Jensen JWM22 Stereo does not support BT speakers

[kc9bri]

My new 2025 Reflection 295RL does not have outside speakers. No big deal I thought, I'll just use a BT speaker. After spending half an hour trying to get it to pair, I find out from Jensen customer service that the JWM22 does not have a BT transmitter. I called Grand Design to see if there is an optional stereo, but no. How have others addressed this issue other than replacing the stereo?

 

[Soundsailor]

Does it have a headphone jack? If so you could use a Bluetooth transmitter.

 

[kc9bri]

Unfortunately, not. A Bluetooth transmitter is a good idea. It does have a line out jack, so I'm going try connecting a BT transmitter to that,

 

[huntr70]

If you have a BT speaker, do you not have cell phone handy to stream to it?

 

[kc9bri]

Sure, and that works fine if I have cell coverage, or have what I want to listen to on my phone. But I like to listen to high school sports and other radio shows. Where I camp, I can pick up FM stations but cell coverage is spotty at best.

 

[Mechanic Bob]

Wow that's weird. Here is a link to the JWM22 and the first photo on the add shows BT???

JWM22 - ASA Electronics

• Bluetooth® streaming audio (A2DP) and control (AVRCP) • Front USB with MP3/WMA playback • Front HDMI input for pass through to HDMI output • HDMI pass through (plays HDMI audio input over speaker and low level outputs) • 30 station presets (18FM, 12AM) • 2 speaker zones • Rear AUX A/V input...

www.asaelectronics.com

 

[Soundsailor]

Wow that's weird. Here is a link to the JWM22 and the first photo on the add shows BT???

JWM22 - ASA Electronics

• Bluetooth® streaming audio (A2DP) and control (AVRCP) • Front USB with MP3/WMA playback • Front HDMI input for pass through to HDMI output • HDMI pass through (plays HDMI audio input over speaker and low level outputs) • 30 station presets (18FM, 12AM) • 2 speaker zones • Rear AUX A/V input...

www.asaelectronics.com

Yes, it receives Bluetooth, what the OP wants is for it to transmit Bluetooth.

 

[Mechanic Bob]

Yes, it receives Bluetooth, what the OP wants is for it to transmit Bluetooth.

I always thought BT was two way. I stand corrected.

 

[kc9bri]

I got a BT transceiver on Amazon for $25 and connected to the Line Out jacks of the JWM22. That fixed my issue. Thanks everyone for your input!

 

[dbphillips]

Wow, that seems kind of strange, but come to think of it, I think I tried to do this with my older head unit to connect to my headphones and had to settle for the Roku phone app that lets me stream from any of the apps on the Roku through my phone to my BT headphones... But that doesn't work for off-air, unless the head unit will transmit radio over HDMI to the TV? Select the input in the Roku/smart TV and use BT speaker paired to phone? Probably easier to spend $20.