Another Bluetooth problem

This one's kind of weird, but here it is.

Sometimes, when I make calls on my handset (vs. using the screen which you
can't do when you're moving), I lose connectivity with the bluetooth in the
car, and the only way to re-connect is to shut the engine and re-start. To
make matters more interesting, if I get a call while my bluetooth is in this
weird state, the person on the other side can only hear the radio playing at
a very high volume, and I hear nothing in the car. I have a Motorola Razr,
and other than this weird, unpredictable behavior, the bluetooth works fine.

Any ideas?

-C

Definitely weird, hope someone has an answer, so I will be monitoring
this chat. thanks for bringing it up

/N.

On Apr 21, 8:38 am, kitzler <nja... (AT) optonline (DOT) net> wrote:

Definitely weird, hope someone has an answer, so I will be monitoring
this chat. thanks for bringing it up

/N.

You didn't mention who your service provider is, but Verizon phones
are notorious for dropping calls when on the phone and another call
comes in; kind of like call no-waiting! Although that's not what
you're describing, losing the bluetooth connection sounds like a phone
issue. Try a new phone and if it still does it, then it may be the
car. Or, if you have a laptop with bluetooth, perhaps you could try
syncing it with your phone and monitoring the laptop/phone to see if
the connection gets lost.

Service provider is Cingular (AT&T now), but the problem is not that the
signal is being dropped (at least I don't think that's the problem), but
rather that the connection between the phone (Razr) and the car (via
Bluetooth) is somehow getting disconnected. I tried a different phone, same
results. Personally, I think it's a bug in the software that controls the
bluetooth interface in the car, as it only seems to happen when I try to
control the phone call connection via the phone (as opposed to via the touch
screen, which is deactivated while the car is in motion). My lease is up in
Sept., and I'll be trading it in for a newer version. Hopefully, whatever
the problem is got solved in the later models.

-C
"greg" <grezuki (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

On Apr 21, 8:38 am, kitzler <nja... (AT) optonline (DOT) net> wrote:
Definitely weird, hope someone has an answer, so I will be monitoring
this chat. thanks for bringing it up

/N.

You didn't mention who your service provider is, but Verizon phones
are notorious for dropping calls when on the phone and another call
comes in; kind of like call no-waiting! Although that's not what
you're describing, losing the bluetooth connection sounds like a phone
issue. Try a new phone and if it still does it, then it may be the
car. Or, if you have a laptop with bluetooth, perhaps you could try
syncing it with your phone and monitoring the laptop/phone to see if
the connection gets lost.

On Apr 21, 9:27 pm, "GIga" <a...@b.com> wrote:

Service provider is Cingular (AT&T now), but the problem is not that the
signal is being dropped (at least I don't think that's the problem), but
rather that the connection between the phone (Razr) and the car (via
Bluetooth) is somehow getting disconnected. I tried a different phone, same
results. Personally, I think it's a bug in the software that controls the
bluetooth interface in the car, as it only seems to happen when I try to
control the phone call connection via the phone (as opposed to via the touch
screen, which is deactivated while the car is in motion). My lease is up in
Sept., and I'll be trading it in for a newer version. Hopefully, whatever
the problem is got solved in the later models.

Current gen cars allow dialing by voice: name or number, so you can
now dial while the car is in motion. I suspect you're right; using the
handset controls is the source of the problem. Have you used all your
17 one-touch slots for dialing while in motion? What exactly are you
doing with the handset that you can't do onscreen while in motion?

My RX350 must be restarted when the connection is dropped. But it
doesn't happen often.

John

GIga wrote:

This one's kind of weird, but here it is.

Sometimes, when I make calls on my handset (vs. using the screen which you
can't do when you're moving), I lose connectivity with the bluetooth in the
car, and the only way to re-connect is to shut the engine and re-start. To
make matters more interesting, if I get a call while my bluetooth is in this
weird state, the person on the other side can only hear the radio playing at
a very high volume, and I hear nothing in the car. I have a Motorola Razr,
and other than this weird, unpredictable behavior, the bluetooth works fine.

Any ideas?

