BLUETOOTH PROBLEMS

[aussie027]

Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem with their Bluetooth system??

Below is a description of the problem given to Dealer and Mitsu. They replaced the entire Bluetooth module yesterday and a few tries after reinstalling my phone and phonebook seemed OK.
I will keep trying it whenever I drive the car.
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For half of 2008 the problem would occur approx 70- 80% of the time the system was used, in the past few months it has been every time the system is used.

There is only 1 phone connected to the system and this same phone has been deleted and reinstalled on numerous occasions in attempt to correct the problem. Voice training was completed on the system and made absolutely no difference to the symptoms.

A friend who also owns a 5speed VRX, 2008 model year is having the exact same symptoms.

The Problem

Start car and phone connects normally. The phone is constantly connected to system from initial start up when the following problem occurs—

Press Talk button and give command- CALL (NAME) as stored in cars phonebook.
System will not recognise name given but will respond with a random number usually 2-3 digits, sometimes with a hash symbol.
On a very rare occasion the number is over 10 digits long.
When asked for verification say NO and repeat CALL (NAME) same name or any other name in the cars phonebook and get the same result, ie random numbers.
Can repeat this cycle endlessly with the same results.
CANCEL and press HANG UP button to deactivate system.

Press TALK button to reactivate system.

Repeat, with the first command being CALL (NAME) and the system will correctly identify every name spoken stored in car phonebook immediately.

If the DIAL command is given along with the number to call the system will usually recognise this correctly on either the first or second system activation.

The problem is consistently with the CALL (NAME) command only on 1st attempt to activate and use system after the phone is first connected.

On rare occasions the Bluetooth system will not connect to the phone when the car is started. On restarting the car it will connect immediately.
Apart from these problems the system normally functions correctly.

[Ozie]

sometimes it throws up weird long numbers, but rarely.
apart from that it works ok for me.

[SIR-VRX]

Mine works fine. Once you learn it's little tricks, like don't say double numbers too quick (eg 66 as 6 [0.5 sec pause] 6) and the like, it's fine.

Another thing which may help is to spend a bit of time doing the voice training as outlined extensively in the car manual. It's in the middle, quite a few pages of teaching words.

[jamez707]

its still new technology they have only just started incorporated it into computer programs/games effectively. in the past i have used some voice recognition software on the pc and it is much more advanced that the stuff i have tried in the past.
but its not perfect yet

[BeHaV3]

Mine is a bit hiT & miss too.

Generally talking the numbers "dial" is fairly accurate with windows up and sitting in drivers seat. Try it from passenger's seat is more miss.
"call" is more miss too, even with only a few names to recognise.

Voice dialing/recognition on Nokia, Motorola, Blackberry are all in all, fairly poor.

Now Mr Safery comes out. Making a phone call (handsfree), adjusting the radio, finding that CD/MP3 track, whacking the kids in the back seat, etc are all distractions which may lead to accidents. If bluetooth was an option, I would not tick the box.

[aussie027]

Hi Guys,
Sir VRX-- ,yes I tried the voice training and it made absolutely no difference.

BeHaV3-- Have you actually tried all those phone brands with the system???

I was told by Chief Mechanic at my dealership that Nokia phones, esp the newer ones are a pain, esp in regards to volume levels with in car systems. The Nokia software is deliberately crappy and will just barely work, for legal reasons.
Volume can barely be heard with car off , engine running or driving ,forget it.
They want you to buy the Nokia Bluetooth car kit and by basically sabotaging their phones to the point they are unusable with in car systems they force you to.
A friend has an old nokia in his VRX that connects immediately and works fine, even though his Bluetooth system is doing same thing as mine.
His new Nokia, only a few months old will not connect .

[Speedie]

My nokia worked perfect till I had to replace the windscreen, then the problems started. Mitsubishi did their fault finding and came up empty so now I don't bother

[SIR-VRX]

You guys know that you can turn the volume of the HFS up don't you? Mine is more than loud enough, and I have a Nokia 6500 Slide, which is a new Nokia

[billyboy]

In my 07 we had both motorola & nokia phones connected. the nokia worked properly for about the first week. from then on it would not dial out using the bluetooth system. to get it to work you had to manually dial using the handset then wait for the bluetooth to "pick up" the call.

Got the same problem with my 6120, says its dialing out & nothing happens!
Incoming calls are fine & no dropouts as yet.

Service center says phone needs to be Bluetooth v1.1 compatible, as far as I know mine is 2.0.

Got an older E61, which works fine so go figure

[aussie027]

Billyboy,
my friends new Nokia, if/when we got it connected did the same, will not call out but will take incoming calls.

Is that the Mitsu service centre who said you need bluetooth v1.1 and NOT v2.0????

Seems strange as usually most systems of any kind , even USB will be backwards compatible.

[Mizta B]

I've got an older Nokia that works fine
Seems like a strange problem
My wife's Motorola seems ok as well
The technology should be backwards compatible

[DVS]

and all this time I thought the random number thing was just me

[crankyfatcow]

Silly me went & got a new Nokia, forgetting about that I had read about all these problems & now I have them (the problems). What a waste! So I got a $20 card for my old phone that sits in the car so I can ring out. Wish I had looked into it more But at least I still can get calls on the new phone.