Help Note 2 -> Soundcloud -> Car Stereo

[Ian Canefire]

Hi All,
I have had my Note 2 since the first week it came out from the Sprint store. I use very little of all of the functions.
I want to take advantage of the unlimited data during my daily commute. Please share what you know.

1) Can I get my note 2 to play all of my soundcloud favorites while cycling or driving? or will it load and stop, load and stop?
2) When in the car (and if I can get soundcloud to somehow play a list of favorites) can the music be trasferred to my cars bluetooth stereo? At the moment my bluetooth works once I am on the phone. Not really a big deal but just wondering I use a cassette tape adapter currently.

Any tips are welcome...at the moment my area does not have 4G but a few places along my route I notice the phone kicks in to 4g.
cheers,
Ian

 

[lcneed]

1) There is a SoundCloud app.

2) It depends on your car. My older BMW only support bluetooth phone, but my Lexus supports bluetooth phone and audio. If it only connects to you phone calls right now, see if there is something in the car's setup to pair bluetooth AUDIO to your phone.

EDIT: I just read that your are currently using cassette tape adapter. I guess if your car is old enough to have a cassette tape unit... it probably won't support bluetooth audio. Does it have a AUX input (3mm plug)? If so you could just get a cable 3mm male on both ends and connect it that way.

 

[Ian Canefire]

Regarding question 1) I am at work and can't really play around with my phone. I have the soundcloud app. I should have made myself clearer. Do any of you soundcloud users know if the phone actually stores the music or is it a stream from off the web. I am thinking that if it is a stream then I would be dependent on 3g 4g or my in home wifi. I actually have not set up any favorites yet. So I am trying to find out in advance.
Re question 2) yeah my car is a 2004 Lexus LS430. If it does have a aux jack then it is behind the console not in view on the front.

cheers,
Ian

 

[lcneed]

I have never heard of SoundCloud. I use Pandora and Spotify. With Spotify Premium (the paid version), you could go offline mode. It will store music to play offline. I don't think there is any free music streaming service that will let you store music to play offline. They are all streaming off the net. 3G is plenty fast enough for streaming music. Most app will buffer the music for 10 to 15 seconds, so the song will go on for a while before cutting off.

As for your car, I don't think it has Aux input either. You could get one of this and use your FM radio. It seems to have pretty good reviews:

Amazon.com: GOgroove FlexSMART X2 Wireless In-Car Bluetooth FM Transmitter with Charging, Music Control, and Hands-Free Calling for Android, iPhone, Blackberry, & Windows Smartphones: Car Electronics

 

[womb raider]

Regarding question 1) I am at work and can't really play around with my phone. I have the soundcloud app. I should have made myself clearer. Do any of you soundcloud users know if the phone actually stores the music or is it a stream from off the web. I am thinking that if it is a stream then I would be dependent on 3g 4g or my in home wifi. I actually have not set up any favorites yet. So I am trying to find out in advance.

I haven't used the Soundcloud app but I'm fairly sure the audio would be streamed rather than being downloaded and stored on your device.