music in the car...

[1FinickyOne]

If I subscribed to spotify, by what means can I listen in my car?

 

Should I download songs or playlists to a USB stick? 

 

Do you use your phone somehow? And if so how? 

 

I am low tech... so, easy simple explanations are best.

[marin]

I use Spotify daily in my car. My Vios is an entry model and has no blue tooth so I use a cord with a plug into the cars audio system and the jack for the phone into the phone. In the wife's car just tune it in with blue tooth once and it recognizes my phone. With the good coverage in Thailand I am rarely without tunes. Easy peasy as I am a tech dummy. 

[bamboozled]

The only issue with running off the internet is there are some spots without service. Lampang, I'm looking at you... This is a topic of interest to me. My car is 12 years old so no blue tooth but I can plug the phone into a mini-jack and run through AUX mode on the radio. All is fine until I have to charge the phone via the cigarette lighter. Then I get tons of interference from the car engine and it's pretty horrible. Anyone else have this problem? My workaround so far was to buy a power bank and when on long journeys I power the phone through that and no interference and it's plenty big to last for days, I've found. But....anyone else have this issue?

[marin]

Luckily my car does not have blue tooth but does have a USB port for charging. No interference at all. 

[bignok]

Just use youtube. Totally free, millions of choices. Why pay for music?

[proton]

fm 90 and fm 95 does for us.

[KannikaP]

24 minutes ago, bamboozled said:

My car is 12 years old so no blue tooth

My 12 year old Toyota Vigo pick-up does have Bluetooth, and connects easily to my Huawei Y9 2018.

Internet comes via a DTAC unlimited SIM 20Mb/s package. I can easily get any radio stations, LBC, BBC, Caroline Flashback, and when parked up, can watch UK TV via an Android app. Wonderful times.

[marin]

4 minutes ago, bignok said:

Just use youtube. Totally free, millions of choices. Why pay for music?

For 5 baht a day I have my own playlists, and all the playlists Spotify has made for me over the years. Much more hands free than Youtube IMHO. 

[shuttle]

Spotify is great. In the house it plays on my home built speakers. When I get in my car, without interaction it is connected to the car audio (BT). Control is by car stereo buttons.

I have 4 MB/s mobile data which is enough for play without interference.

There is no downloading as it is streaming.

129 THB per month.

[Dmaxdan]

Out of interest, has any one purchased one of these Bluetooth music receivers for their older car? And if so did it work! 

[KannikaP]

11 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

Out of interest, has any one purchased one of these Bluetooth music receivers for their older car? And if so did it work! 

Do you mean you plug this unit into the headphone socket of your phone, or does your car radio have a phono input and this receives from your phone?

[Dmaxdan]

27 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Do you mean you plug this unit into the headphone socket of your phone, or does your car radio have a phono input and this receives from your phone?

As I understand it, you plug this unit into the headphone jack socket on your car radio/audio system and then connect your phone via Bluetooth to the device.

And then, in theory you can play songs straight from you phone through the speakers in your car, 

[KannikaP]

1 minute ago, Dmaxdan said:

As I understand it, you plug this unit into the headphone jack socket on your car radio/audio system and then connect your phone via Bluetooth to the device.

And then, in theory you can play songs straight from you phone through the speakers in your car, 

If your car radio has a mini-jack input, why not get a cable with plugs each end, forget the Bluetooth.

[DavisH]

1 hour ago, bignok said:

Just use youtube. Totally free, millions of choices. Why pay for music?

Pay for premium to avoid ads...there's nothign worse than listening to music then sem ad come on...My son uses premium, so when he is in teh car we use that....fortunately he has reasonable taste in music, so it's listenable.

[Andrew Dwyer]

8 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

If your car radio has a mini-jack input, why not get a cable with plugs each end, forget the Bluetooth.

Yup, did that for years with my iPod or iPhone.

[Dmaxdan]

15 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

If your car radio has a mini-jack input, why not get a cable with plugs each end, forget the Bluetooth.

This is what I already do. But those little Bluetooth receiver devices are as cheap as chips on Lazada. Some of them sell for less than 100 baht! Almost too cheap really.

 

So, I'm just curious if anyone has had any personal experience of them, that's all.

[KannikaP]

Just now, Dmaxdan said:

This is what I already do. But those little Bluetooth receiver devices are as cheap as chips on Lazada. Some of them sell for less than 100 baht! Almost too cheap really.

