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How very annoying, for a $34K car. What a neat concept, but a terrible finish for many interior features. I rank this one up there with no AUTO up window, and all the squeaks from plastic on plastic. I will trade for the finish of our '99 camry any day! :mad:
Thanks!
Ernie Adsett
Now, if I had an Apple laptop rather than a desktop, I could just pair the MacBook Pro with the car and have the laptop transfer them!
Thanks
Ulfya
That was my cousin's sentiments completely. Better car all around.
Though I have the 700, I had the 650 and can't imagine it would give you that much trouble.
My experience with the voice quality and connectivity in the Camry has been nothing but EXCELLENT.
This information applies to Windows Mobile 2003 and later. It might work with other earlier versions and any Bluetooth phone as well.
There are 3 ways for adding entries to your car address book. I would like to share with you on how to transfer a contact from your address book to the Phone book.
Pair your PDA with the car.
Please note, in order to be able to transfer a contact from your PDA address book to the car, create a new contact and use these fields only:
1. First name field: Use e.g. "Mark Home" in the first name field.
2. 10 digit contact number (North American style)
3. Input the number in the home field in the contact card.
NOTE: THE CAR'S ADDRESS BOOK DOES NOT ACCEPT PARANTHESES. ONLY 10 NUMBERS MUST BE USED IN THE HOME FIELD OF THAT CONTACT.
Now, if numbers are entered in a new contact, the PDA will automatically group the first 3 digits as the area code and put them between two parentheses and put a dash between the 3rd and 4th number. E.g. (123)456-6789
Now in order to overcome this issue; Change your regional setting for your PDA from English US to English UK and start to create your 20 contacts that you want to transfer to the car's address book. After that is done, start adding entries to your car's address book "by phone".
Right click any contact on your PDA (right click = keep pressing the stylus to a contact for more than 3 seconds) and then choose beam contact, and then choose your car to send to.
I transferred my 20 contacts successfully to my NON/NAV JBL Camry Hybrid and my i-mate JAM windows mobile 2003 2nd Edition, and now whenever I dial, the name of the contact appears on the LCD panel instead of " No Name".
As for all other people who are facing difficulty sending contact one by one, Irrespective of your phone's model and make, just insure to store the name and input the 10 digit contact number WITHOUT ANY PARANTHESES in the home field of your contact and give it a try and send it by your Bluetooth.
Thanks for your time! And best of luck.
Also, I will add that the major issue I have had with syncing my Treo 700p with my TCH is that the 700p periodically shuts its bluetooth off when not in use (as a power-saving feature?). So occasionally I (and/or my wife) will get in my car and my phone will not pair.
As for sound quality, when the bluetooth was working, I could hear most people reasonably well and have heard few complaints from others about hearing me. Whatever problems I had -- and again, my problems were related to known Treo 700p issues -- sound quality was not one of them.
I think that I followed the instructions in the manual... and it has always worked... but I will check.
When I try to transfer the phone books to the car the bluetooth connection disconnect until I get out of the transfer mode. This happens on both phones I tried.
Has anybody done this successful and if so, can you maybe give me step by step instructions ?
The other issue is more of a question. It seems that some people I talk to complain about my sounding too quiet but when I up the volume they are too loud and I am still too quiet.
Feedback is appreciated.
thanks
C.
IPHONE?? Just need a good mount
My Bluetooth dial by number is a mess. The mic is so sensitive that while driving @45mph with the a/c on it is useless. Give it a 7 digit number and it will repeat a 11 digit number, containing perhaps 3 of those numbers give it. Used the hidden menu to adjust the mic gain and voice, it as best it could be but it fails 85% of the time. This also applies to voice commands for the nav. Oddly the dealer had no way to get to the adjustment menu useing the programs provided by toyota.
Anybody have any thoughts on this other than don't use it?
TIA
Who to call, who to complain to, what to do?
Same with NAV system....nightmare system.
My Garmin 330 works better (giving directions).....
Why would you use my grandmaw's rotory phone ringer for a modern if not futuristic automobile with allot of technology and brushed aluminum in the space age cockpit. Ring Ring Ring hello sonny is that you its grandmaw. God I loved grandmaw but that ringer made me grind my teeth when it went off and so does this one. Someone please tell me I missed options in the setup for diffrent ring tones. A black bakolite phone this Camry is not. Tech guys you can fix this with a software firmware update right. I can plug my laptop in and do all kinds of cool tricks right.