-C

My 07 RX350 does not allow me to use voice dial or screen dial if in
motion. I must use the handset. Which to me seems more hazardous.?

J

greg wrote:

On Apr 21, 9:27 pm, "GIga" <a...@b.com> wrote:

Service provider is Cingular (AT&T now), but the problem is not that the
signal is being dropped (at least I don't think that's the problem), but
rather that the connection between the phone (Razr) and the car (via
Bluetooth) is somehow getting disconnected. I tried a different phone, same
results. Personally, I think it's a bug in the software that controls the
bluetooth interface in the car, as it only seems to happen when I try to
control the phone call connection via the phone (as opposed to via the touch
screen, which is deactivated while the car is in motion). My lease is up in
Sept., and I'll be trading it in for a newer version. Hopefully, whatever
the problem is got solved in the later models.


Current gen cars allow dialing by voice: name or number, so you can
now dial while the car is in motion. I suspect you're right; using the
handset controls is the source of the problem. Have you used all your
17 one-touch slots for dialing while in motion? What exactly are you
doing with the handset that you can't do onscreen while in motion?

On Apr 23, 4:34 pm, The Visitor <ksjhdsdfssj... (AT) shduiysdfsrewh (DOT) com>
wrote:

My 07 RX350 does not allow me to use voice dial or screen dial if in
motion. I must use the handset. Which to me seems more hazardous.?

Does the Lexus Bluetooth phone system allow programming of 1-touch
dial positions? These are the only ones that can be dialed while in
motion on the Prius' Bluetooth phone system. (and I think that there
are voice commands to dial these...)

You can use one touch, and I do have several of them programmed, but often
I've got customer calls I'm making while on the road, and their numbers
aren't programmed. The other problem is that the software only allows me to
transfer one number at a time (yuck), and it's only the "default" number
(first entry on the phone), so if I want to put a cell phone number on one
touch, and the cell number isn't the default, I have to enter a new
(different name) entry on the phone, and then transfer that. There's no way
to enter a number directly into the phone database on the car (yuck again),
so your only choice is to either transfer one at a time, or dial from the
handset when you're moving (and yes, it is pretty difficult and dangerous to
do that). Voice activated dialing wouldn't be bad, but it won't fix all the
other problems I've just described.


<mrv (AT) kluge (DOT) net> wrote

On Apr 23, 4:34 pm, The Visitor <ksjhdsdfssj... (AT) shduiysdfsrewh (DOT) com
wrote:
My 07 RX350 does not allow me to use voice dial or screen dial if in
motion. I must use the handset. Which to me seems more hazardous.?

Does the Lexus Bluetooth phone system allow programming of 1-touch
dial positions? These are the only ones that can be dialed while in
motion on the Prius' Bluetooth phone system. (and I think that there
are voice commands to dial these...)

On Apr 23, 6:40 pm, "GIga" <a...@b.com> wrote:

You can use one touch, and I do have several of them programmed, but often
I've got customer calls I'm making while on the road, and their numbers
aren't programmed.

You can use voice dial by number now.

The other problem is that the software only allows me to
transfer one number at a time (yuck),

That's a phone issue. The Cingular Blackberry Pearl will send all
contacts at once. Although it's got to be impossible to keep up with
all the phones as quickly as they are released, lexus.com has a chart
that outlines what features work on each phone they've had a chance to
test.

and it's only the "default" number
(first entry on the phone), so if I want to put a cell phone number on one
touch, and the cell number isn't the default, I have to enter a new
(different name) entry on the phone, and then transfer that.

That's still the same on the latest gen nav, unfortunately. "John
home, John work, John Cel" all need their own entries (as you've
discovered).

There's no way > to enter a number directly into the phone database on the car (yuck again),

You can enter name/phone #s directly into the phone database on the
latest gen nav, but then you'd also have to enter it into your phone,
so you're entering it twice?

so your only choice is to either transfer one at a time, or dial from the
handset when you're moving (and yes, it is pretty difficult and dangerous to
do that). Voice activated dialing wouldn't be bad, but it won't fix all the
other problems I've just described.