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I have been searching long and hard to find a working solution to make my PDA work with my car stereos bluetooth, my stereo is able to use both audio bluetooth and headset bluetooth with live info like signal strength, battery and more.
Dose anyone else have trouble with make PDA's work with car stereos?
I have tryed to contact Both phone maker and stereo maker, both tell me it is not campatable due to the type of bluetooth in each are different. The ones in a PDA are the same as the ones in PC, and in regular phones it is a dumb down version and the same goes with car stereos it a dumb down version and the send signals differently.
SO ANYONE FOUND A FIX?
ANYONE WANT A FIX?
Never tryed it
If u guys get it working let me know
I have a At&t Tilt wm6 cell
you could use something like the R35 clip bluetooth and plug that into an auxillary input wired to your car stereo. Then your PDA bluetooth can sync up with the R35 bluetooth thingy and would be input into your car stereo...
i assume you have a BMW tho with built in bluetooth which would not work.
and by different version of bluetooth they probably mean like v1.1 or v1.2. i dunno if that'd make it not work but it is probably a culprit.
I do not have an auxillary input on my car. And as far as the bluetooth they are different chipsets with different ver also.
Has anyone been able to connect to a car stereo. (Aftermarket Stereo)
I have a Pioneer AVIC-D3
I dont have an external solution, i actually have a Head Unit that has BT built in. It is a sony series reciever. WORKS GREAT! i use it everyday. One of the best purchases i made for my POS car.
Seconded -- I have the Sony MEX-5000BT and its BT performance is better than any headset/headphones I've ever used.
Maybe I need to buy a sony, as pioneer knows about its compatability issues and are not releaseing a firmware update to it. Any other stereos out there that work. I have had issues with sony headsets. I am a real big fan of pioneer and this new head unit I have.
I know there must be a way.
There just has to be.
I will find one you just wait and watch.
I Found It!
I have fond the solution and did not even know it.
I have been working with a friends CAB file trying to make it work in a OEM folder install.
I just happend to ask him what the cab file was.
Check it out.
http://www.jetwaremobile.com/index.htm
I have already tried it and it works great.
Infact before when I would connect to my stereo with any phone and the phone would ring it would ring the generic tone. With this plugin, it rings the personalized ringtones have for people. This is cool and all for only $15.
Hope this helps out others.
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Seconded -- I have the Sony MEX-5000BT and its BT performance is better than any headset/headphones I've ever used.
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yup, i have the same one. dont know how i lived before i had it.
Also, this unit does allow for ringtone passthrough to you car speakers along with anything else that you can get notifs through BT. The only downside for notifs is that you have to be on the stereo BT function on the radio. Calls will come through reguardless of the function you are using.
Moved from a MT3G to the Nexus One, and I've been very disappointed by the Bluetooth.
The phone pairs fine with my Bluetooth devices, but it rarely transfers the audio. I've tested it on several devices:
Chrysler MyGig: pairs, but doesn't transfer audio. Carkit DOES show incoming and outgoing calls, but audio stays on the phone. Pressing "Bluetooth" in call doesn't do anything.
Garmin Nuvi 855T - pairs and calls work, but it regularly pops up with "phone connection error"
Spracht Bluetooth carkit - pairs, but same audio transfer issues as on the MyGig unit.
These three products worked perfectly with the MT3G, so I'm curious what Google broke and whether any of the other non-stock roms out there can make Bluetooth work correctly.
having issues myself with streaming A2DP in a 2010 VW. Phone works great but music clips almost like it's buffering. Issue doesn't exist with other phones.
My issue with bluetooth is I cant send files to my laptop anything works fine...
Don't know about your issue, but my N1 hasn't had any major BT problems. Occasionally it drops out while running with my Plantronics with A2DP, but that happened with my G1 too. File transfers are no problem for me either, and I never get disconnect problems. Stock rom was fine too with BT before I installed CM5. Maybe you have some app that's interfering with it? Try killing everything.
