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Folks,

Seeing as B&M doesn't support A2DP, I went looking for an alternative and saw recommendations to the Griffin BlueTrip device for AUX input. Unfortunately this is now discontinued and only available from the US on eBay (which I may yet do), which is a nuisance. But, I was thinking about alternatives and came across the Viseeo Tune2Air WMA1000 which is something designed for use in cars with an Apple 30-pin dock/interface to allow hard-wired connection from in the glovebox etc.

ViseeO Tune2air WMA1000 - Wireless Bluetooth Music: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Seeing as B&M is designed to work with (in my case) an iPhone4S plugged directly into the USB socket, were the iPhone to be replaced with one of these A2DP streaming Bluetooth adapters, do you think this would work too? IT should I'd have thought, as this is exactly what it does for the VAG cars... If it did, then it would probably support the steering wheel controls and display functionality of the hard-wired B&M iPhone connection, which is lost presumably with an AUX-over-Bluetooth connection that the Griffin uses?

Thanks.
 
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Sorry but it will not work


I just tried it in a Fiat Punto 1.4 (2013) which plays Blue&Me beautifully if an iphone is connected to the usb port below with an ordinary sync/charging cable


I plugged a WMA1000 with an Iphone 4 30 pin connecting cable into the usb port


The blue light on the WMA 1000 blinked for a minute


Within this time I had to pair my iphone 5s with the WMA1000 (code 0000) and it did not pair on 4 separate occasions. Eventually it kind of "learned" that my IPhone 5s was there and wanting to connect and now it pairs immediately.


BUT


The normal "Blue&me media player" display did not appear on the audio display like it does with my cable connection of IP5 to USB port


The phone however is connected to both Blue&me for telephoning through the steering wheel controls AND it is connected to "Tune2Air" for playing music through the BT connection and the speakers - this was the same in my Audi S4 through the MMI system


BUT


on the FIAT Blue&me is not activated AND there is no way to switch to that source via the top-right SRC command control of the Steering wheel and neither through the Media button of the middle "dashboard"


Therefore it cannot be found and it cannot be connected. All you get is Aux and Radio and CD


that's it


Some cars (Seat Leon/Audi) allow you to go into the media Source settings and click on the Bluetooth symbol to accept the music input from the BT connected Iphone5s - my wife has a 2013 Seat Cupra and this is done/connected automatically WITHOUT a WMA1000


But the Fiat Punto does not allow that because the interface is too basic


I will try to do this again in my other Seat Leon (2009) FR (it is in Spain and I have to fly there tomorrow) and see that if once the WMA1000 is connected, then the music input can be switched automatically from other sources (SD, Radio, CD etc) to the Iphone5 by pressing on the BT button on the touchscreen of the media interface


hope this helps


Thaleb
 
Thanks Thaleb. I am not surprised that the B&M interface is pretty basic, but it's a shame it doesn't support A2DP streaming, seeing as you can get that from pretty much any £100 replacement head unit.

Suspecting that this may be the case, I found me a Griffin BlueTrip on US eBay and will use this for the AUX source via Bluetooth, so in theory I should be able to have proper music streaming, albeit driven solely from the iPhone rather than the steering wheel controls. Never mind.

Grateful for the input though!
 
I have done some research and apparently Viseeo tune2air is not compatible with USB iPod integration. Only if you have and integrated 30-pin cable.
How does the Griffin BlueTrip is working for you?
 
THALEB said:
Sorry but it will not work


I just tried it in a Fiat Punto 1.4 (2013) which plays Blue&Me beautifully if an iphone is connected to the usb port below with an ordinary sync/charging cable


I plugged a WMA1000 with an Iphone 4 30 pin connecting cable into the usb port


The blue light on the WMA 1000 blinked for a minute


Within this time I had to pair my iphone 5s with the WMA1000 (code 0000) and it did not pair on 4 separate occasions. Eventually it kind of "learned" that my IPhone 5s was there and wanting to connect and now it pairs immediately.


BUT


The normal "Blue&me media player" display did not appear on the audio display like it does with my cable connection of IP5 to USB port


The phone however is connected to both Blue&me for telephoning through the steering wheel controls AND it is connected to "Tune2Air" for playing music through the BT connection and the speakers - this was the same in my Audi S4 through the MMI system


BUT


on the FIAT Blue&me is not activated AND there is no way to switch to that source via the top-right SRC command control of the Steering wheel and neither through the Media button of the middle "dashboard"


Therefore it cannot be found and it cannot be connected. All you get is Aux and Radio and CD


that's it


Some cars (Seat Leon/Audi) allow you to go into the media Source settings and click on the Bluetooth symbol to accept the music input from the BT connected Iphone5s - my wife has a 2013 Seat Cupra and this is done/connected automatically WITHOUT a WMA1000


But the Fiat Punto does not allow that because the interface is too basic


I will try to do this again in my other Seat Leon (2009) FR (it is in Spain and I have to fly there tomorrow) and see that if once the WMA1000 is connected, then the music input can be switched automatically from other sources (SD, Radio, CD etc) to the Iphone5 by pressing on the BT button on the touchscreen of the media interface


hope this helps


Thaleb
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Ok, I have finally found a solution.

Apparently there are few versions of tune2air. The one that looks compatible is the Viseeo Tune2air WMA2000 because it comes with a USB cable and fits to audio systems that have USB iphone integration.
I have ordered one alredy, can't wait to see how it works. I have found a best deal hear

Smart World Company / Viseeo Tune2air WMA2000
 
So I bought WMA2000 from Smart World Company. It took only.. oh 2 weeks for it to arrive (unbelievable..).. and IT DOESN'T WORK!

Did you receive yours? Were you able to make it work?

I tried it at my partner's BMW, it works great. But it's not even detected in my Fiat.

This is getting rather frustrating..
 
I bought myself one of these st some point last year
VicTsing Portable USB Bluetooth 3.5mm Stereo Audio: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Little USB dongle that plugs into the Blue and Me USB port and then a small 3.5mm cable that goes from the dongle to the AUX port in the car.

For such a cheap device it works very well for me, my Android is able to use the Bluetooth on that for Music and when phone calls come in it still uses the Blue and Me connection. It's able to use both together with no modification or hassle. Powers on with the car and connects automatically too.

It sounds quite good but I definitely noticed a bit of the low end missing and have stuck to a cable.

Best if you have your USB and Aux ports next to eachother.
 
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