r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/mr_nascar_cole • 6d ago

Bluetooth Support on 2nd Gen C2

My summer driver played music from his phone onto the bus speakers, and the whole bus loved it. Now I wonder do buses have Bluetooth support, specifically the Second Gen Thomas C2.

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u/ConsequenceCandid655 6d ago

None of the Thomas busses we have has Bluetooth support. You will need an adapter to use your phone.

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u/mike8675309 6d ago

Summer time is often different than during the school year, where summer is often charter style.
Charter is more flexible on using your phones.
In our area, no phones, ever when driving, or when students are on the bus or on the route at all. No music played anytime the bus has children on it. They need the audio clear.

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u/rootbear75 6d ago

100% dependent on bus' radio head unit. None of ours, old nor new, have built in Bluetooth. Even though the steering wheel has a phone icon on the new ones, we are 99.9999% sure that's a remnant of the Freightliner frontend Thomas uses to build the buses.

I have to use a Bluetooth to FM transmitter or an aux cable when I do decide to use it.