Bluetooth Audio/iphone Pairing Not Working In New Hs250

[Rsingh]

Hi All:

I took delivery of a new Lexus HS250 over the weekend. The vehicle has a separate bluetooth pairing processes for cell functions and music processes. The phone pairing worked great - the device was quickly discovered and I was immediately able to make calls - but audio process didn't work. The car would not discover the iPhone 3Gs when I attempted to pair it with the stereo system and I eventually had to cancel the process. Both the car and the phoen support A2DP (or something like that), so I assume it should work.

My dealer was of little assistance, and also discouraged use of the bluetooth audio integration (due to battery life concerns - which seems a bit strange). Any other Lexus owners get this feature to work?

As an added annoyance, the USB connector supports iPods, but not iPhones. Thus, I need the Bluetooth connection to work to get all my song library. I'd also be interested to know if there are any workarounds for the iPhone USB connection.

Thanks,

Raja

[Buk]

Hi All:

I took delivery of a new Lexus HS250 over the weekend. The vehicle has a separate bluetooth pairing processes for cell functions and music processes. The phone pairing worked great - the device was quickly discovered and I was immediately able to make calls - but audio process didn't work. The car would not discover the iPhone 3Gs when I attempted to pair it with the stereo system and I eventually had to cancel the process. Both the car and the phoen support A2DP (or something like that), so I assume it should work.

My dealer was of little assistance, and also discouraged use of the bluetooth audio integration (due to battery life concerns - which seems a bit strange). Any other Lexus owners get this feature to work?

As an added annoyance, the USB connector supports iPods, but not iPhones. Thus, I need the Bluetooth connection to work to get all my song library. I'd also be interested to know if there are any workarounds for the iPhone USB connection.

Thanks,

Raja

I was so hoping that my iPhone would work with the Lexus. I have an old generation one iPhone I was going to plug into the USB port and leave it always plugged in as a audio source and charging from USB. Remove it only to update playlists.

Then I was hoping my 3GS and my wife's 3GS could be used as bluetooth phones.

Your information sounds discouraging. Particularly the dealer's comment about battery life concerns. Surely he wasn't referring to the car's battery. The iPhone's battery could be charged in the USB port, yes/no?? I haven't used the iPhone with bluetooth yet, so maybe it doesn't function with bluetooth when plugged into USB.

I hope to get a Lexus this coming weekend. I'll experiment and see what I find out. I'm sure neither Lexus nor Apple will be much help.

Buk

[Buk]

Raja,

I'm sorry to say, our iPhones paired beautifully with one exception.

At the dealership, we handed the salesperson my wife's 3GS and he paired it, the contacts transferred nearly instantly and when he switched to Bluetooth audio, music started playing.

Still at the dealership but no salesperson to help, my phone paired and the phone portion worked right away. However the car didn't seem willing to work with the audio. It continued to want my wife's iPhone.

When I got home I took a cable and my old generation one iPhone and plugged it into the USB port. The phone was dead, but started charging and after a bit it powered up and connected perfectly with the audio system. (There is a flaw in the way scrolling works, but more about that later.)

The one part that did not work and I'll need to spend some time researching possible problems, but my contacts would not transfer. It failed each time of the two times I tried it. I'm wondering if it isn't the way I have it organized on the iPhone. 300+ contacts in 10 groups.

So I guess I had two problems, pairing the second iPhone for Bluetooth audio and transferring my contracts.

I'll try some things this weekend. I've yet to try to pair my Nextel work phone. I'll see how that goes.

Buk

[Buk]

Raja,

Here is what I did and suggest if your problem is continuing you at least give this a try.

Go to the Bluetooth settings on your iPhone and tell it to forget the car. Then turn Bluetooth off and hard restart the iPhone (holding the home and power buttons until the white apple shows up and then release both buttons.) In the car delete or unregister your iPhone. Start with a clean slate on all devices. After the iPhone has started up, then follow the directions in the car's manual and then turn on the Bluetooth on the iPhone.

We have three iPhones. One generation one, my wife's 3GS and my 3GS. The old generation one I put in airplane mode and hooked to the car via USB. The audio of the navigation system plays it just fine. I then set up each iPhone as Bluetooth phone linked to the car. Contacts transferred perfectly. Then I set up each iPhone as a Bluetooth audio source.

Then I had some difficulties and ran out of time trying to hook up my Nextel work phone. My difficulty was the battery was going dead in the phone.

This gentlemen makes hooking up an iPod look easy.

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Good luck. There is also a Lexus phone number in the manual you can call for Bluetooth support. Not sure how much help Apple iPod/iPhone support could offer you hooking to a car.