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I just got a 2012 Mazda 3 and I love how dumb it is. Bluetooth audio and an aux cable is really all I want.

by mackatap 4y ago

derwiki 4y ago
I recently switched back to MP3 CDs and am happy not dealing with Bluetooth or a smartphone
- mackatap 4y ago
  Yeah, I have a bunch of cd's I'm happy to be able to use again. But it's so easy to drag and drop music onto an android phone.
- LAC-Tech 4y ago
  You can go slightly more high tech and just plug a USB drive into the port. Still no bluetooth or smartphone but you get more than 700 odd megabytes of mp3s.
  - 29083011397778 4y ago
    I've taken it a step further and now just leave a Samsung external SSD plugged in (and out of sight). Better quality flash than a USB stick, and now the limiting factor for library size is the number of tracks the car can handle, instead of storage.
  - figglestar 4y ago
    I asked the sales guy about this when I bought my 2019 Subaru and he was stumped, said no one had ever asked that before. But sure enough, the car could read flash drives similar to MP3 cds.
stinos 4y ago
Bluetooth audio and an aux cable I'll take just the aux then, at least as long as I can. Aux (as in: 3.5mm jack on both ends or else on one end and the other one cinch or DIN to support even older devices) is something which has been working fairly universally to get music from any portable and even some not-so-portable players to amps in the past 30 years or so, extend to like 60 years to include anything compatible but with DIN (just a rough guess here, I still have some old Telefunken radio with an aux input via DIN and I'd estimate that is it's age; still works, moreover they really figured out nice warm bass from small speakers back then already). It's simple, it's a de facto standard, it really just works, it's a good idea (doubling as headphone out) and well-executed. Bluetooth audio on the other hand tries to be all of that, but I never quite got the feeling it's there yet, after all those years, and I wonder it will ever be the same level of 'just works'.
- mackatap 4y ago
  The Bluetooth is nice because I don't have to do anything for it to work. I get in the car, hit play on my phone, and music comes out! Only downside is about a one second delay. Also nice for friends with phones that don't have 3.5mm. I've never had trouble with Bluetooth. I have a pair of wireless Sony headphones that really just work. I tap my phone to the side of them and they automatically turn on and connect. Battery lasts about a month.
- kelnos 4y ago
  The one thing I do like about Bluetooth in a car is the ability to skip songs using the car's interface, without having to fiddle with my phone, which isn't particularly safe to do while driving.

I just got a 2012 Mazda 3 and I love how dumb it is. Bluetooth audio and an aux cable is really all I want.

derwiki 4y ago

I recently switched back to MP3 CDs and am happy not dealing with Bluetooth or a smartphone

mackatap 4y ago
Yeah, I have a bunch of cd's I'm happy to be able to use again. But it's so easy to drag and drop music onto an android phone.
LAC-Tech 4y ago
You can go slightly more high tech and just plug a USB drive into the port. Still no bluetooth or smartphone but you get more than 700 odd megabytes of mp3s.
- 29083011397778 4y ago
  I've taken it a step further and now just leave a Samsung external SSD plugged in (and out of sight). Better quality flash than a USB stick, and now the limiting factor for library size is the number of tracks the car can handle, instead of storage.
- figglestar 4y ago
  I asked the sales guy about this when I bought my 2019 Subaru and he was stumped, said no one had ever asked that before. But sure enough, the car could read flash drives similar to MP3 cds.

stinos 4y ago

Bluetooth audio and an aux cable I'll take just the aux then, at least as long as I can. Aux (as in: 3.5mm jack on both ends or else on one end and the other one cinch or DIN to support even older devices) is something which has been working fairly universally to get music from any portable and even some not-so-portable players to amps in the past 30 years or so, extend to like 60 years to include anything compatible but with DIN (just a rough guess here, I still have some old Telefunken radio with an aux input via DIN and I'd estimate that is it's age; still works, moreover they really figured out nice warm bass from small speakers back then already). It's simple, it's a de facto standard, it really just works, it's a good idea (doubling as headphone out) and well-executed. Bluetooth audio on the other hand tries to be all of that, but I never quite got the feeling it's there yet, after all those years, and I wonder it will ever be the same level of 'just works'.

mackatap 4y ago
The Bluetooth is nice because I don't have to do anything for it to work. I get in the car, hit play on my phone, and music comes out! Only downside is about a one second delay. Also nice for friends with phones that don't have 3.5mm. I've never had trouble with Bluetooth. I have a pair of wireless Sony headphones that really just work. I tap my phone to the side of them and they automatically turn on and connect. Battery lasts about a month.
kelnos 4y ago
The one thing I do like about Bluetooth in a car is the ability to skip songs using the car's interface, without having to fiddle with my phone, which isn't particularly safe to do while driving.