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Old 25-03-2018, 08:05 PM   #1
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Hi all,

Whats the best way to play music in a brand new car? Ipod or USB flashdrive?

Ordered a brand new X-TRAIL ST-L last week an while it has a CD player but i also want get with the times. I have an S7 that I'll be Bluetooth streaming music also.

So what do others here do?

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Hi all,

Whats the best way to play music in a brand new car? Ipod or USB flashdrive?

Ordered a brand new X-TRAIL ST-L last week an while it has a CD player but i also want get with the times. I have an S7 that I'll be Bluetooth streaming music also.

So what do others here do?

TIA
Just stick with the phone. All of your services all on the one device, able to be controlled directly off the steering wheel, and no plugging anything in for it to work.

That's what I do....
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What do you use for music on your phone?
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Anything with direct bluetooth streaming (or the 2 variants of "auto/play") wins hands down for convenience. The music pauses when you leave the car, and comes back on when you start it again. Seamless, and most integrate it into the screen display, so you can select the tracks by name on the screen, and usually also via the steering wheel controls.

Only catch is you need to load up your phone with all the music you want. But this is so easy with the S7 (I have one, as well as an iPhone).
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What do you use for music on your phone?
I have a 60GB micro SD card that stores just my music. I converted my entire CD collection to mp3 and loaded it onto the SD card. I then download mp3s from the net onto it. Of the 60GB, I have used 50GB so far. Enough music to last me quite a while!
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Just stick with the phone. All of your services all on the one device, able to be controlled directly off the steering wheel, and no plugging anything in for it to work.

That's what I do....
I used to use a USB but i also wanted to be able to play Spotify so I bought an iPod which is plugged into the cable in the console and my phone connects via bluetooth.

The only thing about having my phone plugged into the cable in the console is that you get all your text, email, facebook notification sounds through the speakers while the music is playing, when connected via bluetooth they don't come through. That's with the iPhone by the way.
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