sooththetruth
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So for some time now I have enjoyed Bluetooth function in my 3.8 premium , but I have been having troubles with my cell phone since I first made the pairing, often losing calls in mid conversation, though the call was not being dropped, the call would be ongoing. This was happening when I was NOT IN THE CAR, and with the car off.
Later I would speak again to the same person on the cellphone only to learn that they could hear me fine, though it was clear I could not hear them.
The answer: if I were calling in the vicinity of my Genny, EVEN IF THE ENGINE WAS OFF, the car would pair with phone, and if I were not in the car, I would not be able to hear.
Perhaps this is common with Blue Tooth connections, but being my first one, it took me a long time to learn that i have to manually turn off the Blue Tooth pairing on my phone if I am to maintain a conversation when near the Genny.
Why the phone pairs when the car is off is a mystery to me, and I would consider that a flaw in design, but someone may explain the reason. I could rationalize that carrying your phone into the car and pairing would leave your hands free to buckle up, and hit the starter.
But for the most part, I did NOT find this intuitive, and struggled for nearly the year I owned the car to figure out why I couldn't talk on the phone while waxing the car, checking the tires, adding gas.
And, no, the car never blew up while I used my cell phone at the pumps.
There was less of a learning curve learning how to NOT LOSE a call when the car was turned off. I learned to hit "private" on the screen before turning the car off, and then knowing that withing 10 seconds of turning off the car the phone would ask for confirmation to rotation to phone only service.
However that confirmation request is visual only, I have to be looking at the screen to see the prompt.
Later I would speak again to the same person on the cellphone only to learn that they could hear me fine, though it was clear I could not hear them.
The answer: if I were calling in the vicinity of my Genny, EVEN IF THE ENGINE WAS OFF, the car would pair with phone, and if I were not in the car, I would not be able to hear.
Perhaps this is common with Blue Tooth connections, but being my first one, it took me a long time to learn that i have to manually turn off the Blue Tooth pairing on my phone if I am to maintain a conversation when near the Genny.
Why the phone pairs when the car is off is a mystery to me, and I would consider that a flaw in design, but someone may explain the reason. I could rationalize that carrying your phone into the car and pairing would leave your hands free to buckle up, and hit the starter.
But for the most part, I did NOT find this intuitive, and struggled for nearly the year I owned the car to figure out why I couldn't talk on the phone while waxing the car, checking the tires, adding gas.
And, no, the car never blew up while I used my cell phone at the pumps.
There was less of a learning curve learning how to NOT LOSE a call when the car was turned off. I learned to hit "private" on the screen before turning the car off, and then knowing that withing 10 seconds of turning off the car the phone would ask for confirmation to rotation to phone only service.
However that confirmation request is visual only, I have to be looking at the screen to see the prompt.
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