http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/blue ... peaker-do/
The company's new Bluetooth Audio Receiver sits in your speaker dock in lieu of your iPod, letting you stream music to it from anywhere in the room -- the perfect gift for folks who hate to walk across the room to switch songs (the extremely lazy, for instance). Available in stunning black or pristine white, this bad boy supports Bluetooth 2.1 and should be hitting retailers in Japan sometime in early May, for a price yet to be announced.
from the comments at Engadget, here is one that is already on sale for $10.
http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASApp/o ... geNumber=0
Seems like a good idea. I'd like to try one out once the new iPhone 3.0 firmware is out. Can you have the bluetooth handsfree function of the AVIC connected at the same time as these dongles? I'm not sure it's worth it if you'd lose that ability in order to connect to the A2DP streamer.
For $10, I'd be willing to give that thing a shot. I'm just trying to find a non-Sprint branded one.
Got one of these in the mail today, I'll try it out tomorrow (or maybe later tonight, I'm bored)
edit... didn't work (yet). It got power, but did not show up as an ipod on the AVIC. My phone did "discover" it, but it asked for a password, and I'm not sure what the default password is. I tried 1111 and the last 4 digits of the hardware address, neither worked. Wish I had an ipod dock to test it with.
This looks pretty sweet! Any updates? I might want to try this as well, but I just want to make sure that it works with the f90bt and the iPhone 3G. So what's the status?
WOW this would be great, please keep up us posted!
IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My equipment:
AVIC F-Series 700 w/ massive and ugly iPod cable
16 GB iPhone 3GS
Sprint Anycom Bluetooth Dongle
Ok guys, i literally registered for this forum about 5 minutes ago, just so I could post that this actually works!!!!
I ordered my little Sprint bluetooth dongle, plugged it directly in to that massive and ugly ipod cable, went in to AV settings and switched AV1 to Video, and VOILA!!! streaming stereo bluetooth from my iPhone 3GS!!!
btw, the PIN for the Sprint FIPO is 0000.
i haven't tested whether or not i can still get calls like this, but the iphone does recognize that i'm connected to both the FIPO and the Avic so i don't know why it wouldn't work, but who knows.
anyways, cheers! and go spend $10 so you can stream stereo bluetooth too!!!!!
btw, the PIN for the Sprint FIPO is 0000.
Thank you sooooo much. You just made my night. I had given up on this. 0000 DUH
Awesome! do they sell these at any Sprint store do you have to order online and pay almost 7 bucks for shipping?
I wonder if this will work on my palm pre?
It has A2DP capabilities. I currently have an Avic-F500bt. Going to my local sprint store to see if I can purchase one, can beat $10.
Awesome! do they sell these at any Sprint store do you have to order online and pay almost 7 bucks for shipping?
not too sure man. I just followed the link from the top of this page And ordered it off of Sprints website. yeah you pay shipping but, no matter how you look at it, you're still paying less than $20 for stereo Bluetooth capabilities, which I wouldve paid a lot more for.
I just confirmed that this works great. The sound is not perfect, but it's not any worse than using an ipod through the same cable. It seems like the phone's connection to the head unit continues to work, I didn't try making any calls but the light was still on and I could see the battery level and signal strength fine. I did get some breakups in the signal for some reason when it was just starting up, maybe cause by interference? It went away on its own. My phone connects up really quickly once I turn the car on, couldn't be any easier. Overall, I'd say it's definitely worth the $16 or so. Only thing that would make it better is if the play/pause/skip track controls worked through the ipod connector, but it's easy enough to use the controls on the phone.
That's good enough for me, I just placed my order.
Thanks for the feedback!
I just called sprint and they said they only carry them online. just placed my order.
Compressing music over bluetooth with already compressed music? I'm just not seeing an advantage here over simply plugging in the cable. Am I missing something?
I wonder if this will work on my palm pre?
It has A2DP capabilities. I currently have an Avic-F500bt. Going to my local sprint store to see if I can purchase one, can beat $10.
Please let us know if it works with the Palm Pre. I'll probably order one tonight, 10 bucks is cheap.
Am I missing something?
yeah. wirelessly playing and controlling your music from your iPod/iPhone.
sure it doesn't sound 100% like the iPod cable, but for as loud as i play it? can't tell a difference.
coolest $16 i've ever spent.
and yes, i also confirmed that you can in fact still receive/make calls with the AVIC bluetooth and speak through the AVIC's mic. Sprint is probably loving us right now.
cheers! thumbs up to whoever even stumbled upon the Anycom in the first place 
Compressing music over bluetooth with already compressed music? I'm just not seeing an advantage here over simply plugging in the cable. Am I missing something?
For me it's just nice to have the option. Since I need to take my phone with me every time I leave the car lots of times I won't bother plugging it in and just listen to the radio. Now I just hit play on my phone and it starts playing. The sound quality isn't great but it's good enough for me. If I decide to turn up the music and want better sound all I have to do is plug in the cable, so you don't lose anything there. Sure you lose a lot of functionality when using the bluetooth instead of pluggin in, but I think it's worth $16 to have the option to go wireless when I want to.
