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09-26-2007, 10:07 PM
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Iphone + Icombi + S9 => Battery Drains!
I've searched the forums and it seems everyone else but me is enjoying good battery life with the combination above. However, from my experience, my battery drains after using it for just four hours. Doesn't last through the entire work day! At the end of the day I can't call anyone because my battery is dead.
Anyone have similar experiences, or know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks. |
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09-30-2007, 07:39 PM
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Moto 1000
The Motorola 1000 Car Kit pairs fine with the iPhone but
does not offer auto answer.You must answer manually and then the connection process is poor. QUOTE=chris;58170]In lieu of an official list from Apple, let's start making a master list of iPhone and Bluetooth compatibility. Despite Bluetooth being an open standard, there have been some reports of Bluetooth products not being compatible with the iPhone. These will most likely be resolved in a future firmware update. For now, post here and I'll update the iPhone Bluetooth Compatibility list at the top of this thread. Note: This thread is not for car compatibility. Please refer to the Official thread for your vehicle manufacturer listed below. Confirmed iPhone Bluetooth compatible products
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09-30-2007, 08:01 PM
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Pioneer 980BT CD receiver
The Pioneer 980BT has few problems-
does not auto connect to iphone You must connect manually connect every time you get in the car. The $50 phones auto connect just fine. Once you connect the unit work great. QUOTE=chris;58170]In lieu of an official list from Apple, let's start making a master list of iPhone and Bluetooth compatibility. Despite Bluetooth being an open standard, there have been some reports of Bluetooth products not being compatible with the iPhone. These will most likely be resolved in a future firmware update. For now, post here and I'll update the iPhone Bluetooth Compatibility list at the top of this thread. Note: This thread is not for car compatibility. Please refer to the Official thread for your vehicle manufacturer listed below. Confirmed iPhone Bluetooth compatible products
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10-05-2007, 08:24 PM
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I hear ya!
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What pisses me off about the iPhone, aside from the bitter sting of the price drop that everyone who bought one before 8/22/2007 has felt, is the device's reluctance to get the basics of being a cell phone correct from the start. Sure, it combines a cell phone, iPod, WiFi browser, and digital camera all into one sleek package. But no voice dial? Just about every cell phone has that nowadays. Incompatible with a large number of Bluetooth devices? No Bluetooth syncing of contacts to Outlook? C'mon now, that's just unforgivable for $500. Oh, and you can't activate it on a business account? That was almost a deal breaker for me, and one I did not learn about until I got it home, opened the box, and made my first attempt to activate the phone. I know there are a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks out there giving Apple their idea of how to make the iPhone perfect. I'll join those ranks by making my own list: 1. Make iPhone available to business accounts 2. Make iPhone compatible with a wider range of Bluetooth devices 3. Incorporate the advanced BT handsfree features avaiable on any $.01 cell phone 4. allow contacts to be synchronized from PIMs via BT 5. Incorporate a blinking "New Message" LED some where on the phone like Blackberries have I really don't see how difficult it would be to incorporate these running fixes (except the blinkning LED of course) into subsequent software updates. |
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10-17-2007, 01:18 PM
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Motorola HF850 - Update
After downloading the latest iPhone update, it appears as though the phone works a bit better than it used to in conjunction to the HF850. There is an earlier post that explains how to dial out using the iPhone and HF850 combination, and that works fine.
I can now answer calls by pressing the multi-function button. One caveat: there is about a 6 second delay from the time you press the button to the time when the call is answered. So you have to press it quickly, sit tight, and hope that the caller hasn't given up on you. At least we're making progres... |
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10-18-2007, 04:15 AM
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Pioneer 9800BT / 980BT is crap and broke my phone
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I was conflicted about whether to purchase a Pioneer 9800BT (same as the Premier 980BT but without a two year warranty) and an Alpine X001. I went with the Pioneer and added the iPod adapter. That's where my problems began... First things first: the bluetooth on this unit is junk. I had to repair the iPhone with the headunit every time I either turned off the car, walked sufficiently far enough away from the car, or turned off the headunit. If pairing were easy I wouldn't complain, but it wasn't easy. I had to unpair the headunit from the phone through the iPhone's settings>general>bluetooth menu, then repair the two by having the Pioneer search for the phone while re-pairing the two from the iPhone itself. That's way too much work each time I get in the car (and I'm a pizza delivery driver, so I'm constantly turning off the car, getting out, then returning to the car). Second thing, and this is the most important: the Pioneer 9800bt melted my iPhone. That's right, MELTED my iPhone  I had plugged in the iPhone to the iPod adapter and it played music for about ten minutes before faulting. I opened up the glovebox (where the iPhone was stashed) and the screen was covered with colored lines, going horizontal and vertical in a pattern akin to colored TV snow or static. At this point the phone was rather hot. I unplugged it and tried to reset it but nothing happened. After about a minute of holding down the home and off buttons the screen turned off, but the whole while the phone kept getting warmer and warmer. Eventually the iPhone was too hot to hold. I called AppleCare and we tried everything. The phone failed restore then the computer wouldn't ever recognize it anymore. After about 40 minutes the phone began to cool, but it was already too late. It was dead. I headed to the local Apple store and they replaced it for me. STAY AWAY FROM THIS UNIT (THE PIONEER 980BT / 9800BT) I decided to go with the Alpine X001 (which I just had installed today), and I haven't regretted it. The navigation is the best out there for the iPod/iPhone. I can answer calls from the iPhone while playing music. I also have a Plantronics 655 bluetooth headset, which I can use to double-tap and redial (so I can make outbound calls in that way). I haven't tried the bluetooth adapter from Alpine (haven't bought it, I should say) as Pioneer successfully turned me off the idea of integrated bluetooth. One thing I can't do is access the phone while it's plugged into the head unit. The screen just says iPhone/iPod accessory, but none of the menus are accessible. Also, I tried to navigate around the iPod interface on the Alpine headunit while on a call I recieved and the unit paused for 10 seconds then went into shuffle mode, playing sound on the headset (plantronics) but not the speakers. Then when I turned off the car, while still on the headset, the iPhone started playing a movie I had on there. I know, I know. Kinda wierd, but nothing is perfect, though this unit is the best for the iPod/iPhone I've yet tried. -My 2 cents |
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10-20-2007, 10:30 AM
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Parrot
Anyone in the US played with parrot car kits?
I've got one fitted to a Golf GTI (or I think they are VW Rabbits in US). Just got a siftware haked iPhone so I can use it in Oz and while it pairs with TomTom 710 (add that to list) I keep gettinga message back from the Parrot saying message is full. The Iphone finds the Parrot, but sits there spinning it's wheels. |
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