I know there is a reasonable following for Waze on here so someone may be able to help but try as I might I cannot get it to output it’s sound over the car radio, I can do it if I select the iPhone as a device for my music and play Spotify from the phone but not otherwise. Am I right to assume this isn’t possible I actually like to listen to radio 2 every now an again particularly the hourly news bulletins . I’m sure others will have tried this but for me it’s a no go - am I wasting my time? Geoff

I don't think the car can combine sources - so it's all or nothing. I have music through my phone so it works for me, otherwise I guess the Wase commentary will just be on the phone's speaker.

I think I was thrown by a setting on Waze which suggests it can interrupt the music like the phone does - it doesn't work. Maybe Google is a better option, I only really want it for speed cameras as, unlike others, I find the standard maps OK not great just OK. If you could somehow get speed cameras on the standard maps that would be OK instead but I don't think you can do that either. Geoff

How about listening to R2 via the BBC Sounds app on your phone?

supershuttle wrote:

If you could somehow get speed cameras on the standard maps that would be OK instead but I don't think you can do that either.

You can but it's an annual subscription & manual updates vs Waze which is free & automatic & also has mobile traps that have been reported.

https://www.pocketgpsworld.com

There's a thread on it - https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic19852.html

Yep I did subscribe once before I know I can download the gpx database and upload 50k POI to the RR system. But as Alistair says it’s manual, costs 20quid and always out of date. I might still do it anyway 😀 Geoff

Works fine on both of mine

So what are the settings?. I just can’t get it to work. Geoff

I can hi jack my own thread, notwithstanding my original issue Waze not interrupting built in radio which doesn’t work. I have accepted that and I can use the workarounds (plenty of data to listen to BBC Sounds) however Waze often displays a blank screen. Is it actually rubbish or should I persevere, I only want it to identify speed cameras on routes I am not familiar with. Geoff

I’ve never had a blank screen.

Occasionally it thinks I’m on a road parallel to the one I’m actually on, but I’m sure that’s down to the phone GPS.

Other than that, it’s great

Thanks Alistair do you just have it on or do you set a destination? Geoff

I’ve usually got a destination but not always.

Is the screen just blank or has it timed out/gone to sleep ?

No loses roads, then screen blanks wit car triangle on the blank screen - app doesn’t go to sleep. Will have a play 😀 Geoff

Now sorted works as I want.

By default Waze is setup with Mobile Data off, I set it on, this is the blank screen problem sorted it has to download maps and info when on the move - simple schoolboy error.

Then I set sound to "play as a Bluetooth phone" rather than the default, it now mutes the normal car radio without resorting to BBC Sounds.

So simple errors on my part - just used it and it performed flawlessly muting the radio to let me know of Speed Cameras and Road Works etc on a recent trip, thats as well as providing the Navigation.

It's not data heavy but does need it, the reason I was fooled initially is that it downloaded my local map from my domestic WiFi. Geoff

my waze will interrupt if I am playing spotify through carplay