I have an aftermarket parrot bluetooth car kit and its worked perfectly with every phone ive ever had: sidekick 3, tmobile dash, bb curve, g1, bb 8900, mytouch. and now with the nexus it says it pairs but wont connect. so its completely useless. and i live in california so i have to have handsfree. bummer.
What annoys me most is a) how this wasn't picked up during testing by Google and b) how they managed to break something that worked perfectly on the G1 and MT3G.
It has been submitted as a bug in Google Code, but that doesn't mean they'll fix it. Sad that I have to use an iPhone just to make calls in my car when I paid $563 for the N1
my jawbone prime works great..
sometimes i have to send a file twice to my mac, but it does send, and i can send from mac back to the phone
Really? My first, and ongoing, impression of the N1's blue tooth is that it's really slick.
It pairs with my in dash NAV on my '09 Jetta TDI before I pull out of the driveway, every time. Phone calls always work and the A2DP streaming is flawless, this is the first device I've seen it actually work and play well with -- consistently .
The sound quality is BETTER than my iphone through the apple A/V cable; with the iphone I had to put an audio filter inline behind the dash to suppress engine noise caused by a ground loop. I'm considering removing it now since blue tooth A2DP streaming would obviously be immune to this problem.
I couldn't be happier, personally. I can control playlists from the stereo head unit or the steering wheel while the N1 is in my pocket. It's been very reliable and has performed beyond my expectations... not to mention the "wow factor" when somebody realizes where the tunes in the car are coming from.
For me, the blue tooth performance has been an unexpected bonus... It wasn't a consideration when purchasing the phone but now I feel it's become a "must have" feature.
- Honda Car Kit
- Philips SHB7100
- Gear4 BlackBox
- two Desktop Docks
are working fine.
"Audio Link" sometimes has "clipping".
Pairs fine with my Garmin Nuvi 265WT, however ALWAYS drops a call around the 5 min mark. My G1 did the same thing with my Garmin Nuvi 680.
My N1 won't work with my 08 Nissan Xterra. Pairs just fine but won't transfer audio. This worked fine with my Samsung Blast, G1 and Cliq.
There is a thread about this on the google nexus one help forum but unfortunately I'm not allowed to post external links. I'd recommend voicing your problem over there to let google know this is a widespread issue.
I have problems with my BMW Bluetooth car kit. It connects, phonebook transfers, try and make a phone call and I get no sound. Receivers phone rings but no sound in the car. Once the phone call is cut the Bluetooth disconnect and won't connect until the car Bluetooth is turn off and on.
The Bluetooth on my old iPhone worked perfect every time. I thought Bluetooth had standards and should work with any device if it supports the profile.
How hard is it, especially for a company like Google to get it to work.
My Lexus bluetooth pairs perfectly every time, and usually the call will last a couple minutes before I suddenly get no audio going to the car, or the car may say "check handset". At that point, I have to click the Bluetooth button on the phone to switch to the handset. If I restart the phone it usually works fine for a while, then this happens again. I never had a problem with 3 other phones in this car.
duncan888 said:
I have problems with my BMW Bluetooth car kit. It connects, phonebook transfers, try and make a phone call and I get no sound. Receivers phone rings but no sound in the car. Once the phone call is cut the Bluetooth disconnect and won't connect until the car Bluetooth is turn off and on.
The Bluetooth on my old iPhone worked perfect every time. I thought Bluetooth had standards and should work with any device if it supports the profile.
How hard is it, especially for a company like Google to get it to work.
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I've got a BMW with a bluetooth kit and have similar issues.
The way I've overcome it is to always keep the bluetooth in the car "on" and on the Nexus "off".
When I get in my car with the key fob in the ignition, enable the nexus one bluetooth and it works.
It's a pain to enable/disable the bluetooth on the handset but it works until there's a proper fix for it.
Also i recently got Modaco's Desire Rom on the handset and found the above procedure works without fail.
