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Bluetooth option for iPhone

The-BigDog-30

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Someone may have already posted this, but I haven't seen it. This is an option for hooking your iPhone up. The cable that comes with the spyder is a 30 pin connector and will not work without a 30 pin to lightning adapter on iPhone 5 & 5s. I purchased a 2014 RT-S in May and wondered why they haven't updated the cable and why is it in the trunk? So I bought a Bluetooth adapter at Lowe's for $25 and it plugs into your 30-pin connector in the trunk. It allows you to mount and keep your phone up front with you to see calls, gps, music etc.. The directions from the gps do play through the spyder speakers. You can purchase a cheaper Bluetooth adapter online, but if you want it now Lowe's is the way to go. Or I'm sure some other retailers carry. You can use with android phones as well.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_525869-7025...storeId=10151&errorURL=UserAccountView&rpp=32
 

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The-BigDog-30 said:
Someone may have already posted this, but I haven't seen it. This is an option for hooking your iPhone up. The cable that comes with the spyder is a 30 pin connector and will not work without a 30 pin to lightning adapter on iPhone 5 & 5s. I purchased a 2014 RT-S in May and wondered why they haven't updated the cable and why is it in the trunk? So I bought a Bluetooth adapter at Lowe's for $25 and it plugs into your 30-pin connector in the trunk. It allows you to mount and keep your phone up front with you to see calls, gps, music etc.. The directions from the gps do play through the spyder speakers. You can purchase a cheaper Bluetooth adapter online, but if you want it now Lowe's is the way to go. Or I'm sure some other retailers carry. You can use with android phones as well.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_525869-7025...storeId=10151&errorURL=UserAccountView&rpp=32
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I opted for the "30pin to 5S" adaptor so I can chg my Iphone, listen to music or GPS on my Speakers and still use my Bluetooth for my Sena Headset so I can talk to my friends and/or listen to GPS thru my earphones.
 
The-BigDog-30 said:
Someone may have already posted this, but I haven't seen it. This is an option for hooking your iPhone up. The cable that comes with the spyder is a 30 pin connector and will not work without a 30 pin to lightning adapter on iPhone 5 & 5s. I purchased a 2014 RT-S in May and wondered why they haven't updated the cable and why is it in the trunk? So I bought a Bluetooth adapter at Lowe's for $25 and it plugs into your 30-pin connector in the trunk. It allows you to mount and keep your phone up front with you to see calls, gps, music etc.. The directions from the gps do play through the spyder speakers. You can purchase a cheaper Bluetooth adapter online, but if you want it now Lowe's is the way to go. Or I'm sure some other retailers carry. You can use with android phones as well.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_525869-7025...storeId=10151&errorURL=UserAccountView&rpp=32
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I just came across this nearly year old thread a couple of weeks ago. I got one of the BT adapters from Lowes and plugged the iPod cable into it. My Android phone paired easily with it. I used it today on I-70 in western Kansas. It works great! I have been trying to figure out how to connect my phone into the AUX input and have it up front, not in the trunk, so I could listen to Pandora on the road. This adapter is just the ticket.:thumbup: As long as the 4G LTE signal is good Pandora works super.

The only hitch I've encountered is if the power is turned off and back on, like turning the bike off, or the starting sequence where audio power is cut off momentarily, I have to manually reconnect the phone to the adapter. Not re-pair, just reconnect. I haven't figured out what the best sequence is yet to reconnecting. I think if the adapter is not active for many minutes it goes into a sleep mode and the only way to wake it is to power off and on. You do that with either bike power off/on or disconnect the cable from the adapter and plug back in. Pulling the iPod cable out of the connector in the trunk didn't seem to work.
 
If I was gong to do this, I would look for an adapter that supports the latest Bluetooth 4.2 spec.
There are a ton of them out there for less than $25! Check Ebay for instance.
This is why it is not automatically reconnecting for you (old BT 2.0 spec).
Also your phone is using more battery on BT 2.0

Bob
 
finless said:
If I was gong to do this, I would look for an adapter that supports the latest Bluetooth 4.2 spec.
There are a ton of them out there for less than $25! Check Ebay for instance.
This is why it is not automatically reconnecting for you (old BT 2.0 spec).
Also your phone is using more battery on BT 2.0

Bob
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Thanks for the info. I'm not real familiar w/ BT specs so the version diff never occurred to me.
 
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