I have an idea..

[Sp!ke]

I was just wondering if a laptop with bluetooth could play sound through a bluetooth Carkit.

The theory being, I could have my laptop in the boot of the car running GPS via Infomap with voice commands being transmitted to the Carkit over bluetooth thus muting the radio and playing the directions through the car speakers at each intersection.

Anybody have any thoughts on whether this theory could be workable?

 

[Steve_Perry]

Wouldn't you need some extra software or specialist software for redirecting the audio from Infomap? I use bluetooth between my laptop and mobile phone and the main bluetooth services are:

Business card exchange
Bluetooth serial port
Dial-up Networking
Fax
File Transfer
Information Synchronisation
Network Access

I guess most promising is the Bluetooth serial port, that is the service that I use to install new software on my mobile phone or perform picture transfer. I'm guessing that the carkit would only support the headset profile in order to provide handsfree access for your phone.

BTW I have a Belkin PCMCIA Bluetooth adapter.

S.

 

[Sp!ke]

What made me think about it was...

Pluggers Wrote
You could get a USB bluetooth transmitter for the back of the pc and bluetooth headset,then use the headset for your mobile phone as well.

 

[craigyb]

There are other bluetooth profiles....

Bluetooth Headset
Bluetooth Audio gateway

 

[smartbrabus]

Nice theory, but its not technically possible to pair your laptop with a BT car kit

 

[Sp!ke]

Nice theory, but its not technically possible to pair your laptop with a BT car kit

...but I can with a bluetooth earpiece?

 

[smartbrabus]

Ok, let me rephrase... it may be technically possible, however you would have to source or create your own software to enable the laptop to fool the BT headset/carkit into thinking its a mobile phone, and create a permanent audio path.

Perhaps more feasible would be a low power FM transmitter (eg. iTrip etc...)attached to the laptop's headphone socket that can be picked up via the radio.

 

[sym]

Ok, let me rephrase... it may be technically possible, however you would have to source or create your own software to enable the laptop to fool the BT headset/carkit into thinking its a mobile phone, and create a permanent audio path.

Perhaps more feasible would be a low power FM transmitter (eg. iTrip etc...)attached to the laptop's headphone socket that can be picked up via the radio.

.....although that would mean having the HU permanently tuned to the iTrip frequency - and it wouldn't override any other audio source.

I'd run an audio cable from your boot to the speaker inputs on your HU, and wire it in parallel with both front / just drivers side speaker. Set the volume loudish on the laptop, and you would still hear the directions over your audio source.

 

[Tigger]

Just for the record although I haven't tried it with a laptop, my brother was able to pair his Ipaq with my Parrot Bluetooth car kit and play MP3's out the speakers.

Reasonably good sound quality too! Except you can't answer phone calls at the same time.

 

[Sp!ke]

Just for the record although I haven't tried it with a laptop, my brother was able to pair his Ipaq with my Parrot Bluetooth car kit and play MP3's out the speakers.

Reasonably good sound quality too! Except you can't answer phone calls at the same time.

Aha! Thats just what I wanted to hear... anyone else got anything positive?

 

[robert.farmer]

All you guys need is a cussif valve.that should do the trick