RyanB Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Hi everyone, I took delivery of my 2006 3L Thursday last week. I have managed to connect my phone for calls only, has anyone got experience with this type of head unit and is it possible to to stream music and hear maps through the stereo? Any help will be appreciated Thanks Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregster Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I do not think GPS will work here. The rest can be worked out with google translate on your phone. Mine has a different head unit. I did it with google translate personally. If it is not a hybrid vehicle then you are better off getting a UK head unit installed than Bob's your Uncle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojie Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, RyanB said: Hi everyone, I took delivery of my 2006 3L Thursday last week. I have managed to connect my phone for calls only, has anyone got experience with this type of head unit and is it possible to to stream music and hear maps through the stereo? Any help will be appreciated Thanks Ryan Looks like a Japanese head unit. Sat Nav will not work, as it won't be able to communicate with the correct satellite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freer Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Hi, Try and message Ben Hau on 07595 367953 and discuss your requirements with him it may be a more cost effective solution. John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanB Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 Thanks all for your replies, so no simple way of way of streaming Spotify through the Bluetooth then? Was hoping I wouldn't have to swap the stereo out straight away but if that's the option I'll have to order one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojie Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 7 minutes ago, RyanB said: Thanks all for your replies, so no simple way of way of streaming Spotify through the Bluetooth then? Was hoping I wouldn't have to swap the stereo out straight away but if that's the option I'll have to order one up. Have you tried your video input on the back of your centre console ? If you can get a analogue Spotify audio signal out of any device, that should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanB Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 12 hours ago, Rojie said: Have you tried your video input on the back of your centre console ? If you can get a analogue Spotify audio signal out of any device, that should work. That's not a bad idea, I have the input on the front of mine. So will give that a go. I knew I'd have to replace it at some point just maybe in a month or so. In the 4 days I've had the car it's the only thing that's stumped me 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freer Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Ben fitted a device to mine that allows me to use my mobile phone with all phone functions on screen including mirroring that includes the drop down 2nd screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanB Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 28 minutes ago, John Freer said: Ben fitted a device to mine that allows me to use my mobile phone with all phone functions on screen including mirroring that includes the drop down 2nd screen Oh ok that sounds good, where abouts is he located? I'm down on the sussex coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freer Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 He is in Birmingham maybe too far away? You could always try a suitable play device in your front outlet but I don’t know which one to recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanB Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 1 hour ago, John Freer said: He is in Birmingham maybe too far away? You could always try a suitable play device in your front outlet but I don’t know which one to recommend Thanks for your replies, yeah Birmingham is a good few hours away for me unfortunately. I'll have a look at a few bluetooth play devices and see if anything will work for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzer1955 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I couldn't be bothered with all the hassle of changing the head unit on ours, so I bought a decent FM transmitter, which have improved over the years, plugged it in the cigarette socket, set it on 87.5, set the FM radio on the same, turned on bluetooth on phone, job done. As We use Alexa loads its on my phone so we now have Alexa in the Alphard as well as Amazon music, all for £15 , just make sure there is room to plug it in as the cigarette socket is a bit recessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojie Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 50 minutes ago, Bazzer1955 said: I couldn't be bothered with all the hassle of changing the head unit on ours, so I bought a decent FM transmitter, which have improved over the years, plugged it in the cigarette socket, set it on 87.5, set the FM radio on the same, turned on bluetooth on phone, job done. As We use Alexa loads its on my phone so we now have Alexa in the Alphard as well as Amazon music, all for £15 , just make sure there is room to plug it in as the cigarette socket is a bit recessed. If it it just FM you need, this should work without any Bluetooth. I had one in a previous vehicle. It was OK; but could suffer from ignition pickup from the spark plugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzer1955 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) 8 hours ago, Rojie said: If it it just FM you need, this should work without any Bluetooth. I had one in a previous vehicle. It was OK; but could suffer from ignition pickup from the spark plugs. You may have had something different as this is a transmitter which picks up everything from your phone like calls, Google maps, music etc via bluetooth and transmits it to your fm radio as long as they are both tuned to an empty frequency, for me it is 87.5 fm, it gets its power from the cigarette lighter socket, I do not get any interference from anything electrical or otherwise, now I said that I probably will now LOL🤣 Edited April 11 by Bazzer1955 Adding info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojie Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 On 4/11/2023 at 5:46 PM, Bazzer1955 said: You may have had something different as this is a transmitter which picks up everything from your phone like calls, Google maps, music etc via bluetooth and transmits it to your fm radio as long as they are both tuned to an empty frequency, for me it is 87.5 fm, it gets its power from the cigarette lighter socket, I do not get any interference from anything electrical or otherwise, now I said that I probably will now LOL🤣 I did have something different. No phone involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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