2010 prius/Iphone 3.0 bluetooth connection question

[chrisgbut]

I have a question concerning bluetooth connection with my prius. I was wondering if it is possible to connect the iphone to play music and as a phone. If so could one of you please help me figure out how to connect it properly.

[Radon]

It should explain how to do that in your Nav instruction package. I know you can do it but I don't have Nav so I can't tell you how to do it

[robnbill]

When we picked up our new car on Thursday, they told us during our orientation that you could use Bluetooth for music or to connect the phone for calls. Either but not both. The Bluetooth protocol allows one but not the other.

He also went on to say that they recommend that if you listen to music you use a cable into the AUX since it doesn't drain the iPhones battery so much.

[CtrlAltDelete]

I have a pkg V with Nav and an iPhone 3GS. I have both the audio and phone connected. I can stream music, podcasts, etc to the car; then if a call comes in or I want to make a call, all the phone functions are still available, and it shows up on the nav screen.

When I first tried to setup the bluetooth pairing, I could only get one or the other. But for some strange reason I finally got both to work by connecting the bluetooth audio first, then the phone. You have to pair the phone twice.

Now when I get in the car, and turn on bluetooth on my iPhone, it automatically connects to both. When I select "BT" on the audio screen of the Nav, it automatically starts playing MP3s on shuffle. Plus all the phone functions are still available.

[2010_Prius_Owner]

Originally Posted by chrisgbut

I have a question concerning bluetooth connection with my prius. I was wondering if it is possible to connect the iphone to play music and as a phone. If so could one of you please help me figure out how to connect it properly.

I Have the new 2010 Prius 3 with NAV, I just got a new I-Phone 3GS and it works perfect with the Prius, hands free phone, transfer phone numbers to prius, voice dialing by name...

The music is also working perfect while driving in areas where the G3 network exists, I can play music from Pandora, I also got ooTunes and can listening to streaming Internet Radio from around the world, thousands of radio stations. Of course it will play your saved IPOD music regardless of network.

So the new I-Phone G3S works perfect through Bluetooth.

The older I-Phone G3 will work perfect bluetooth for phone only. The Bluetooth audio for music does not recognize the G3 only phone, but you can still hook the I-Phone G3 directly into the Prius stereo via the stereo auxiliary jack using a small stereo cable so you are not missing anything except not using the wire. You will not see songs being played displayed on the Prius Screen either way.

The sound quality is excellent either way.

[ggood]

The 3G phone also works for both phone and music. The bluetooth audio streaming is part of the new 3.0 operating system. However, only the gen3 (2010) nav systems support it (gen2 cars do not).

[ggood]

Originally Posted by ggood

The 3G phone also works for both phone and music. The bluetooth audio streaming is part of the new 3.0 operating system. However, only the gen3 (2010) nav systems support it (gen2 cars do not).

To clarify, the blue logic accessory for the gen3 II model supports audio streaming:

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[indianagreg]

Originally Posted by robnbill

When we picked up our new car on Thursday, they told us during our orientation that you could use Bluetooth for music or to connect the phone for calls. Either but not both. The Bluetooth protocol allows one but not the other.

Could they have meant that you could only use one BT device at a time? That's really the question I have: Could one use an iTouch and another BT phone simultaneously? I don't meant talk on the phone while listening to music; rather, the music would be interrupted by a phone call.

[John-W]

I picked up my Prius with Technology Package (Canadian version with Nav) three days ago. I paired my 3G iPhone as a phone and as a music player (requires iPhone firmware 3.0). When I first did this the music would play fine until the screen of the iPhone shut off then the music would go wonky. It would cut out and then seemed to fast forward and then cut out again. When I activated the screen of the phone again everything worked perfectly. As soon as the screen saver kicked in the music went out again. This was very frustrating to deal with while I was in stop and go traffic in a brand new car. Once I stopped, I paired it to the audio system again and the problem has disappeared. Now my only issue is that when I shut the music off it forgets where it was in the track so when I start it again it goes back to the beginning. I suspect this is an iPhone issue not a Prius issue. Today I got my first phone call in the car while the music was streaming from the phone. Everything worked beautifully. BTW the music volume gets turned down and directed through the right side speakers when the Nav system voice comes on. You can hear both but the Nav is much more prominent. To set things up I had to pair the phone through the normal BlueTooth pairing in the Info-Phone menu and then pair the phone again as an audio device on the BT tab of the Audio menu. Currently the iPhone firmware 3.0 does not support any of the fast forward/reverse or volume control functions of BT audio. You can pause and play using a button on the BT tab of the Audio screen and use the volume controls of the audio system.

[Radon]

I think it is a iphone issue with the song starting back at the begining rather than pausing. There was another thread in here mentioning that.