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Featuring a sleek new design with a user-friendly interface, Soundfly BT provides a live full duplex communication solution using Bluetooth technology through FM transmission to your FM car radio and allows you to speak to callers through an external DSP microphone. Soundfly BT is pairable with any phone equipped with Bluetooth functionality or a connection to a Bluetooth adaptor. Bluetooth A2DP technology enables wireless transmission of music from your cell phone. If an incoming or outgoing call is made, the music will be paused. The transmission of music will resume automatically when the call is ended. Soundfly BT also lets you listen to sound files such as MP3 & WMA file stored in portable memory devices like USB flash memory & SD card, etc through your car radio speakers. It supports RDS (Radio Data System), so when you receive a phone call, caller id will be displayed on your car stereo, or while listening to music, you can see the song and artist’s name displayed on your car stereo. Soundfly SD transmits to all FM frequencies (87.6MHz - 107.9MHz) and memorizes up to 7 FM frequencies. It is equipped with a fully functional remote control. You can answer/end calls, change volume, change frequency, folder shift, fast Forward & Rewind, Repeat or Bookmark your favorite songs through the remote. Note: You need to do iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update on your iPhone 3G for A2DP Bluetooth Stereo connection.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars soundfly bt review
Excellent hands-free solution for my car. Disappointed that the file system is limited to 20 folders sorted by time instead of alphabetically, but I understand this is being fixed in the near future. Have recommended your product to a number of friends and family members.
Jeff
5 Stars I love it!
To get a bluetooth hands free device that also plays my music through my car’s sound system for only 80 bucks I think is a sweet deal! I’ve had it for about a week, it’s been working great and I love it! The sound quality seems the same as any other radio station. That includes the fact that when people call and I hear them through my speakers, they sound like someone calling into a radio station, which is kind of cool. 
Haven’t made many calls using bluetooth yet, but so far the person on the other line says they can’t even tell I’m using a hands free device.
Pros:
- It’s a great idea that works well.
- The price is reasonable.
- I love being able to play music from a flash drive or an SD card.
- It remembers the last song that was playing when I turned the car off and picks back up with that song when I start driving again.
- The music pauses automatically when a call comes in and it shows the number of the incoming call on its screen.
- You can either clip the mic on to your shirt or seat belt when you want to use it, or it comes with a different clip that attaches to your visor so it’s always ready to go. They provide two adhesive clips for the wire to fit into so you can guide the wire along a non-obtrusive path.
Cons:
- You need to use your phone to make a call; pressing the call button on the device redials the last number, rather than activating voice command.
- When playing from USB/SD card, it only supports 1999 songs and 20 folders. The music also must be in a folder named MP3 or Soundfly. This means that if you sync with Windows Media player, you will need to select the option for it to not create a folder hierarchy (otherwise it creates a folder for each artist) and then copy the songs from the root directory on the drive to the MP3/Soundfly directory.
- It can’t read songs with any digital rights info (though I think this is pretty common).
- The users manual and packaging have a bunch of grammatical mistakes. The English was clearly either translated with some mistakes or written by someone who is not fluent.
- Most of the buttons and functionality are through the remote, which must be pointed directly at the device (I don’t find it necessary to use it very often, though).
I haven’t found any of these cons to be a big deal, though, just minor things that leave some room for improvement. I would say this a great product, which I am recommending to my friends and family.
5 Stars Soundfly & Samsung Omnia (i910)
I received my Soundfly BT Ultimate today, and it works beautifully - with one caveat, which I am sure is actually an issue with the software on my Omnia rather than the Soundfly. The Omnia has two media players - Windows Media Mobile and the Samsung Touchplayer. With Windows Media, the music transmitted over bluetooth then through FM is horrible - full of static and would fade in and out. With the Samsung Touchplayer, the music sounds great. Huge difference - just a note to anyone with the Omnia, you’ll need to use the Touchplayer (or another 3rd party player, I don’t have any of those installed) in order to take advantage of listening to music over bluetooth through the FM transmitter. But the sound is amazing, as with another reviewer, I found it to be near CD quality.
4 Stars Great Buy
I bought this product after seeing the review over here. I had VR3 USB-SD transmitter for over 4 years and was looking for new one after it broke.
First and foremost, the Satechi Customer service is excellent, very prompt response and prompt delivery. I Could give 10 stars for their support.
Pros on this product,
i) Bluetooth and MP3 Player with stereo FM transmitter
ii) The remote works for folder froward and track forward (lagged in VR3)
iii) Quality of FM transmission, constant stereo transmission with good signal.
