Hi Chris, I've never blue toothed my phone with a car but I have ridden with my parents who do with their iPhones. From what I've observed yes, the car will automatically switch to the iPhone when you make or receive a call and then when you hang up I believe it should switch back to what was playing. I'm not definite on this but I believe that's the way it works.
Gabe On Sep 7, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys, > > I have a quick question. > > My grandmother just got a new car. It's a 2015 Toyoda Corola. Anyway, this > is the very very first vehicle that I've had the chance to ride in on a > regular basis that has bluetooth ability. All the cars that both my mom and > grandmother have had before this didn't have bluetooth. > > Anyway, we got my phone pared to her car with absolutely no problem. > Unfortunately, the controls on her dashboard are totally touch screen, so I > can't opperate the car stereo at all. I can't even adjust the volume, as > even that! is all touch screen. Sucks, but whatever. My grandmother can do > that part for me. > > Anyway, my grandmother is probably by far the most computer illiterate person > I've ever known, and honestly she doesn't even have the slightest desire to > learn. If her car didn't have bluetooth, it would have served her just fine. > She didn't special request it, as much as it just so happened to have it. I > think most cars now adays come pretty standard with it. Anyway, here's my > question. > > On her radio console dashboard screen after first turning on her car, she has > an icon that says source. If she touches on source, she then gets 3 options > provided my phone is connected, which it always normally will be. She gets, > FM, A.M, and Audio. Audio is basically what they're naming the bluetooth. > In other words, if she taps on source, then taps on Audio, then my phone > audio, be it Voiceover, be it music, whatever comes through her car speakers. > It's really awesome. Apple Music through her car stereo baby! And you'd be > shocked if you've never heard Bluetooth audio in a car playing music. The > sound is actually super crystal! clear. Anyway, being my phone connects via > bluetooth automatically to her car when I get inside, this means that my > phone's internal speaker stops working since everything now is being routed > to bluetooth instead. So, if she's got the FM radio going for instance, then > obviously, I can't hear Voiceover nor anything at all on my phone. > > So, what happens if I get a phone call, or need to make! a call? Yes, she > has the controls on her steering wheel to answer and hang up, as well as > voice command, but again, non techy. She thinks in her words, I'll fowl up > the car where it won't even drive if I start pushing buttons. Those are her > words, not mine. I know, it's pathetic. Anyway, point is, someone told me > that if I get a call, even if she's on the radio, she won't have to manually > switch the source over to bluetooth audio. I'm told that the car should > automatically detect an incoming call, and switch the source over to > bluetooth audio without the need for she nor I to do anything. Then, when > the call is disconnected, it'll then go back to the radio source. I don't > think she even can! switch the source while she's driving. I don't think > it'll letter. I think it's a safety mechinism. She has to be stopped, and > in park for it to work. If she's in drive, reverse, or neutral it won't > work. Well, in reverse, she has one a those camera things to show'er what's > behind her, so the screen totally goes off the menu at that point as it's > just then a viewfinder. Anyway, sames goes with making a call. Whether I > use Siri or manually use the phone app itself, once my outgoing call is > placed, will she have to then switch the source over, or will it > automatically stop her radio and pop me over to the bluetooth for the > duration of the call. > > Sorry to be so ignorant with this, but really, I've never delt with car > bluetooth until now. > > Chris. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
