Sound sync drive. Switching Aux input to car stereo makes it impractical?

#1

OK. As a potential new user I might buy a Bluetooth Sound Sync drive. There are loads of reviews, but no-one seems to have asked what seems to me like an obvious question.

My car stereo uses either the AUX source or CD or Radio… Now selecting the Aux is a bit of a pain, needing three button presses if the radio is on (which it is most of the time), and two presses if CD is playing. To hit the right buttons definitely means taking eyes off the road, and is a bit of faff.

Do I take it that all contented users of these devices simply never listen to radio or CD etc? …Or do I take it that every time a phone call comes in I need to go through that lot? (Assuming I notice, because with phone connected on Bluetooth to the Anker, but not ported to speakers it will presumably be silent).

So the phone rings, (maybe silently), I then need to fiddle about and (as mentioned) sequence three separate buttons on my car stereo to switch over to AUX.

How do people deal with this? Or should I just find a car kit with an integral speaker, or use a standalone BT portable speaker on the seat alongside?

#2

I used one before I got a newer car. I pretty much always had that on, as I primarily bought it for streaming music. My radio kept the previous setting so I didn’t need to keep setting it.

But you are right. If your phone is connected to the sound sync, but the radio is not set to aux input, then you will not hear the phone through your cars speakers. Uless your radio is capable of monitoring multiple sources, I’m not sure there is a way to enable it to automatically switch to Aux in if the phone rings.

1 Like
#3

In most cars that I’ve owned the radio remembers the last audio source, so if I was listening to the AUX it will default to the AUX the next time the radio is turned on, similarly, if I was listening to a certain FM station it will default to that. I feel like your car is one of those oddballs in which the radio doesn’t stick to the previous source.

1 Like