How do I use my iPhone w/ Centrafuse to play music/internet radio?

[Reagan]

@moelsaied88 - possibly in the future, yes, there are many more Bluetooth features that can be implemented, like even controlling the iPhone's iPod over AVRCP (Audio/VIdeo Remote Control Profile), detection of the A2DP connections to better handle the user expeirence (like auto pausing other media), and PAN are all things that we could make an user interface for, but these won't make it in the initial 3.0 build, but perhaps in the 3.1 release.

I would post this over in Suggestions Requests area. Touchscreen support for Bluetooth AVRCP and PAN profiles.

[moelsaied88]

PAN already works as does the bluetooth tethering. the only thing is that to activate your have to minimize centrafuse. everythings already there in bluesoelil, its just that its a pain in the ass (and nearly impossible to do on a 7in touchscreen) to left click on the icon for the phone and press enable PAN. is there no way for this to be done automatically or something?

[Reagan]

I know that is why i said about requesting a user interface for it. Like a PAN plug-in, if you will. That will start/stop the PAN connection from a CF plugin. I think even any developer could do it, if they can figure out the BlueSoleil API.

[ik632]

Originally Posted by Reagan

This DOES NOT require iTunes. This is a A2DP Bluetooth feature that only works w/ iPhone 3G using OS 3.0 and later ( and probably other smartphones, i'm dying to know.. )

This works with my brother's Samsung smart phone. It's one of those iPhone fighters, not Windows Mobile though.

[knightmare]

Originally Posted by thumpinbass

My phone connects via bluetooth the moment the carpc is turned on and CF is loaded up, so that's not the problem. Like I said, I can make calls, but my iphone doesn't see CF as a BT audio device.

I don't even have that icon showing up on my iphone toolbar. Are you talking about the one on the iphone? or are you talking about another toolbar?

LOL, there is no iphone toolbar, we mean the toolbar in windows. (the lower right side with all the start up apps in it)

There will be a bluetooth icon, should be green, means connected, go in there and search services, like I said before, and you should be able to use the iphone to stream music over your cars speakers via BT at that point.

Not sure if you need itunes installed, I got it installed so I could use tethering, but according to Reagen you don't. (I wouldn't think you would need it installed)

[Reagan]

You definitely don't need iTunes for BT audio (A2DP), and i really can't see how it would help w/ tethering, but perhaps internet access if connected over USB, like how WinMobile does.. is that what is going on there?

Even though, the iPhone says it supports PAN, it sure doesn't work for me. Of course i have a non-jailbroken plain vanilla iPhone 3G. Are you seriously getting your iPhone to provide Internet all by itself over the PAN connection? What country do you live in and who is your carrier?

[thumpinbass]

Originally Posted by knightmare

LOL, there is no iphone toolbar, we mean the toolbar in windows. (the lower right side with all the start up apps in it)

There will be a bluetooth icon, should be green, means connected, go in there and search services, like I said before, and you should be able to use the iphone to stream music over your cars speakers via BT at that point.

Not sure if you need itunes installed, I got it installed so I could use tethering, but according to Reagen you don't. (I wouldn't think you would need it installed)

When I said iphone toolbar, I was talking about what was at the bottom of the iphone screen that had the BT icon that reagan pushed to bring up audio devices. I call that a toolbar, but you may call that whatever you want.

The BT icon down in the lower right hand corner of windows is green and I am connected. Just wont play music through CF with my iphone.

[Reagan]

while this is an exciting discover, it doesn't work very reliably for me lately, and i cannot understand why. Our bluetooth expert, Scott, doesn't really know why/how its connecting that A2DP profile either.

So just to set expectations, this is NOT yet a supported CF feature, although eventually it will be in a future version or plugin.

[moelsaied88]

Originally Posted by Reagan

You definitely don't need iTunes for BT audio (A2DP), and i really can't see how it would help w/ tethering, but perhaps internet access if connected over USB, like how WinMobile does.. is that what is going on there?

Even though, the iPhone says it supports PAN, it sure doesn't work for me. Of course i have a non-jailbroken plain vanilla iPhone 3G. Are you seriously getting your iPhone to provide Internet all by itself over the PAN connection? What country do you live in and who is your carrier?

sorry for the late response. but yea i get full internet access over bluetooth PAN tethering. Like i said though the only thing is that to connect to it i have to go to the bluesolil app itself and tell it to connect PAN with the iphone. i do have an unlocked iphone though on the tmobile network and i used a mobile config to enable tethering. but you can do that on att also, just don't use too much data or you'll get caught if your not paying for the tethering plan.

[moelsaied88]

back to the topic which this thread was originally about, ive been able to get the audio to broadcast to centrafuse reliably by opening the bluesoliel settings (while centrafuse is open, i believe that this is important) and go to the properties for the phone you have connected. in there somewhere theres an option for what services need permission to connect. i checked all of them so that they can connect automatically without any user input. one of them was audio gateway i believe. ever since then i've always been able to get all sounds to go through centrafuse, and not even just internet radio and ipod, but everything including the shutter sound when you turn off the screen.