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Toyota Camry Bluetooth Questions

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  • pbesslerpbessler Member Posts: 8
    I mean good luck!!
  • kiawahkiawah Member Posts: 3,666
    and happy eating as well !
  • hblatthblatt Member Posts: 4
    I have a Toyota Camry Hybrid with the full JBL Navigation system. This system is a useless waste of money. The handsfree bluetooth system has never right. It works of you are sitting in the showroom... But as soon as there is any background (Like driving.) noise nobody can hear you. I have had it back to the dealer 3 times and it cannot be fixed. It is a design flaw. Another annoying flaw is the fact you can't operate the Navigation system while the car is moving. You can't change a destination or locate a gas station. Perhaps Toyota's Lawyers would like to PAY for my navigation system since they seem to be they only ones who control how I can use it. Toyota's chicken lawyers even set the speedometer 3 mph faster than you are actually going. I guess they are afraid of people suing them for speeding tickets... Somehow they think making the speedometer read incorrect numbers will fix the problem... I HATE TOYOTA'S CHICKEN LAWYERS. :mad:
  • camrygalcamrygal Member Posts: 4
    I can't figure out how to get the bluetooth to work after the 1st step in the manual? The transaction took place late. Can anyone share some light on this matter please? I 'm headed to the dealership in a few days.
  • smithjssmithjs Member Posts: 7
    What do you need help with. The manual is not the best. It is easy, once you understand.
  • camrygalcamrygal Member Posts: 4
    According to the manual, I have to set up the bluetooth. However, when I press the button according to the directions, nothing happens. I appreciate your help.
  • smithjssmithjs Member Posts: 7
    On the steering wheel is there a talk switch?
  • camrygalcamrygal Member Posts: 4
    Difference is that there is a special button on the left side near the door to setup the phone - enter password - and all is working great!
  • littlerebellittlerebel Member Posts: 1
    I had the guys at the dealership set up my phone to the bluetooth before I drove off with the new Camry. Best thing I did, the bluetooth is easy after it is set up, the voice commands really walk you through the process of using the phone, setting up your phonebook is easy once you follow the voice commands. However, go back to the dealer as you said you were and get them to sync your phone for you. It is not easy for sure. Good Luck.
  • camrygalcamrygal Member Posts: 4
    There are 2 different Bluetooth setups for Camrys. I know for sure 'cause I have the LE and my husband has the SE. His phone has voice commands, etc and was very easy to setup. In the LE, my Bluetooth is nothing more than a speakerphone. I still have to dial numbers or use speed dial on my phone. This issue really bothers me but I dont think Toyota is going to change my bluetooth set up in the LE.
  • drod12drod12 Member Posts: 4
    I have a 2008 Toyota Camry with navigation system and a blackberry tour with Verizon wireless. I was able to use my bluetooth with no problem for awhile now, but it hasn't been working for almost two weeks now.

    When someone calls, it shows on the screen that it's connected, but I don't hear anyone on the other line. I had to transfer the call to my handset in order for me to hear the person. I tried unpairing/pairing my phone a couple times, and reset the bluetooth (in my car) to its default setting. And, when I pair my blackberry to the car, it would show that it successfully paired, but when I try to make a call through my car or vise versa, it doesn't connect. It seemed to have a mind of its own.

