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St. Jude Donor '17
pandora
sorry if it had been posted already. have the 013 base 2lt and would like to know if it can play pandora thru bluetooth. i can do it on my 014 escape but not sure with the vette since its sleeping for the winter. my wife gave me her smart phone two weeks ago and have been learning the ins and outs of it.
my first smart phone so please refrain from the wise cracks. anyway, thanks for info of any kind. 
my first smart phone so please refrain from the wise cracks. anyway, thanks for info of any kind.
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I was able to play Pandora in my 2012 by using a jack wire from my Samsung GS5 to the jack connection in the console. The sound quality was not very good unfortunately. I also connected the phone to the USB port in the console to charge the phone. I hoped the USB connection alone would enable Pandora to play, but no dice. The Vette requires the jack connection to work and even then not so well. I sure wish the vette's Bluetooth worked for Pandora like it does for the phone.
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St. Jude Donor '17
I brought it up via my Bluetooth mode in my ford. Just wondering if I could do the same in my vette, no wires just pandora on my phone and it connected right to Bluetooth. Sounded good coming thru on the sony speakers. 
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St. Jude Donor '17
I believe they're all junk, 2lt to the 4lt. The 014 got the pandora option. But thanks for your input on the USB.
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St. Jude Donor '17
just tried playing my phone (pandora) thru the usb port and the usb on the radio doesn't even light up to let me use it. yet when i put a flash drive into the port it works fine. am i doing something wrong? you do have the oem stereo, correct?
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St. Jude Donor '17
I was able to play Pandora in my 2012 by using a jack wire from my Samsung GS5 to the jack connection in the console. The sound quality was not very good unfortunately. I also connected the phone to the USB port in the console to charge the phone. I hoped the USB connection alone would enable Pandora to play, but no dice. The Vette requires the jack connection to work and even then not so well. I sure wish the vette's Bluetooth worked for Pandora like it does for the phone.
then i would drop sirius. i play pandora at home thru my stereo speakers connected to the tv. the sound is awesome, tv off of course.
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Yes, I have the OEM stereo unit.
After you plug in you phone to the USB port go to the page on the OEM head unit screen that says CD. After I plug in my phone the Ipod is recognized and its icon comes up on the screen. I then press the Ipod icon and that's about it. At least that's how it works for me.
Good luck.
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sorry if it had been posted already. have the 013 base 2lt and would like to know if it can play pandora thru bluetooth. i can do it on my 014 escape but not sure with the vette since its sleeping for the winter. my wife gave me her smart phone two weeks ago and have been learning the ins and outs of it. my first smart phone so please refrain from the wise cracks. anyway, thanks for info of any kind.
my first smart phone so please refrain from the wise cracks. anyway, thanks for info of any kind. 
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sorry if it had been posted already. have the 013 base 2lt and would like to know if it can play pandora thru bluetooth. i can do it on my 014 escape but not sure with the vette since its sleeping for the winter. my wife gave me her smart phone two weeks ago and have been learning the ins and outs of it. my first smart phone so please refrain from the wise cracks. anyway, thanks for info of any kind.
my first smart phone so please refrain from the wise cracks. anyway, thanks for info of any kind. This bluetooth adapter can be used to play pandora from your phone through the stereo for $17. I have one, and it works great.
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St. Jude Donor '14
if you have a PAL I have a Bluetooth dongle going into it. Seemlessly streams bluetooth audio through the stock head unit. It plays nicely with the stock bluetooth for phone calls