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[SimoneUe]

One more tip: clear out your bluetooth parings on your iPhone: my new car was not recognized by the iPhone. I tried everything. Until I started deleting pairings with old headphones etc. I got the idea that you cannot pair more than 4 or 5 devices with an iPhone at the same time, or maybe it was one pairing that blocked everything. Whatever: after weeding out, I got my pairing right.

[icerabbit]

We are going through this bluetooth headache pretty much every day to other day with a Uniden D1780 bluetooth capable home phone system, with an iPhone 4 and 4s. I have not kept count of the ratio, but it is probably like 1/3 connects automatically when you walk in, 1/3 connects after settings bluetooth connect, 1/3 connects after rebooting the phone. You can have one phone connect, but not the other, both or neither. Consistently though if you restart the phone it connects???

[redgeminipa]

My JVC car stereo frequently loses connection to my iPhone 5 (and previous 4S) if I'm not streaming music.

There are also times when placing or answering a call via the iPhone won't display on the JVC, and I have to hang up using the iPhone.

I haven't been able to find any firmware updates on the JVC site... I'll have to check it again.

[sg99]

Another "fix" for intermittent recognition is to enter and exit Airplane Mode. Airplane Mode turns off the radio and radio processor so they get a fresh start when you turn things back on.

This also fixes some wifi issues.

My older Lexus has always had BT issues, with any smartphone. Turning the phone off and on fixed things but Airplane Mode also works and is much faster and easier.

[msaccone]

modifying iphone 5 settings wors for me! thank u very much.

just one comment, I don't have the submenu Physical & Motor, from Accesibilty just go straight forward to incoming calls

[gconnieg]

My I-phone 5 synced with no problem to my 2009 Ford Taurus but when I tried syncing it with our 2012 Ford Escape, no dice. When I called Apple I was basically given the "your car needs its firmware updated" song and dance. I'm not one to give up easily so I used the tip to change settings to headset and it still wasn't working, but I kept at it. I discovered that for Ford vehicles BOTH phone and vehicle need to show "SYNC" on their menus before pairing will take place. When this happened, the second little box on my phone dropped down and allowed me to enter the PIN and I was set. I then double checked to make sure the Taurus was still synced--it was. Hurrah! I hope this helps someone else.

[200959]

This combination worked for me:
1) Modify iPhone Settings: I changed the Incoming Calls setting from Default to Headset.
2) Clear the device’s memory: I wiped the the car system’s memory clean, having it “forget” all previously paired devices.
After doing the above, pairing with my iPhone was successful, thanks.