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Dusty_viper

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Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« on: September 10, 2011, 06:02:04 PM »
Hey guys, as the title says, I have updated the Blue and me software to version 5.5 however, I am still unable to play music from my iPhone - am i right in thinking that this is possible with the new update and without the £60 usb stick that Fiat sell?

Anyway i'm either doing something stupid, or i'm being stupid :P

If anyone could clear this up that would be great. Thanks a lot.

EDIT: Forgot to mention its the 3GS 32GB and when I go through "Source" options, the media player bit doesnt show, Radio and CD do fine. The phone makes the apple noise to say its connected too.
« Last Edit: September 10, 2011, 06:09:17 PM by Dusty_viper »

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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2011, 12:08:30 PM »
depends when your car was made if you need the adapter or not... is it a new car?
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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2011, 12:20:15 PM »
its a 10 plate, was made in July 2010....Im guessing i can't  :(

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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2011, 12:09:59 AM »
http://www.abarthforum.co.uk/blue-and-me/blueme-updated-to-5-5/

That should provide some info...

What version of iOS are you on? 4.3.* seems to work ok with B&M...
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Dusty_viper

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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2011, 11:23:34 AM »
Ooo thats rubbish, my chasis number is 68 :( bugger.

Is this hardware in the head unit? As mine is a bit dodgey and playing up at the moment. Maybe if i'm lucky i can get a warrenty job  :whistle:

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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2011, 12:12:04 PM »
Nah. Think it's the b&m unit. I would get ya self the adapter tbh...
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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2011, 05:08:44 PM »
I could be wrong, but I thought this was down to the iPhone not having a disk mode like an iPod?  My iPod will play via the adapter, but iPhone never has.

Another consideration is that even with the adapter my iPod will only play .mp3, .wma etc files as B&M still can't process .m4a or other AAC based encodings.

Feel free to call my bluff on this, but that's why I gave up with the whole thing and now just have a Cruzer USB disk with tunes on specifically for the car.  No adapter required.
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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2011, 05:41:14 PM »
Not true. The adapter works with the iPhone and any format the iphone will.
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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2011, 05:52:56 PM »
Bugger.  In that case mine works as equally poorly as Dusty viper's... dumb luck  ::)
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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2011, 06:31:25 PM »
Bugger.  In that case mine works as equally poorly as Dusty viper's... dumb luck  ::)

Lol I feel your pain! Oh well its just as easy to get a USB stick - I can't remember the largest size it will recognize though, I think it was 8GB?

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Re: Updated to 5.5 but still unable to play music from iPhone
« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2011, 10:43:30 PM »
Bugger.  In that case mine works as equally poorly as Dusty viper's... dumb luck  ::)

Lol I feel your pain! Oh well its just as easy to get a USB stick - I can't remember the largest size it will recognize though, I think it was 8GB?

sadly, I recall that it's only 4GB  ::)
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