Bluetooth sound quality

Sean370 · 09-21-2015, 04:41 PM

Hello All
I have had my amazing 370z GT for a week now.
Everything is great about the car apart from two things, the road noise is awful and it makes me not turn the stereo up.

One main concern is the Bluetooth sound quality of the caller, when driving you can hardly hear the caller and turning up the volume makes it worse as the treble hurts my ears.

The navigation voice is perfect even at speed but the caller voice is awful. It sounds like the caller has no midrange.

Has anyone overcome this ?

Sean

SouthArk370Z · 09-21-2015, 05:07 PM

Does it sound that much different than in other cars? Telephone audio is compressed and only a small range of frequencies are used - ie, it sounds crappy to start with.

Sean370 · 09-21-2015, 05:33 PM

Hi there
Yeah it is the worst I have heard.
Rental VW Gold and Audi S3 are much better sound quality.
My previous.Audi A5 sounded amazing at any volume.
Seems to be absolutely crap in our cars

SouthArk370Z · 09-21-2015, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean370

... Yeah it is the worst I have heard. ...

When I had a Z, I thought the phone quality was pretty decent, especially considering the source. Not great, but phone audio is never great.
Maybe the Nav system doesn't work as well as the Bose setup I had.
Maybe I'm not very picky about phone audio and it really is total crap.

Look through the applicable section(s) of the Owner's Manual and you may find a setting that will help. There may be a BT communications setting on your phone/Nav that is not the same on both devices.

Sean370 · 09-22-2015, 02:10 PM

Hi there
Did some testing today.
At stand still I can hear perfectly and it sounds fine.
At 30mph it's still ok and the caller can be heard.
Any faster the road noise is drowning out the sound of the call.

Cornchip · 09-22-2015, 02:40 PM

This is only my 2nd car with BT audio and I have to agree that phone calls are way worst than my 2014 Kia. Not a deal breaker though!

Sean370 · 09-22-2015, 03:29 PM

Agreed I think it's the noise in the car making it appear worse.
I might investigate sound proofing if I can find a company in the UK who has done our cars before.

jwick · 09-23-2015, 08:40 AM

Nissan's Bluetooth phone technology sucks. It is absolutely the worst I've experienced. I thought it was just that car Bluetooth phone quality was bad then I bought a Silverado for a DD and its Bluetooth phone quality is better than I get even if I'm just holding the headset.

It's so bad that when I used my G as a daily I would carry my Bluetooth headset if I needed to talk on the phone.

Nixin · 10-02-2015, 10:46 PM

Yup,

the bluetooth leaves much to be desired. My friends have Nissan and Infiniti vehicles and they complain about this same issue.

kenchan · 10-04-2015, 12:27 PM

my BT sounds fine.

get a Pioneer double din. lol

Sean370 · 10-12-2015, 07:19 AM

Hello 370 Team

Today my car is in the shop getting the DAB radio addition fixed.
I have a car from Nissan while they have my car.
I noticed that the Bluetooth is the same and works really really well.

this tells me that the reason i cannot hear is being caused by the road noise.

Does anyone know a good sound proofing company in the UK?

bigaudiofanat · 10-13-2015, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenchan

my BT sounds fine.

get a Pioneer double din. lol

Or kenwood which uses Parrot BT tech. Any aftermarket unit is going to have been quality over stock. Keep in mind also that BT does compress a LOT of audio.

WI_Hedgehog · 10-13-2015, 10:37 AM

Nissan, for all of the features they have, does not integrate smoothly with phones. There's a fair amount of post-processing to make MP3 and/or Bluetooth sound good, as both are compressed; MP3 over Bluetooth is worse. Nissan isn't strong in that department, Kenwood does a great job on the units I've seen.

I have the phone paired with the Z (Bose+Nav) and a 2015 Murano Platinum Limited, both setups aren't what they could be (for example, sending addresses from the phone and/or a desktop doesn't work). Time to sit down with the manual and this forum and build the connection piece-by-piece.

By the way, you guys are great, thanks for posting all the solutions over the years, Search works wonders!

