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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by blizzardprius714, Apr 23, 2013.

  1. blizzardprius714

    blizzardprius714 Junior Member

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    Just picked her up late yesterday, 2010 PIII, 25K-miles.

    I was never big on hatchbacks but the 3rd generation Prius is such a nicely designed vehicle. Just wanted to share this first photo:


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    Congrats!
     
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    Congrats and welcome to PriusChat!
     
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    The Prius 3 certainly is definitely the best looking Prius of them all. Actually the best looking hybrid among all hybrids.
     
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    Thanks! Now I just have to figure out how to play Pandora/audio thru the bluetooth with my Samsung s2.
     
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    Congrats. The pandora should play automatically if you have your phone hooked up via BT, and you select BT as the audio mode. BTW, which app did you use to get that soft effect in your pic?
     
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    okay, I'll set BT as audio. Does this override BT phone or can they coexist with phone being priority?

    Used Photoshop, but there may be online services that make it easier and quicker.
     
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    Phone is automatically priority whether BT audio mode is selected or not.
     
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    Thought you had an actual blizzard for a moment. We got 3 inches of snow last night and it is still below freezing and snowing now. :)
     
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    Yikes!
     
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    Lol no real blizzards here just clear skies and warm weather (you probably didn't want to hear that)
     
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    Mine's doesn't neither and I believe it works only if your iPhone is setup as hotspot/tethered?
     
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    If you're using entune then yes ur iPhone has to be tethered. OP has a 2010 without entune, so Pandora has to be streamed via BT, though it may be streamed via USB as well, not sure.

    Speaking of entune, I find it easier to just use BT pandora instead of tethering it. The track info and album cover art still shows up.
     
    #13 p00kienrayray, Apr 23, 2013
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    hmm.. with have to try that.
     
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    Just got her tinted, 35% all around. Just in time for Vegas trip tomorrow.

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    tried it and works sporadically. most consistent method for Pandora for me is tethered.
     
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    Really, it's worked 100% for me so far, but then again I don't really use pandora much.
     
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    I used it regularly as my kid loves it.

    Mines get confused and sometimes streams ipod instead of pandora. ugh.. even when I see it pandora playing on the phone, the music from ipod is playing through the speakers..
     
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    Ya know, I've been experiencing weird things with the stereo too. For instance, sometimes the ipod would stream thru the stereo, and sometimes it would just play through the phone (BT or tethered) even though the info is loaded on the stereo screen. Sometimes when I power off the audio on the stereo, the ipod (when tethered) would just turn itself back on. Very glitchy system. Never experienced anything like this on the non-Entune system.
     
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    This must be software issue and system performs different actions or scans based on what's detected... I'm just glad I was able to stream Pandora with tether method consistently. Even with hardwired method, it's not consistent BUT I do know methods to solve it consistently.

    Via BT, I have not found a way to effciently solve the problem.. I've even had to reset my phone because Pandora crashed my iPhone!
     
    #20 Sfcyclist, May 8, 2013
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