One other thing I noticed since having the Modaco Desire ROM is that when you're in a bluetooth call all phone audio comes from the car speakers.
Never used to happen with the stock nexus rom or my previous Touch HD.
It's cool but would be great if there was a way to enable the bluetooth audio so phone sounds came through the car speakers without making a call.
aron7awol said:
My Lexus bluetooth pairs perfectly every time, and usually the call will last a couple minutes before I suddenly get no audio going to the car, or the car may say "check handset". At that point, I have to click the Bluetooth button on the phone to switch to the handset. If I restart the phone it usually works fine for a while, then this happens again. I never had a problem with 3 other phones in this car.
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I have a very similar issues with my Nexus One and my Lexus IS350. It pairs OK. But if I make a call, the cars display flashes "check handset" and then puts the call through. I can hear the other end, but they can't hear me.
This is a "deal breaker". Guess I'll be sending my Nexus One back for a refund.
I have been unable to use bluetooth to transfer files OR to tether.
I paired it with my MotoRokr speakerphone, and it paired fine, but I didn't use it to see if it actually works.
Regardless, there are obvious issues with the BT that need straightened out.
rvinny said:
having issues myself with streaming A2DP in a 2010 VW. Phone works great but music clips almost like it's buffering. Issue doesn't exist with other phones.
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how did you that?? i have a 2009 vw
My Nexus one will pair with my computer, but it won't send or receive a file. It won't even go to the trouble of discovering my jawbone earpiece. I'm really disappointed since this should be the simplest of tasks that such a wonderful phone should accomplish. I thought it was just my phone, but seeing this thread makes me sad that that nothing has been done and hopeful that it's more than just my phone and, therefore, there's the possibility it will be addressed in one form or another.
Ok, I played around some more tonight with bluetooth.
It works with my Motorokr speakerphone great. I can talk, make calls, etc... works well.
I got the bluetooth tether working too.
I still have not been able to get file transfers working though. They look like they send, the phone thinks it sent successfully, but the computer says the transfer was interrupted. I'm not as concerned about the file transfer as I was about getting the tether working.
paired the nexus one to my '09 Nissan GTR ... works perfectly fine ... everything works as it should, calls come in perfectly each and everytime ... i do however, leave my BT running 24/7 on both the car and phone
So I love my incredible...best phone ever...haha. Which is why I'm making all these changes to accommodate it!
I was playing with it yesterday, and I ran pandora and navigation at the same time- during which, I called myself, and the phone call went thru. No freezes, no glitches, nothing. So Instead of just having cords galore when plugging into my car. Can I just buy a bluetooth cardeck and sync it with my phone and go from there?
Has/Is anyone doing this now? Advice is always appreciated- Thanks in advance!
I have a PIONEER FH-P800BT and its great. Bluetooth works great for calls and A2DP streaming. When streaming audio alerts come through also, so you may want to pick some that arent too obnoxious. Ipod controls work pretty well too if your into that sort of thing.
I use a bt stereo too. It works awesome. People can here me well and I stream music all the time. As soon as proclip comes out with the Incredible device holder, I'll be all set. I use a JVC KD-BT1 head unit.
I am using a Kenwood BT200 and I also seem to have no issues with music and phone calls
I don't have my Incredible just yet but I've been using a Motorola T505 Bluetooth in my car since before I got my G1 and haven't had any issues with it. Had it about two years now. It has a built-in FM Transmitter so I'll listen to Pandora or my own music through my car stereo even when people call me I'll hear it through the speakers. No one ever reported not being able to hear me clearly when using it.
I was thinking about this some more and the more I think about it, the more I don't think Pandora will play via bluetooth. You will definitely be able to play from your library
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I was thinking about this some more and the more I think about it, the more I don't think Pandora will play via bluetooth. You will definitely be able to play from your library
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I am pretty sure you can play Pandora via bluetooth.
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I am pretty sure you can play Pandora via bluetooth.