Can someone describe the ports/connections on this thing?
I didn't find any other pics othere than the Spring store single picture...
Is it powered? If so, how.
So I assume you plug the Ipod/Iphone AV cable in to this device right?
I'm trying not to sound stupid, (I'm actually an IT guy, and a techie) I just want
to see some pics or get a good description of the connections.
Thanks guys! Nice Find!
jb
Can someone describe the ports/connections on this thing?I didn't find any other pics othere than the Spring store single picture...
Is it powered? If so, how.
So I assume you plug the Ipod/Iphone AV cable in to this device right?
I'm trying not to sound stupid, (I'm actually an IT guy, and a techie) I just want
to see some pics or get a good description of the connections.
Thanks guys! Nice Find!
jb
The only port is a female ipod dock port like you'd find on an ipod. It gets its power from the usb port. There's also a blue light that is solid when the device is looking for a phone to connect to and flashes once every 6 seconds once connected. Other than that, it's just a white plastic box about the size of the ipod plug on the apple cable but a little bit wider. If you search for Anycom FIPO you can find some more information on it.
Here's what it will look like:
http://www.wired.com/listening_post/200 ... luetooth_/
This link has a picture of it in an ipod speaker doc:
I saw this a while back and thought about it, but decided I'd rather plug it in once (and charge it while doing so) and use the voice command on the unit rather than have to mess with the phone every time I want to do something different with it.
Can someone describe the ports/connections on this thing?I didn't find any other pics othere than the Spring store single picture...
Is it powered? If so, how.
So I assume you plug the Ipod/Iphone AV cable in to this device right?
I'm trying not to sound stupid, (I'm actually an IT guy, and a techie) I just want
to see some pics or get a good description of the connections.
Thanks guys! Nice Find!
jb
The only port is a female ipod dock port like you'd find on an ipod. It gets its power from the usb port. There's also a blue light that is solid when the device is looking for a phone to connect to and flashes once every 6 seconds once connected. Other than that, it's just a white plastic box about the size of the ipod plug on the apple cable but a little bit wider. If you search for Anycom FIPO you can find some more information on it.
Here's what it will look like:
http://www.wired.com/listening_post/200 ... luetooth_/
This link has a picture of it in an ipod speaker doc:
Very cool, thanks for the reply and links spacewilly! Exactly what I was looking for...
Didn't have time to do a lot of searching since I'm @ work.
very cool, ordering one shortly...
jb
Good news and bad news
Good news: I got it to work on my palm pre. Just turned the bluetooth on my pre. The Pre searched for devices and found "FIPO" on phone and instantly connected. I didnt have to punch any pin number. After connection established I went into AV icon on avicf500bt and it gave me the option to turm on AV at bottom. I touched it and the car played music from pandora.
Bad news: As superjet stated earlier, streaming already compressed music gave crappy quality. How do I know? I connected the 3.5mm jack to Pre and the music was clearer and louder than bluetooth streaming, it was overwhelmingly obvious.
Final Verdict: Will most likely return the sprint bluetooth adapter. The audio difference using a cable over streaming bluetooth was significantly better. I am just going to add another 3.5mm jack to my car since I have two preouts. I hope this is helpful to everyone.
just got mine. smaller than i expected it to be, lol. like really small.
update: tried it out, works flawlessly. CONFIRM THAT IT WORKS WITH IPHONE 3GS!! The only problem is that it kills the phone battery!!! Also, as far as sound quality, it's probably one notch below cd quality, but way better than fm quality. I figured i can just use the Iphone as a remote to play the songs i need whilst outside the vehicle.
Confirmed working with LG Dare (Verizon). Sprint branding does not matter. As others have pointed out sound quality is relatively poor, easily below satellite and analog FM in my opinion (tested with 160kbps MP3). I was somewhat surprised by the poor audio quality. Before my F700 I had the Pioneer FHP-8000BT with native bluetooth stereo streaming. Audio quality was very respectable on that deck. [Why Pioneer opted to exclude native A2DP from the F-series I don't understand.]
Highest and best use seems to be for iPhone users who wirelessly download blogs or other talk programming and want a quick play function when they get in the car. Frequesnt music listeners will likely be disappointed, especially if higher volumes are prefered. It is not a good replacement for plugging in your iPhone or iPod for music. (Or SD card, USB drive, or CD for that matter.)
Note: I don't own an iPod speaker system; therefore, I could not test sound quality on other equipment. Verizon's A2DP implementation could be at fault but that seems unlikely. YMMV.
Since I will likely not use the adapter very often I am offering it for sale. I paid $18 to Sprint, including S&H. Will sell for $15 with free shipping to lower 48. $20 for anywhere else. Paypal only. PM me if interested.