I have a CPO '09 TL w/tech package and absolutely love it.

I'm curious why is it that sometimes the two will pair almost right when I turn on the car, and sometimes it will take up to 5 minutes to pair.

Is their something that I'm missing?

 

Anyone?

 

cuz your phone sucks.. my android pairs instantly when i turn on the car.

 

My iphone4 usually pairs instantly but one out of every 50 times it'll take a while to pair and I'll turn the car on & off. After which it will pair instantly.

 

EZ, even with my Type S, it sometimes takes a LONG time. Every once in a while, it doesn't pair at all.

Not sure why either....sorry man.

 

Same behavior on both my 07 and my 09 with my iphone4, wife's iphone3, and my work blackberry. Of the three, the blackberry is usually the most difficult to get going.

With the iphones, I have the best luck going quickly to settings, general, turning bluetooth off and back on, and then clicking the handsfreelink to sync.

The droid guys don't realize the phones aren't syncing, because they're so used to the battery being dead, they don't pay attention.

 

potmilkz, why are you always such a jerk????? can you please answer that? this is probably the 3rd or 4th thread that you've been a complete ass to the fullest extent, any explanation?

 

iphones are notorious with bad bluetooth pairing, just look it up and see how many people are having issues with it..

only phone that i see working with our cars with no issues are BB and Andriod phones..

also, im just being realistic. iphones suck lol.

 

Apple is notorious for setting a standard and sticking with it, and expecting everyone else to adhere to it. They say "this is how we do bluetooth" and manufacturers either make it work, or ignore them. Being the largest technical company in the world, by a very large margin, they are now the 1400lb Gorilla in the room, and support will only continue to improve.

Microsoft/Nokia are holding a car connectivity consortium of sorts. It just started this year, purpose being to develop an international standard for vehicle connectivity among manufacturers. Most automotive manufacturers are represented, as are most of the handset makers. Apple isn't at the table here, as again, they decide what they can manufacture to their quality standards, and expect everyone else to adhere to them.

As far as the iphone sucking; when someone builds an Android based phone where the handset hardware is not total garbage, I might be interested. I like the idea of the open OS, even though I know that means much more BS to put up with as far as software quality and stability.

The Motorola, and HTC sets specifically have averaged a 40% major hardware failure rate in less than a year from 2010-2011. The Samsungs are a bit better built it would seem, but still have almost a 20% hardware failure rate inside the first year. Blackberry takes the cake at 55% hardware failures inside 12 months. That said, guess what? The iphone4 hardware failure rate after 12 months - 2.5%. (Gartner Statistics)

Software/Security is my business; and I see all of these handsets. The iphone, hands down, is the most dependable, and easiest to code/compile for. Android and their 25 versions of the same software, need to get on track, or they're going to lose marketshare quickly to the new Nokia/Microsoft venture.

 

your right on the dot about these faqs but honestly.. do you think consumers really think about these things.. all they care about is what is the next new phone or what your phone can do.. how much it can do, and how much will that cost me..

ive personally owned a ip4, and i have to say i hate texting on it.. i mean its easy to use but also very expensive to buy or to replace broken parts. but as far as the whole bluetooth issue with apple, yea it was one of those issues where it never got resolve with even all the updates its been giving out.

 

potmillz, what phone do you own now?

 

I'm quite the anti-fan boy tech type; I have a macbook pro and a Dell Lattitude. I use a Dell widescreen monitor with my Macbook as Apple's $800 monitor is a bit crazy. Apple's access point, also absurdly expensive.

Now, with my 2TB NAS at home (also not apple) linked to iTunes, I have extracted digital all my DVDs and Blu-Ray's to my NAS, that can be watched on either my iphone or my wifes, in the home or abroad, can be watched on the ipad, or on either of our bigscreens with apple-tvs hooked to them. No media to load, just click and go. The phones, or the ipad are remotes for the TVs and stereo, as well as the appleTV.

My 4 month old's baby monitor is a $100 PTZ webcam, that is completely controlled by the iphone, or ipad, with notifications built into the app for motion, light, or noise.

The thermostat in my home, iphone app powered. I can adjust the temperature from wherever, whenever, and if it can't keep it in check, it alerts me.

The iphone can remote control the mac, the Dell, any of the servers, including the NAS, and everything just WORKS.

Now as far as the car goes; aside from the bluetooth audio and the phone dialing, there's not much it can do, or any phone for that matter. Honda/Acura could get a major edge in addressing this.

If Honda would wise up, and just turn the navi display into a big touchscreen interface for the smartphones, they don't need to invest in all the R&D. Give me an iphone dock and a radio tuner; I don't need your custom navigation and $150 update discs.

 

i have a 9700 blackberry (which i love by the way) and a t-mobile g2..

seems that many people today on the forums are having issues with iphone/ipod connectivity...

 

blackberry's are for the poor imo. iPhone is where its at.

 

A bit OT, but what thermostat is that? Price etc? Sounds very interesting!!

And yeah, iPhone 4 rockss!!

 

Yeah I want to control that with my iPhone.... iPhones are very similiar to TL's, they just know! U dont have to even do anything, they know what you want. I think you guys would agree!

 

I've heard on other forums (Prius) that there's an issue specifically with the iOS 4 for Verizon iPhones. I have a Verizon iPhone running 4.2.1 and occasionally wait as long as a minute before linking. Supposedly this issue may be fixed in iOS 5, which I haven't tried yet. For what it's worth.

 

Thanks man! I'll try this week....

 

Filtrete 7-Day Touchscreen WiFi-Enabled Programmable Thermostat with Backlight - $99.88 at Home Depot

 

I am running an iPhone 3gs with OS5 (recent updated). I have had a few recent problems with Acura Bluetooth not discovering the phone since the upgrade. Turning Airplane Mode on/off or BT on/off seems to solve it. May be a bug in OS5. Will monitor and report.

 

P.S.You can check your iPhone's discoverability by using the BT menu on the Mac OS menu bar. Check to see if the phone is detected by the Mac vs. Acura.

 

Had to re-pair the iPhone after OS5 update. No problems since.