Music streaming via bluetooth

[Stef]

I plugged my iPhone in to the aux input yesterday and the quality was crap, might have been the cable but it was quiet and very poor quality. It's a shame you can't stream on the MyWay but never mind.

Be interested to know if that USB box thingamy whatsit works though.

I've just stuck to the old route of making up some MP3 CD's though, you can get about 7 albums on one CD so it's not too bad.

Originally I wasn't too fussed about the sat nav and wasn't going to bother but it's nicer to have that as the colour display, the visual reverse sensor bit is cool (I liked that in my previous car) and I also like the fact that you can add speed cameras to it, albeit only static and red light ones, but it's nice to be able to do that on a built in system.

Stef

[alexmj1]

I plugged my iPhone in to the aux input yesterday and the quality was crap, might have been the cable but it was quiet and very poor quality. It's a shame you can't stream on the MyWay but never mind.

Be interested to know if that USB box thingamy whatsit works though.

I've just stuck to the old route of making up some MP3 CD's though, you can get about 7 albums on one CD so it's not too bad.

Originally I wasn't too fussed about the sat nav and wasn't going to bother but it's nicer to have that as the colour display, the visual reverse sensor bit is cool (I liked that in my previous car) and I also like the fact that you can add speed cameras to it, albeit only static and red light ones, but it's nice to be able to do that on a built in system.

Stef

You know what Stef...am going to make some CD as well as I can't listen to my music if the sound is crap via 3.5mm aux. Spoke to John N an he said that the usb box would work but it won't display any music info etc.. John can get one but I already lay out £800 for the Myway Satnav unit and not going to spend anymore. Wonder who's bright idea at citroen to remove the usb, anyway rant over! I seen some pictures of the satnav and the colours look lovely. Some reviews said it was tricky to use, how do you find it?

[Stef]

You know what Stef...am going to make some CD as well as I can't listen to my music if the sound is crap via 3.5mm aux. Spoke to John N an he said that the usb box would work but it won't display any music info etc.. John can get one but I already lay out £800 for the Myway Satnav unit and not going to spend anymore. Wonder who's bright idea at citroen to remove the usb, anyway rant over! I seen some pictures of the satnav and the colours look lovely. Some reviews said it was tricky to use, how do you find it?

Does make you wonder doesn't it! My Wifes Fiat 500 fully spec'd with red leather, pearlescent paint and upgraded hifi system came with a USB port to play media from and that was half the price of my DS3 Racing!!

Having said that, most of the time my driving is to and from work and to be honest I enjoy a bit of peace and quiet so I'm happy to just burn a few CD's as and when I need to.

Stef

[alexmj1]

Does make you wonder doesn't it! My Wifes Fiat 500 fully spec'd with red leather, pearlescent paint and upgraded hifi system came with a USB port to play media from and that was half the price of my DS3 Racing!!

Having said that, most of the time my driving is to and from work and to be honest I enjoy a bit of peace and quiet so I'm happy to just burn a few CD's as and when I need to.

Stef

Long live the CD's disc, spoke to the dealer this afternoon, he said they is a build for May and my Racing should be in there, so we're looking to 6-8wks, can't wait.

[Stef]

Definitely! After the last update to the Blue and Me bluetooth/media system on the Fiat it's taken on a life of it's own and randomly starts playing tracks from the memory stick! Also I could never get the voice controlled system to react to my voice properly, must be because I still have a hint of Cornish in my accent!!

I would say "Dial Office" and it would repeat "Dial Roger?" FFS, how similar are those 2 words???

Stef

[alexmj1]

lol, that's technology for you. Is the satnav ok to use as most reviews reckons it's figgly

[Stef]

It's pretty straightforward when you want to key in a destination or pick something from the address book, it's how you save things in to the address book that's bloody fiddly!

I've not yet had use of the Traffic side of things and how well it handles that etc.

The voice is nice and clear, the "2.5D" view is best (That's 3D to us Brits!) with the direction points on the split screen.

It does read out some road names, mainly things like M3 and A27 but won't read street names.

Speed camera function is useful, not brilliant as it's just statics and red lights and can give you a visual and audio chime to alert you along with the speed limit.

Shame the screen isn't a touch screen as navigating around using the buttons etc can be a bit of a pain, I think once you get used to it, it will be fairly simple.

Stef

[alexmj1]

sounds good to me.