Stream spotify to my car radio

[tony359]

Hi there,

I would like to use spotify in my car. It's definitely possible, I have an AUX in. I also have a USB port - reads MP3 from USB drives - and I was wondering though whether I could stream the music using the USB port, maybe through a third part application.

What I am looking for, is to avoid having to connect two cables (on on side, one on top!) when driving. Is there a way to connect just one cable and have charging/streaming at the same time?

The alternative would be - I guess - installing a BT adaptor in my car and stream the sound by bluetooth.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ciao
Tony

Edit: looking for something like this, but I haven't got an iPhone, I have an HTC Desire!

[cxc]

USB Audio is currently not supportes by Android OS as far as I know.

If your car audio supported HDMI in you could use a USB to HDMI cable (MHL) if supported by your handset.

However, these adapters have to be powered themselves so I doubt your handset´s battery would charge while hooked up

to your cars stereo. 

Spotify can stream via NFC. Is that supported by your in-car setup?

[tony359]

Hi,

No unfortunately, I was hoping for bluetooth but it looks like it's not supporting it.

I guess that the best choice would be a premade pair of USB+audio cable then, to reduce tangling! 🙂

Edit: I can see indeed USB to audio adaptors on ebay. Do you mean that Android cannot use that output despite they are HTC adaptors?

[user-removed]

I guess by now you've sorted out a solution - but for the record I've just added one of these to my car stereo to stream audio from the phone (Desire HD in my case), which also doubles-up as sat-nav at the same time.  Plugs into the aux socket, works a treat for Spotify and the BBC iPlayer.

HTC Car StereoClip CAR A100/Bluetooth Audio Streamer

http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=230208

It uses the a2dp profile for decent bluetooth audio quality (I think that's a requirement for bluetooth streaming with the Desire HD).