CONS:
i) Limited folder level, Satechi should bring some Firmware to recognise more folders (VR3 has unlimited folder level)
ii) Remote power is weak, should plan to improve on this. works only line of site, maximum 3 feet away (in car it doesnt matter, but you have to have your hand pointed towards the unit, depending on model, could be painful).
iii) Not all the functions available in the unit, if you loose remote you loose,
- Save or book mark option
- A-B option
- Folder switch option
When I received the product, I was surprised with the quality of the sound in FM, it was near CD quality, when I used VR3, I could see a huge difference in the audio quality using SD and USB disks. When I connect external source (cd player or computer and transmit, the volume is much better and the range of reception is about 35 feet with walls in between. I plugged this unit with wall power adapter, and used portable player to transmit, then I could receive signal in basement and second floor without any problems.
After 4 days, using bluetooth in car, the receiver could not hear me clearly and the remote I received I had to hold very close to the unit (literally less than 2 inches). I was little upset due to this considering the price I paid. (may be mine was one of the unlucky one’s)
Sent a mail to support in Satechi, less than two hours, received prompt response, with couple of mails, then arranged for replacement unit. for some reason it got delayed, but the Customer serveice repsentative was curteous and helpfull tracking the package and made sure it is picked up on following day. Due to their response, I even kind of forgot on the issue and cooled down. was looking forward the new unit. It arrived two days ago and testing. So far so good, the MP is working really good and remote works about 3 feet from the unit (useful when I connect this at home). On bluetooth connectivity I am still need to test fully, so far it appears to be okay, the receiver is able to hear me okay. have to try during long drive and check. will update my posting soon on this.
Over all great product, if they over come the short falls (directory recognition and increased power on remote,) I would give them 5 Stars.
Compare to Vr3, much better product, there is very low interference and static. I would recommend this product.
As promised, I am updating my experience with Bluetooth
So far so good, when I drive in city the bluetooth quality is good at the receiving end, but when I drive in Highway at 70 to 75 MPH, the receiver complained I am breaking. It appears that mic is too sensitive and picking up the vehicle vibration, I am still trying to get an optimum location for the mic to reduce outside noise. Since within city limit, the quality is good I am not worried much.
Also, the sound quality on my radio in the car is really really good. So Bluetooth works for me. I am not planning to return this product, I recommend this to any one looking for great quality of sound and a versatile product.
On FM transmitter, the power is sufficient enough to suppress a moderate radio signal (88.5 is NPR station in Dayton, I am able to suppress this thru this unit). So as far as static is concerned it is virtually null if use free or moderate station channel.
Return on Cost is good compare to options I explored like Parot and other dealer supplied Bluetooth units.
Over all I will give 4.5 for this, giving room for other improvements suggested earlier.
Satechi, Great product, looking for advanced one in future from you. Your customer service Rocks!!!!!!!! Great and thanks a ton for a good product.
4 Stars Nice Idea, needs some refinement
The Soundfly BT is pretty good and I think it has better features than most of the other options, but it does has some strange quirks.
Good:
-Compact and solid construction
-Remembers last song played
-LED Display shows time to end of song, sound levels, or frequency.
-Good sound with low noise. Only a very quiet hiss is noticeable during silence.
-ID3v2 tags show up on my radio
-SD Card seamlessly fits into the SoundflyBT.
-Reads SDHC
-Streaming music over Bluetooth works great.
-Quality seems the same through analog, usb, blutooth, or SD.
-Analog input allows mp3 player to use its own sound enhancements.
-Bluetooth with included mic sounds good, some road noise comes through while moving making a hollow sound. People couldn’t tell the difference from a normal phone while parked. Hands free conversations have been fairly easy with this.
-Comes with a lot of wire clips and accessories for attaching the mic.
Bad:
-Only 20 Directories (The limit includes subfolders) SoundflyPRO allows 50
-If a folder is too full it ignores a lot of songs. I’m not sure what the limit is of how many files can go into a folder.
-Seems to play folders by date modified.
-Music folder has to be named ‘MP3′ or ‘Soundfly’
-Does not display folder names
-No Shuffle
-RDS only reads ID3v2 tags no ID3v1 support
-I have to use the remote at a weird angle to get it to work.
-Bluetooth phone button only calls previously dialed number. Had to use the phone’s voice command button to use voice commands on my phone with the SoundflyBT.
-All the buttons on the remote are the same shape. I have to look at the remote while I’m driving to see what button I’m pushing until I memorize the remote’s button grid.
-Manual has a lot of typos and there are not many details on how it reads your music folders or tags.
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