Bluetooth Issue

[John Coctostan]

I have binded my car to my phone and it works fine. However when my wife uses the vehicle (phone not binded), she has to make a new Bluetooth connection each time she drives it.....the car doesn't seem to retain her connection from previous uses.

Have looked through the forum and can't find any similar issues.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Waterstoney]

My worries were opposite. If my wife and I are both sitting in car, I do not wish both phone are paired at same time. It is good to know that the car has the behavior that I expected to see.

 

[fred12345]

I have binded my car to my phone and it works fine. However when my wife uses the vehicle (phone not binded), she has to make a new Bluetooth connection each time she drives it.....the car doesn't seem to retain her connection from previous uses.

It's more likely to be the problem with your wife's phone rather than the car. Do you have the same model phone? When you say binded - you mean Bluetooth or iSmart app ? iSmart binding is separate from Bluetooth, no connection between the two.

Once you pair the phone with the car, it should connect automatically but some phones will not if they were connected to some other source more often. For example, my phone will not connect to my earbuds automatically if I used 2 other headphones in the meantime, I have to click on them on the list...

 

[Gadget Geek]

Isn't it bound, rather than binded? Sorry in advance for being pedantic.

 

[John Coctostan]

Isn't it bound, rather than binded? Sorry in advance for being pedantic.

How's your Japanese?

 

[Andrew Sinclair]

How's your Japanese?

私の日本語は上手だと思います。ありがとう
?

 

[DBedford]

You're right John, seems very good, thank goodness for Google Translate ?

 

[John Coctostan]

Interesting that this group

私の日本語は上手だと思います。ありがとう
?

You have 2 accounts 'Gadget Geek'?

 

[Gadget Geek]

Interesting that this group

You have 2 accounts 'Gadget Geek'?

No.

 

[DB Go Rex]

I find it annoying you can't have two phones paired at the same time, and switch between them seamlessly. Hyundai seem to get this right.

 

[John Coctostan]

I find it annoying you can't have two phones paired at the same time, and switch between them seamlessly. Hyundai seem to get this right.

Thanks for getting us back on topic Rex.

Interesting that some here find it amusing when a person has English as a second language.

 

[DB Go Rex]

Thanks for getting us back on topic Rex.

Interesting that some here find it amusing when a person has English as a second language.

I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

 

[Ruislip Resident]

I have binded my car to my phone and it works fine. However when my wife uses the vehicle (phone not binded), she has to make a new Bluetooth connection each time she drives it.....the car doesn't seem to retain her connection from previous uses.

Have looked through the forum and can't find any similar issues.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

One phone, usually the last connected, automatically Bluetooth connects. Others which were connected but were not the last connected, won't automatically do this.

 

[fred12345]

One phone, usually the last connected, automatically Bluetooth connects. Others which were connected but were not the last connected, won't automatically do this.

if that's how it works, that's exactly how it should be, I have only one paired to my ZS so can't test it.

 

[Andrew Sinclair]

Thanks for getting us back on topic Rex.

Interesting that some here find it amusing when a person has English as a second language.

I certainly don’t and didn’t, just for the record!

 

[John Coctostan]

I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

Must be my poor English.

 

[fred12345]

Back to the real problem - see my post:

It's more likely to be the problem with your wife's phone rather than the car. Do you have the same model phone? When you say binded - you mean Bluetooth or iSmart app ? iSmart binding is separate from Bluetooth, no connection between the two.

Once you pair the phone with the car, it should connect automatically but some phones will not if they were connected to some other source more often. For example, my phone will not connect to my earbuds automatically if I used 2 other headphones in the meantime, I have to click on them on the list...

Have you paired your wife's phone to the car in Bluetooth menu? Is it working now

 

[John Coctostan]

Back to the real problem - see my post:



Have you paired your wife's phone to the car in Bluetooth menu? Is it working now

Appreciate your help Fred.

My phone has been bound via ismart....which I realise is seperate to Bluetooth, just mentioned it in case binding a particular phone excluded other phones connecting via Bluetooth.....as you've explained, not the case.

To recap, my phone (pixel 7 pro) is bound to the vehicle.... when using car I connect via USB/android auto.

Wifes phone (pixel 6), she doesn't use android auto, requires a new Bluetooth 'setup' each time she uses the car.....car doesn't seem to remember her previous connection.

 

[fred12345]

Wifes phone (pixel 6), she doesn't use android auto, requires a new Bluetooth 'setup' each time she uses the car.....car doesn't seem to remember her previous connection.

It could be the phone and not the car...

On her phone, she needs to click "pair new device" every time or just to go to Bluetooth settings and click on SAIC to connect?

 

[John Coctostan]

It could be the phone and not the car...

On her phone, she needs to click "pair new device" every time or just to go to Bluetooth settings and click on SAIC to connect?

You were right Fred, was the phone. Unpaired the phone, factory reset (which was what I was trying to avoid) and it's now connecting perfectly.

Thanks for your advice.