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Spotify, Ipod, & MDI

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Staudie

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I need a question answered before purchasing equipment. I subscribe to Spotify which allows me to download music for offline listening. I tried this with my android phone and USB MDI cable but no luck :mad0259:. Can this be done with with the apple MDI cable and an Ipod?

Thanks for the help
~Staudie
 
theunholy

theunholy

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I think it can be done with iphone and MDI cable. I can play youtube and use the MDI as audio output.
 
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nuggstein

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Staudie said:
I need a question answered before purchasing equipment. I subscribe to Spotify which allows me to download music for offline listening. I tried this with my android phone and USB MDI cable but no luck :mad0259:. Can this be done with with the apple MDI cable and an Ipod?

Thanks for the help
~Staudie
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Spotify will work via Bluetooth...at least on an Android device. The track name will also get displayed and steering wheel controls will work (I have an RNS-315 -- navigation unit).

Spotify music will NOT work via USB cable due to the non-standard formats it plays.
 
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The Canuck

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I stream Spotify via Bluetooth like nuggstein, and I am on an iPhone 5. No issues, and all information is displayed about the song.
 
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Staudie

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nuggstein said:
Spotify will work via Bluetooth...at least on an Android device. The track name will also get displayed and steering wheel controls will work (I have an RNS-315 -- navigation unit).

Spotify music will NOT work via USB cable due to the non-standard formats it plays.
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I've been streaming Spotify with my S3 via BT but I do not get any song info or steering wheel control (RNS315).
 
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Saabstory

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Staudie said:
I've been streaming Spotify with my S3 via the USB cable but I do not get any song info or steering wheel control (RNS315).
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Try it through Bluetooth; you should get control and display (thought eh display only give song/album; it doesn't give you the time count)
 
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Staudie

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Try it through Bluetooth; you should get control and display (thought eh display only give song/album; it doesn't give you the time count)
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I miss typed that.... What I meant was, I have been using BT to stream (usb cable only for charging). All I get is the word "Bluetooth Audio" on the screen. My radio is hardware version H05 and software version 0011 Im not sure if that makes a difference.
 
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boriskov

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My girlfriend has an s4 and gets no metadata transferred to the screen when using Spotify over Bluetooth. My HTC One works no problems.

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rjohnson5481

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I used the MDI in mine with spotify and it worked just fine info was displayed and all.
 
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Staudie

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rjohnson5481 said:
I used the MDI in mine with spotify and it worked just fine info was displayed and all.
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Well I went ahead and purchased an Ipod touch Gen 4 to use with Spotify premium (mainly downloaded playlists) and the MDI cable. The sound is great.. much better than BT. Both the track skip and medidata kind of work. The steering wheel track skip works as a fast forward. When the gauge cluster display is set to audio the down button will skip tracks if pressed twice. Medidata is not updated when the song changes but will update if I hit the fast forward button twice. Not my ideal setup but at least I can skip tracks (kind of).

Forgot to mention that I also did the MDI firmware update (0150) from my-gti.com
 
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jhunter72

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Bluetooth Audio is vastly INFERIOR to the MIDI interface, which uses a direct digital connection to send the audio (digitally) from the phone to the car stereo. The car stereo then decodes the digital and produces the sound.
In my experience the Bluetooth Audio sounds similar to FM radio, plus it doesn't cover the entire frequency range. I have songs in my collection in which parts of the audio doesn't even play using Bluetooth.
Therefore, please stop telling people that Bluetooth audio "is the same" because it most certainly isn't.
Thanks :)
 
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jhunter72

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Staudie said:
I need a question answered before purchasing equipment. I subscribe to Spotify which allows me to download music for offline listening. I tried this with my android phone and USB MDI cable but no luck :mad0259:. Can this be done with with the apple MDI cable and an Ipod?

Thanks for the help
~Staudie
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I have Google Music Unlimited (similar to Spotify) with my iPhone 5s and use the MIDI interface. It sounds GREAT (MUCH better than the crappy Bluetooth Audio) and the car stereo displays music track information. The controls can be a bit testy, but I use the phone to switch songs anyway.

The main point is the Audio quality, its incredible using MIDI.
 
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