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mdouglas

it works fine with me too

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jd417

@chattiewoman: A setting had been added to force the app to use the phone speaker. Not sure if this will help but will at least give you sound.

chattiewoman

@jd417 thanks, I've already seen it. However, it's a workaround and not a solution ;-)

hvdwolf

In the BT settings on your phone, you can have several audio output options depending on the connected device, like phone calls and media-audio. Are both set?

chattiewoman

Thanks @hvdwolf, "Audio" is inactive indeed. I will try it out next time I use my car.

RobbyFr68

Hi @chattiewoman, know the same issue like you. I have to turn off BT when I use the app in my car to get the sound from my mobile.

chattiewoman

@RobbyFr68 Didn't you try yet the new setting as described further above?

Settings --> Advanced --> Sound Output Channel

RobbyFr68

@chattiewoman, just did the test and I got the sound as expected. thx @jd417 for this additional setting, just waiting the request for translation

RobbyFr68

I found 2 small French translation issues in the POI list: in travel and accommodation, the parking garage should be translated as Parking couvert and Travel agency, as Agence de voyage (and not agance)

chattiewoman

@RobbyFr68 Did you know? You can search and correct yourself translation issues directly here:
https://crowdin.com/translate/mapfactor-gps-navigation/4/engb-fr
If not downvoted by others, they will be automatically considered in the next beta release.

Oldie

I guess it is since version 7.x, that Navigator even kills my internet radio sound coming over bluetooth.

Over the weekend I missed any sound at all in my car, when I tried to listen to radio and Navigator instructions. It did work a week before with the bluetooth unit in my Renault Grand Scenic 3 from 2010 called my_Radiosat.

Yesterday I started with my bluetooth headset in my helmet driving my scooter with no sound at all. On the way back I started with the internet radio and could listen to it. When I "added" Navigator, even the internet radio sound stopped. This worked together two weeks before.

I have a Sony Xperia X compact, Android 8.0.0.

Bluetooth settings are set to call-audio and media-audio for both bluetooth devices in the phone.

Off course I do not want to force sound output the phone speaker, I would rather change the navigation software.

tomas

are you saying that it worked in v7.0.46 and doesn't in v7.0.49?

Oldie

I have 49 now, but I don't know, what it was before.

tomas

two weeks ago I would think 7.0.46, it was released on 8th July on Google Play

MacDony

hi,
the bug of the French rivers is not corrected.
the blue panel bug indicating the wrong directions of cities is not fixed.

lubos

The bluetooth worked well for me with 6.0 but after update to 7.0.49 I have the same problem like @chattiewoman and no phone settings can fix the issue.

It works only when I select on the autoradio "media" (A2DP bluetooth) but then I hear no radio at all. I use now "force phone speaker to play sounds" which is the only option which works for me together with radio. However the volume buttons do not work when the bluetooth is connected.

tomas

thanks Lubos, it is helpful

filips

@chattiewoman, @lubos, please tell me which version works for you, if any

base

sco on

Not much possibilities for testing car bluetooth connection, I have used BT speakers and it works with them, so be patient

Oldie

Twice yesterday driving my car. I listen to internet radio coming from my Xperia phone via bluetooth to the car unit. Starting Navigator mutes the radio. No sound either from the internet radio nor from Navigator until Navigator is finished and the car unit is switched off and on again or the phone is restarted.

That is not a navigation software, that is usefull for me.

filips

Oldie: please try both version above if it gets better or not. Once again - I have tried with BT speakers supporting both A2DP and HFP and it works. Unfortunately I do not have a car equipped with BT at the moment, so my testing abilities are limited.

lubos

Hi @filips,

I tested both APKs and both are using A2DP. The autoradio I am using works only with SCO (=simulating a phone call for every navigation message).

I implemented SCO back in 2015 (Navigator 2.2), I tested it on a device in MF office called "jukebox" (there I opened radio, paired phone over BT and check if the navigation message interrupts the radio). Hopefully this helps.

filips

Jukebox passed away recently. I will try another settings with SCO. Thank you

Oldie

@tomas and others. I can tell you now, that it works with version 46. I deleted 49 and downloaded 46 from apkcure and installed. It works!

tomas

thanks

filips

another test version for BT SCO, please try

lubos

Now it opens SCO connection since Navigator beginning. That's wrong, that mutes the radio as long as Navigator is opened (it should be opened only for navigation messages. The navigation messages comes with about 10s delay.

I would recommend to restore previous code.

filips

Version 7.0.52

- Bluetooth SCO communication fixing, preference in Settings - Advanced - Sound output channel added

lubos

I checked "Use Bluetooth handsfree channel for voice navigation".

It said half a word from my phone speaker then opened Bluetooth channel, navigation froze for a few seconds. Then it said message over BT and never again closed the Bluetooth channel, also no radio resumed. Navigation freezing repeated with almost every voice command.

