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Twice daily. Charge the phone while running a line into the car's aux in.

• hyperbovine 10y ago
  do they even make car stereos anymore that do not have Bluetooth?
  • falcolas 10y ago
    Bluetooth audio quality is lossy and poor, compared to an analog line. Plus, my car's Bluetooth driver crapped out, putting it in a constant "starting up" state that even pulling the battery hasn't resolved.
    • wolrah 10y ago
      > Bluetooth audio quality is lossy and poor Bluetooth audio can be lossy and poor. The default minimum standard SBC codec is pretty terrible, no doubt, but every device worth using supports many other codecs which are sufficiently high quality for car use. AAC and MP3 are commonly supported, which also happen to be the formats your audio probably is already in. A player focused on quality could, in theory, pass the raw input data over the Bluetooth link for it to be decoded on the car/headphone side. In that case there would be no quality loss, though you'd lose the ability to mix in other audio such as notifications, so I doubt this mode is used by default on smartphones. Dedicated music players may support it. Since there's arbitrary codec support technically with support from both sides you could also send a lossless stream up to the bandwidth limits. I don't believe there's widespread support for any lossless codecs, but the technology definitely allows it. Even if you're just using one of the high-quality lossy codecs like aptX you still have to keep in mind the environment. Unless you have an uber-luxury car the noises of normal driving will have more of an effect on the audio quality than the Bluetooth stream. Sure, you might be able to tell the difference when parked, but unless you spend a lot of time sitting around waiting in your car that's not very relevant.
  • kps 10y ago
    Problem: phones drop standard audio connector. Solution: buy a new car.