Bluetooth connection issue

Hello,

I’m trying to check how the Bluetooth can be an option to remotely output some music from Volumio in my car.

  • Volumio lifetime plan
  • Raspberry Pi 4
  • Volumio v3.785
  • DAC Hifi Berry Dac+ Pro

However I’ve identified a weird behaviour.
If the RPi is not connected to any network (wifi or ethernet), the Bluetooth is not showing, no discoverable
If the RPi is connected to a network, Bluetooth is available and stable. Regardless if my phone is connected to the wifi or not I can find my device and connect to play music.

My guess is while offline, the OS cannot check my “Plan”, if I’m using the free service or “Premium/Superstar”. Therefore by default, Volumio OS does not activate all premium/superstar functions, including Bluetooth.

How works the Bluetooth on Volumio?
Looks like to me, the Pi requires to be connected to the network despite being a lifetime user… (superstar or premium I don’t know)

Can this behaviour be edited or revised?

I’ve some challenges to load the logs while offline, does not allow me to read the boot.log file from /var/log/boot.log - permission denied.
but below is the log once connected to the WiFi and I’ve found something which can help to understand BT behaviour.

Feb 20 16:28:22 multimedia go-librespot[4545]: Librespot-go daemon starting...
Feb 20 16:28:22 multimedia go-librespot[4545]: time="2025-02-20T16:28:22+01:00" level=info msg="generated new device id: abd457add5b3082700c170c41d5a6e4df83b9776"
Feb 20 16:28:22 multimedia go-librespot[4545]: time="2025-02-20T16:28:22+01:00" level=debug msg="stored credentials found for superparati"
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia go-librespot[4545]: time="2025-02-20T16:28:23+01:00" level=debug msg="obtained new client token: AABFaIi2Wxi/SDH88mK2UJMpf8OLQRVS/Y1FtJWZlthKHYITdfFwsripTzf3QbVc2I5+YOZj3Uc6SKMNhF9o/MZORhGHRQbveyXikQM8LG2vDAp6MzLH6qfx5olu8/wGTPiGkHvTPsHbTxsqhz5UF56eASmbgMHd1LSz7J1xjdetHbBO1ERvAtpvB7JH9DOp0o6mjK66XhEyeqyiLqS1MaHpc3rxxkVPmCiuOGvDDMLV2Gz53yN//zWlBV93SQ=="
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin bluetooth to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin multiroom to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin metavolumio to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin manifestui to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin cd_controller to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin smart_inputs to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin hi_res_audio to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin tidal to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin qobuz to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin tidalconnect to plan premium
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin bluetooth to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin multiroom to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin metavolumio to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin manifestui to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin cd_controller to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin smart_inputs to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin hi_res_audio to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin tidal to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin qobuz to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin tidalconnect to plan superstar
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin bluetooth to plan virtuoso
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin manifestui to plan virtuoso
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin cd_controller to plan virtuoso
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin tidal to plan virtuoso
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin qobuz to plan virtuoso
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: [MyVolumio PluginManager] Adding plugin tidalconnect to plan virtuoso
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: Adding plugin bluetooth to MyMusic Plugins
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: Adding plugin multiroom to MyMusic Plugins
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: Adding plugin metavolumio to MyMusic Plugins
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: Adding plugin cd_controller to MyMusic Plugins
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: Adding plugin smart_inputs to MyMusic Plugins
Feb 20 16:28:23 multimedia volumio[1003]: info: Adding plugin tidalconnect to MyMusic Plugins



Thank you for your help