Music from iPhone through Garmin Nav IV?

[LotusMartin]

I have a feeling I'm going to have to put the music on the garmin, but has anyone been able to play music from an iPhone through the Garmin Nav IV onto a bluetooth headset?

I fear I may be asking too much lol

 

[Mad_Accountant]

Good question, I'd like to know as well.....

I have just bought a superb Nolan m91 flip front with the n-com communicator (Bluetooth only, not bike to bike) and I also have a NAV-4 iPhone combo to connect.

 

[Bendy toy]

Is it possible to pair the phone and the Garmin to the helmet all at the same time?

 

[LotusMartin]

Is it possible to pair the phone and the Garmin to the helmet all at the same time?

Depends on which helmet headset I think. At the moment I'm trying out a cheap one - called Climder - which doesn't support multi-channel device connection, but I'm considering a SENA 20S which I think does. My understanding was that if you connect the phone to the Garmin and then the Garmin to the headset all works beautifully - but I can't get the headset to connect a call and I can't get music from the phone through the Garmin so I'm stuffed I think.

Send it back and buy the Sena is the answer I think lol

 

[paul08]

I have a Sena SMH10R. I have my iPhone paired with my Nav V. The Nav V is then paired with the BT headset.

I have my music on an SD card in the Nav V and it works well. ditto the phone calls which come though the Nav V to the headset. I have never tried to play music from the phone tthough the Nav V to the headset. But my recollection from the Sena manual is that that cannot be done. But I may be wrong. For me it was easier to stick the music on an SD card, rather than risk running down the battery on my phone if I was on a day's ride

 

[DC]

i paired a Bluetooth Ipod Which is the same basically as an iPhone, to a Nav and then the NAv to an Autocom Air headset ….was one or two issues with the bluetooth dropping now and then ,,,so disconnected the iPod and NEVER dropped a signal. I put this down then to the iPod ….I now have an 8gb card in the nav with 600 tunes on ,and will take more, the nav is blue toothed to the Autocom Air and its sound !!! ( see what I did there )

 

[Col]

I have a Cardo Scala Bluetooth on my helmet and it works great........ My ipod 4 is bluetoothed directly to the scala as is my Garmin Sat Nav. My Samsung phone is bluetoothed to the Garmin so they all work together.

 

[buncobooth]

I think if you want to do this you are better off connecting the iPhone to the headset separately (that should support hands free and A2DP so allow you to listen/control music as well and phone calls). Then you can connect the Nav separately. I tried connecting a phone through the Nav and it was unreliable, I also found that anything from the Nav sounded crap throught he headset, phone sounds great.

 

[paul08]

With the Sena kit, if you want both nav directions, phone and music from the Nav V to your headset, then you actually have to connect the Nav V to the headset as if it were a phone.

 

[LotusMartin]

I have the Nav IV - and am finding with the phone paired to the nav I a) can't answer calls from the headset (only the screen of the sat nav) and b) I can't play music from the phone.

I'm now looking at either the Sena SMH10 or the 20S for multi-device pairing to the headset. I'm out in the US in April so hopefully can pick them up cheap(er)

 

[buncobooth]

I have the Nav IV - and am finding with the phone paired to the nav I a) can't answer calls from the headset (only the screen of the sat nav) and b) I can't play music from the phone.

I'm now looking at either the Sena SMH10 or the 20S for multi-device pairing to the headset. I'm out in the US in April so hopefully can pick them up cheap(er)

It is also worth looking at the SMH5. It is smaller, lighter and cheaper and if you want a full face mic you don't need to change the mount like the SMH10. They are also supplied with the larger speakers from the SMH10 now. There are some functions that are not as good but considering the lower price, very good value.