Bluetooth/Nav

[Shizuma]

That's exactly what happens to me with the head unit's auto connect being turned on, it's exclusively an issue with the BRZ head unit though, nothing else has ever had that issue.

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note with, Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread.

[Shizuma]

Originally Posted by inimitable

Thanks.

Btw, I envy your phone. How is it? I was so disappointed when I saw the commercials because I had just gotten my phone like a month or two before. I'm happy with mine, but more screen real-estate was what I was after, and the stylus would have been ideal as well.

I love it, actually I had the Skyrocket before the Note, but it slipped out of my jacket pocket 2 months after getting it and the screen cracked so when they Note came out I bit the bullet and bought that.

[helloimgil]

No issues here at all with iPhone 4. No drops at all while streaming music or talking on the phone.

[slizoth]

I've had 0 problems with the blue tooth and the phone can be located anywhere in the car. Often times I leave it in my sports bag which gets thrown in the trunk and it still gets connected automatically and starts playing where ever I left off in my music.

[Tbxgz]

Originally Posted by Indestruct

I may be wrong but you can import your contacts when you aren't driving. When you are driving it doesn't let you scroll through your contact list, you need to use the "handsfree" command. Or you can use Speed Dial or recent calls.

The Bluetooth function gets a 9/10. The NAV Function gets a 2/10, It has frozen on me and caused me so much heart ache!!! Pure crap.

I tried to load my contact list while in park and it said something like: failed to import contacts.

[Chauntalei]

My BT experience has been SHIT. It worked beautifully the day I got the car, imported contacts with no issues, stayed connected to the phone the whole time I was in the car. After that though, it's been nothing but dropping/reconnecting/dropping/reconnecting constantly. I just gave up and turned off BT on my phone and head unit altogether. My Nav has worked beautifully though, no complaints about that or the rest of the head unit functionality. USB works great.

I'm seriously debating if I should take the car back in to see if it's worth having it looked at. If it's an Android issue, I don't know what recourse we will have with Subaru.

Also, I too am running a Galaxy S II, Android 2.3.6.

[Kohlii]

Originally Posted by inimitable

I'm just wondering how anyone would rate their Bluetooth connection...

I've never been much of a fan of anything Bluetooth, as I've never had very stable success with any of the devices I've used, therefore, I've used it very little. However, it seems to be the most convenient way of playing the music I have stored on my phone. No cords required, and the data such as track title, album name, and artist name are transferred as well, which is a big bonus, as opposed to using the aux. input; I have yet to try the USB because it only supports up to 8gb, and the memory card is currently 16gb. The other thing I was considering doing, though I have to read about it in the manual, is possibly using the SD card slot, along with an adapter, and trying to play music and/or videos from there.

In any case, back to Bluetooth. I get frequent cut-outs, often multiple times while driving, even though, it typically does manage to reconnect. The phone is right in front of the display, blocked by nothing. I don't know where the actual BT receiver is, but I'd imagine that it's built into the display itself. Nonetheless, the signal strength is appearing as only 1/2 bars on the display.

I haven't had any other BT problems with my phone (Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket), connecting a keyboard or mouse, or to my computers.

Is anyone else having similar problems?

Does anyone know of a way to boost the BT signal?

Just to be clear, are you saying the head unit only supports 8 GB over USB? Because my 160GB iPod works fine. I can test the 32 GB Galaxy Nexus over USB (only used bluetooth so far with no issues), but I didn't think there was a restriction.

[Oriental Life]

Excellent, 10/10 Galaxy Nexus here. Connects fast every single time.

[Jayde]

Originally Posted by Tbxgz

8/10. No dropped calls, connects immediately, and sound clarity is perfect. Only docked 2 points because the head unit failed to import my contacts. (Motorola Droid Bionic)

Really? I have the same phone and mine were imported.

Only real complaint with mine is that every now and then it takes some time for it to connect with my iPod to stream music. Sometimes it just fails to connect, but then picks it right up and plays fine. Very rarely the music files will skip for a few seconds before catching up with itself and resuming play normally.

GPS is nice and works good, although when entering an address/name/city/etc, it is quite laggy.

[Tbxgz]

Originally Posted by Jayde

Really? I have the same phone and mine were imported.

Only real complaint with mine is that every now and then it takes some time for it to connect with my iPod to stream music. Sometimes it just fails to connect, but then picks it right up and plays fine. Very rarely the music files will skip for a few seconds before catching up with itself and resuming play normally.

GPS is nice and works good, although when entering an address/name/city/etc, it is quite laggy.

My contacts are saved in the google cloud. Are you using the cloud or the phone's storage to store contacts?

[Jayde]

Originally Posted by Tbxgz

My contacts are saved in the google cloud. Are you using the cloud or the phone's storage to store contacts?

Phone storage. That would make sense why it won't upload your contacts, since you're using the cloud.

[Tbxgz]

Originally Posted by Jayde

Phone storage. That would make sense why it won't upload your contacts, since you're using the cloud.

I'll transfer them to the phone and check it out. I also have facebook contacts.. maybe thats messing it up too

[Lytheum]

only tried bluetooth for calling so far. i rate that as 10/10. set up was simple and it important my contact list quickly. talked to a few people and they said it sounded great.

ill have to try bluetooth audio and see how it works.

using a VZW Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0.4

[Laika]

Originally Posted by Tbxgz

8/10. No dropped calls, connects immediately, and sound clarity is perfect. Only docked 2 points because the head unit failed to import my contacts. (Motorola Droid Bionic)

X2 with my iPhone. Any other iPhone users have this issue?


I was blown away by the bluetooth. Maybe I've been stuck in the 90's too long but this things amazing! The second day I had my BRZ I transferred the AUX cable from my old car to it and then soon realized I could stream audio via BT too. Never lost signal and never failed to connect. Definitely liking myself a dose of technology