pid question about WiFi adaters and music streaming

[fng01]

I have a stereo on my motorcycle with a USB port that I can plug a zip drive into loaded with music and it will play it.
The stereo also has a headphone plug that I can plug into my Iphone headphone jack and play Pandora or music from my library on my phone.

Problem: the head phone jack coming from the stereo has a bad connection and is very staticy.

Question: Will a wifi adapter plugged into the USB port on the stereo allow me to stream Pandora from my Iphone?

Thanks for answering my dumb question.

 

[giantpandaman2]

Probably not. You could just plug headphones into your phone, but I wouldn't recommend it.

It's illegal to use headphones and drive in most states.

Edit:

I just realized why your post is so confusing. Line in is not the same functionally as headphone jacks. Might want to be clear about that next time.

 

[fng01]

yeah lets forget about the line in. My stereo has a USB port that allows me to plug a zip drive in and it will recognize and play my music automatically that's on the drive thru the speakers on my bike.

will a Bluetooth adaptor or WIFI adaptor that I can plug into that USB port on stereo receive Pandora from my phone and pass it thru to my Stereo as if it was the Zip drive?

 

[giantpandaman2]

Don't think any such thing exists. The problem is that I doubt your stereo is "smart" enough to deal with wifi/bluetooth protocols. My guess is that it only knows how to see mp3 files and play them. Pretty typical of most stereos without bluetooth.

 

[razel]

Your stereo wants 'USB storage' on it's USB input. So your phone needs a way to convert Pandora to a file on the fly so that your radio can play it. I doubt anyone has programmed an app for this very esoteric situation.

On the other hand, perhaps your line-in can be fixed. I have fixed noisy RCA line-ins in car stereos by just wrapping it aluminum foil, wrap a ground wire around the foil then ground that wire to the chassis. You can cover up the foil with a commonly available plastic looms, wrap, or shrink tubing.al

Actually I just re-read. Your noise isn't interference but probably a bad/loose connection point. It still can probably be fixed by replacing the plug.

 

[fng01]

Thanks guys, I kinda knew it was a pipe dream to think I could just plug a WiFi adapter in and sync with phone to start listening. I did find some lint jammed in my phones input jack. I am going to try it again tonight and see if I may have solved the poor connection problems with the input jack plug.

At least I know I don't have to spend the money on a WiFi adapter to try as an experiment now.
Thanks again to the both of you.