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Yep, pandaora and slacker work via a2dp
Yes. I have DUAL head unit and works fine with A2DP BlueTooth with my Incredible and yes Pandora plays thru A2DP with no problem. So, go ahead and do what ever U R thinking of doing.
awesomee..thanks everyone..so i really just need to find a unit that has A2DP..cool. I was wondering what the difference between call placing and audio streaming in terms of bluetoothin' !!
I just ordered a Motorola T605 for my car (2001 RX300 without nav) and a Parrot MKi9000 for my wife's car (2006 saturn ion). I would have prefered to get the moto for both (since it's $100 cheaper), but her radio doesn't have a mute switch and probably would have been harder to install. I'm going to do the install in the coming weeks myself.
Kenwood DNX6140 BT setup works great
I have the kenwood unit in my Trailblazer EXT and got the car bracket at VZW store. The suction cup places the phone way out of convient reach any way you try so I use the holster part with a vent clip that I had from another mount from an XM unit I tossed in favor of Pandora. Nav, Pandora, anything else runs fast and flawlessly, phone calls great.
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I have a PIONEER FH-P800BT and its great. Bluetooth works great for calls and A2DP streaming. When streaming audio alerts come through also, so you may want to pick some that arent too obnoxious. Ipod controls work pretty well too if your into that sort of thing.
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I have almost the exact same head unit. Works pretty well, I reviewed it here:
FH-P8000BT Review
I can't seem to get track,play/pause functions to work in my car stereo with the atrix. Any one have any similar experience or a fix?
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Hi gdj80,
My Atrix works fine with my car stereo. I'll admit that BT A2DP, AVRCP, etc, are hit and miss with most phones. My car stereo, a Jensen VM9424 works all the way with my iPhone 4, 3G, 3GS, and Nokias and my Atrix (A2DP, AVRCP work fine).
It connects and reconnects correctly on a daily basis. I never use audio from BT as I have an iPod connected but when I do it sounds OK and works OK. The Atrix is not an Apple device but it's good enough music wise.
You may want to contact your car stereo vendor and see about an update. If your stereo is using Parrot BT set, then your vendor may have an update from Parrot. If not then they still may have an update that might address your issue.
I don't think it's the phone as I said my Atrix works great with my stereo.
Hi!
I have not been able to successfully use the bluetooth on my or my mom's Moto Xs with my Mom's car's bluetooth. She has an older Lexus (2005) and it pairs/works fine with her iPhone 5 and her iPhone 4s. The car's bluetooth requires a passcode, which I know and typed in during the pairing process (not sure if this is relevant or not).
I got her a Moto X motomaker (running 4.4 out of the box) and it was difficult to get it to pair with the Lexus, but it finally did (took many tries before her Moto X could see her car's bluetooth). When I turn on the car, it says bluetooth connection successful and the phone shows as connected to the car through bluetooth but calls are not routed through the car's speakers - they are routed through the phone's external speaker. During a call when I manually try to route the call through the bluetooth connection, the display indicates that the call is being routed through the bluetooth connection but the sound does not come through the car's speaker.
On the Moto X, the car's bluetooth profile says phone audio but no option for media audio is present (not sure if this is relevant).
I can pair my Motorola Boom, Buds, Whisper and Plantronics bluetooth headset just fine with her Moto X. I did a factory reset of her Moto X and paired/unpaired the phone with the car numerous times. Same issue when I pair my Dev Ed Moto X (locked and unrooted), so this seems to be an Android problem to me since both iPhones pair with her Lexus fine and have no issue in routing calls through the car's speaker.
We are on Verizon and her phone has no apps installed on it other than what came on the phone out of the box.
Any thoughts? Is it just that the Kitkat bluetooth has bugs? I had a GNex before getting my Moto X and the last update before Google end of lifed the GNex royally screwed the bluetooth. I had hoped the Android bluetooth issues would be fixed by now, but it doesn't look like it.
