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OK, I originally bought (and returned) a Sony TMR-BT8iP iPod A2DP/AVRCP Bluetooth adapter and I don't remember it having the same problem as my new BT-IPOD-236 (AKA iO Play iO-BTAIPODC, 8bananas BD-906, etc). I switched up because I needed the "charge through" function, though that doesn't work as advertised either. Well, I really got this adapter so that I could listen to music while using the iPhone as a GPS on my motorcycle but that drained way too much juice with any others and pretty much necessitated a charge-through function.
Here's the problem: When I'm using GPS, or anything outside of the iPod interface for that matter, and I pause the music, I get dumped into the iPod app. That's kind of annoying when you have on motorcycle gloves and can't navigate back to the GPS. What's FURTHER annoying is that it does this when I receive an incoming call and the music gets automatically paused. This means that I am taken away from the call management screen! I can't even go to the Voicemail screen at all because it does some kind of Bluetooth initialization, triggering another automatic pause causing it to dump me back to the iPod interface again (resumes iPod playback immediately).
I just want someone else to test this by pairing thier A2DP/AVRCP headset with both the adapter and the phone/iPod and then using the AVRCP Pause function while in Maps, Safari, etc. Does it return you to the iPod interface? What firmware are you using? I was likely on iPhone firmware 2.0 or 2.01 with the Sony adapter and am on 2.1 with the current one.
The other problem I alluded to was that the charge-through function just shows "plugged in" while the battery continues to drain. It shows a battery as if it is charging but the icon in the corner of the screen shows a plug instead of the electrical bolt/zig-zag.
It would require modification to my motorcycle handlebar mount but I may try the MacSense BlueICE transmitter with charge-through that I saw online. The miniUSB power input is just too far to the right.
Here's the problem: When I'm using GPS, or anything outside of the iPod interface for that matter, and I pause the music, I get dumped into the iPod app. That's kind of annoying when you have on motorcycle gloves and can't navigate back to the GPS. What's FURTHER annoying is that it does this when I receive an incoming call and the music gets automatically paused. This means that I am taken away from the call management screen! I can't even go to the Voicemail screen at all because it does some kind of Bluetooth initialization, triggering another automatic pause causing it to dump me back to the iPod interface again (resumes iPod playback immediately).
I just want someone else to test this by pairing thier A2DP/AVRCP headset with both the adapter and the phone/iPod and then using the AVRCP Pause function while in Maps, Safari, etc. Does it return you to the iPod interface? What firmware are you using? I was likely on iPhone firmware 2.0 or 2.01 with the Sony adapter and am on 2.1 with the current one.
The other problem I alluded to was that the charge-through function just shows "plugged in" while the battery continues to drain. It shows a battery as if it is charging but the icon in the corner of the screen shows a plug instead of the electrical bolt/zig-zag.
It would require modification to my motorcycle handlebar mount but I may try the MacSense BlueICE transmitter with charge-through that I saw online. The miniUSB power input is just too far to the right.
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