Low Bluetooth Microphone Volume

[zenMachine]

Originally Posted by T-spirit

Does the car have to be fully in READY? Holding the Info button down, what has to be switched on & off? Is it the main headlights, side (parking) lights, flash the lights by pulling the stalk?

Does it work for a 2007 car?

Yes.
The main headlights switch.
Yes.

[T-spirit]

Originally Posted by zenMachine

Yes.
The main headlights switch.
Yes.

OK. Had a fiddle tonight, and managed to get in.

It's not a question of just a straight on/off of the headlights - seems a bit random but switching between off/park lights/off/headlights seems to get in most of the time. Be nice to know what the exact sequence is.

Now, does anyone know what any of the other settings do?

[aaf709]

If you have built in NAV you can see which satellites it's picking up, plus GMT.

You can see some pictures at http://www.vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius/Custommenus.html

Another way doesn't involve the headlights.

1. Press INFO
2. Press DISPLAY
3. Within the INFO area of the screen (which looks like a letterbox)*, press the upper left corner
4. Repeat in the lower left corner
5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 two more times (a total of 6 presses)

The Diagnostic Screen should appear.

If you go to http://tinyurl.com/d8ufk there are even more screens to go to.

*
_____________________________________
DISPLAY area
_____________________________________
X <press here for upper left corner

INFO area

X <press here for lower left corner________
DISPLAY area
_____________________________________

[zenMachine]

Originally Posted by T-spirit

It's not a question of just a straight on/off of the headlights - seems a bit random but switching between off/park lights/off/headlights seems to get in most of the time. Be nice to know what the exact sequence is.

Your question was:

Is it the main headlights, side (parking) lights, flash the lights by pulling the stalk?

The answer was: the main headlights, i.e. NOT the side (parking) lights, NOT by pulling the stalk.

My apologies for presuming that you already knew the exact sequence to turn the main headlights ON/OFF. If you don't, those steps can be found in the manual (I forgot which page).

[T-spirit]

Well, the Spanish site is much less ambiguous. That clearly states on/off with the headlights THREE TIMES.

Not sure why someone couldn't just say that on here When you are dealing with electronics and systems configuration, you cannot afford to be ambiguous.

Anyway, the change has worked, and increasing the send volume to 3 has made a significant difference. Thanks to all the posters that helped

[fruzzetti]

Turned up the input gain to 4 and output gain to 1 on the bluetooth unit. Any higher than 4 and the other user hears clipping, and any higher than 2 and I hear clipping on the inbound.

The trick to getting into that screen: you have to flick the lights on and back off LUDICROUSLY fast to get it to work. You can do it while moving, while stationary, or whatever as long as the car is fully on. But you have to hold "INFO" and flick them like.... Like as quickly as if you were playing a video game. So fast that you are likely to knick the blinker switch or flick the high beams on too. And if you do you'll nullify the command. It's tough.

But wow, what a difference!

~ dan ~

[Kidd]

I retrieved this from 2 separate threads and combined the information. It works, and is easy to do. It really made a difference, No one has complained about the sound or low volume, but I am the only one who drives the Prius I can't comment on how I sound on the phone. Good luck!






BLUETOOTH MICROPHONE LOW VOLUME ADJUSTMENT:

Here are the instructions on how to access the screen:

As follows: Power up (if not already up), Push “INFO” then “DISPLAY” and hold, Turn headlights on and off completely, three times, by twisting the headlight control knob, (not flashing the headlights, like I was doing and not getting to the screen).

the display screen will go to the diagnostic mode. From there the menu button(s) will take you to Bluetooth send volume. The default setting is 0. Crank it up to 5 and the low volume problem may be taken care of.

[dapastaguy]

Where exactly is the microphone located? I have the Ultimate Lockpick coming, and I have been to the bluetooth screen, but I don't see where the mic might be in my car. It is a package 2, 2008 Prius

[Bill Merchant]

The mic is behind the little slots near the driver's side of the overhead sunglasses holder. Look at the links cited earlier in this thread (if they still work.)

[bemindful]

Does anyone know if this works on a 2009?