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Old May 9, 2021 | 09:40 PM
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Bluetooth Audio Delay

Ok so has anyone else noticed a big time delay in the audio when watching a video and having the sound playing on the trucks stereo via Bluetooth? I watch a lot of movies at work while in the truck and in my last truck it was really nice to just have the sound play over the truck speakers.

Well I tried this today with my 2020 F350 Platinum and the delay was unbearable. At least a few seconds.

Any one know of a fix for this?
 
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Old May 9, 2021 | 10:02 PM
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Don't know of a fix, but know exactly what you're talking about. Was waiting on a Dr appt with my daughter and thanks to covid, they had us wait in vehicle. Sound was so off, that I shut off the stereo and just kept watching the show with her on my phone.
 
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Old May 9, 2021 | 10:19 PM
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Same here, I've tried watching YouTube with the audio coming through the truck. It's too far out of sync.
 
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Old May 9, 2021 | 11:02 PM
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Yep thats the way it is on these trucks lol, my 2018 is the same way.
 
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Old May 9, 2021 | 11:03 PM
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Ok so it’s not just me then. Frustrating since I’ve had 4 or 5 GM trucks of lower trim level since 2008 and all have had perfect Bluetooth.

I wonder if I used one of those Bluetooth to FM transmitters if it would “solve” this problem for when I want to watch movies…
 
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Old May 10, 2021 | 09:09 AM
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Only way I know to kill the delay is to actually plug the phone into the truck.
 
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Old May 10, 2021 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by 2020STX250
Only way I know to kill the delay is to actually plug the phone into the truck.
In my case its a laptop so I dont think that will work.
 
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Old May 10, 2021 | 10:42 AM
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What I have found is my iPhone when plugged in with the USB cable is perfectly synced with audio/video, but if I use my iPad the audio is delayed to the video.
 
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Only way I know to kill the delay is to actually plug the phone into the truck.
Thats how I cured it
 
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Originally Posted by JayCarver
In my case its a laptop so I dont think that will work.
Curiosity got me and I dove down the google rabbit hole on bluetooth audio lag. I'd recommend looking deeper into a computer side fix. Seems like people are having issues with run of the mill bluetooth headphones lagging as well on windows 10 laptops.

I did see one solution mentioned, but buyer beware, some of the folks were able to fix the issue was by disabling the "bluetooth personal area network" under the network adapter section of the device manager.

Again I'm no computer expert, so do your due diligence before making any changes to your computers settings.
 
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Originally Posted by 2020STX250
Curiosity got me and I dove down the google rabbit hole on bluetooth audio lag. I'd recommend looking deeper into a computer side fix. Seems like people are having issues with run of the mill bluetooth headphones lagging as well on windows 10 laptops.

I did see one solution mentioned, but buyer beware, some of the folks were able to fix the issue was by disabling the "bluetooth personal area network" under the network adapter section of the device manager.

Again I'm no computer expert, so do your due diligence before making any changes to your computers settings.
Thank you kindly for the info! I will look into this.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2021 | 11:31 AM
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Update on this, I took the easy way and just bought a Bluetooth FM transmitter and it actually works great. Zero delay when watching things on my laptop and I like how I can still have my phone hooked up for taking calls.

This is the one I got:

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