Hello all, loving the car, i was not perpared for the amount of excitement I got from driving it home last night! I have a question about the bluetooth system in the car. Can it stream music from my IPhone 4 if so how do I activate it? Thanks

 

it wont stream music by bluethoot, only hand free phone, theres an input jack in the center console for playing mp3s

 

It doesn't stream by bluetooth? That sucks. I've was under the impression it does.
I was looking to try to add it in.

https://www.rx8club.com/series-ii-interior-audio-electronics-167/factory-bluetooth-208616/

 

no it doesnt.

 

If the 2010 model can, would it just be a software update that would allow it?

 

AFAIK the radio only has hands free support for the phone. The protocol used to transfer stereo through bluetooth is AD2P which i dont believe any model of the RX8 has.

 

Congrats op. Where's the pics?

 

+1 on the pics!

Congrats, and I hear that black R3's are the rare ones btw.

 

I will take some this weekend and upload. The only crappy Part is I live in the great country of Canada so I have the steelies and snows on. I can't wait to put the factory rims and tires on.

 

But isn't AD2P just software?

 

its more like hardware because music need to be processed for transmission.

 

Well I just went through the 2010 & 2011 owners manual on Mazda's website and couldn't find anything about bluetooth audio streaming. Oh well. No need for me to try to add it to my Touring. Sorry for hijacking your thread about it, wish I had more responses on mine! LOL!

Congrats on the purchase!

 

A2DP is actually a protocol layer on top of the BT2.0 hardware. Technically any BT2.0 device can support A2DP, as long as the protocol is implemented in the controller. I assume that for support reasons Mazda didn't want to go into it, and they would probably have to pay some royalties to the SIG for Bluetooth for using the protocol.

 

What's crappy about living in Canada?!
j/k welcome the the rotary and make sure you wash your 8 frequently if snow-driving!!

 

Congrats! Yeah lets see some pics.... I seriously don't know if I've ever seen a black R3 before. I bet that looks insanely good.

 

They do

 

how'd you come across the car? and definatly +1 on seeing some pics of this beast!

 

If that's the thing you don't like about the car… you're in heaven. Enjoy.

 

LOL. I don't even have the factory bluetooth. I was just inquiring about whether to try to add it in! Doesn't seem like I need to try.

 

I found the car on Kijji the car was priced right, low km, it came with a set of new winter tires and rims, and I got the guy to drop the price $1500.00.

 

Sorry I haven't posted any pictures yet but this weekend my faithful friend our family boxer who was 12 took a turn for the worse and we had to put him down. I wish I had just one more day with him to let him know what a true gift he was to us. His name was Pashaw.

 

Make sure to post questions and pics in the S2 forums We need help filling it up with relevant S2 threads

edit: just saw your last post, totally sorry to hear that man. Just had a friend who had their dog pass away in a terrible house fire. Just breaks my heart. My condolences

 

Im on steelies aswell, doesnt look so bad though.

This thread is worthless without pics!!

 

I've gotten a few compliments on mine. (Yes, I am whoring on someone else's thread.)
I've been trying to figure out how to stream audio over bluetooth forever. lol

 

like your plate amd