On Sep 18, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Nick Sabalausky <seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:10:03 -0700 > Sean Kelly <s...@invisibleduck.org> wrote: > >> On Sep 18, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Walter Bright >> <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote: >> >>> On 9/18/2012 2:08 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >>> >>> My car stereo takes a USB stick. I specifically picked that model >>> for that reason. CDs in the car suck. >> >> Mine does bluetooth, so I don't even have to take my phone out of my >> pocket to listen to music. > > My dad's car has bluetooth connected up to his phone. Every time he > starts his car and turns the radio on, about half a minute later the > radio cuts completely out and there's an entirely useless voice saying > "Device Connected" (or something like that, I forget the exact words). > Then it switches his radio back on. > > I can always tell when he's calling me with it, too, because I can't > make out a single word he says (and then he compensates by talking > louder which just makes it worse). > > Meh, it's like there's no such thing as good design anymore. > > Actually, music over bluetooth? Wouldn't even an FM transmitter be > better quality? (Well, unless you have one of those newer antennas > that can't be retracted.) Bluetooth has *really* bad bandwidth. Bluetooth 3.0 HR does something like 25 Mbit/s. The trick is finding a car stereo that supports the high bitrate for audio. I agree with you about the phone support, but it's because the mic is shoddy rather than anything about Bluetooth. I don't use the phone setup in my car very often for that reason. With noise reduction turned on I just sound like I'm under water, and with it off it's just noisy in general. My car doesn't offer a very quiet ride though, to be fair.