09-21-2015, 04:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sean370 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 20 Drives: 65 Nissan 370Z GT Rep Power: 10	Bluetooth sound quality Hello All I have had my amazing 370z GT for a week now. Everything is great about the car apart from two things, the road noise is awful and it makes me not turn the stereo up. One main concern is the Bluetooth sound quality of the caller, when driving you can hardly hear the caller and turning up the volume makes it worse as the treble hurts my ears. The navigation voice is perfect even at speed but the caller voice is awful. It sounds like the caller has no midrange. Has anyone overcome this ? Sean WI_Hedgehog likes this.

09-21-2015, 05:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
SouthArk370Z Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 8,435 Drives: 2014 Challenger Rep Power: 324198	Does it sound that much different than in other cars? Telephone audio is compressed and only a small range of frequencies are used - ie, it sounds crappy to start with. WI_Hedgehog likes this. __________________ Steering Lock Links - Search The370Z Bookmarklet - FSM @ NICOclub Mankind has progressed past the need for war but we haven't evolved that far. - NachoMahma

09-21-2015, 05:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sean370 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 20 Drives: 65 Nissan 370Z GT Rep Power: 10	Hi there Yeah it is the worst I have heard. Rental VW Gold and Audi S3 are much better sound quality. My previous.Audi A5 sounded amazing at any volume. Seems to be absolutely crap in our cars WI_Hedgehog likes this.

09-23-2015, 08:40 AM	#8 (permalink)
jwick A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Houston Posts: 14,532 Drives: '10 G37 6MT Rep Power: 2465056	Nissan's Bluetooth phone technology sucks. It is absolutely the worst I've experienced. I thought it was just that car Bluetooth phone quality was bad then I bought a Silverado for a DD and its Bluetooth phone quality is better than I get even if I'm just holding the headset. It's so bad that when I used my G as a daily I would carry my Bluetooth headset if I needed to talk on the phone. __________________ '10 G37T 6MT Graphite/Graphite - BP - G37T Build

10-02-2015, 10:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
Nixin A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: GWN Posts: 3,488 Drives: Goodbye Z! Rep Power: 19833	Yup, the bluetooth leaves much to be desired. My friends have Nissan and Infiniti vehicles and they complain about this same issue. Last edited by Nixin; 10-02-2015 at 10:46 PM. Reason: typo

09-22-2015, 02:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sean370 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 20 Drives: 65 Nissan 370Z GT Rep Power: 10	Hi there Did some testing today. At stand still I can hear perfectly and it sounds fine. At 30mph it's still ok and the caller can be heard. Any faster the road noise is drowning out the sound of the call.

09-22-2015, 02:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cornchip Base Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Edmonton Posts: 18 Drives: 2016 370Z Base (Cdn) Rep Power: 10	This is only my 2nd car with BT audio and I have to agree that phone calls are way worst than my 2014 Kia. Not a deal breaker though!

09-22-2015, 03:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sean370 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 20 Drives: 65 Nissan 370Z GT Rep Power: 10	Agreed I think it's the noise in the car making it appear worse. I might investigate sound proofing if I can find a company in the UK who has done our cars before.

10-04-2015, 12:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	my BT sounds fine. get a Pioneer double din. lol bigaudiofanat likes this.

10-12-2015, 07:19 AM	#11 (permalink)
Sean370 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 20 Drives: 65 Nissan 370Z GT Rep Power: 10	Hello 370 Team Today my car is in the shop getting the DAB radio addition fixed. I have a car from Nissan while they have my car. I noticed that the Bluetooth is the same and works really really well. this tells me that the reason i cannot hear is being caused by the road noise. Does anyone know a good sound proofing company in the UK?

10-13-2015, 10:37 AM	#13 (permalink)
WI_Hedgehog Base Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 41 Drives: 2015 Slingshot SL Rep Power: 10	Nissan, for all of the features they have, does not integrate smoothly with phones. There's a fair amount of post-processing to make MP3 and/or Bluetooth sound good, as both are compressed; MP3 over Bluetooth is worse. Nissan isn't strong in that department, Kenwood does a great job on the units I've seen. I have the phone paired with the Z (Bose+Nav) and a 2015 Murano Platinum Limited, both setups aren't what they could be (for example, sending addresses from the phone and/or a desktop doesn't work). Time to sit down with the manual and this forum and build the connection piece-by-piece. By the way, you guys are great, thanks for posting all the solutions over the years, Search works wonders!

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