Actually, I found out today that her mike is dead smack center of the dashboard, so it's in between both of us.
Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:18 PM Subject: Re: Question about bluetooth I think on Honda, Ford and some other cars, once you're paired you can still use your phone to do all the controls, it just uses the car's sound and mic for audio. Easy enough to try out. Also many car bluetooth setups have just one mic and it's aimed at the driver so the caller won't be able to hear the passenger very well. I will often times turn off bluetooth while in the car to make phone calls because of this. CB On 9/9/15 12:08 PM, Scott Granados wrote: Chris, if your car radio takes over the A2DP outbound channel then you’ll have lost voice over unless you grab it through some other means like a wired headset. There may be a way around this for example disabling the A2DP but leaving the hands free enabled but I haven’t played with this enough to see if it’s workable. I just have my phone auto pair when I get close to the car and my driver hits the answer key but my driver isn’t technically lacking so that may not work for you. Good luck On Sep 9, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: OK, so I cannot make an outgoing call with Voiceover from the IPhone itself when its connected to her car? That sucks, as she hasn't the slightest idea what she's doing. When I told her hit the voice talk button on her steering wheel, she got all nurvous and was like, I'll make the car not drive from fowling it up. I can't be pushing buttons. Her word, not mine. This is why I'm trying to make it as seemless for her as I can. It's a miricle, frankly, that I was able to teach her how to go from FM radio to bluetooth audio. I don't wanna overwhelm her. Her car doesn't have any buttons on the radio dashboard either. So I can't do any of it myself for her. Even the volume control slider is totally touch screen based, and I don't have anywhere near! the vision to do it on my own. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Granados To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 8:21 AM Subject: Re: Question about bluetooth Chris, So I am not a big fan of the toyota electronics but that’s me personally. I have the ford sync system so you know where I’m coming from but I think the questions you ask are basic enough it’s the same on all systems. If an incoming call comes in the audio system automatically attaches to your phone and your hear your phones ringer over the hands free channel. If you have wide bandwidth enabled and your car supports it you’ll get a very clear audio call if both ends of the call support it. One thing to note if you’re using an iPhone you’ll get local audio as well even with bluetooth enabled in some cases so you can swipe and answer. To answer the call you can also answer via the cars audio system (there’s usually a button for answer) or answer on the phone. If you answer on the phone depending on your setup you may answer on your phones speaker though and need to hit tht source on the phone and select the car. Once the handsfree is triggered though you’ll be on the car audio. On an outgoing call you’ll use the cars system to place the call. Either pull a contact from the contact list built in or use the cars audio support. Some pass through to Siri or in the case of my system it has it’s own voice support and interface tuned for the car. Depending on your touch screen you may be able to work this your self if the screen has enough physical landmarks. In the ford system I have you can touch around the center dials or in other positions relative to physical controls so you know where the touch panel portions you’re interested in can be found. Hope that helps. On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:04 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: Guys, I have a quick question. My grandmother just got a new car. It's a 2015 Toyoda Corola. Anyway, this is the very very first vehicle that I've had the chance to ride in on a regular basis that has bluetooth ability. All the cars that both my mom and grandmother have had before this didn't have bluetooth. Anyway, we got my phone pared to her car with absolutely no problem. Unfortunately, the controls on her dashboard are totally touch screen, so I can't opperate the car stereo at all. I can't even adjust the volume, as even that! is all touch screen. Sucks, but whatever. My grandmother can do that part for me. Anyway, my grandmother is probably by far the most computer illiterate person I've ever known, and honestly she doesn't even have the slightest desire to learn. If her car didn't have bluetooth, it would have served her just fine. She didn't special request it, as much as it just so happened to have it. I think most cars now adays come pretty standard with it. Anyway, here's my question. On her radio console dashboard screen after first turning on her car, she has an icon that says source. If she touches on source, she then gets 3 options provided my phone is connected, which it always normally will be. She gets, FM, A.M, and Audio. Audio is basically what they're naming the bluetooth. In other words, if she taps on source, then taps on Audio, then my phone audio, be it Voiceover, be it music, whatever comes through her car speakers. It's really awesome. Apple Music through her car stereo baby! And you'd be shocked if you've never heard Bluetooth audio in a car playing music. The sound is actually super crystal! clear. Anyway, being my phone connects via bluetooth automatically to her car when I get inside, this means that my phone's internal speaker stops working since everything now is being routed to bluetooth instead. So, if she's got the FM radio going for instance, then obviously, I can't hear Voiceover nor anything at all on my phone. So, what happens if I get a phone call, or need to make! a call? Yes, she has the controls on her steering wheel to answer and hang up, as well as voice command, but again, non techy. She thinks in her words, I'll fowl up the car where it won't even drive if I start pushing buttons. Those are her words, not mine. I know, it's pathetic. Anyway, point is, someone told me that if I get a call, even if she's on the radio, she won't have to manually switch the source over to bluetooth audio. I'm told that the car should automatically detect an incoming call, and switch the source over to bluetooth audio without the need for she nor I to do anything. Then, when the call is disconnected, it'll then go back to the radio source. I don't think she even can! switch the source while she's driving. I don't think it'll letter. I think it's a safety mechinism. She has to be stopped, and in park for it to work. If she's in drive, reverse, or neutral it won't work. Well, in reverse, she has one a those camera things to show'er what's behind her, so the screen totally goes off the menu at that point as it's just then a viewfinder. Anyway, sames goes with making a call. Whether I use Siri or manually use the phone app itself, once my outgoing call is placed, will she have to then switch the source over, or will it automatically stop her radio and pop me over to the bluetooth for the duration of the call. Sorry to be so ignorant with this, but really, I've never delt with car bluetooth until now. Chris. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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