Bluemusic+ adaptor and taking phone calls

chanlon1

chanlon1

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 Belfast
I’ve a Bluemusic+ device attached the the CD connectors. It also had the microphone attached to it. Everything works fine except when a phone call comes in and I answer it, it doesn’t t switch to the Bluemusic+ device and I have to manually choose it.
Anyone with the device know if this can be changed. Not sure if there is a setting someone on the iPhone that I have missed?
 
I'm not sure if this assists you but I found my old iphone 8 and android s10 phones connected automatically when I got in the car. My default sounds are audiobooks from the phone and calls just took over the feed from the phone to the dongle. I have noticed in the past that some phones struggle with swapping between multi bluetooth connections so if you have something else connected that may be an issue. After a quick look at the settings I can't see anything else to change after pairing. I've recently got an iphone 13 and some bluetooth hearing aids (age and 28 years motorsport...) but not tried them together in the car yet. When I get a chance I'll see what happens. It was always irritating that the car head unit had to be set to the CD rather than radio for calls to work at all but an inevitable consequence of the tech I guess.
 
Presumably you mean switch to Aux input on the radio? Normally car kits have a control line attached to the radio to automatically switch to Phone mode.
 
smorris_12 said:
Presumably you mean switch to Aux input on the radio? Normally car kits have a control line attached to the radio to automatically switch to Phone mode.
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There’s no Aux on the car. I just thought that if the phone was connected to the Bluetooth adaptor and playing music, that if a phone call comes in and you answer it, then it would automatically be over the same Bluetooth connection. With mine, it’s not. I have to select the Bluemusic device, otherwise the call is over the phone.
 
Actually no, the bluemusic dongles I've had of either flavour - with or without phone, connect to the CD multi player magazine connections behind the boot bulkhead. The head unit has to be set to CD for it to work. It is a streaming device rather than dedicated handsfree kit. I believe there is also an option that connects to the head unit directly, so you may well be right on that one. Maybe someone who has one can confirm.
 
SOLVED IT.

When the call was coming through, the track up button on the steering wheel answers it and automatically sends it through the Bluemusic device. The track down button disconnects the call.

Result.
 
chanlon1 said:
track up button on the steering wheel answers it and automatically sends it through the Bluemusic device. The track down button disconnects the call.
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was just going to suggest this. good thing you figured it out! works the same for me as well.

For those of you that dont have a multi function steering wheel, you can use the next track button on the Head Unit to accept calls. Track back to decline.

As a bonus, pressing "2" then "3" on the HU plays your paused music. unfortunately i didnt find a way to pause music from the HU
 
What helped in my case was testing the call routing using Active Calls call center software to see how the audio was being handled between the iPhone and the Bluemusic+ device. Once I adjusted the audio output preferences and ensured the Bluetooth profile for calls was prioritized, incoming calls started automatically switching to the Bluemusic+ adaptor without needing manual selection.
 
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