The MyLink Master thread

[HADES20]

I'm not gonna lie that sounds like a HUGE waste of money time and energy

 

[ThatTmoGuy]

I have not played with a MyLink unit yet and from what I have read so far I hope I never will. I'm glad to see that the manufacturers are trying to keep with the times but the MyLink unit already seems to behind the curve. If they picked up enough pace to implement a unit that ran off of Android I would adopt it at pretty much no matter the cost. What inm is doing with his "Nox" build is pretty much what I'm looking for and what I feel should have been built in the first place

 

[CoHPhasor]

Tmo, you're so obtuse.

Honestly, they'd never want to use Android: Open means 'ours' and they want it to be theirs.

 

[ThatTmoGuy]

look at the locked boot loaders and what not. I'd rather have a "wizzed" radio than a MyLink. It makes "sense" seeing as how Android dominates the market with activation and usage over iOS, BB, and windows phone combined.

 

[AndrewGS]

I have no issues streaming audio via Bluetooth in my '12 using my iPhone 4S. I also use it in the Cruzes at work with MyLink and it's flawless. I want MyLink in my car but I'm worried about the BCM needing to be updated to accept the MyLink unit.

Trust me, the only thing standing in the way of putting a '13s MyLink in a '12 is the BCM. GM wouldn't reengineer the entire car to add MyLink, especially at a $200 MSRP option cost on the LT models.

 

[laborsmith]

I admit I do not understand many of the posts in this thread.

That said, I am happy with MyLink so far.

If I ever decide to get a smartphone I have learned from this thread to be extra careful when deciding.


Laborsmith

 

[klystron]

MyLink is Terrible

There was a thread about some of the problems in MyLink but I could not find it, so I am starting another one with some additional things.

As we all know, the MyLink won't remember your XM channel half the time and will start at channel 1 when you start the car. Boo.

Bluetooth music shows no song information. You have to be in bluetooth music mode to hear directions from your phone's nav because the radio doesn't support the nav app yet. The BT playthrough should also buffer correctly. So if I hit pause on the radio it should pause immediately, even though the phone does not. It can buffer the stream so when I resume it starts back up immediately.

The randomization functionality on the USB is 80s style. Next and previous just go to a random song. Modern players (and by modern I mean the last 20 years) will build a list that they will use and then build a new one after it completes. That way if I'm listening to "Eric.Smit has a sexy Must-Stash" and it finishes, and I want to hear it again, I can press back and hear it again. Not so on the MyLink. This is inexcusable.

They have a big screen for apps and it has 2 icons on it. Why even bother?

Brightness cannot be independently adjusted.

It's impossible to read the thing with the sun shining on it.

MyLink was one of the big reasons I chose a Sonic, and I'm horribly disappointed.

 

[rdss]

Just used the forum search and found theses.....

http://www.sonicownersforum.com/forum/t5158/

http://www.sonicownersforum.com/forum/t5132/

http://www.sonicownersforum.com/forum/t5087/

 

[Swordsmith]

Lucky for me, I got a 2012, so I got the Connectivity package. Since I had no expectations, and only got the package for the CC, I've been nothing but pleased. Of course it has even fewer options than Mylink, just AM FM CD XM and bluetooth, and the bluetooth just runs whatever my phone has on it, instead of substituting it's own cleverness... but I'm so old I think it's innovative. I'm sure my kids shudder whenever I'm in the car, but I just don't know any better... and I like it that way!

 

[Eric Smit]

Also, Bluetooth doesn't show info.

I had a similar irk with the USB shuffle so I just use Bluetooth with my phone plugged into a car charger.


-Eric Smit

 

[bluedeucefan]

I agree MyLink sucks... Wish I had got a non MyLink Sonic

 

[$ub$onic]

Trade u

 

[firstorbit84]

Trade u

You just want to trade to get the turbo.

I'm pretty happy with the connectivity package stereo. my only gripe is that the XM doesn't show the song name or artist without pushing the info button.

 

[AdorableKaren]

You just want to trade to get the turbo.

Lol he's going to kill you for saying that!
But I've had no trouble with mylink so far. I even use it to call people. I wish it displayed text messages lol

 

[Eric Smit]

he won't do anything. he won't be able to catch us. we have a turbo.


-Eric Smit

 

[$ub$onic]

You just want to trade to get the turbo.

I'm pretty happy with the connectivity package stereo. my only gripe is that the XM doesn't show the song name or artist without pushing the info button.

..... noooo

 

[Ubryaj]

You just want to trade to get the turbo.

I'm pretty happy with the connectivity package stereo. my only gripe is that the XM doesn't show the song name or artist without pushing the info button.

I agree with you on this. I can't believe you can't set it to always display song/artist info rather than the station. Or it should be able to display all of that info.

 

[firstorbit84]

Yeah it should definitely be a setting

 

[HADES20]

That's why I didn't wait for sonic to get it just for them to unveil it in the spark was a big enough turn-off for me but they'll prob real ease updates as they do with all things electronic like that

 

[pwntbywombat]

I have 0 issues with my XM or Bluetooth audio streaming. /shrug