September 3, 2009 9:05 AM PDT
Link Garmin Nuvi 765T with Bluetooth car stereo
One of the Garmin Nuvi 765T's coolest features is its capability to connect with a Bluetooth-compatible phone for hands-free calling, but did you know that this Nuvi also supports A2DP audio streaming?
In this Quick View video, I'll show you how to pair your Garmin Nuvi 765T to a Bluetooth compatible car stereo (in this case, the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid) to hear your turn-by-turn directions, MP3s, or Audible.com audiobooks via your car's speakers, instead of the Garmin's tiny speaker.
What I want is to be able to listen to my radio or CDs while the GPS can break-in when it has something to say. In your demo, the SYNC radio is 'tuned' only to the audio coming from the Nuvi - who wants to only listen to the Nuvi during a long drive?!! The same problem shows up if you connect to Nuvi to an AUX-IN jack on your stereo - yes, you get to listen to the GPS audio through your car speakers, but you can't listen to anything else!!
What GPS and car companies need to do is to work together to enable the "GPS breaking in" feature. A good implementation will also be able to PAUSE whatever was playing on your car stereo when the GPS is 'talking', and then resume the program.
I believe that is the way that many ** INTEGRATED ** car GPS systems operate; it should be available for after-market GPS as well.
If you're one of those rare users who carries his/her music around on an SD card, you actually CAN enjoy your music while still getting turn-by-turn directions. As illustrated in the video, the Garmin features a Media player that plays MP3s and Audible audiobooks. This audio is also piped through the A2DP Bluetooth connection and is interrupted when the Nuvi wants to speak a direction.
Outside of that, there's not really anything that Garmin or any GPS device can do help you with your source switching problem. The A2DP stereo audio protocol for most Bluetooth stereos doesn't even support metadata in most cases, let alone situational streaming and selection of audio sources. If you want that level of integration, then skip the PND and upgrade your headunit.
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by chrisx1
September 28, 2009 10:23 AM PDT
- To allow ryou to listen to radio and GPS over that car speakers at the same time and not requiring you to load music with an SD card, they could do better than this in future models.
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(3 Comments)Add a buit-in FM or HD radio in the GPS.
Add a passthrough to the GPS for an iPod or other MP3 player.
Least complicated way:
Simply make a GPS model with a better, higher quality internal speaker instead of the cheap, distorted "tiny speaker" so you can still hear the GPS well when the car stereo is playing. Just hit mute when you have phone call.