How many phones can be paired with a Genesis?

[nricciardi]

Folks,

I have and use two cellphones daily. Personal and work.

Can I pair both with the standard bluetooth system? What about the premium bluetooth system?

Would anyone know?

By the way, I tried to find the car manual in PDF format to download, but couldn't do it. Would anyone know if this is available?

Thanks.

 

[Onedurwho]

As for how many can be "used at one time" (you and the wife in the car at the same time with your phone's both on at the same time too) I can only say that (for some reason) MY phone takes priority when the wife and I are together. When she is alone in the car, her phone works as normal and each of these events require no different set up or button pushes.

 

[VivienM]

By the way, I tried to find the car manual in PDF format to download, but couldn't do it. Would anyone know if this is available?

Sign up at hmaservice.com. It's free, and it'll get you the service and owner's manuals for the U.S-spec car...

 

[dataguy]

The answer will also depend on which model, trim, and year of Genesis. For the sedan, there are 3 (I think) possible Bluetooth systems, maybe 4 (2009 non-Tech packages use the Johnson Controls BlueConnect non-integrated system, 2010 Premium Nav touchscreen package has integrated BT, 2009/10 Tech packages have integrated BT, and perhaps non-nav 2010's now have integrated BT--I don't know).

At any rate, they all should support pairing with multiple phones. I think the Tech package pairs with at least 6 and the BlueConnect does 7.

 

[dataguy]

As for how many can be "used at one time" (you and the wife in the car at the same time with your phone's both on at the same time too) I can only say that (for some reason) MY phone takes priority when the wife and I are together. When she is alone in the car, her phone works as normal and each of these events require no different set up or button pushes.

It's based on list priority. So your phone must have been paired before your wife's. When it searches on startup for a pairing, it goes down the list until it is able to pair with a phone. When you're both together, yours will pair first, but when she's alone, hers is the first (only) to pair.

In the case of where someone has multiple phones belonging to them (or if the passenger wants to pair their phone for a call), you have to manually specify which phone you want the system to pair with.

 

[nricciardi]

Thank you.

I had hoped that the system would take calls to any of my phones.

But I understand that is not possible. It's either one or the other.

Is this a limitation of the bluetooth technology of is this a characteristic of the Hyundai implementation?

Thanks again.

 

[dataguy]

Is this a limitation of the bluetooth technology of is this a characteristic of the Hyundai implementation?

It's a limitation of the technology as far as I know. There's not very much bandwidth associated with the BT headset profile (low fidelity mono), so it can't support active conversations with multiple devices. I suppose it could be possible to broker between several pairings to figure out which connection to use based on incoming calls, but that introduces many problems (what happens if both phones ring? What if there's already another phone using the BT connection and the other wants to use it? etc.)

Every implementation I've seen only allows one active paring at a time even though they support multiple stored parings for most BT headsets/speakers.

 

[Onedurwho]

dataguy...My only question with that is the fact that the Wife was using the car WEEKS before I even sat in it. (yes...she did the deal!) Mine was paired second. I still use the razor and she is into the blackberry. Could that do it? It isn't a problem either way.

 

[Mark_888]

Is this a limitation of the bluetooth technology of is this a characteristic of the Hyundai implementation?

I don't know the answer to your question, but keep in mind that Hyundai does not make Bluetooth systems, they buy them from companies that specialize in that kind of technology.

 

[dataguy]

dataguy...My only question with that is the fact that the Wife was using the car WEEKS before I even sat in it. (yes...she did the deal!) Mine was paired second. I still use the razor and she is into the blackberry. Could that do it? It isn't a problem either way.

It might be a timing issue (as to which phone responds first), but it also could be that the system prefers the most recent pairing first (i.e. it will try to pair with the last handset before it seeks another).

EDIT: Assuming we're both talking about the Bluetooth in the sedan Tech package (DIS/Lexicon), the manual says that if the "Bluetooth autoconnect" feature is enabled, it will automatically reconnect with the last phone, unless the user manually disconnected it, it's not in range, BT is not on, or the pairing was deleted on either end. It goes on to say, unhelpfully, that if it can't re-establish with the last phone, it "...will attempt to attempt a connection with another mobile phone already paired with the system" -- without specifying the rules of how it will seek another phone.

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[pbtva01]

I have a 2010 3.8 Sedan Prem+. The pairings setup says I can have 5 paired phones.