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Aristus

(68,251 posts)
Mon Apr 24, 2023, 01:01 PM Apr 2023

I can't get my iPhone to play on my car stereo.

I own a 2011 Acura TL that has a USB outlet in order to be able to plug in smart phones. For some reason, I can't get music from my iTunes account on my iPhone to play on my car stereo for any real length of time.

I've got the proper adapter and wire, and I can usually get the stereo to play most of a single cut. But then it stops, and I can't get any playback on the stereo, even when I can see it's playing back on the phone.

Any tips?

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I can't get my iPhone to play on my car stereo. (Original Post) Aristus Apr 2023 OP
Maybe a soft reset Eliot Rosewater Apr 2023 #1
hubby had same ..I went to bluetooth on phone..in settings.. asiliveandbreathe Apr 2023 #2
Thank you. Aristus Apr 2023 #3
Are you logged in to iTunes??..hubby has Pandora..and he needs to be asiliveandbreathe Apr 2023 #4
Cheer up, it could be worse. usonian Apr 2023 #5

Eliot Rosewater

(32,528 posts)
1. Maybe a soft reset
Mon Apr 24, 2023, 01:05 PM
Apr 2023
Press and quickly release the Volume up button > press and quickly release the Volume down button > press and hold the Side button until you see the Apple logo.



Nothing is lost by doing this, and it probably wont help...cant think of anything else. Cant hurt.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
2. hubby had same ..I went to bluetooth on phone..in settings..
Mon Apr 24, 2023, 01:05 PM
Apr 2023

unpaired other devices..then pair other devices (car stereo) with phone ..hope it helps

Aristus

(68,251 posts)
3. Thank you.
Mon Apr 24, 2023, 01:08 PM
Apr 2023

I will say that my iPhone is paired with my car for phone conversations just fine. I don't know why my iTunes won't play.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
4. Are you logged in to iTunes??..hubby has Pandora..and he needs to be
Mon Apr 24, 2023, 01:13 PM
Apr 2023

logged into Pandora on his phone..we do have Pandora on our car stereo though..trying to help..

usonian

(13,550 posts)
5. Cheer up, it could be worse.
Mon Apr 24, 2023, 01:40 PM
Apr 2023

First, there could be a conflict between playing over the USB and bluetooth. You can maybe experiment with that.

I plugged the phone into the computer to do backups and it says that the connection dropped after yay number of minutes or seconds. This is pretty basic stuff. Tried a bunch of wires (they are not straight-through) SURPRISE!



Went to iCloud backups, because they supposedly work. Conspiracy antennas raised.

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