I sometimes have my Kompakt playing audio via a simple stereo aux cable attched to the car aux port. When I get calls, I can usually seamlessly have the audio come out through the speakers and have the phone mic pick up what I am saying. However, almost every other time, the phone mic refuses to work and I have to desperately scramble to switch to ‘speaker’ mode for the other person to hear me. At such times, the headphone symbol continues to appear in the status bar.
Once this situation occurs, unplugging and replugging the aux cable does not solve matters and on a future drive does the phone sometimes miraculously work correctly again when connected to the car audio system with the stereo aux cable.
Could I kindly request that the Mudita tech team take a look at improving the reliability of the phone correctly using its mic in a call when a stereo aux cable is plugged into the headphone jack? Thank you!
Probably best to let the call go to voicemail and return the call after you are off the road. I could visualize the distraction of you trying to answer a call whilst driving can be.
I will ask the team about this. I understand what you’re trying to do, but I cannot confirm that Mudita Kompakt is designed to support this particular combination of audio output and microphone input. I have to get some more feedback from our hardware team, because I’m not sure if Mudita Kompakt’s calling software was intentionally configured and tested for this precise combination.
I solved the same problem here a few months ago and maybe what I found will help you. The microphone in the car radio only works when I’m listening to Spotify and someone calls me. So the hands-free operation is tied to the streaming application (permission). When I plug the aux cable into the radio without turning on the app, the microphone doesn’t work.
Thank you for sharing the tip. I am trying to have the phone using its own mic though. Since I use a stereo aux plug (and not a stereo+mic plug) there should be no confusion.