I have an iPhone provided by my employer so all of my personal music and my Apple Music memberships is all linked to my personal iPod. Son if I get a car with CarPlay can it be set up to use the iPod for all my music and Apple Music and still use the iPhone for all of the phone calls and contacts, etc?
thanks
Mark
That article describes how to set up various devices to your car, i.e. you can connect an iPod Touch to your car and play music. But if you read the first section regarding connecting to car play it ONLY mentions the iPhone and it refers to the link I gave you which at the bottom shows that only iPhones as CarPlay compatible.
guenzak wrote:
So CarPlay would be basically useless to me. I can only use iPod via usb and set up the iPhone as a Bluetooth phone?
Maybe it is me, or maybe you misunderstood. You can use the iPhone via USB for CarPlay and would accomplish everything if you add music to the phone. You still cannot connect both devices to the vehicle at the same time. If your radio system supports the connection of an iPod as a media device, not using CarPlay, then you should be able to connect the iPod to it, and then the iPhone to CarPlay. I know that I have connected my iPhone to my wife's CarPlay, but used the vehicle's radio to listen to standard FM stations. No judging you, but guessing why two different devices when the iPhone can supply both needs.
If the goal is primarily music, then yes, the iPod is the more useful device to you. You can use either device, just not both at the same time.
Not, it is not compatible with anything but iPhones. iOS - CarPlay - Apple Scroll down to the bottom.
That is NOT what that link explains. Only iPhone has CarPlay. That link tells you how to connect an iPod to your car, but it doesn't say it uses CarPlay, because iPod doesn't.
CarPlay only works with iPhones.
I don't believe you can connect more than one device at a time. If you are using a cable connection, you might be able to use CarPlay with the iPod, and then see if you can connect the iPhone to Bluetooth for the car. I'm not sure they will both work that way. I know that if I pair my iPhone to my wife's car, the only one with CarPlay, if I connect the cable to my iPhone to use CarPlay, it disconnects Bluetooth.
You're correct. If you connect car play, you no longer have a Bluetooth connection, so I don't see any way CarPlay from iPhone can work at the same time with an iPod, which doesn't have CarPlay capability and would be disconnected if it was being used by Bluetooth.
Wow. Thanks all. I totally read that wrong between the title and the “Connect Using CarPlay” header of the first section. Thought it applied to all mentioned above not just the iPhone.
So CarPlay would be basically useless to me. I can only use iPod via usb and set up the iPhone as a Bluetooth phone?
CarPlay can use iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203412
Iphone doesnt support my musical needs. Two different devices because the iphone is supplied by my employer and doesn't have anywhere near enough memory for my music. I have a personal Ipod touch 256GB on my own personal Apple account and it barely holds all of my music. I was hoping since AirPlay was designed by Apple it would have the ability to incorporate the iphone, ipad, and/or the ipod. Sure you can connect them via USB but you lose all of the Airplay added functionality. And I believe an earlier post said that if you connect your iphone to Airplay it becomes your music source and you can not use USB for a music input.
So I would have to connect my phone via Bluetooth and ipod via usb to use both. Airplay would not be involved at all and would give me no benefit or functionality.
It can definitely work with an iPod touch. Can it work with both?
With CarPlay can I have it use my iPod for music and iPhone for calls, contacts, etc
