Can the iPhone 5S connect to 2 bluetooth devices at once?

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Can the iPhone 5S connect to 2 bluetooth devices at once?

So here's my question:

I have a car which offers a built-in hands free bluetooth solution. I simply turn the bluetooth on and it's instantly connected. It doesn't support A2DP, so i can't stream music with it. The car has an AUX IN though, so the question is: can I simultaneusly connect with the hands free via bluetooth in order to be able to pick up the phone and a bluetooth audio receiver connected with the car via AUX IN to stream music while not talking or is it impossible?

Waiting for you reply guys,

Maciek

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jan 22, 2014 10:10 AM

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Answer 1

pdroth

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Jan 22, 2014 10:13 AM in response to Maciek Tokarz

I don't see why not. Have you tried this kind of setup?... what happens?

In my car, the music gets sent to the audio head via cable, while phone conversations are all on bluetooth.

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Answer 2

Jan 22, 2014 10:30 AM in response to pdroth

Well, I haven't, but it seems normal that I can connect to one audio device at once, and the head unit would be an audio device for the bluetooth hands free. So what I understand is that I would have to switch between devices while i.e. getting a phone call which sounds like a mess. I want to stream music to a bluetooth device and while doing that automatically switch to the head unit when I get a phone call. Haven't tried it since I have no access to this kind of device and I'm asking before buying one. We don't have such a great return policy in Poland :-)

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