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Old 04-24-2007, 01:07 PM
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Dialing using HFL

I'm looking at getting a TSX withing the next month or 2 and I had a question regarding Bluetooth.

Is the only way to dial numbers by using the voice command?

Or is there a "telephone keypad" screen on the nav where I can input the numbers by touching the nav screen?

Sorry, I was just wondering about this and didn't want to go to the dealership just to find this out.

Thanks in advance...
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here ya go:

1). Press the HFL button on the wheel
2). Say "dial"
3). Voice asks "what name or number would you like to dial"
4). Press HFL button and say the number "Five Zero Three" or a name that's in the HFL library like "chris"
5). Voice ask "would like to dial...."
6). Press HFL and say "yes"
7). Voice, "dialing"

That's it
Old 04-24-2007, 02:50 PM
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unfortune......no keypad.....but feel lucky that 04's and 05's do not have it.....
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Originally Posted by InspireSiR
I'm looking at getting a TSX withing the next month or 2 and I had a question regarding Bluetooth.

Is the only way to dial numbers by using the voice command?

Or is there a "telephone keypad" screen on the nav where I can input the numbers by touching the nav screen?

Sorry, I was just wondering about this and didn't want to go to the dealership just to find this out.

Thanks in advance...
You're choices are dial by name or say the entire number you'd like to dial ("Bob" or "(555)555-5555)". To put a dial pad in the car would be unsafe unless it was disabled while the car was in motion.

That's my guess on why it's not in the car.
Old 04-24-2007, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dj Dozhe
To put a dial pad in the car would be unsafe unless it was disabled while the car was in motion. That's my guess on why it's not in the car.
I agree it might be unsafe, but you can type an entire address into the NAV while in motion. Many more characters and a bigger keypad than a phone pad would be.

According to the Acura Bluetooth page, for my phone (Treo 650) HFL will not receive contacts. I don't use the HFL that much, but sometimes it dials using the info from my contact list and sometimes it won't. (Meaning I go to my contact list and push enter to get the phone to dial that number.) I assume it's something I'm doing differently part of the time but I haven't yet nailed it down.
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No there isn't, but if the person you're trying to call is in your navi's address book, you might be able to call that way (like calling a POI...point of interest). You'd have to bring up their entry.
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I didn't know you could dial by name. How do you do that?
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Is it possible to start a call on a phone and transfer it to the HFL? Too often I am on a call while on the way to the car and would like to simply set the phone down once I get to the car and use the HFL.
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While you are on a call press the HFL and say "Transfer". I think the voice responds by saying, "Transfer" and your call is transfered to hands free.
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I know that works to transfer the call from the HFL to the phone but I havnt tried it the other way around
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Originally Posted by 06TSXeer
I didn't know you could dial by name. How do you do that?
Hit the HFL Button and Say Phone Book.

It will walk you through the steps.
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Originally Posted by lastchance88
I know that works to transfer the call from the HFL to the phone but I havnt tried it the other way around
It does work the other way around. While your phone is being used, just push the phone button on the steering wheel, say "transfer" and wait a couple of seconds and it will transfer from the phone to the HFL.
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