SprintPCS A900 Dialing via Bluetooth

I just picked up my new 06 and am trying to get everything figured out. I am trying to dial by voice since the numeric pad is disabled when the car is moving. I can activate by saying dail by number and voice record the number but the car then asks for me to either push the voice button or the off hook switch to dial. If I push the voice button it prompts me to say the number again. If I push the off hook switch, all it does is return me to the keypad screen and won't dial. With the car stopped I can dial via the keypad screen so I am assuming the connection is working.

Any tips?

Thanks

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Vagabond @ May 23 2006, 01:46 AM) [snapback]259599[/snapback]</div>

No, the voice commands are all entered throught the Prius Voice Activation. The sequence is
1. Press the voice command button on the steering wheel and say "dial by number"
2. Car responds with "after the beep, say the number"
3. I state the number and car repeats the number and then says "when ready press the voice command button or the off-hook button to dial"
4. Pressing the voice command button takes me back to step 2. Pressing the off-hook button takes me to the numeric entry pad on the nav screen.

I can't seem to get the car to send the number to the phone. I can dial on the phone and the call immediately uses the prius sound system. I can also receive calls by selecting the off-hook icon on the nav system. So it's clear that the phone is pairing with the car.

Thanks for any insight you might have.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Vagabond @ May 23 2006, 02:25 PM) [snapback]259853[/snapback]</div>

A few other configuration items. I am using the "hands free" setup on the a900. I checked my software version on the phone and it is ZB06 so I am off today to get it updated.

Why don't they do these updates over the air? More a vent than a question.

Thanks for your help. I have been following the other sprint pcs thread and really appreciate the sprint and BT knowledge you bring to this forum.

 

I'll let you know if the current firmware makes a difference. I tend to doubt it's the phone. And since no one else seems to be having this problem, I was hoping I was doing something incorrectly. I might swing by the dealer and show it to them. Though, not very optimistic on that front. They couldn't even step me through some of the nav system details when I picked it up.

 

Quick update. I went to two sprint stores and neither one could upgrade the firmware to ZB12. Then, I accidentally dropped the phone into the pool. Ruined the phone. Got a refurbished a900 (which came with ZB12) and now all of my problems are fixed. I can voice dial without any problems and no phantom rings. Odd that the voice activation problem was with the phone.

Thanks for your help.