Jlomb436

I know this has been beaten to death but I searched here and Google and couldn't find a concrete answer as they were all over the place.

If I have a 2010+ model without navigation, am I able to stream Pandora and other music via bluetooth? If not, that really is a bummer as I'm in the market for one, but not a deal breaker. I'm finding most don't have navigation (which is an option I probably wouldn't want anyway).

I currently have a Galaxy S3 phone, not sure if that helps. Thanks everyone!

JaxG

my 2010 with navi had it. I doubt you could have streaming audio without navi.

Jlomb436

Thanks Jax. Whats the alternative to streaming Pandora? I know some individual says it doesn't work via USB and there isn't a Audio input.

Jlomb436

Thanks! Do you have Navi though?

JaxG

see if you have inputs in the center console or USB. You can probably do a usb memory stick but not any streaming audio. You can probably do MP3 cds too. You need to mess around.. Im on my 5th G and they are always changing stuff.

Yoshi

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I had a G25x with out the Bose. I used the USB in the center console with a real apple 30pin to my iphone 4s. How I made it work was by playing a song saved to my phone then opening up pandora and hitting play on that. It faded out the song saved to my phone and went to the pandora.

Jlomb436

Thats my issue, I've been looking at a couple of used ones and I'm trying to figure out what i'd need. If I couldn't play music from my phone (mp3's on it) that'd be horrible in a $40K car. To be honest, I have no need to Navigation other than the better looking screen and streaming.

Jlomb436

Cool trick, I hope it still works. I've noticed as Jax has said, they've changed it around quite a few times and I remember reading about how Infiniti was constant;ly changing the firmware and hardware for it, making ti more difficult to determine what works and what doesn't.

JaxG

I just got a new 2013 and there is no more recording CDs (music box) I had no idea until I got home. I was not a happy camper.

Yoshi

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btw my G25x was a 2012. and it didnt work with a 3rd party usb cord

Jlomb436

Cool. I guess i"ll mess with it. Worse case, I think people have gotten some 3rd party bluetooth devices to work somehow? I'll poke around. Went from a BMW with an iPhone and that worked flawlessly, and it wasn't a newer model.

I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Jlomb436

That is a bummer! I wonder why they would take that feature away, maybe because fewer and fewer individuals use CD's? Still, doesn't make sense to take that out as it's probably software related.

glennp_2012

I was told they removed the music box on the 2013 to make more room for the NAVI. If you don't want any issues with streaming music on your G get the 2012 model works fine with my Galaxy S3. I also found out that Iheart Radio is a better alternative for Pandora more music available. Plus it has music box and can play videos provided your not moving. I was also told I can load pics and make it play like a slide show. I haven't tried it yet so I don't know if that is true. BTW if you have an IPhone 5 you have to get the software updated otherwise the interface will have issues.

JayDeePee

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If you have no Nav then no bluetooth streaming. USB only works with Apple devices. Android phones will not work. You can put music on a USB thumb drive and play music from it. However you can't play music as easily from an iPod. My 2009 has the Bose with Aux inputs. I have no Nav, but then again bluetooth streaming was not offered back then.

Jlomb436

So on 2010+ without Navi, is there anyway to play music off your phone, via a bluetooth adapter (I've seen some links on other pages) or via USB at all? Seems incredibly silly.