NS Bluetooth for phones

[Mike DiD]

My Owners Manual doesn't even show the Bluetooth Button on the layout diagram and has no reference to it in the Index.

How do I pair a phone with it ?

[subi_man]

You should probably have received an additional manual for the Bluetooth - at least I did with my Triton. It's not tucked somewhere inside your plastic manual folder is it?

Cheers

[Mike DiD]

Andrew - thanks, that would explain it !

Just found out the PIN is 1234 !

[subi_man]

I think they all must be 1234, because mine is the same - if my wife ever comes through on your handsfree you never saw me at the pub right

[Proudy]

yep - they are the same

[mikens]

Thought I'd recommend to others who don't have an Exceed or have bluetooth as an accessory that you can get a bluetooth Blueant Supertooth for $129 from a telstra shop. It is a small lightweight unit that has a magnatised clip that sticks on the sunvisor. Anyway - I'm new to this sort of stuff and thought that this was a pretty cheap and easy way of going wirefree and handsfree. I'll get the aerial fitted when I get the smartbar in a few weeks.
Mikens

[Eastie]

I agree mikens. I use a blue ant these days as it saves wiring kits. No stuffing around with ear pieces either. It's a good little unit, very clear and has a good standby time.

[Mike DiD]

Since I've bonded with my phone and me wife's, it now annoyingly interrupts the radio and briefly displays "Phone", then goes back to radio.

Is anyone else getting this ?

I'm wondering if it's interference from other Bluetooth services in other cars or from WiFi base stations ?

[Daniel Fo]

Since I've bonded with my phone and me wife's, it now annoyingly interrupts the radio and briefly displays "Phone", then goes back to radio.

Is anyone else getting this ?

I'm wondering if it's interference from other Bluetooth services in other cars or from WiFi base stations ?

I think you'll find that whenever your phone makes a noise whether it be ringing or a message or low battery signals, your car blue tooth will pick it up and therefore mute the radio. You can fix it by clearing any reminders or messages (etc) when it first beeps or alternatively putting your phone on silent - note that when it's on silent you'll still know when there's an incoming call as the bluetooth system has it's on beeping sound to notify you

[Endorphin]

I think you'll find that whenever your phone makes a noise whether it be ringing or a message or low battery signals, your car blue tooth will pick it up and therefore mute the radio. You can fix it by clearing any reminders or messages (etc) when it first beeps or alternatively putting your phone on silent - note that when it's on silent you'll still know when there's an incoming call as the bluetooth system has it's on beeping sound to notify you

If you have a Nokia phone you can suppress these sounds. Edit the profile that your phone uses when connected to the bluetooth car kit. Turn off "other tones" and "application tones".

[Mike DiD]

It looks like Bluetooth won't be getting much use with my current phone - iMate Jasjar.

I was wondering why I wasn't receiving any calls when I was away from the car. It seems that whenever Bluetooth is switched on, the phone will ONLY ring via Bluetooth - even if it knows that there is no Bluetooth headset in range.

So I would have to switch Bluetooth on when I get into the car and switch bluetooth off everytime I get out of the car.

I should have known, my previous iMate had such a pathetic Bluetooth driver that I could only get a headset to work if I installed a privately developed Bluetooth driver.

[peterdeg]

Mike, have you confirmed that you're at the latest ROM version for your phone?

[subi_man]

The JasJar must be different to the JasJam, as mine works faultlessly with the Bluetooth - both with the original ROM and a cooked ROM I recently installed.

I wish I could help you more Mike, but I'm a relative newby to iMates...

Cheers

[Peter NS VRX]

Bluetooth Connection problems

I have my phone and my wife?s phone connected to the bluetooth, however I can't seem to get them both connected at the same time, according to the manual you can have 3 phones on there. does anyone else have this problem ? or has anyone successfully had 2 phones connected ?

thanks

[subi_man]

Peter, AFAIK only one phone can be "linked" to the Bluetooth at any one time, and it's whichever one makes the connection first when you are both in the car.

Cheers