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Lyft Amp, bluetooth, navigation and audio

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Mims Athome
I have a Nexus 5X and I drive a 2016 Honda Fit. When I’m in the car I can’t hear the navigation instructions if I have bluetooth turned on. So I never use bluetooth when I’m working because I won’t hear navigation. However, the Lyft Amp requires bluetooth. The 2016 Honda Fit does not support Android Auto, so that’s not an option – I already tried it. Is there a workaround or should I forget about using the Amp? These are specific requirements, but maybe someone else out here has the same and I’m just looking for advice. TIA!
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Tysmith95
Take the amp that you got and throw it in the trash.
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Tysmith95 said:
Take the amp that you got and throw it in the trash.
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I actually love the glow of the Amps coming toward me.

Just me...

I wish Uber had a serious equivalent.
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Mims Athome

You pair the Amp with your phone.
Your phone pairs with the cars BT.
Do not pair your Amp to the cars BT.

In your navigation settings there's a option to turn it on and off.

This is the stock gps with lyft. I have mine set to no audio.
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If your want audio click Audio Settings and click all audio
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And to make the sound come out the car speaker click Enable Bluetooth Audio
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BostonTaxiDriver said:
I actually love the glow of the Amps coming toward me.

Just me...

I wish Uber had a serious equivalent.
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They do, they have glow up stickers. Don't know how much people actually have them though.
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E30addixt
I want nothing to do with the amp. I never confirmed my shopping address when they tried sending me one.
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Mims Athome
Iann said:
Mims Athome

You pair the Amp with your phone.
Your phone pairs with the cars BT.
Do not pair your Amp to the cars BT.

In your navigation settings there's a option to turn it on and off.

This is the stock gps with lyft. I have mine set to no audio.
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If your want audio click Audio Settings and click all audio
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And to make the sound come out the car speaker click Enable Bluetooth Audio
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Thanks for the help!

BostonTaxiDriver said:
I actually love the glow of the Amps coming toward me.

Just me...

I wish Uber had a serious equivalent.
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I like the idea of Amp, as long as I can get it to work! My main issue is with bluetooth in my car. I think I'm doing it wrong and got some good advice.
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BostonTaxiDriver said:
I actually love the glow of the Amps coming toward me.

Just me...

I wish Uber had a serious equivalent.
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The beacons are rolling out soon. I love mine. Except my charger already broke so FML.
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B - uberlyftdriver
i have mine in the window but its off
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Mims Athome said:
I have a Nexus 5X and I drive a 2016 Honda Fit. When I'm in the car I can't hear the navigation instructions if I have bluetooth turned on. So I never use bluetooth when I'm working because I won't hear navigation. However, the Lyft Amp requires bluetooth. The 2016 Honda Fit does not support Android Auto, so that's not an option - I already tried it. Is there a workaround or should I forget about using the Amp? These are specific requirements, but maybe someone else out here has the same and I'm just looking for advice. TIA!
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All you have to do is Pair the amp to your phone using the instructions and the amp works.
THEN if you want to hear directions/ Prompts over the speaker: you need to be on the "bluetooth audio" station on your car media player. So you'd just need to play music from your phone (iHeartRadio, Spotify etc).
I'm not a Honda owner so thats the best I can explain.
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BostonTaxiDriver said:
I actually love the glow of the Amps coming toward me.
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So do the police! Best place to put your AMP is on Ebay.
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B - uberlyftdriver
having the amp on interferes with my bluetooth headphones and car connection and i hate the glow on the inside of my windshield, for those reasons i'm out.
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