So three years ago I neither knew nor cared whether anything had Bluetooth technology. Then I bought my '12 Mazda5 Touring, which comes from the factory with Bluetooth, and it turned out it worked really well, making and taking calls reliably, and even pausing and restarting a paused audio track in the same spot (especially useful for mp3 audiobooks), every single time, even after I'd shut off the car and come back out the next day. At least, this is how it works with my old phone (a Motorola Tundra VA76R).
And ... well ... I got a new phone Friday, and with this phone, a Samsung Rugby 4, the Bluetooth connection with the car just won't work right. It has a static sound when playing music over the Bluetooth. Sometimes it starts a paused track at the paused point, sometimes it starts it back at the beginning, and sometimes the phone selects a different track all on its own. One out of four or five tries, it even starts a paused track playing over the phone speaker as soon as I turn on the car. It even, on the first or second day I had it, failed to connect a phone call to the car speakers. It also takes quite a few seconds to hang up a call when I push the hangup button on the steering wheel - the other phones I've connected to the car hang up pretty much instantly. So basically, this phone is just about worthless, and even a dangerous distraction, when connected to this car's Bluetooth. I still really want to like it, since it's really, really good in most other ways, and there's not much selection in a rugged flip phone these days.
The phone manufacturer's troubleshooting list started with " Please make sure that the Bluetooth profile of car stereo system matches the Bluetooth profile of the phone. We are continually updating the software on our devices to match the industry-wide standard. Occasionally this may cause compatibility problems with older devices that are not up to date. Your manufacturer might have an update to their equipment which could allow compatibility with our most recent Bluetooth version. " Ugh.
It took me two days to figure out how to get Bluetooth profiles for the devices, and I eventually tried connecting my computer to the phone and then to the car (!) and reading the "Service List". Maybe someone here knows what this stuff means.
Bluetooth Services for the car as a handsfree headset:
Audio Sink
Handsfree Telephony
Object Push (Obex)
Remote Control
Bluetooth services that my new phone has that are different from my old phone:
Audio/Video Service
MAP MAS-name 000
Serial port (SPP) 'Bluetooth Serial Port'
Bluetooth services that the old phone has that are different from the new phone:
Dial-up networking (DUN)
Imaging Responder
Stereo Audio
Bluetooth services that are the same for both phones:
File Transfer (Obex)
Handsfree Telephony Gateway
Headset Audio Gateway
Object Push (Obex)
Remotely Controllable Device
Any brilliant ideas whether this means anything, or am I best off returning the phone, reactivating my old phone that still works mostly right, and trying a different one some other time?
And ... well ... I got a new phone Friday, and with this phone, a Samsung Rugby 4, the Bluetooth connection with the car just won't work right. It has a static sound when playing music over the Bluetooth. Sometimes it starts a paused track at the paused point, sometimes it starts it back at the beginning, and sometimes the phone selects a different track all on its own. One out of four or five tries, it even starts a paused track playing over the phone speaker as soon as I turn on the car. It even, on the first or second day I had it, failed to connect a phone call to the car speakers. It also takes quite a few seconds to hang up a call when I push the hangup button on the steering wheel - the other phones I've connected to the car hang up pretty much instantly. So basically, this phone is just about worthless, and even a dangerous distraction, when connected to this car's Bluetooth. I still really want to like it, since it's really, really good in most other ways, and there's not much selection in a rugged flip phone these days.
The phone manufacturer's troubleshooting list started with " Please make sure that the Bluetooth profile of car stereo system matches the Bluetooth profile of the phone. We are continually updating the software on our devices to match the industry-wide standard. Occasionally this may cause compatibility problems with older devices that are not up to date. Your manufacturer might have an update to their equipment which could allow compatibility with our most recent Bluetooth version. " Ugh.
It took me two days to figure out how to get Bluetooth profiles for the devices, and I eventually tried connecting my computer to the phone and then to the car (!) and reading the "Service List". Maybe someone here knows what this stuff means.
Bluetooth Services for the car as a handsfree headset:
Audio Sink
Handsfree Telephony
Object Push (Obex)
Remote Control
Bluetooth services that my new phone has that are different from my old phone:
Audio/Video Service
MAP MAS-name 000
Serial port (SPP) 'Bluetooth Serial Port'
Bluetooth services that the old phone has that are different from the new phone:
Dial-up networking (DUN)
Imaging Responder
Stereo Audio
Bluetooth services that are the same for both phones:
File Transfer (Obex)
Handsfree Telephony Gateway
Headset Audio Gateway
Object Push (Obex)
Remotely Controllable Device
Any brilliant ideas whether this means anything, or am I best off returning the phone, reactivating my old phone that still works mostly right, and trying a different one some other time?
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