I need help with bluetooth - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

tmcmullins · 07-02-2013, 03:06 PM

I used to be able to control the playback of my music by using the buttons on the head unit. I was fiddling with it one day and for whatever reason and now I can only control music through my phone.

If I disconnect the negative terminal on the battery for a while, will the system reset itself to factory default? If not, then what other steps can I can take to get my bluetooth back to the way it was before?

zoomzoomers · 07-02-2013, 03:08 PM

Try deleting the phone from your HU and re-link the phone from scratch? Good luck.

tmcmullins · 07-02-2013, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by zoomzoomers

Try deleting the phone from your HU and re-link the phone from scratch? Good luck.

I just finished relinking my phone and it still won't let me control through the HU. I saw a setting in the BT menu to link from the device to my phone or from the phone to my device and neither of those worked either.

Rayme · 07-02-2013, 03:30 PM

did you reboot your phone?

tmcmullins · 07-02-2013, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ottopilot

did you reboot your phone?

I did the reboot in the beginning. I have an evo 4g/android phone if that helps. But that brings up a good point. How do I know if its my phone vs the HU?

zoomzoomers · 07-02-2013, 03:52 PM

Hate to say it, but the menu for this HU is about the worst I've ever had the displeasure of using. Good luck with your issue.

Rayme · 07-02-2013, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tmcmullins

I did the reboot in the beginning. I have an evo 4g/android phone if that helps. But that brings up a good point. How do I know if its my phone vs the HU?

I own a Galaxy S2S, and the bluetooth definitly has a temper. Sometimes I have a hard time syncing, or getting the proper song names displayed. Sometimes it doesn't auto-start / auto-off the last song played. It's just not always working right for me but when I reboot the phone usually it works better.

tmcmullins · 07-02-2013, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ottopilot

I own a Galaxy S2S, and the bluetooth definitly has a temper. Sometimes I have a hard time syncing, or getting the proper song names displayed. Sometimes it doesn't auto-start / auto-off the last song played. It's just not always working right for me but when I reboot the phone usually it works better.

Do you mean power my phone off then on or a factory reset?

Rayme · 07-02-2013, 06:51 PM

Just a restart / reboot. Turn it off then on. Or pull the battery. But no dont factory reset.

kajun · 07-02-2013, 10:08 PM

Do you still get the song titles being fed through?

This is down to the Bluetooth profiles being used to connect... the profile for music control is a fairly basic one, but if for some reason that's not being made available by your phone then the system can't do anything but be a passive speaker output. Try connecting a different phone to work out if it's the head unit or the phone that's not connecting with the right bluetooth profile.

RMStringer · 07-06-2013, 01:21 AM

My Samsung Galaxy SIII used Bluetooth 4.0 and it will stream all the ID3 tags and such. My Asus Tablet using Bluetooth 3.0 will connect and play music but not ID3 tags. So having said this, it might very well be a Bluetooth protocol issue.

07-02-2013, 03:06 PM	#1
tmcmullins Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Posts: 116 Thanks: 150 Thanked 68 Times in 31 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I need help with bluetooth I used to be able to control the playback of my music by using the buttons on the head unit. I was fiddling with it one day and for whatever reason and now I can only control music through my phone. If I disconnect the negative terminal on the battery for a while, will the system reset itself to factory default? If not, then what other steps can I can take to get my bluetooth back to the way it was before?

07-02-2013, 03:08 PM	#2
zoomzoomers Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: 2013 Subaru SWP BRZ Limited 6AT Location: Darkside Posts: 1,862 Thanks: 526 Thanked 305 Times in 207 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Try deleting the phone from your HU and re-link the phone from scratch? Good luck. __________________ Man Law#17:A man in the company of a hot, seductively dressed, woman MUST remain sober enough to fight! MODS: AVO tubes + filter, Cusco (F) strut brace w/ MC brace, Perrin CBE, Subaru OEM trunk tray, Grimmspeed front license re-locator & hood struts and Beatsonic rear cam.

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Rayme The Answer Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: Mazda 2 Location: Moncton, NB Posts: 1,233 Thanks: 488 Thanked 661 Times in 315 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	did you reboot your phone? __________________ \| Roof wrap thread

07-02-2013, 03:52 PM	#6
zoomzoomers Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: 2013 Subaru SWP BRZ Limited 6AT Location: Darkside Posts: 1,862 Thanks: 526 Thanked 305 Times in 207 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hate to say it, but the menu for this HU is about the worst I've ever had the displeasure of using. Good luck with your issue. __________________ Man Law#17:A man in the company of a hot, seductively dressed, woman MUST remain sober enough to fight! MODS: AVO tubes + filter, Cusco (F) strut brace w/ MC brace, Perrin CBE, Subaru OEM trunk tray, Grimmspeed front license re-locator & hood struts and Beatsonic rear cam.

07-02-2013, 06:51 PM	#9
Rayme The Answer Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: Mazda 2 Location: Moncton, NB Posts: 1,233 Thanks: 488 Thanked 661 Times in 315 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just a restart / reboot. Turn it off then on. Or pull the battery. But no dont factory reset. __________________ \| Roof wrap thread

07-02-2013, 10:08 PM	#10
kajun Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: Toyota 86 GTS Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 135 Thanks: 38 Thanked 31 Times in 24 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Do you still get the song titles being fed through? This is down to the Bluetooth profiles being used to connect... the profile for music control is a fairly basic one, but if for some reason that's not being made available by your phone then the system can't do anything but be a passive speaker output. Try connecting a different phone to work out if it's the head unit or the phone that's not connecting with the right bluetooth profile.

07-06-2013, 01:21 AM	#11
RMStringer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: Scion FR-s Pearl White 6 Speed Location: Jasper, Texas Posts: 105 Thanks: 46 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My Samsung Galaxy SIII used Bluetooth 4.0 and it will stream all the ID3 tags and such. My Asus Tablet using Bluetooth 3.0 will connect and play music but not ID3 tags. So having said this, it might very well be a Bluetooth protocol issue. __________________ RMStringer www.Twitter.com/RMStringer

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