Watts Son
Member
Wait, what about this ? DHCP used a previous owner's picture of the car he (may) now own ? really bizarre and crazy coincidence I might add
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Slacker Radio Tip for New Owners!
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Maximapolak
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FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
But from what others have said and verified, updating the settings online does NOT change the settings in the car...
Canuck
Well-Known Member
wesley888
Member
Yea, I contacted Slacker directly with the issue, and they advised me to ask Tesla to support their premium account quality and functions. They have no say on what Tesla do to the Slacker app inside the Tesla.
lakerholic
Member
Thank you. Discovered this last year when I was trying to figure out a way to turn off explicit content. I wish other providers would make it just as easy as Slacker does to turn this "feature" off... as far as I can tell neither Apple Music nor Spotify allows you to do so.. :/
romac
Member
Model S M.D.
Ludicrous Radiologist
Hi all, I have a solid tip for all of you new or soon to be owners. I emailed [email protected] and asked them for my Slacker Radio username and password, which they quickly replied and provided back to me within a few hours. With that info, I went to the Slacker website on my Mac and logged in, went to account settings, and changed the low quality audio setting to high! Now I have the higher quality 320kbps streaming audio in my car!
Enjoy!
You can also use this Slacker user/pw to login to the Slacker app on your phone. This way, you can listen to music on your phone when you goto the gym, fine tune your playlists, etc. Unlike Pandora, Slacker allows you to rate/like songs on the lock screen menu without unlocking your phone.
⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️
Village Idiot
Yes me too. Happened yesterday. I need to call Tesla and get my log in info. Have you fixed yours yet? What the heck is a captcha anyway?
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⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️
Village Idiot
Got it fixed. Called the roadside assistance number and got helped by a very nice Vehicle Support Specialist. She removed the captcha and also sent me my Slacker login credentials. She said that they recommend that you don't change your password. Because if you change it and then forget your password, they can't help you get access to your account.
elreydetodo
Member
I want to add in here some important bits of info I've recently found out via Slacker support.
In the 8.0 firmware Tesla removed the high bitrate feed option from all cars with the base audio package. There is no way to make your base audio car play directly from Slacker a stream which will not make your ears bleed. I asked them to pull logs from when my car was playing, and the format the car requested was AACv2 40kbps! No wonder this sounds so bad to so many people!
The web player's setting is completely independent of the car. The car picks the format it wants and indicates it to the stream as a query parameter to the stream url. There is no cross-device quality setting. If you install the Android app you'll have to enable the high quality feed setting there too. There is absolutely no link between the web player and the car. That was never the case.
If you are unsure whether your car is playing back a decent stream or not, email [email protected] and ask them to check from log data. Give them the email address of your Slacker account and a time range when you were listening in your car. Be polite - they're nice people. If you are unhappy with the crippling of the Slacker stream in your base audio car, email [email protected] and give them an earful.
I'm now playing my station from my Android phone via Bluetooth. It sounds so much better than the built-in car functionality. No ear blood anywhere!
In the 8.0 firmware Tesla removed the high bitrate feed option from all cars with the base audio package. There is no way to make your base audio car play directly from Slacker a stream which will not make your ears bleed. I asked them to pull logs from when my car was playing, and the format the car requested was AACv2 40kbps! No wonder this sounds so bad to so many people!
The web player's setting is completely independent of the car. The car picks the format it wants and indicates it to the stream as a query parameter to the stream url. There is no cross-device quality setting. If you install the Android app you'll have to enable the high quality feed setting there too. There is absolutely no link between the web player and the car. That was never the case.
If you are unsure whether your car is playing back a decent stream or not, email [email protected] and ask them to check from log data. Give them the email address of your Slacker account and a time range when you were listening in your car. Be polite - they're nice people. If you are unhappy with the crippling of the Slacker stream in your base audio car, email [email protected] and give them an earful.
I'm now playing my station from my Android phone via Bluetooth. It sounds so much better than the built-in car functionality. No ear blood anywhere!
elreydetodo
Member
Tesla doesn't regularly read these threads AFAIK, so please email them. They definitely respond to their owners when they hear that we're unhappy about something, we just need enough people to let them know there's a real problem here.
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Village Idiot
It sounds fine to me. My hearing is documentably great and no blood comith from thy ears. Anyone that strives to be an audiophile is only setting themselves up for disappointment in life.
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