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Old Mar 28, 2015 | 11:47 AM
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HI All
if you have an Aux in and an iphone/ipad....use airpaly... i suggest a usb powered Apple express and use the analog out to the Aux in....

now you can airplay to your car with WAY better signal than BT.
ive been doing it for yrs.... works mint and you can stream..
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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by rackhacker9275
HI All
if you have an Aux in and an iphone/ipad....use airpaly... i suggest a usb powered Apple express and use the analog out to the Aux in....

now you can airplay to your car with WAY better signal than BT.
ive been doing it for yrs.... works mint and you can stream..
Can you take some photos of your setup? Did you solder it into the panel or did you just connected it using a car charger adapter?
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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 02:31 PM
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Default HOW To AirPlay in ANY Car With an AuxJack input

This is a Very simple, easy to do mod this was the first video i found so if the 2 knuckle heads doing annoy you do a search for "how to airplay in my car"
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I used this setup guide personly super easy... and cheap..

DOC: AirPlay on the Highway: Put AirPort Express in your Car for Wireless Audio Awesomeness | Evolver.fm

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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 05:35 PM
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Nice Airplay Mod, but Sure Electronic Bluetooth board mod is just cheaper $100 Airplay vs $25 Sure BT. Airplay is only for Apples, Sure BT is for all BT capable smart phone.

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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 06:48 PM
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almost any apple express will work started with an older version.
and i had a few laying around so -$99 i orderded the chips for like $5 ..
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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 06:49 PM
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im an  guy tho soo its worth it...
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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 01:54 AM
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More expensive, unnecessarily complicated and doesn't work with a universal standardized protocol.

Yep, that's an Apple solution.
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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 04:04 PM
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It's been a few weeks that I've had this installed in my car, and everyone that's been in my car before, and now seeing that I'm able to stream music wireless, asked how much did it cost to get this feature installed. They tripped out when I told them only 30 bucks. Then they start to mess around with things to see how it works and behaves.

So this is with an iphone 6, other devices might behave differently, but below are some highlights that I've notice and like a lot with this mod:

- once paired up, entering and existing car, my phone and the SureBT pairs up automatically and instantly
- sound quality is amazing, you can't even tell it's streaming via BT
- music and phone calls toggles back and forth without any problem
- music even pause when incoming phone call is receive
- music resumes if it was playing before, when phone call ends
- no engine noise ( I was afraid this might pick up unwanted engine noise/whine)
- small enough to conceal mount it - set it and forget it
- best 30 dollar mod so far

Thanks insyder for sharing this with everyone.
Thanks Quanger for the install.

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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 07:54 AM
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Anyone would be kind enough to take a photo on the backside of the PCB? Where all the soldering is done?
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by wises
Anyone would be kind enough to take a photo on the backside of the PCB? Where all the soldering is done?
We didn't solder anything on the backside of the board. The only soldering was for the headphone jack to line output, going into your current AUX input.
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