This time I am reviewing another Bluetooth music receiver as I continue my quest to find one that will a.) Connect to my phone when I turn my car on and b.) Disconnect from my phone when I turn my car off. After reading reviews on Amazon, I decided to give the BrightPlay Car HD a try.

The BrightPlay Car HD is pretty simple to use. Just like the Belkin, the BrightPlay Car HD plugs into your aux input for audio and cigarette lighter for power. Again, my goal for this product was to allow me to start my car and have my Android phone automatically connect over Bluetooth and then use Rocket Player to start the music automatically.

The Skinny

The Bright Play Car HD might work for some, but I found it even worse than the Belkin. Unfortunately, the device does not turn off when I turn my car off. I walked into my house and my phone just kept playing music over Bluetooth, even though the car was turned off. This is a deal killer for me. The Belkin had to be manually connected to, and the BrightPlay has to be manually disconnected from. Big thumbs down.

Again I find myself in search of another Bluetooth music receiver. All I want one to do is connect to my car’s aux input and cigarette lighter. When I turn the car on and the cigarette lighter gets power, connect to my phone. When I turn the car off and the cigarette lighter loses power, disconnect from my phone.

Seriously, how hard can this be? Should I start a Kickstarter project? Am I being unreasonable? Do you know of an existing device that works? Got another hack that might work? Let me know on Google+