iPhone and streaming music via bluetooth

music streaming is not supported by the bluetooth protocols on any G2 model of the Prius. So unless your radio has been replaced with an aftermarket unit, it can not stream music wirelessly over bluetooth.

 

I have an IP4 too and a 2004 Prius with B/T. I was able to get the NAV voice from my iPhone to play over the bluetooth. Even tho my car has nav, I sometimes use the TomTom app in areas where there are new subdivisions (I have a 2008 data disk). Anyhow, I can't figure out how it does that, but it does. Also, I can hear my voice mails thru the b/T.

 

I hear my Voicemails through bluetooth also. I have a IP4 too.

 

if your 2004 doesn't have the aux-in port in console, then the only way is to replace the HU or keep using the cassette adapter

I can tell you I wish i had a cassette adapter over the annoying crackling aux-in input in my console

 

Crackling or is it more of an electrical noise that's coordinated w/various vehicle activities (e.g. pressing on the brake)? When? Always or only when your device is being powered?

 

I am aware of the noise you speak of ( electrical ground playing thru speakers) but that's not what I was referring to. When my iPhone 4s or my old iPhone 4 is connected via aux in I get a crackling when it's playing and sometimes it goes also monotone like a channel fades out. Only goes back to Normal when I open console and fiddle with auxin wire ( it's not the wire because this is the third wire that does it). This is annoying when your listening to a great track doing 80mph down te highway and all of a sudden the track goes out? I mean really lol

 

Just not possible on the 2nd Gen Prius, unless you have an aftermarket radio.

 

If you are charging your iPhone when this noise is happening try unifying the charger to see if the noise goes away. For me, it always does. Sometimes I find that if I unplug the charger and then plug it back the crackling sound does NOT come back. So it is sometimes possible to listen and charge wo the noise.

 

Well, thats not entirely true... a few cars ago I had my mp3 player hooked up to play through the cassette player via one of these:



However what you meant to say is it is impossible to play music streaming through bluetooth on a Gen2. Right?

 

I've played music through my 2004 Bluetooth. It was not a pleasant experience. The frequency response is severely limited and only suitable for a phone call. The iPhone music was a voice recording but the quality of the recording was high. Cassette adapter is the way to go on this model.

 

I have a parrot bluetooth kit that supports music streaming, and regularly stream from my iphone5 to the car, works great

 

So perhaps my experience reflects limitations with the factory CD/cassette/bluetooth system.

 

I tried one of these but it's doesn't work in my car:

Bluetooth Music Audio Receiver Adapter for iPod iPhone PC 30-Pin Dock Speaker UK | eBay

I think it's because it only supports analog dock and the prius dock must be digital