Bluetooth sounds different than wired CarPlay

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Sep 22, 2024 | 04:09 PM

awf1502018

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Bluetooth sounds different than wired CarPlay

I’m having an issue with the sound on my truck. It’s a 2018 f150 xlt. On wired car play it sounds great! On Bluetooth it sounds hollow and quiet. I’ve checked the sound settings and I don’t see anything wrong there. I’m using an iPhone 14 Plus and everything is updated on the iPhone! What is the possible problem?

Sep 22, 2024 | 05:28 PM

JKBrad

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Welcome to FTE awf502018,

Turn the volume all the way up on your phone.

Sep 22, 2024 | 05:39 PM

awf1502018

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Originally Posted by JKBrad

Welcome to FTE awf502018,

Turn the volume all the way up on your phone.

man I wish it was that simple! The volume is up! But the sound quality is totally different on Bluetooth? It sounds hollow but all the sound settings on the head unit are still the same? Plug in my sync cord and the sound gets deeper with more bass and sounds way better?

Sep 22, 2024 | 05:55 PM

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I would un-pair, delete off sync and your phone, power cycle the phone, and re-pair. I get goofy text messaging things and this always works.

Sep 22, 2024 | 06:35 PM

awf1502018

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Originally Posted by SpencerPJ

I would un-pair, delete off sync and your phone, power cycle the phone, and re-pair. I get goofy text messaging things and this always works.

nope it’s still doing the same thing?

Sep 23, 2024 | 08:15 AM

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If you get on the ford update website, put your vin# in, are you current with updates?

Sep 23, 2024 | 10:10 AM

acdii

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I found the sound quality over BT always sucked, at least with the iPhone. Not only in the trucks, but anything else connected via BT. It gets worse when streaming music TO the phone then via BT to another device, but when plugged directly in, sounds great. This is going all the way back to using My Ford Touch. Even on the latest version of Sync 3 I prefer the plugged in sound.