Just yesterday I got a Samsung Galaxy S6. I had Spotify up ready to go and plugged my wireless FM transmitter jack into its headphone port in my car, but the music was playing through the phone speakers and not through my car stereo. Tried with both transmitters I had, made sure both were on the correct radio station and that all jacks were connected snug. I didn't have this problem with my previous phone which was a Nokia Lumia 920, doing the exact same things listed above. Is the Galaxy S6 lacking a feature that is needed for my wireless FM transmitter to work?
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Help Wireless FM Transmitter Won't Work With My S6
- Thread starter NJMike
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solaris9123
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How did you plug it into the car?
You mean you plugged it into the headphone jack on the phone, right?
You mean you plugged it into the headphone jack on the phone, right?
Yes. I can hear through earphones just fine.
My transmitter was plugged into the car, and its jack was plugged into my phone's headphone jack.
I have done that several times, with both the jack, and the transmitter itself. Neither could go in any further, and it felt snugged in enough anyway.
I can't because my car does not have an auxiliary port, hence why I use an FM transmitter in the first place.
RA_BH
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with my S5, I had a similar problem -- at first, my male-male connector cable from the phone to the Aux input had the music still coming from the phone speaker; when I reversed the cable that fixed the issue. my point is, I think recent Samsungs are really picky about what gets plugged into the headphone jack -- never a problem w/ my S3.
I may actually just have to keep my Nokia in my car as the designated media player since it's no longer in service due to my new Samsung. Might as well put it to use.
I will have to try the reversing the cable end thing then. I highly doubt it would do anything, but I will try.
He means Play.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwalkes.android.toggleheadset2&hl=en
NJMike, that link will open up play on your phone, as long as you are connected to the internet.
It seems this is your first android phone, welcome to the party.
I may ask silly questions, and recommend simple tasks, but you always have to ask yourself, "is it plugged in and turned on?" The next recommendation, don't flip the big red switch.
Ninja'd
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwalkes.android.toggleheadset2&hl=en
NJMike, that link will open up play on your phone, as long as you are connected to the internet.
It seems this is your first android phone, welcome to the party.
I may ask silly questions, and recommend simple tasks, but you always have to ask yourself, "is it plugged in and turned on?" The next recommendation, don't flip the big red switch.
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I am not understanding. Am I supposed to get an app called Toggle Headset 2 from Google Play? I typed that in search but didn't get that, though I found an app called HF Button Widget that I got, though I have no idea where it went on my phone after I installed it, so I guess I can't use that either.
Aux-aux cables are not well made as far as standards go and getting one that seats properly has been a common problem.
With phone headset jacks, for many modern Android devices, such as post 2012 Samsungs, it's the second ring from the end is the ground contact and not the sleeve, sleeve is mic, and a certain shape aux jacks might not be making contact with the second ring. So there's no ground contact made. Aux-Aux usually only tip-ring-sleeve, not tip-ring-ring-sleeve, i.e. three-way and not four-way. Likely why getting them to seat and connect is a common problem. Plugging a stereo three-way aux into a three-way jack, tip-ring-sleeve, like headphone output only, no mic, that was usually quite reliable.
Definitely worth trying another aux-aux cable, not the same type as the original.
I don't know why they insisted on making the sleeve mic, and not ground or common. Because in just about all other uses with jacks, sleeve is usually the ground connection. Older Samsungs it was that way round, and some other phones still are, like OnePlus One and Oppo.
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Ok. So, you're saying that I should just get a whole new, independent aux cable than the one my FM transmitter came with? Any suggestions on what to get? As I'm not savvy in this field of tech. And I have tried everything that was suggested in this thread thus far, with no luck.
RA_BH
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in your place, I'd head to Best Buy and look for one of the pricier cables -- not top of the line gold-plated, but not a cheap $1 cable from a Dollar Store; with a brick&mortar store you can return it easily and try again, if necessary. I've had good luck with Radio Shack in the past but they've closed many of their stores. They still have a website, though, which is pretty damn bad -- $17.99 for retractable cable, which is not what I used.