[DE] Voice announcements from Locus via Bluetooth with my car radio

Hello,

please, check what channel you have selected in the sound output and if your volume on the phone isn't too low or muted.

The output you can change in the "Settings > Misc. > Audio channel"

Let me know if it helps.

Zdenek, Locus team

Hallo liebes Locus Team,

ich habe gerade den Audio Kanal gerade überprüft. Er ist auf "Musik Multimedia" eingestellt.

Die Lautstärke meines Smartphones ist auf Maximum eingestellt.

Ich erhalte ja auch alle anderen Audiosignale von meinem Smartphone in meinem Autoradio.

Viele Grüße aus Herne, Uwe Deutscher

Hello,

and is there any change if you switch to the "Ringing and other notifications"?

What channel using apps that working?

Just to be sure, do you have the sound amplified on the media channel?

Zdenek, Locus team

Hallo liebes Locus Team,

welche Wirkung hat diese Funktion Audio Kanal eigentlich?

Wozu ist sie gedacht?

Leider verstehe ich Ihre Fragen

"What channel using apps that working?

Just to be sure, do you have the sound amplified on the media channel"

nicht.

Vermutlich gibt es hier Probleme mit der automatischen Übersetzung.

Bitte erläutern Sie das genauer!

Viele Grüße aus Herne,

Uwe Deutscher

Hello,

the channel affects behavior of the sound. Usually media sound is muted when a notification is received. On the other hand, if you have "Do Not Disturb" mode on, for example, notifications are muted, but media is not affected. So based on your use-case you have to decide how to use these channels so it fits your needs.

Also each of this channel has a separate volume settings on the phone (and on your car maybe too), so you have to be sure if you turning volume up for the right channel. If you only press volume button, it usually affect the default output (media), but notifications, ringing and alarms stays untouched. So if you have output set to notification with a simple button volume it is not amplified - you have to open the detailed menu:

So if some apps works you should check what settings are applied there and set Locus the same way and test it.

Zdenek, Locus team

Hello Zdenek,

thank you for your answer and your explanation of the two different audio channels.

There should be a third audio channel, which is telephone.

I checked them all very carefully now.

All three are and were set to maximum volume.

I checked the settings in Locusmap, too.

Audio channel multimedia is and was selected.

So I gave it two new tries today.

I started with Locusmap and my smartphone not being connected to my car's radio.

I got audio instructions via the speakers of my phone then.

But I really have to note that some of those were quite weird and definitely wrong!

I several times got the instruction to turn left to get from the road to the Autobahn.

This is nonsense. I had to turn right!

See my screenshot!

A left turn would have taken me to the parking site of a public swimmingpool.

There were some more instructions that were definitely wrong or at least confusing.

Later I switched on my car's radio.

From that time on Locus stopped all audio instructions immediately.

Other warnings and audio from the phone were played through the radio.

Then I switched off the radio.

Locus immediately started its audio instructions through the smartphones speakers again.

I did a second tour later today.

Locus' behaviour was identical.

The quality of audio instructions was bad again.

Sometimes I got instructions, sometimes I didn't get instructions where I had to turn.

Sometimes the voice said "Keep left for 400 meters!"

But actually it should have been "Turn left in 400 meters!"

I did the routing in advance using Locus' GraphHopper in mode car and saving the route.

I then started the saved route being offline.

Please comment on the very bad audio instructions and please help me get Locus giving audio through my radio!

The route shown on the map was correct and the turn directions given on the display were correct, too.

Only the audio instructions didn't match the ones on the display.

Why does that happen?

I have been using Locus for more than 15 years now for hiking, cycling and geocaching.

I started using it in my car only recently.

But I really doubt that it is usable for car driving.

Please disprove my assumption!

Yours,

Uwe

Locus is an outdoor app and only partially suitable for driving. It is best to use Google Maps for driving.

I used the original online router that is embedded with Locus, GraphHopper!

And what is even more weird is, that the instructions on the screen and the audio instructions contradict each other!

I would use the BRouter. Locus also uses it in the LoRouter.

I would like to get audio instructions, because I suffer from prespyopia and hardly can read the tiny display!

If you want traffic then you have to navigate with Google Maps. The best solution for the car.

If you are already planning the route in Google Maps. Then I would also do the navigation with Google Maps. Simply use the offline function of Google Maps.
As I understand it, are you navigating by car or motorcycle?

Dear Zdenek,

Enclosed you will find the route, which I exported from Locus.

I use the vector map for northern Germany from Locus.

The routing was done by GraphHopper from Locus' user interface.

The problem is, that the audio instructions keep telling me several times to turn left from Dorstener Straße to enter the Autobahn at Herne Crange entry.

In fact I have to turn right!

I still have the problem that all audio instructions stop immediately as soon as my smartphone established Bluetooth connection to my car's radio.

Audio instructions resume as soon as I turn off my car's radio.

Other apps from my smartphone work fine with my car's radio.

That is the telephoning function, the app "Blitzer" and all other apps on my smartphone.

Only Locus stopps audio when connected to my car's radio.

When not connected to my car's radio Locus sends audio via the smartphone' s speaker.

"Blitzer" is an app that gives audio warnings whenever a radar speed control is ahead.

I suspected the app "Blitzer" to maybe block Locus' audio, so I stopped it before I started Locus.

But it didn't make any difference.

Nothing changed.

My setting in Locus audio settings is "multimedia" channel.

What can I do else?

KR,

Uwe

False turn instructions are mostly caused by incorrect scheduling. In the route planner, you should NEVER place shaping or via points near or right on road crossings. Position them several meter away from road junctions ! From your file you cant find out anymore where you placed shaping points because Locus doesn't export them in the gpx file nor so use them usefully in the navigation. The better route planner offers this as well. Locus imports them as silent viapoints.

Hello,

exactly as 0709 wrote. Do not place via points to the crossroads, place them on the road you want to use.

More here in the manual: https://docs.locusmap.app/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:tracks:planning#drawing_instructions

This is proper usage:

And this not:

Zdenek, Locus team