I am soooo disappointed as this is a dealbreaker for her and she won't be switching to Android unless I can get the bluetooth to work for her in her car.
My one idea, put a different deck in the car or keep on iOS.
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2005 is ions ago tech wise, and OEM car systems were not exactly leading the way back then. What profiles is it connecting with?
Solutions Etcetera said:
2005 is ions ago tech wise, and OEM car systems were not exactly leading the way back then. What profiles is it connecting with?
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yeah, I know and my mom hopes to get another car soon. The car runs Hands Free Profile ver. 1.0 and Object Push Profile ver. 1.1 if that is what you mean by profiles.
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My one idea, put a different deck in the car or keep on iOS.
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my mom hopes to get a new car soon, so we aren't going to invest anything more in this car. I will have to keep her on iOS if I can't fix this and return the Moto X
Try flashing back to 4.2.2 I'm also having issues with bluetooth on 4.4 . Or you can always install a new radio on the car.
Install an app called Bluetooth File Transfer...it is a workaround that should work
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Try flashing back to 4.2.2 I'm also having issues with bluetooth on 4.4 . Or you can always install a new radio on the car.
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I think at this point I am going to return the my mom's Moto X. I also am going to report the problem to the Moto X team in the hopes that it can be fixed in the future. It really is ridiculous that a core function of a phone - bluetooth - is not reliable.
I believe this is an Android problem, not a Moto X problem. I had a host of bluetooth issues on my GNex after the final OS update.
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I think at this point I am going to return the my mom's Moto X. I also am going to report the problem to the Moto X team in the hopes that it can be fixed in the future. It really is ridiculous that a core function of a phone - bluetooth - is not reliable.
I believe this is an Android problem, not a Moto X problem. I had a host of bluetooth issues on my GNex after the final OS update.
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I came to Android with the intro of Jelly Bean, and since then bluetooth has been borked in one way or another on every device I have had whereas iOS works flawlessly.
Don't get me wrong, I like Android... but qc is not its strong suit.
Its probably no consolation to you, but my Verizon X (dev edition) connected and worked just fine with JB 4.2.2 (pre and post camera updates) in my 2011 Saab 9-4x. Bluetooth HandsFree/Headset profiles and Phone Book Access Profile connected 99.9% of the time and worked great.
With the Kit Kat update, HandsFree/Headset still works fine with the car, but Phone Book Access has some issues. While the option is often not available on the car's screen to call up the X's phone book, scroll through it, and select a person to call, it does show the X's incoming/outgoing calls list with names rather than just numbers. And about 30-50% of the time when I look, I do have the option to view the X's phone book on the car's screen. For trouble shooting I did similar steps. Wiped, repaired, (made sure to allow phone book access), etc. which didn't fix.
70% of the time I have had a bluetooth fail, I've hit the "call hangup button" on the device (not the Moto X) and it re-pairs and is successful 100% of the time.
This is from a range of phones around the razr and note2, s4, razr hd, and even the x.
Now it's just habit to hit that button to get the device to sync/operate properly.
Welcome to bluetooth on KitKat! I'm running audio over my Aux cable until they fix this crap. FWIW, I have the same issues on my Moto X with 4.4 as I do with my Nexus 7 on 4.4.2, so don't hold your breath waiting for a fix.
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yeah, I know and my mom hopes to get another car soon. The car runs Hands Free Profile ver. 1.0 and Object Push Profile ver. 1.1 if that is what you mean by profiles.
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Yes... but once the phone reports connected, going into Bluetooth settings and clicking settings icon to the right of the device will indicate what profiles you are actually connected to.
First delete the phone Bluetooth profile from the car. Then delete the car profile from the phone. Next change the Bluetooth name in the phone. Reboot phone and try to pair again with car. After pairing keep phone screen on and wait for a prompt asking for access to phone book etc and approve. After this it should work properly.
