Bluetooth performance? Conspicuous only in its absence?

[Boomzilla]

My new Emotiva PT1 preamp has bluetooth reception. I understand the the audio won't be CD quality, but I thought it would be fun to watch, say, YouTube on my iPad and play the audio over the main audio system.

Except for the fact that it just won't work! I get stop-and-go, intermittent audio regardless of how I try. Now I've got an older iPad mini, and I realize that I'm asking a lot of its processor (receive streaming video via 802.11n via Wi-Fi + strip the audio from the video + rebroadcast the audio to the PT1 via Bluetooth). All this has to be simultaneous.

I've looked online for ways to make this work, but the only advice I find is "reboot the iPad & reboot the BT receiver." Done it, but no cure there.

The PT1 is the ONLY BT device paired with the iPad, and so far as I can tell, there's no way to disable "auto BT connect" on the iPad to prevent it from continuously searching for other BT devices.

So it would seem to me that I'd need, somehow, to reduce the load on the iPad processor (if that's the problem).

At this point, I'm just speculating, and am therefore asking for ideas.

Thanks - Boomzilla

[AudioHTIT]

I use mostly AirPlay devices with my iPad and iPhone, but do have several earbuds, a pair of AfterShokz headphones, a pair of ODT Chips Helmet speakers, and a pair of JBL Flip 5 speakers that are BT and generally work well. To answer your question, I don’t know of any way to keep iOS from constantly searching, short of turning BT off which would defeat the purpose. That said, I doubt that’s the problem.

My most problematic Device is the Flip 5 speakers, when we go to the lake I play music from the iPhone in my pocket, and my body can easily interrupt the signal at 10’ or so. So is there anything you can do in testing that reduces the problem (for instance standing right next to the preamp?) Do you have any other BT sources to test with to confirm if it is unique to your iPad?

[Boomzilla]

I'll check with my iPhone to see if the same things happen. Thanks for the idea.

The issue may be the iPad (older version, minimum RAM, questionable BT strength & range).

[vcautokid]

Bluetooth is a tricky beast. My Sony won't even pick up my new buds. My new cheap bedroom TV locked instantly and never dropped. I love the freedom movement Bluetooth affords, but the connection issues can be frustrating at times. Some really play nice. Others? Not so much, or at all. I think one of the most wonderfully irritating connection there is. Well it is a wireless network device, so it is what it is. Still can't beat a wired connection.