    I paired another blackberry (with Sprint) and an i-phone (with AT&T), and they all seemed to work. Toyota customer care tells me that it had something to do with Verizon software. So, I called Verizon technical support and they're telling me that it's the Toyota bluetooth software that needs to be fixed. I talked to my dealer, but they're not able to help either. I was hoping you could shed some light to this. Please help!! :(
  • kiawahkiawah Member Posts: 3,666
    Since you have two other mfg's which work, personally I'd be focusing on the Verizon blackberry side of this. Can you get the Verizon BB to pair with an ear bud?
  • drod12drod12 Member Posts: 4
    I have a 2008 Camry Hybrid with navigation system, and I am having the same problem. How were you able to have the dealership replace it?
  • pbesslerpbessler Member Posts: 8
    I just got the new Verizon HTC Imagio and both cars synced with Bluetooth with no problems and have worked fine ever since.. There is hope!!
  • drod12drod12 Member Posts: 4
    Sorry, it took me awhile to reply back. I had to buy a bluetooth ear bud. Yes, I was able to pair my blackberry with the ear bud. Any other thoughts?
  • elweathertxelweathertx Member Posts: 2
    I have a 2007 Camry Hybrid. I do not have a navigation system. My Bluetooth worked for 6 months. After six months, I can hear the caller but they cannot hear me. It is a random problem. I am using a LG Shine Black Phone with AT&T. The Toyota National Case Manager told me today that most phones are not 100% compatible with their Bluetooth. She gave me two phone models for the AT&T Service that are 100% compatible. Sounds to me the problem is Toyota's Bluetooth. And I thought GM Played the Blame Game! Anyone else have any suggestions? I have paired, repaired etc. 5 times and used a different phone model.
  • elweathertxelweathertx Member Posts: 2
    Don't do it. Their Bluetooth does not work well. I am going to use the Bluetooth through my Portable Magellan GPS. Cheaper and It might just work.
  • corengocorengo Member Posts: 2
    I got a bluetooth connection on my camry se 09 with a palm treo 750 and before that with a motorola razor and a blackberry curve and with all of them my phone conversations have like a 2 seconds lag before the other person hears what I said. Any Ideas? Thanks
  • Christine111Christine111 Member Posts: 4
    I had the same problem w my treo (09 camry hybrid) . I never found a solution for the awkward lag. I now have an iphone 3g & it is much better. My only complaint is that the person i am talking to will occasionally complain that I am not loud enough. I am investigating an aftermarket product that might boost the microphone (I have no idea if this product exists yet ;) Let me know if anyone has found a good add on to improve the sound quality and/or that allows for dialing while on bluetooth (dial by number by speaking the number is a joke) thanks
  • bb12bb12 Member Posts: 1
    I've been using my Verizon blackberry successfully for several months. Recently, I receive a No Name message on the radio display - although the blackberry is connected and the radio stops playing. This issue comes and goes. I inadvertently hit the hang up key on the steering wheel which left the device connected and activated the radio again. Hopefully this resolves the issue. Anyone else experienced this?
  • shakm079shakm079 Member Posts: 2
    hello
    i have camry 08
    i need to conect the bluetooth
    even active pairing in car, give me pair code in my phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    my phone is nokia E51
    how is pair code?????
    tankx u
  • Christine111Christine111 Member Posts: 4
    You can look up your car and guide on the link below for the pairing code as well as all sorts of other interesting details:

    http://toyota.letstalk.com/brands/toyota-bt/home.htm

    good luck
  • shakm079shakm079 Member Posts: 2
    thank very mach friend
    but, you say i need buy the pair code............!!!!!!!!!!???????
    i misknow!!!!!!!!
    plase help me
  • har44dinhar44din Member Posts: 1
    When I purchased the car the dealer paired my Samsung/T-Moble with the bluetooth. Recently I replaced my battery and the correction is now lost. I've followed the instructions in the Owner's Manual and tried for 3-Hours without success. Is there an easy way for this computer illiterate to make it simple or must I return to the dealer?
    Many thanx for any assistance.
    Jack
  • chi8chi8 Member Posts: 1
    Hi.
    Please how do I turn on the Bluetooth on a toyota camry 2007 model.
  • pbesslerpbessler Member Posts: 8
    Did you look in the manual first? What don't you understand?
  • stewaresteware Member Posts: 6
    Hello,
    I am considering getting a bluetooth for my new Camry. I more interested in wireless compatibility to my mp3/cellphone for music than for handsfree calling.
    Any suggestions?
    I am considering going back to the dealer for Toyota's bluetooth but I don't know if that's the right way to go.
    Any suggestions would be very appreciated.
    Thanks! :confuse:
  • grannyd1grannyd1 Member Posts: 2
    I bought a 2010 Toyota Camry July 2009. I have AT&T cellular service and a samsung phone. Four times the car system has sent my phone into "call transfer" at which the person calling in get three ring and nothing. I get no sound, no ringing and it mutes my phone. I had my phone checked and its fine. The first three times I reinstalled the phone and it worked again for a while. This last time over a week ago nothing seems to work. Reading past messsges on "call transfer" problems it appears its a problem with the car and or the navigation system as far back as 2007. Not cool. Has anyone got around this issue?
  • amorrow0amorrow0 Member Posts: 5
    I am very frustrated with the Bluetooth quality and pairing, and wanted to see if anyone knows of a solution (my communication system has already been replaced once). I have an iPhone 3G. When the Camry pairs with the iPhone, the quality I get coming in in exemplary; however, no one can hear me! They say I sound echo-y, or I cut in and out. My friends and family have begged me to stop using it.

    That was an easy decision, since the Camry will not stay paired with the iPhone! Sometimes it loses its connection after I turn the car off the first time, sometimes it takes a couple of times . . . but it has never stayed paired. I used to have a Razor phone, and did not have the pairing issue previously (although I had the same quality issues).

