twynne Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I've swapped out my old phone cradle today for a bluetooth adapter (thanks Mr. F!) and, in general, it works MUCH better. The only problem seems to be when I walk away from the car (switch off) and later return. When the car starts it makes a connection to the phone as it should, the stereo shows 'PHONE' and I get the connection tone. Seconds later it disconnects, and the only way I can get it to reconnect is to remove the bluetooth adapter from the cradle and re-insert. It then connects up fine and stays connected until I switch off again. I should mention that even with the old cradle I often had issues with it. Most times I went to use it I'd have to remove the phone from the cradle, switch the phone off and on again, then replace in the cradle, after which it worked. I've tried searching the forum for similar issues, but can't find this particular problem. Has anyone seen this or similar? Would you believe the in-car portion of the system to be at fault? Should I approach Nissan (they've already replaced it once!) Incidentally it's a Nokia N80, and the car is an '04 reg. Cheers all, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 not seen this problem. Try putting the phone in the cubby hole next to the BT adapter and see if you still loose connection. Also if you should loose connection, see what the phone says. Is it turning off the blue tooth and what does the led on the BT adapter do when you loose connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twynne Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Thanks for the reply. It's definitely not losing the bluetooth connection as the phone is already right next to the centre console. Also if I unplug the bluetooth adapter and reinsert it connects immediately and maintains the connection. I'm inclined to think the unit in the car is having problems. As it's an 04 model I wonder if maybe they've made changes to the in-car bit that affects its compatibility with the bluetooth module (for that matter it didn't work reliably with an actual phone/cradle either!) It's going in for 27k service in the coming weeks so I may just book it in sooner and ask them to check it out. I'm just a bit worried that they'll moan about the bluetooth bit as it wasn't purchased from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I dont think its the same problem as you, but mine was disconnecting after a few minutes and seems to have been fixed by setting the phone to only allow one bluetooth connection at a time. I think maybe it was getting confused by other bluetooth devices? Maybe worth a try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twynne Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Thanks - but there are definitely no other bluetooth devices in the vicinity (definitely nothing else paired with my phone) when this occurs. On the bright side - at least it *consistently* fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 the BT adapter will come with a 1 year warranty so they should sort it. Sounds like you got a problem somewhere. Mine is a MY04 and I have no problems and using a Nokia phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twynne Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Strange... I just went out to test and it connected first time and stayed connected. I switched off the ignition about 10 times, each time waiting for the bluetooth connection to disappear from the phone, and each time it reconnected perfectly. Guess I'll watch it over the next few days and see how it goes. It's booked in Friday for service anyway so worst case I'll ask them to check it out. Thanks all for your suggestions, etc. Cheers, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twynne Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Doh - spoke too soon I guess... got into the car this evening and it did the same again... connected for a second, then disconnected, and refused connection again until I removed the bluetooth adapter and re-inserted. Will speak to dealer on Friday... grrrr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twynne Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Almost forgot.. I noticed the last time the connection failed that the LED on the adapter was flashing red/yellow intermittently. Does anyone know what this means? I can't seem to find it in the manual that accompanied the adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 it means the the BT adapter is trying to pair. It's looking for other blue tooth devices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twynne Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Which confuses me - if it has obviously 'found' the phone once, why would it be looking for other devices? According to the manual it should only try to connect to the last phone it was connected to (and it's only paired to one phone). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 think its loosing its connection for whatever reason and autmatically tries to re-pair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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