One of the first things I had to figure out was how I would play my music or podcasts from my iphone. The Blue&Me system in the FIAT is great for phone calls but you can not stream your music through bluetooth. You can plug MP3 players into the USB in the glove box and use the controls on the steering wheel to select music. I really didn't play around with this too much. My drive to work each day is only around 20 minutes each way. Having my phone charging (hence using the USB) is not really necessary. So it would be a pain to have to plug/unplug it.
The solution I went for is a bluetooth receiver. It looks like a USB thumb drive with a 3mm cord attached. You plug the USB into your glove box and the 3mm into the aux port next to your USB slot. So it is completely out of sight. You sync the receiver to your phone through bluetooth. So when you get in the car it will automatically connect. You change your media to be AUX on the radio and select what you want to play directly on your iphone. The music/podcast will play through your radio stereo.
Here is the one I am using:
Observations from a Fiat 500 owner
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