    Does anyone know of any solutions to the outgoing sound quality issues on the Camry phone system, and/or know how to keep an iPhone paired?

    Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks.
  • stewaresteware Member Posts: 6
    Interesting....I have been considering the boothtooth for my Camry so that I can use my ipod to hear music. Sounds like the Bluetooth is not worth the hassle. I don't really care to use it for handsfree calling, so I'm going to go with the thing that plugs into the ipod & you hear the music through a radio station.

    Good luck with your problem....
    From what I have been reading on this website, sounds like their system is not all they claim it is.
    :lemon:
  • grannyd1grannyd1 Member Posts: 2
    Went to the dealer this week. He said its not unusual for the car to drop calls every other week. With a new phone every third week. Unbelievable. His solution reinstall the phone when this happens. I bought a 2010 model the highest end Camry and it can't keep my phone paired for a week. Now its down to days. It wasn't the option that sold me on the car but its the option that is making me hate my new car. Its a real pain completely disconnecting and reinstalling every other day and still that doesn't always work. I gave up. Any one buying a Camry with the blue tooth in the car you might as well consider it NOT a selling point. Highly disappointing. ">
  • cesnocesno Member Posts: 2
    The echo may be caused by you turning up the iphone's blue-tooth volume too high. *When you are connected via bluetooth* try turning it down a bit. If it isn't coming out of the speakers loudly enough, try turning it up via the Camry's display. This helped me avoid the echo.

    However, I still think the quality is poor -- just tolerable with the echo problem solved.
  • amorrow0amorrow0 Member Posts: 5
    @ cesno,

    Thank you for the suggestion. I will try that and see if it helps the echo (when it stays paired). ;-)
  • average_joe1average_joe1 Member Posts: 1
    I have 2010 Camry w/Bluetooth (non-JBL). When I try to connect phone the sytem tells me that to pair my phone it must disconnect my paired audio player and that I may need to re-connect it...which i do...however when I go to re-connect the audio player the sytem tells me it must disconnect my paired phone and I may need to re-connect it which I do...so I have been unable to pair both...only one or the other.
    Any suggestions?
  • cm15cm15 Member Posts: 1
    Can someone explain briefly in layman's terms WHY the car's bluetooth is only compatible with a limited number of phones?
  • awpawp Member Posts: 5
    Toyota has known about this for a long time. I have a 2007 XLE that i finally gave up using the blue tooth on. Extreme echos, incompatibility with a variety of phones and no support from the Toyota dealerships. They basically told me that was rather normal to have those kind of problems and I shouldn't expect great sound. They offered no solutions. If anyone is considering a Toyota, you should definitely skip the bluetooth and install it after market.

    The potential gas pedal problem was also my floor mats.

    Do you see a pattern?
  • chefpluschefplus Member Posts: 1
    I am having this same issue with my BB 8330. I spent about an hour with a product specialist a few weeks ago trying to pair both and was told they usually have no problems and to contact Verizon who is my wireless carrier. I called them and they said they could not help as they did not know much about the cars system, but to update to the newest version of the software and see if that helped. It has not. I tried to use Pandora through the Aux plug, but it will not allow the phone to use bluetooth and play through the aux plug in the car and the USB just gives me an error.

    Please help. :mad:
  • davidwwdavidww Member Posts: 2
    edited July 2010
    I have a 2010 Camry. the Bluetooth connection is putting my phone in a perpetual call waiting mode, thus I can't get access to contacts and speed dial buttons. This has happened recently. My phone is a Blackberry 9630 Tour.

    I have uninstalled and installed but the problem continues. Does anyone know how to resolve this?. Toyota offers no help similiar to their lack of resolution with the bad outgoing sound.

    Thanks
  • davidwwdavidww Member Posts: 2
  • mayloxmaylox Member Posts: 1
    I have a Blackberry 9700 Bold and a 2011 Camry. I can sync either the phone or the audio but not both. Can I sync both? Also when I try and copy my phonebook to the Camry all it does is copy the first entry and no others. Any Ideas on how to get my phonebook to give up all my contacts to the Camry.
  • rswayrsway Member Posts: 6
    Car_addict. Did you ever find a solution? The only thing I found that works besides shutting the car off and restarting is just very gently tapping the microphone. It seems to get it working again. However, I hope this isn't something that I'll need to do all the time.
  • bonniejbonniej Member Posts: 5
    So wish I had found this before I purchased the 2011 XLE Camry.. the bluetooth doesn't work and the service had nerve to tell me it was my voice.. My family and friends do not want me to call them when I'm driving in the camry.. they can't hear me.. sounds as if I'm 2 rooms away from the phone.. Toyota headquarters does know about this and has no solution. I have done everything I can think possible to make them fix it or be held responsible for selling cars that have bad bluetooths.. May report it to the state. It amazes me that this has gone on for so darn long and no one has sued their butts yet. I"m so aggravated with the entire situation..

