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Old 08-18-2021, 09:39 PM
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Ted, I don't need the BlueBus for hands-free telephony, the factory Bluetooth communication works fine. I would like just a A2DP protocol for streaming from my phone. The MicroSD for MP3 raises interest but I can do without if it is an issue.
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Old 08-20-2021, 03:05 AM
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There are certainly a number of folks that have asked for it, so if it means I make a few more sales for a little effort, then I'm down.



Nothing set in stone in terms of pricing, but I'm think around $59 for the adapter.



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Not gonna lie, that sounds like the American Dream. I'd say start making them

How would you connect/input the add-on box to the Blue Bus?

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Old 08-24-2021, 11:00 AM
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Ted, I don't need the BlueBus for hands-free telephony, the factory Bluetooth communication works fine. I would like just a A2DP protocol for streaming from my phone. The MicroSD for MP3 raises interest but I can do without if it is an issue.
This is going to be an add-on, 100%.

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Not gonna lie, that sounds like the American Dream. I'd say start making them

How would you connect/input the add-on box to the Blue Bus?

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For the 1.x, I'm thinking the SD card will stream wirelessly to the BlueBus via A2DP (so the Add-on box will act as an A2DP Source device). You'd get a 3-pin Y-harness along with the unit so you can power both.

For 2.x, I'm thinking of having it all be wired through a short pigtail running to the BlueBus itself.

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Old 09-03-2021, 12:21 AM
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Hey Ted,


I finally installed the bluebus into my car and it's working great! I notice a bit of whine that's tied to the RPMs whenever I press the gas and play, say a downloaded youtube video where the volume has to come up a bit. It's more noticeable when I use voice commands with Siri. I'm not using DSP, my car doesn't have a subwoofer and stuff. I'm okay with the noise because the full integration is loads better than the FM transmitter I was using, but is this a thing I can fix?
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Probably not worth adding a poll, but I can think of like 50 people who would buy one. The good thing for me is that it's relatively easy to implement it as an add-on, which means it'll be cheap to produce.

There are certainly a number of folks that have asked for it, so if it means I make a few more sales for a little effort, then I'm down.

Nothing set in stone in terms of pricing, but I'm think around $59 for the adapter.

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Ok if this works on an 04 e83 then I'm done for one! Paypal ready when you are!
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Ok if this works on an 04 e83 then I'm done for one! Paypal ready when you are!
Did you happen to shoot me an email? Sorry I missed this post.

Everyone:

Some announcements:
Firmware 1.1.18 is live: https://www.bluebus.dev/software

If you ordered from ECS Tuning before August 31st, your unit will ship Tuesday.

If you ordered from me before August 28th, your order will ship sometime next week, towards the beginning of the week.

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Ted, two questions


First, can I upgrade the firmware from the version shipped to the latest in one step or do I have to load the interim versions as well?


Second, my BlueBus occasionally "hangs" the LCM. Once the parking lights remained on despite the light switch being in the off position. Yesterday the Hazards switched on upon unlocking the doors and did not turn off until I disconnected the BB, locked and unlocked the doors. Any idea what is the cause?
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Ted, two questions


First, can I upgrade the firmware from the version shipped to the latest in one step or do I have to load the interim versions as well?


Second, my BlueBus occasionally "hangs" the LCM. Once the parking lights remained on despite the light switch being in the off position. Yesterday the Hazards switched on upon unlocking the doors and did not turn off until I disconnected the BB, locked and unlocked the doors. Any idea what is the cause?
You can go straight to the newest firmware.

Do you use the Parking Lights feature? That's a newer one, so maybe not.

The second issue is most likely fixed in the newest firmware as I did rate limit messages to the I/K-Bus on boot, which was causing other bugs on earlier LCMIII modules.

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Old 02-03-2022, 06:26 PM
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Many Thanks for responding to this query.


My son loves to stream stuff and I really like the triple blink as two of my other cars have it. (I'm really annoyed Toyota omitted this on my 2016!) So, driving w/othe BB today reminded me with each lane change....



Haven't had time to work on flashing the firmware but I found and downloaded it. I have to install the S/W on my laptop to do the fimrware update first.
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Old 02-03-2022, 06:34 PM
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Many Thanks for responding to this query.


My son loves to stream stuff and I really like the triple blink as two of my other cars have it. (I'm really annoyed Toyota omitted this on my 2016!) So, driving w/othe BB today reminded me with each lane change....



Haven't had time to work on flashing the firmware but I found and downloaded it. I have to install the S/W on my laptop to do the fimrware update first.
Let me know if the issue(s) persist after you upgrade. I suspect they won't

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