Bluetooth car audio not working from Android phone
Bluetooth audio stops when the phone's volume is down or when the audio is going to the phone speaker instead of the car. Check that your phone's volume is all the way up first. If that doesn't fix it, disconnect and reconnect Bluetooth.
Your phone controls where sound goes: to the car speakers, your headphones, or your phone itself. When audio stops working, it's the phone's volume down, the audio going to the wrong place, or the Bluetooth connection stuck in a bad state. Checking volume and reconnecting Bluetooth fixes most cases. If that doesn't work, unpairing and repairing from scratch solves it.
- ✓Have your car's Bluetooth system turned on and in discovery mode
- ✓Know your car's Bluetooth name
- ✓Have your phone charged and ready to restart if needed
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Skip, I just want a technicianCommon mistakes to avoid
- Assuming the car's Bluetooth is broken when the phone's volume is turned down.
- Forgetting that both the phone and car have their own audio input settings. Both need to be set to Bluetooth.
- Not realizing that audio output is separate from Bluetooth connection. You can be connected but audio goes to the phone speaker.
Signs you need professional help
- You've turned up volume, reset the Bluetooth connection, and re-paired from scratch but audio still doesn't work, audio works sometimes but keeps cutting out or dropping randomly, or your car keeps saying No Audio Source.
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