    Has anyone got a resolution to it?
  • kiawahkiawah Member Posts: 3,666
    Can you try set it up and use with a different phone type, as a troubleshooting diagnostic approach?
  • bonniejbonniej Member Posts: 5
    Its not the phone.. its the bluetooth.. Toyota is aware that their bluetooth isn't working correctly and they are working on a resolution (cough cough). I am going to buy a portable/visor bluetooth to compensate..
  • kiawahkiawah Member Posts: 3,666
    Oh, okay. Your original post made it sound like they suspected it was your phone. What you are saying now is that Toyota has acknowledged it's a vehicle problem, and need to design a fix for it.
  • bonniejbonniej Member Posts: 5
    Yup.. they are aware of it.. but haven't yet designed a fix for it, but are working on it.. Or so that is what I have been told. and no it wasn't my phone at all, it is the bluetooth that is installed in the toyota vehicles.. I was told that I sound like I'm 2 rooms away from the phone.. then there is the static at times, my voice goes in and out.. and just makes it impossible to talk
  • toyotaman15toyotaman15 Member Posts: 1
    Bought the 2011 Camry XLE brand new 3 weeks ago, with Nav & everything. My LG Dare and Blackberry both sync and I can make calls (both Verizon)... HOWEVER! The contacts, dialing buttons (the numbers), and the speed dial features on the phone menu screen get greyed out - completely intermittently! Sometimes it works for a few minutes, then they just grey out for no reason. Extremely Frustrating! I'm trying to work with the dealership.. but no fix for it as yet. Wish Toyota Corporate would just own up to this problem and fix it. Ohh wait.. how long did it take them to fix the accelerator problem?!?! JUST FIX IT!
  • bonniejbonniej Member Posts: 5
    Here is the thing that really makes me angry.. why wouldn't they let consumers know that these problems exist. From reading here, I see that this has been going on since 2007?

    I talked to the owner of Jones Toyota and was told that he didn't even know there was a problem. He agreed to buy me a portable bluetooth, which I haven't shopped for yet. Even with that it still is not the same, I bought the car with the full package.. I really dont want to put a portable bluetooth in the car.. and here is the thing.. a portable bluetooth $100.. what it cost to get the upgraded version in my vehicle $2k or so..

    Just fix it.. and stop selling people vehicles w/out a disclosure..

    We should all report it to our local news paper.. I would bet toyota would then get right on it!! They dont need anymore bad publicity.
  • deadpooldeadpool Member Posts: 6
    Although there is a Bluetooth standard...all bluetooth devices just don't work as they should. You blame Toyota, Toyota tells you to blame your phone maufacturer and we as the consumer go back and forth blaming both. I'm sure they know the problem but don't care enough to give us a fix. I mean how hard can it be to update the bluetooth?

    What I would really like to know is do Lexus customers have the same bluetooth problems Toyota owners have? Just a guess but I don't think they do.

    My experience with my 08 Camry LE (no Nav) is:

    perfect operation with a old Blackberry (can't remember the model number) on T-Mobile, although I couldn't transfer my contacts. The conversations though were perfect. No lag, no echo, just perfect conversation.

    Horrible everything with a Blackberry Storm ver. 1 on Verizon. Echoes...yep, Lag...yep, could I transfer contacts...nope. It would always connect though but the experience was so bad I just gave up on it and used the speaker phone.

    Droid X on Verizon (what a phone!) - ah perfection has finally arrived. I can have a perfectly clear, lag free conversation with all of my contacts available to me :)
  • ted111ted111 Member Posts: 1
    I just want to chime in that there is at least one success story for the 2011 Camry XLE blutooth with a cell phone. I have a Tracfone Motorola W376g that now works fine with bluetooth in my new Camry. I had to find the secret on the web about how to get it to connect. With Tracfone, you can not select any pin you want. The pin is burned into the phone and can not be changed and it is 0 (zero). The off hook and on hook buttons on the steering wheel control it along with the voice button on the wheel. I don't have any audio devices that use bluetooth to try out. Also, I did not know how or if I could transfer the phone directory or anything like that. It seemed easier to build a new one in the Camry using the voice commands.
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