 

So, I'm just curious if anyone has had any personal experience of them, that's all.

You get what you do, or do not, pay for. Keep the cable, 100% works.

[recom273]

How old is your car? 
 

I have a carplay / android auto equipped “radio” I just plug any phone with mobile data. With iPhones there is never an issue, often there is a bit of button pressing with androids where it often forgets the permissions. 

 

I think you could get away with a 300B/ month data package. 

[KannikaP]

4 minutes ago, recom273 said:

How old is your car? 
 

I have a carplay / android auto equipped “radio” I just plug any phone with mobile data. With iPhones there is never an issue, often there is a bit of button pressing with androids where it often forgets the permissions. 

 

I think you could get away with a 300B/ month data package. 

Don't understand. Are you saying that you use your phone as a WiFi hotspot?

My DTAC unlimited SIM cost me Bht 1200 for 12 months = Bht 100 per month.

[recom273]

6 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Don't understand. Are you saying that you use your phone as a WiFi hotspot?

My DTAC unlimited SIM cost me Bht 1200 for 12 months = Bht 100 per month.

You use mobile data - just like you browse Facebook or use LINE when out and about - I pay about 300B a month, post pay for my package which includes a certain amount of calls, which I use in excess of atm. I find that works for me, I use the data as a backup for work and have burnt through a data cap before. 
 

No, I dont use it as a hotspot, you just plug the phone into your car and you have a navigation / entertainment / talking computer system. 

[KannikaP]

1 minute ago, recom273 said:

You use mobile data - just like you browse Facebook or use LINE when out and about - I pay about 300B a month, post pay for my package which includes a certain amount of calls, which I use in excess of atm. I find that works for me, I use the data as a backup for work and have burnt through a data cap before. 
 

No, I dont use it as a hotspot, you just plug the phone into your car and you have a navigation / entertainment / talking computer system. 

So as already said, you receive radio/play music on your phone, and plug it into the car radio, be it by cable or Bluetooth.

[Lucky Bones]

I think music in the car is a means of getting the family to shut up.

 

Try Led Zeppelin "Dazed and Confused" live from the "Song Remains the Same" album/movie.

 

Play it loud.....they will never get in the car with you again.????????

 

 

[bamboozled]

57 minutes ago, DavisH said:

Pay for premium to avoid ads...there's nothign worse than listening to music then sem ad come on...My son uses premium, so when he is in teh car we use that....fortunately he has reasonable taste in music, so it's listenable.

I can think of a few worse things but point taken. Cheers!

[chalawaan]

2 hours ago, bignok said:

Just use youtube. Totally free, millions of choices. Why pay for music?

Because ads suck.

And at THB 299 p/month -price of three happy hour beers- for up to five people (in the same house)  to have thier own private login to watch and listen to ad free music, plus download unlimited playlists automatically for offline listening, plus get new music suggestions (including remastered favourites) plus access to the largest music catalogue in the world by far, plus ad free YouTube all sounds worth it to me. 

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by chalawaan

[brianthainess]

I download free from Skullmp3 to my laptop, then move to a memory card, can use USB stick or put card in phone and use jack plug to cars sound system.

[bignok]

57 minutes ago, chalawaan said:

Because ads suck.

And at THB 299 p/month -price of three happy hour beers- for up to five people (in the same house)  to have thier own private login to watch and listen to ad free music, plus download unlimited playlists automatically for offline listening, plus get new music suggestions (including remastered favourites) plus access to the largest music catalogue in the world by far, plus ad free YouTube all sounds worth it to me. 

 

3600 a year. 60 Pad Thais.

[1FinickyOne]

10 hours ago, recom273 said:

you just plug the phone into your car and you have a navigation / entertainment / talking computer system. 

my phone is old - - what kind of phone is best for that - - time for me to get both a new car and new phone...

[recom273]

On 4/23/2023 at 3:52 PM, KannikaP said:

So as already said, you receive radio/play music on your phone, and plug it into the car radio, be it by cable or Bluetooth.

Yes - kind of, you stream to your car via your phone. The car doesn’t have a radio, it has a screen and and an amp, when you plug your phone into the car, the car gains the phones OS. To say it’s a Bluetooth / tethered radio is a bit simplistic. A BT radio won’t tell you your schedule when you start up, tell the navigation system your destination and or if you have left the lights on as you leave the gate.