iPhone 5 audio playing through phone and not car

Macrowave · 11-16-2012, 05:46 PM

Has anyone experienced their music/podcast audio playing out of their phone instead of the car speakers?

Every once in a while, I plug in my iPhone 5 (connected via lighting USB cable) and the audio will not play on my car speakers, even though iDrive is showing the progress of the music playing. Instead, it's playing on my phone.

Sometimes it will get fixed if I disconnect and re-connect the phone. Or oddly enough if I play a different track through by finding it through searching. It doesn't fix itself if I turn on/off the volume or skip to the next track in the playlist. It's very strange and frustrating. I never had this problem on my iPhone 4.

I'm going to try a different cable, but thought I would check to see if anyone else has had this problem.

rjd598 · 11-16-2012, 07:36 PM

maybe reset your iphone?

bandido · 11-16-2012, 09:53 PM

I have actually had this happen a few times myself, with my iPhone 4S as well as my iPhone 5. I had to turn the car off and reconnect. I have not done too much other testing at this point to identify if any other solutions would work, but the car seemed to be the main cause, not the phone. I have a 2013...

03BeastCharmer · 11-16-2012, 11:43 PM

The one time I had the issue was after using the phone and turning off the Bluetooth so my wife you talk on it without it piping through the car. After the call it played the music through the phone vs the car.

bayarearob · 11-30-2012, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rjd598

maybe reset your iphone?

I've had this happen multiple times with my 4s. Usually resetting (restart via Power+Home button) the phone "fixes" the issue.

WingZeroX5 · 12-03-2012, 04:36 PM

+1, Happened to me a few times via the following scenarios:

-The car was playing via bluetooth and I connected it via the white cable.
-Car was playing via bluetooth, shut the car off (completely as if you're leaving and locking it), plug in cable, turn on the car

Both occasions, I just simply turn the car off then on again and it fixed itself. Both occasions, with the cable connected, music still plays through the phone despite Itunes saying "Accessory connected"

Weird, but a bug in the combox / bluetooth?

ETA: iPhone4S

Mike Benvo · 12-03-2012, 11:27 PM

Has happened to me a couple times too.. Just a lovely glitch..

slavearm · 12-05-2012, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Benvo

Has happened to me a couple times too.. Just a lovely glitch..

I absolutely can not make it do anything other than play through the dang phone. I have the 6NR through bimmertech though, maybe that has some influence.

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03BeastCharmer Major Drives: 03 M5, '13, 88 & 97 M3 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston Posts: 1,324 iTrader: (2)	The one time I had the issue was after using the phone and turning off the Bluetooth so my wife you talk on it without it piping through the car. After the call it played the music through the phone vs the car. __________________ Current: '13 E92 M3 Euro Delivery 9/4 Wife's: E39 M5, E36 M3, E30 M3 Gone: E86 M Coupe

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WingZeroX5 Captain Drives: 2011.5 E90 M3 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 986 iTrader: (8)	+1, Happened to me a few times via the following scenarios: -The car was playing via bluetooth and I connected it via the white cable. -Car was playing via bluetooth, shut the car off (completely as if you're leaving and locking it), plug in cable, turn on the car Both occasions, I just simply turn the car off then on again and it fixed itself. Both occasions, with the cable connected, music still plays through the phone despite Itunes saying "Accessory connected" Weird, but a bug in the combox / bluetooth? ETA: iPhone4S __________________

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bandido Private Drives: 2013 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 52 iTrader: (0)	I have actually had this happen a few times myself, with my iPhone 4S as well as my iPhone 5. I had to turn the car off and reconnect. I have not done too much other testing at this point to identify if any other solutions would work, but the car seemed to be the main cause, not the phone. I have a 2013...

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