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Audio issues after replacing radio head unit
▲ 2 r/cruze

Audio issues after replacing radio head unit

I just installed a generic "Tesla Style" Android Auto/Apple Carplay head unit in my Cruze. Almost everything works except for most audio. I have a 2013 with the Pioneer audio package. My head unit doesn't seem to correctly interface with the harness's audio. FM radio works fine, but bluetooth/AA audio doesn't work. If I switch from FM to AA, then it will play for a few seconds, then cut out.

Here's my theory:
The head unit has a built-in amp that it uses with FM radio. For some reason, this doesn't work for BT. There's a 20-pin harness to RCA connectors for audio channels. If I use those to feed into the Pioneer amp, everything should work. The issue is the Pioneer amp uses proprietary connectors.

Does a harness exist to connect the factory Pioneer amp to an aftermarket radio? Has anyone done a head unit swap while keeping the Pioneer audio system and know for sure what's going on?

Edit: I forgot to mention I tried wiring the AMP wire on the harness adapter for the head unit to the AMP CONT wire on the 20-pin. That didn't work so I tried the constant power as recommended in this video, but that caused all audio to stop

u/ajk1302 — 14 days ago

Music Metadata for featured artists keeps getting removed

First, I know Jellyfin is not the best when it comes to metadata for music. I tried MusicBrainz Picard which helped, but did not fix this specific issue:

I've been trying to clean up my music metadata. Many of my issues come from featured artists; Many songs with featured artists would create a separate artist named "Artist 1 feat. Artist 2" then attribute the song to that artist, rather than attributing the song to each individual artist. To fix this, I separated artists with a semicolon as JF recommends. This worked when I already had both artists in the database. However, if the feature was not already in my library on their own, the metadata would save as just Artist 1 (the one that already existed). Then I tried to go thru Picard. Again, this worked when there were existing artists, but when I separated artists by a semicolon then refreshed the metadata in JF, it would save it as " ;; Artist 1Artist 2." I even tried adding dummy folders to try to add empty artists, but that didn't work either. Is there any way I can actually add these artists?

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u/ajk1302 — 3 months ago
▲ 1 r/kde

Custom App Icons for Themes?

I'm somewhat new to Plasma, been using it for the last 1-2 months. I just switched to Oxygen, but it feels a bit disjointed when the default icons follow the theme, but apps don't. I have a couple questions:

  1. Is it possible to add icons for non-kde apps that are isolated to the theme (that way, if I switch off the theme, I can easily go back to the default icons)?

  2. If so, are there community icons already made for popular apps that I can use?

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u/ajk1302 — 4 months ago
▲ 3 r/kde

Any way to have one keyboard shortcut for multiple instances of the same widget?

I love the Control Station widget, but I want to be able to use a keyboard shortcut to open it. I have 2 monitors, and I have cloned my panel so both screens are effectively identical. I have window activation set to focus follows mouse. I want to be able to track which monitor is active, press my keyboard shortcut (Meta) and activate the corresponding instance of the widget. Is this possible, even with scripts?

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u/ajk1302 — 4 months ago