Dan Albrich
Well-Known Member
This car has quite a few options for audio (and maybe many newer cars do), but still I'd be curious what favorite tricks people do and enjoy while on their road trips with Clarity.
For sources you get AM/FM of course with HD subchannel, CarPlay, Bluetooth, Android Auto, Serius XM (if you subscribe), Pandora, Live sports alert, weather alert. iPod/USB Flash Drive and Voice-control operation includes SBV (songs by voice).
Three years in and I just discovered in FM mode that one can select "stations view" the RDS search of stations for the city I'm in, and of course with digital HD audio, you can several sub-stations; i.e. 92.3-1, and 92.3-2.
For quite awhile I used Serius XM and liked that the car's recorder could replay the current song (back arrow). It appears from the manual that one can also replay FM content (just current selection for 30 or 60 minutes of broadcast).
Anyway, kind of curious how you use these systems (or don't-- i.e. too cumbersome, etc.).
For me since I let XM lapse, it's been HD Radio over the air including now the 'stations' selection on-screen (which if you haven't done, do it-- you have to click the up-carrots when in FM mode to see this), the built in maps sometimes, sometimes Waze via Carplay and coupled with IRadio for streaming radio. I also bought a cheap echo auto (with mixed peformance) for easier voice control of subscribed music content (i.e Amazon Prime or Apple Music). Anyway, the car has a lot of options, nice to hear what you use...
And not really audio (per se) but I love that the car offers to read and respond to my text messages when in bluetooth mode or CarPlay mode.
(FYI I have touring model. I know this effects ability to see built-in maps, but I assume nothing else-- at least audio/infotainment wise).
For sources you get AM/FM of course with HD subchannel, CarPlay, Bluetooth, Android Auto, Serius XM (if you subscribe), Pandora, Live sports alert, weather alert. iPod/USB Flash Drive and Voice-control operation includes SBV (songs by voice).
Three years in and I just discovered in FM mode that one can select "stations view" the RDS search of stations for the city I'm in, and of course with digital HD audio, you can several sub-stations; i.e. 92.3-1, and 92.3-2.
For quite awhile I used Serius XM and liked that the car's recorder could replay the current song (back arrow). It appears from the manual that one can also replay FM content (just current selection for 30 or 60 minutes of broadcast).
Anyway, kind of curious how you use these systems (or don't-- i.e. too cumbersome, etc.).
For me since I let XM lapse, it's been HD Radio over the air including now the 'stations' selection on-screen (which if you haven't done, do it-- you have to click the up-carrots when in FM mode to see this), the built in maps sometimes, sometimes Waze via Carplay and coupled with IRadio for streaming radio. I also bought a cheap echo auto (with mixed peformance) for easier voice control of subscribed music content (i.e Amazon Prime or Apple Music). Anyway, the car has a lot of options, nice to hear what you use...
And not really audio (per se) but I love that the car offers to read and respond to my text messages when in bluetooth mode or CarPlay mode.
(FYI I have touring model. I know this effects ability to see built-in maps, but I assume nothing else-- at least audio/infotainment wise).
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