Would it be possible to restore SoundsPlayer.java and SoundChannelDlg.java from previous version?

MacDony

Hi,

Unable to import vehicles profiles.xml file from recent backup to the Drive.

The other files have been imported successfully.

I don't have a backup on the phone.

MacDony

Hi,

I was able to download the vehicle_profiles.xml file to an old backup.

Denis

filips

Lubos: Restoring is not possible. Android Auto extension is not compatible with earlier solution and customers used to complain about it. SoundsPlayer had to be refactored completely to fit the latest Android API. I will review the code regarding the SCO connection, but I can honestly say it is not the cleanest solution I have ever read. On the other hand, I see that many customers get used to this feature since Navigator is probably the only navigation software supporting sending voice commands over SCO.

MacDony

Hi,

I don't know what you are doing with bluetooth, but Navigator has not been able to use bluetooth for a while.

Whether it's on my motorcycle audio or on my helmet audio.

No music, no notifications.

lubos

I see @filips, thanks. I was tunning the BT functionality back in 2015 for many months. The SCO is very complex and to make it working without testing device is almost impossible.

However I downgraded my Navigator to version 5.5.105 and now I am happy :-)

Oldie

@MacDony We are discussing this the last days, see above. Go back to version 46 and it will work again ;-) . It really seems to be a major issue, maybe just for people, who don't use Android Auto.

MacDony

Thanks Oldie,
I find it where the version that works correctly?
I will go back to the AA version when the issue is resolved as I also use AA in the car.
;)

Oldie

It was 7.0.46, that worked for me. Unfortunately I only today disabled automatic updates in playstore, but just noticed, that it had updated to 49 already. But I still have the 46 apk (downloaded a couple of days ago from the apkcure website) on my phone. It does not install "over" the 49 version so I have to delete 49 and start with 46 from scratch (because that is easier for me than securing all the files to somewhere else and copying back).

https://apkpure.com/de/mapfactor-navigator-gps-navigation-maps/com.mapfactor.navigator/download/7000046-APK?from=versions/version

MacDony

Hi,

I am organizing a road trip in Corsica for 30 Bikers with Navigator as Gps.

Gpx trips are finished.

But impossible to import Gpx with Navigator :(

I think I found the problem: Navigator transforms the "." in "," which falsifies the coordinates and the imported file is empty.

See attached image.

Please give me a link to a working version 5 or 6 because everyone is counting on me for this organization.

The version provided by Oldie is not functional in France, I don't know why ...

Urgent, Thanks for your help.

Denis

lubos

I've got 5.5.105 from here:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/mapfactor/mapfactor-gps-navigation-maps/mapfactor-gps-navigation-maps-5-5-105-release/

tomas

@MacDony

I do not think we made any change to import for some time

please email your GPX file

MacDony

Thank you Lubos for the link, I was able to have version 6.2.11 and the GPX import works but I have problems with a Gpx file below

Tomas:

Original file with ITN Converter :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eEny9Yhid78e9-VYDPaXkLR0s9ktyrvb/view?usp=sharing

Navigator couldn't import it so I converted it to waypoints:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Ju4ubLh6i5C6rnp5SY_gb3EbkJV5ttU/view?usp=sharing
Navigator did not find a route so I cut the file into 2 parts A and B:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qXqfuoOTlTc42AST1L1SjNVxwkjmuxnU/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SOLn2jvXhOIf5SYFA_lXkHB2PyQ00RXW/view?usp=sharing

Navigator finds a route in part A but cannot find a route in part B

MacDony

Hi Tomas,

I don't understand, this morning I managed to import the Gpx with version 7.0.49

But I still have the problem with the "Day 2" trip

tomas

is this day2?
https://forum.mapfactor.com/discussion/9256/corsica-map-osmfrance-error-road-trip-bikers#Item_2

MacDony

Yes ;)

lubos

About the import GPX: it could be language setting.

If I have my phone in Czech then converting number to string uses "." as decimal separator.
If I have my phone in German then converting number to string uses "," as decimal separator and some apps stop working correctly.

filips

7.0.55

- sound settings edited, SCO in progress

MacDony

hi,
version 7.0.55
problem with Gg Drive
does not restore or save correctly
No backup and restore problems on the phone.

chattiewoman

I've tested the restored SCO setting in v7.0.55 in my car with the radio turned on.

Simulation mode:

On instructions/warning, the radio is interrupted (like it should), but the first about 2 seconds, the sound is played on my phone, the rest is played over Bluetooth by my car.

Navigation mode:
On instructions/warning, the radio is interrupted, but the sound is always played on the phone, not by my car.

Oldie

I just wanted to tell, that I am now on version 7.0.55 and the sound problem, which existed in version 49 (see above) has been solved. Thank you very much.

2highlander

But now the offline search crashes instead, sometimes I'm so tired ...

tomas

this could be just corrupted map files or faulty SD, it does not crash for me

try to delete maps and redownload

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