer line out audio. That was one thing I read that really makes me not want to get a new iPhone. This was a bad idea on Apple's part since many manufacturers use the USB plug now. I have another car that uses the USB plug for many things, like Facebook and others. From what I heard these will not work anymore with the iPhone 5. The only way to stream music now is by Bluetooth.
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Originally Posted by hd2000
I found it interesting this weekend when I plugged my 5 into the USB to charge that my music wouldn't play though the USB port. Sync told me that there was no device plugged in but it was charging my phone. I'm thinking the new connector ha to have something to do with the output.
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Originally Posted by Platinum12
The new plug does not offer line out audio. That was one thing I read that really makes me not want to get a new iPhone. This was a bad idea on Apple's part since many manufacturers use the USB plug now. I have another car that uses the USB plug for many things, like Facebook and others. From what I heard these will not work anymore with the iPhone 5. The only way to stream music now is by Bluetooth.
I wonder if its the controls on the head units that won't work. Has anyone just used the iPhone's player controls?
Last edited by MadocHandyman; Oct 9, 2012 at 06:55 AM.
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Originally Posted by idahoboi
I'm new to the whole Sync thing, so what I have to offer may not be much. I couldn't get my 4s to play through the Sony system until I hit the "music" icon at the bottom of my iphone screen. Now it works perfectly using USB or Bluetooth. Maybe it has something to do with IOS 6?
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I found this as well on my 4. What it was, was if I had just watched a video or used one of the social media apps such as YouTube or those video sharing ones, the iPhones player is still set on them. You can check by bringing up the multitask list and swiping to bring over the player controls. The app in cache will be showing there.
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I have never, from day 1, been able to get my truck to go to the usb port without having to tell it via voice command (using ipods and iphone 4s)
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The iPhone 5 and any iPhone w/ iOS 6 should be able to stream music via Bluetooth with music data being shown on the navi screen. Not working yet cause of some Apple. Sync issues that neither Apple or Ford will address.
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To the other user that said it is easier to use Bluetooth, not sure what setup he has, but Bluetooth is terrible compared to plugging in the cable. Not sure on sound quality, but you can't tell it what to play at all. Very annoying unless you like using Siri.
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I tried this with up upgraded iPad to no avail. Bluetooth streaming was just as limited as the iPhone 4S with iOS 5 (meaning you have to tell the iphone what song to play or just next/previous, since Sync can't control over bluetooth).
To the other user that said it is easier to use Bluetooth, not sure what setup he has, but Bluetooth is terrible compared to plugging in the cable. Not sure on sound quality, but you can't tell it what to play at all. Very annoying unless you like using Siri.
To the other user that said it is easier to use Bluetooth, not sure what setup he has, but Bluetooth is terrible compared to plugging in the cable. Not sure on sound quality, but you can't tell it what to play at all. Very annoying unless you like using Siri.
I have the iPhone 5 and had the 4 and 4s. They all perform exactly the same with Sync with no change at all. It will play over USB and bluetooth with steering controls working just fine.
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Sync can control the iPhone over bluetooth just fine. I've been doing it since they rolled out AVRCP for iPhone.
I have the iPhone 5 and had the 4 and 4s. They all perform exactly the same with Sync with no change at all. It will play over USB and bluetooth with steering controls working just fine.
I have the iPhone 5 and had the 4 and 4s. They all perform exactly the same with Sync with no change at all. It will play over USB and bluetooth with steering controls working just fine.
Are you seeing different behaviour?