Everything went without a hitch, however when I make a call the recipient cannot hear me.
I know the mic is set up fine, as I hear my voice command recordings and obviously, the setup involves it's use as well....
If I call from the phone, it works fine, so that isn't the prob.
Has anyone experienced this ?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Dave Kowalski :confuse:
As on my home phone, I like to include all the scoop for automated calls into my message center (phone #, pause, "*" password "#" pause ... "1" ).
How do I enter this information. How do I do the pauses and special characters for the car phone? On a similar subject, I've not yet mastered (AKA figured out) how to reply to menu selection for any calls to businesses where you have more choices than you thought you'd even need.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I finaaly decided to try making a call after the wizard completed but before the car would start the process over again and somehow it worked. I haven't had any problems since.
I also tried yesterday and nothing....
I just got a 2009 TCH and set up my Virgin Slice with the Bluetooth. The symptoms you describe are exactly what I experienced. The sound is great both ways on incoming calls but when I initiate a call using phone by number by voice command I cannot be heard by the recipient.
I not your message was posted in January. Have you resolved the problem? If so, I's love to know how.
Thanks.
Al Wasserman
I'm having the same issue in my 2008 NAH with a Virgin Super Slice. I've done some digging and it appears it's a fatal flaw due to Virgin crippling the bluetooth capabilities on their phones. It appears to be a problem mainly with cars that have factory bluetooth setups. I have had success with my Super Slice and a Magellan 4040 Nav unit so it will work with bluetooth hands free devices, just not (some?) factory units.
It's a bit of a bummer because I just bought these two new phones about 6 months ago. We're going to give T-Mobile a shot since they use 'real' phones, most of which are listed on (for me) Nissan's website as being compatible. We're going to start with a Motorola V195 and see how it works. Nice thing is with T-Mobile is if you buy $100 in air time it's good for 1000 minutes and lasts for a year, so 10c per minute.
Anyway, good luck finding something that works in your new car.
Ed
I've tried the pairing process dozens of times, with 2 mild successes (pair did not hold). I took it to the Dealer with no luck (my salesman was able to pair his Blackberry though). I called Verizon tech support, they wouldn't help (not one of their products). toyota.letstalk.com also was no help, all they wanted to do is go through the step by step process written in the manual. :mad:
The funny thing is that the both Letstalk and the Verizon sites say that this phone is supposed to be compatible. :confuse:
Lastly, considering that I can upgrade my contract in November. Is there an accurate listing some where that has truly compatible phones?
Most phones will not transfer the entire phone book however many will transfer one phone book entry at a time. You can also watch a video on your toyota at
http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/demos/bluetooth.html
I hope that this is useful.
Good Luck.
I got a new LG Vue after we bought the TCH and had a little problem getting it connected initially--had to delete my other phone--
system for doing that is not intuitive--frustrating at time--
with both phones (mine and DH's) in the TCH memory--it goes for the one that was highlighted the last time--that is the default
if your husband's was used and you are riding solo--it won't automatically pick up your phone--it is waiting for his...
The dealer had no ideas, and so have I. unless there's a major breakthrough in the near future (or I get a new phone) I'm probably going to ignore the hands-free.
Mark K
The Bluetooth in the Sienna is (I think) like that on my 2007 RAV4: not entirely hands free. You have to hit the “off hook” switch to answer a call and have to hit a button to say a name and hit another to make a call.
The problem is that he cannot hit those switches. He needs it to be completely hands free.
Would anyone know if this can be accomplished?
Ear pieces are bad, too, since they usually have to be activated with a finger touch, so far as I know..
Thank you in advance for any light you might shed on this.
Toyota is just blowing everyone off.
It don't work, none of it, my Garmin work flawlessly.
How do we get our money back, or a car with things that work?
We don't, unless a class action lawsuit is started, or, enough people band together to be heard, publicly.
Remember, Toyota is now #1.....what happened when GM was #1, does anyone remember all the nightmare support for everything?
It's no different for anything else from microwaves, TV's, furniture, PC's, everything.
RSN (real soon now) is when it may be addressed, if not just abandoned before a newer/better one is replaced.
Oh well, we all could be living in some other part of the world and have no voice, right?