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Exact same problem
I have a 2006 GX470. I had the exact same issue. I have had one or two calls connect through the car - these are calls that I initiated. It is intermittent.
Talked to "level3" support today. Basically they stated that the bluetooth is working fine and that I should contact Lexus since the problem seems to be on their end. The suggestion was that I go upgrade my bluetooth. I told him that I was disappointed with the product since previous iphones worked fine despite the car predating the existence of iphone. No resolution to the problem.
Will try the app mentioned and see if that helps.
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NightThyme said:
Hi!
I have not been able to successfully use the bluetooth on my or my mom's Moto Xs with my Mom's car's bluetooth. She has an older Lexus (2005) and it pairs/works fine with her iPhone 5 and her iPhone 4s. The car's bluetooth requires a passcode, which I know and typed in during the pairing process (not sure if this is relevant or not).
I got her a Moto X motomaker (running 4.4 out of the box) and it was difficult to get it to pair with the Lexus, but it finally did (took many tries before her Moto X could see her car's bluetooth). When I turn on the car, it says bluetooth connection successful and the phone shows as connected to the car through bluetooth but calls are not routed through the car's speakers - they are routed through the phone's external speaker. During a call when I manually try to route the call through the bluetooth connection, the display indicates that the call is being routed through the bluetooth connection but the sound does not come through the car's speaker.
On the Moto X, the car's bluetooth profile says phone audio but no option for media audio is present (not sure if this is relevant).
I can pair my Motorola Boom, Buds, Whisper and Plantronics bluetooth headset just fine with her Moto X. I did a factory reset of her Moto X and paired/unpaired the phone with the car numerous times. Same issue when I pair my Dev Ed Moto X (locked and unrooted), so this seems to be an Android problem to me since both iPhones pair with her Lexus fine and have no issue in routing calls through the car's speaker.
We are on Verizon and her phone has no apps installed on it other than what came on the phone out of the box.
Any thoughts? Is it just that the Kitkat bluetooth has bugs? I had a GNex before getting my Moto X and the last update before Google end of lifed the GNex royally screwed the bluetooth. I had hoped the Android bluetooth issues would be fixed by now, but it doesn't look like it.
I am soooo disappointed as this is a dealbreaker for her and she won't be switching to Android unless I can get the bluetooth to work for her in her car.
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I have the same problem with my 06 Lexus RX400, and my Moto X. The car shows a connection, signal and battery strength, but calls are received through the phone. It must be a Lexus issue because it works correctly with my wife's Nissan rouge.
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I'm ready to call it quits and go back because android is so behind in times with super important things like this and the email client is crap. Ugh!!!
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I'm ready to call it quits and go back because android is so behind in times with super important things like this and the email client is crap. Ugh!!!
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There are much better email clients. Check out AquaMail.
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I've had issues with stereo muting after the KitKat update. Before KitKat, my phone used to mute whatever I had playing on my stereo (radio, ipod, etc) whenever my phone played audio through Moto Assist or Google Now. Since the update, I don't hear anything when connected via bluetooth UNLESS I'm switched to the BT media option in my car.
Example:
Before, I'd receive a text and the current car audio would mute, then my phone would read the text through the car audio.
Now, I receive a text and hear nothing, and my current car audio stays at the current level and I don't even hear audio through my phone. Almost like it's playing audio through BT, but no sound is coming out.
I've paired and repaired my phone, and even checked the mute audio settings in my car. Still no luck.
Sign me up on the audio problems with BT as well. 2012 Scion xB Pioneer head unit. Pairs just fine, audio plays just fine... but when a call comes in, or is placed.. the audio is all garbled.
At first I assumed the problem was just a bad signal strength (as I first noticed it when I was sitting at low bars), but discovered soon thereafter, the problem goes away, immediately, if you simply switch to speakerphone (non-BT) mode.
Just a rather annoying problem, and only happens in my Scion (other cars work fine)... starting to wonder if it's a Toyota issue (Toyota, Lexus, Scion).