Posted by: jmwking
Bluetooth heaphone adapter - 28/09/2018 12:12
It seems smart phones are losing regular headphone jacks, and my ancient car doesn't have bluetooth support.
With any luck, I'll be replacing my phone before my car, so I'm looking for an adapter that will let me plug a bluetooth receiver in to patch my phone into my car stereo.
I've seen them from $20 to well over $100 (with DAC and amp built in). Anyone have any experience with them?
thanks,
-jk
Posted by: andy
Re: Bluetooth heaphone adapter - 28/09/2018 14:27
The Anker one works ok and is cheap.
Posted by: jmwking
Re: Bluetooth heaphone adapter - 28/09/2018 19:59
The Anker one works ok and is cheap.
Thanks! I generally like Anker stuff.
-jk
Posted by: BartDG
Re: Bluetooth heaphone adapter - 01/10/2018 05:46
I've been using a
Kinivo adapter for the last year or two. Very happy with it!
Posted by: andy
Re: Bluetooth heaphone adapter - 01/10/2018 07:27
Posted by: jmwking
Re: Bluetooth heaphone adapter - 01/10/2018 19:28
Thanks for the links! The Anker one seems to have been updated.
-jk
Posted by: andy
Re: Bluetooth heaphone adapter - 01/10/2018 22:12
If you mean this one:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Transmitt...=dp_ob_title_ceThen no, that isn't an update of the car one, whatever Amazon think. The car one I have has pause/back/forward buttons for a start.
Not really the same type of device.
Posted by: Shonky
Re: Bluetooth heaphone adapter - 08/10/2018 10:24
I've been using a
Kinivo adapter for the last year or two. Very happy with it!
I have one of these (BTC450 I think). Works fairly well. No BT problems and clear sound, no alternator whine etc.
1) USB power cable is fixed to main unit and a bit light duty for my liking.
2) Volume is a bit on the low side even with it at full on the phone.
Posted by: BartDG
Re: Bluetooth heaphone adapter - 08/10/2018 15:44
2) Volume is a bit on the low side even with it at full on the phone.
Really? That's odd. Volume on mine (also a BTC450) is pretty loud. It's a lot louder than the volume of the radio when I switch over, and it's not even on maximum BT volume on my phone (because my phone warns against that, but that's probably mainly a warning for use with headphones). Strange.