Bluetooth audio->Car Bluetooth adapter?

I was just recently looking at purchasing a Toyota Prius and saw that
it had built-in bluetooth (presumably for celluar hands-free
operation). I was wondering if there was any way I could use the
built-in bluetooth capability to send audio to the car stereo from an
mp3 player via bluetooth.

Not sure if the Sony HBM-30
(http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/3218.html) could do it.

I also see that

"Riskable" <riskable@youknowwhat.com> wrote in message
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> I was just recently looking at purchasing a Toyota Prius and saw that
> it had built-in bluetooth (presumably for celluar hands-free
> operation). I was wondering if there was any way I could use the
> built-in bluetooth capability to send audio to the car stereo from an
> mp3 player via bluetooth.
>
> Not sure if the Sony HBM-30
> (http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/3218.html) could do it.
>
> I also see that

AFAIK the HBM-30 only acts as a Bluetooth headset and plays mp3s off its
Memory-Stick Duo card. You can't send or receive files to it over Bluetooth.
I expect the car itself acts as a Bluetooth headset as well. There will be
no way to transmit the music from the HPM-30 via Bluetooth.

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> "Riskable" <riskable@youknowwhat.com> wrote in message
> news:e3bf4aea.0309011252.63e7c8a2@posting.google.c om...
> > I was just recently looking at purchasing a Toyota Prius and saw that
> > it had built-in bluetooth (presumably for celluar hands-free
> > operation). I was wondering if there was any way I could use the
> > built-in bluetooth capability to send audio to the car stereo from an
> > mp3 player via bluetooth.
> >
> > Not sure if the Sony HBM-30
> > (http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/3218.html) could do it.
> >
> > I also see that
>
> AFAIK the HBM-30 only acts as a Bluetooth headset and plays mp3s off its
> Memory-Stick Duo card. You can't send or receive files to it over
Bluetooth.
> I expect the car itself acts as a Bluetooth headset as well. There will be
> no way to transmit the music from the HPM-30 via Bluetooth.
>
>
>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but how can a player act like a headset...
I think that the player sends a signal to another device like for example a
headset.

I also suppose that the BT in the car acts like a receiver/headset.
So the most logical solution is that the BT in the car can receive the
signal send by the player.
Again ; correct me if I'm wrong.

But isn't is better to contact your Toyota dealer to ask what you can use
the BT in the car for.
I know that certain models om BMW also have BT on board, but I think that
it's only used for handfree calling.

Regards,
Juju

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> > "Riskable" <riskable@youknowwhat.com> wrote in message
> > news:e3bf4aea.0309011252.63e7c8a2@posting.google.c om...
> > > I was just recently looking at purchasing a Toyota Prius and saw that
> > > it had built-in bluetooth (presumably for celluar hands-free
> > > operation). I was wondering if there was any way I could use the
> > > built-in bluetooth capability to send audio to the car stereo from an
> > > mp3 player via bluetooth.
> > >
> > > Not sure if the Sony HBM-30
> > > (http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/3218.html) could do it.
> > >
> > > I also see that
> >
> > AFAIK the HBM-30 only acts as a Bluetooth headset and plays mp3s off its
> > Memory-Stick Duo card. You can't send or receive files to it over
> Bluetooth.
> > I expect the car itself acts as a Bluetooth headset as well. There will
be
> > no way to transmit the music from the HPM-30 via Bluetooth.
> >
> >
> >
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but how can a player act like a headset...
> I think that the player sends a signal to another device like for example
a
> headset.
>
> I also suppose that the BT in the car acts like a receiver/headset.
> So the most logical solution is that the BT in the car can receive the
> signal send by the player.
> Again ; correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> But isn't is better to contact your Toyota dealer to ask what you can use
> the BT in the car for.
> I know that certain models om BMW also have BT on board, but I think that
> it's only used for handfree calling.
>
> Regards,
> Juju
>

THe HPM-30 is designed to be a headset for a bluetooth phone, and a standard
flash memory mp3/atrac player in one unit.
You can be listening to some music from the player with the wired
headphones, then when a call comes in from the bluetooth phone in your
pocket/bag the music switches off and the audio comes from the phone.
Think of it just like a walkman that can also answer the phone.
It is not a bluetooth storage device or music transmitter.