My Streaming Bluetooth Audio setup

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06 Speed 6
I setup streaming bluetooth audio from my android phone in my 6 today and wanted to share the setup for others to copy. In addition to a 3' long 3.5mm male x male audio cable I used-

An Auxmod for the auxiliary input which is available for $60 here-
http://www.sylfex.com/products/AuxMod/

For the bluetooth part of the equation I have a blackberry stereo gateway. Its very small and works great. Available from Amazon for $37.
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You need to supply power to the blackberry device. It has a micro USB input for power. I used a cell phone charger meant for an HTC G1. That was I think ~$2.50 off of amazon.

I ran into a problem with getting TONS of what sounds like the bluetooth radio signal coming over the speakers. The sound was very high pitch and digital sounding, almost like a fax machine. I then put a ground loop isolator inline and the sound is crystal clear. The exact unit was a PAC SNI-1 which ran about $15 shipped.

All of this stuff is in lower part of the center console right now. I plan on dissecting the cell phone charger to move it and the blackberry gateway into the inside of the center console.

The end result was fantastic. Look mom no wires! I run PowerAmp on my Android phone. It automatically connects and disconnects the bluetooth audio when I get in and out of the car and starts playing music. I have noticed no degradation in the sound quality over the hard wired connection either. I've only had the sound clip once for a split second in about a 1/2 hour of listening. I'm not sure if I can do hands free calling with this setup yet. I'm guessing not though since the blackberry gateway has no microphone.
 
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I did something similar, but used the pendant section from the above link (I got 3 of them for $15 each from ThingFling a while back).

I did the Free AuxMod and had some issues, but I just ordered the real one (plus I'll be able to reconnect the Sirius, even though it doesn't work)

I kept mine in the arm-rest and you can charge it via USB.. I've got a USB/Lighter adapter, so it worked out well.. I was looking at maybe trying to put it in the Sunglass holder (as I never use it) and running the 2.5MM and power cables thru the headliner or tapping into the rearview for Acc-On powersource..
 
I like the modification idea of the speakers. Making things do something they were never intended for always appeals to me.
 
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