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jswinden · 02-17-2017, 01:51 PM

Well I finally tried out the Amazon Unlimited Music Individual Plan ($7.99/month for Prime members). I truly wasn't expecting much as far as being able to listen in my car. But boy was I wrong! The audio system in my Toyota RAV4 2015 is the least of the options available--bottom of the line. I knew I could hookup BT audio, USB drives, and the old fashioned 2.5mm to 2.5mm stereo cable. But having been using my iPhone 6 Plus with this audio system via BT connection for 1.5 years, I did not expect much. Trying to use Apple Music with the RAV4 audio system is a joke, an effort in near futility and frustration. Trying to navigate the Apple Music albums take longer to find a song than it does to arrive at most of my destinations when using the RAV4 audio system, as does navigating songs copied onto a USB thumb-drive. Slow and cumbersome. So I wanted to be able to listen to a radio station like those on SiriusXM where I could pick a genre and let them pick the songs. Well you can do that in Amazon Music Unlimited (and Prime), but I never thought my RAV4 audio system would play nice with it, pun intended. But it does!

All I have to do is start the Amazon Music app on my iPhone and select a radio station (if I haven't already selected one). Then once I startup my RAV4, I press the BT Audio icon on the RAV4 radio face LCD, and the music starts playing. I can use the builtin volume controls and pause/play controls on my steering-wheel. And the radio face actually shows what is playing and the info for the song. and when I stop and turn off the RAV4, the Amazon Music app pauses play. So I can run into a store then come back and resume my song where I left off. Pretty cool!

So barring any unforeseen snafus, I think I'll keep the Amazon Unlimited Music Individual Plan.

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02-17-2017, 01:51 PM	#1491
jswinden Nameless Being	Well I finally tried out the Amazon Unlimited Music Individual Plan ($7.99/month for Prime members). I truly wasn't expecting much as far as being able to listen in my car. But boy was I wrong! The audio system in my Toyota RAV4 2015 is the least of the options available--bottom of the line. I knew I could hookup BT audio, USB drives, and the old fashioned 2.5mm to 2.5mm stereo cable. But having been using my iPhone 6 Plus with this audio system via BT connection for 1.5 years, I did not expect much. Trying to use Apple Music with the RAV4 audio system is a joke, an effort in near futility and frustration. Trying to navigate the Apple Music albums take longer to find a song than it does to arrive at most of my destinations when using the RAV4 audio system, as does navigating songs copied onto a USB thumb-drive. Slow and cumbersome. So I wanted to be able to listen to a radio station like those on SiriusXM where I could pick a genre and let them pick the songs. Well you can do that in Amazon Music Unlimited (and Prime), but I never thought my RAV4 audio system would play nice with it, pun intended. But it does! All I have to do is start the Amazon Music app on my iPhone and select a radio station (if I haven't already selected one). Then once I startup my RAV4, I press the BT Audio icon on the RAV4 radio face LCD, and the music starts playing. I can use the builtin volume controls and pause/play controls on my steering-wheel. And the radio face actually shows what is playing and the info for the song. and when I stop and turn off the RAV4, the Amazon Music app pauses play. So I can run into a store then come back and resume my song where I left off. Pretty cool! So barring any unforeseen snafus, I think I'll keep the Amazon Unlimited Music Individual Plan. .... Attached Thumbnails Last edited by jswinden; 02-17-2017 at 01:55 PM.