bluetooth issues

[whiteflamingo]

Last week the factory Bluetooth in my T started resetting itself. If the truck is off for longer than an hour or so all saved settings (phones and numbers) get erased and I have to pair my phone again. It seems to me that the unit is losing power, or that a battery is dead and the unit is resetting. Has anyone else ran into this issue? I have not encountered any other issues yet.

 

[SedonaBound]

Thats the way the BT was acting when I bought my H3T last year. I got a BT reset/update from OnStar; it did no good. Learned that there was a TSB for new BT firmware from GM but the dealer was going to charge me for an hour of labor, so I decided to put the $100 toward a new Pioneer head unit. Car connectivity has come a long way since H3 system was designed.

 

[clickclickboom]

My Galaxy S5 would never stay paired to my T. Had to repair it each time, and then it still didn't work for calling. I just gave up.

 

[whiteflamingo]

At least we're not alone in our sorrow haha

 

[SedonaBound]

This was my Bluetooth solution for my Porsche Cayenne; best bang for the buck IMO:

http://www.hummer4x4offroad.com/for...etooth-add-on-for-under-100&highlight=tranzit

 

[clickclickboom]

Yeah, then I went down a path of looking for a double-din head unit that had a decent nav system. Most of the good one's are $700+, and the nav is still worse than what you have on your phone.

So, I bought a tablet mount, and a $100 refurb HP tablet, which works ok, but for some reason it loses GPS and needs to be rebooted every hour or so. Then there's the issue of getting audio into the head unit from a tablet, so I bought shwartzzy's aux input. What a piece of **** that thing is. he conveniently neglects to mention that if you use his "adaptor" with a phone/tablet that's also being charged you'll electronic noise through the speakers, that necessitates buying a ground loop isolator.

So, as far as i'm concerned the audio in the T is cursed, and i've put all plans on hold. Waiting on someone to make a dummy headunit that integrates with your phone. When that happens, i'll buy.

 

[SedonaBound]

Waiting on someone to make a dummy headunit that integrates with your phone. When that happens, i'll buy.

Have you seen the Pioneer App Radio? I installed the AppRadio 3 model and really like it; great audio, DVD and BT, and it integrates with my iPhone for Nav and limited other apps. Its definitely the future of car audio and nav.