[Nikosmart]

I have the standard Radio 9 set up in my 2015 smart fortwo citybeam edition. I am reading about Bluetooth in cars back to 2008. Is this something extra you have to buy as a plug-in for the car, or is it already built in? I am confused. Thinking of purchasing a wireless Bluetooth speaker for more bass and mid range to add to the existing system which is OK, but fidelity not the greatest. Any advice much appreciated. Thanks

 

[jwight]

The radio 9 does not have built-in Bluetooth. What you have in your 2015 is not a radio 9, it's the standard radio that was introduced in the 2011 model year. It does not have built-in Bluetooth. It might be possible to use a Bluetooth dongle in the USB port to allow playing music through the radio but I've never heard of anyone doing that.

 

[smark]

Here’s a bunch of after market Bluetooth adaptors, from Crutchfield Audio. Best Buy will carry some too. I’d go with a USB device.

https://www.crutchfield.com/shopsearch/car_bluetooth_adapter.html

 

[Miss Mercedes]

I have the standard Radio 9 set up in my 2015 smart fortwo citybeam edition. I am reading about Bluetooth in cars back to 2008. Is this something extra you have to buy as a plug-in for the car, or is it already built in? I am confused. Thinking of purchasing a wireless Bluetooth speaker for more bass and mid range to add to the existing system which is OK, but fidelity not the greatest. Any advice much appreciated. Thanks

Post-facelift 451s dump the "Radio 9" and "Radio 10" nomenclature. Instead they use "Entryline" and "Highline".

For your headunit, you'll want an AUX bluetooth adapter like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Mpow-Bluetoo...sr=8-3&keywords=aux+bluetooth+adapter+for+car

Most of them can charge from the car's USB port while you use it, so you'll never need to actually charge it. I used to have an adapter in my 2012, but I eventually went back to using an AUX cable as my bluetooth adapter finally broke after 3 years of using it.

 

[Johannesl]

No Bluetooth built in. You’d need an adapter. Even with Bluetooth adapter you still wouldn’t be able to hook up the Bluetooth speaker to the existing speaker system.

I bought a small Bluetooth adaptor that I no longer use (upgraded entire system) that worked great and was easy to hide/mount. The cables came from the glovebox, tucked into dash under the drawer and the button/controller/mic was mounted with double sided tape (the round disk with blue light on column.)

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[stevenjb]

I just use the AUX port directly (no Bluetooth) and be sure to Boost Audio in the radio head unit settings - makes a big difference in sound using AUX.

 

[smark]

Bluetooth, sound quality is not as good as AUX. USB give you the very best audio. I would just load a memory stick full of your music. Plug it into the USB slot. Use that that method. The other thing you can do is, get a old iPod, fill up music on it. Plug it into the USB slot. I have 2 other vehicles, using that method.

 

[stevenjb]

One feature I like with using the mobile phone via AUX is the control over music selection, even by verbal commands.