2008 370GT Coupe - Bluetooth used to work, now it cant be turned on

[Vee37]

Last year I had my Android phone working perfectly with Bluetooth into my car. I could make & receive calls using the Bluetooth in the car and play music from my phone through the AUX; bluetooth audio for music is rubbish.

I can even still see that my phone is a valid device that has already been paired to the car previously. However, now, I cant turn the bluetooth ON in the car, its disabled in the menu. Note, I have had the center computer converted to english.

The only thing that changed since I noticed it does not work anymore, is that mid Dec to end Jan I did not drive the car, and battery went flat.

 

Does anyone know of a setting somewhere to enable my bluetooth in the car? Once its enabled pairing is a doddle.

Edited March 26, 2023 by Vee37
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[Duncan]

This either either totally unhelpful or maybe half helpful depending how you look at it....but I remember a thread on the same question in the last year or 2, so have a look back a bit deeper in this forum

[soviet_merlin]

Just following Duncan's lead on possibly not being very helpful.

What happens when you select Pair Phone?

If the previous pairing got corrupted for whatever reason and the car can pair new devices, you need to go to the phone's bluetooth settings and forget the previous pairing. Then pair again.

Apologies if this is obvious.

[Vee37]

2 hours ago, soviet_merlin said:

Just following Duncan's lead on possibly not being very helpful.

What happens when you select Pair Phone?

If the previous pairing got corrupted for whatever reason and the car can pair new devices, you need to go to the phone's bluetooth settings and forget the previous pairing. Then pair again.

Apologies if this is obvious.

As the Bluetooth cannot be turned on, the car does not appear in the list of devices to connect on my phone Bluetooth pairing screen. And vice versa, it does not see my phone is looking to pair.

5 hours ago, Duncan said:

This either either totally unhelpful or maybe half helpful depending how you look at it....but I remember a thread on the same question in the last year or 2, so have a look back a bit deeper in this forum

I did a search of the whole internet, but knowing this possible tidbit, I will search across the forum only and see what appears. I actually needed one of my own posts the other day, and my profile did not find it, but a site targeted search found it. So here's hoping.

[Vee37]

5 hours ago, Duncan said:

This either either totally unhelpful or maybe half helpful depending how you look at it....but I remember a thread on the same question in the last year or 2, so have a look back a bit deeper in this forum

That was easy to find, if this is the post?

In that case, he was able to switch Bluetooth on, but had issues paring the phone. Once Bluetooth is on, pairing wont be a problem. And technically, the phone is already paired and in the list of paired devices on the car. IIIIFFF I can turn Bluetooth on.

I tried with the car running, with the engine off but the car electricals on, in gear in park and in neutral. As soon as you start moving, all the settings get disabled for safety.

For anyone who doesn't know the trick, to do a google search of only SAU for a term, below is what I used to get the above sop quickly.

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.sau.com.au+bluetooth

But most Bluetooth issues found by the above are with the audio breaking up or stopping.

Edited March 26, 2023 by Vee37
post was saved before I actually finished, must of hit a bad key.

[Vee37]

oooo.... i did a better search with more terms, and found one with the exact same issue! its getting late, but will read it tomorrow

 

[Vee37]

damn... I couldn't resist, and I had already found that page and read it, but will give it a little more attention tomorrow, as the first post is my exact problem, and he fixed it

 

[Vee37]

This is still not working! and every time I get a call while I am driving it grates me knwoing it used to work.

I read or saw some youtube suggestions of rebooting the system, by holding down the status (I think its the middle button on the left, but I have tried just about all with the power button) & power button for 190 sec, but I didnt seem to get it to work. It may be only Infinity G37'w. Has anyone done a reboot on the 370GT? Mine is 2008.

One thing I have been meaniog to try, and it is the kinda the event that I think triggered it. I didnt drive my car for 2 months, and the battery went flat. If I dont drive it for a week, the battery is always totally charged. Maybe I left the internal light on IDK. So I am thinking of disconnecting the battery for an hour or so, and checking if that helps/corrects it. but its a hail mary.

Any other ideas? I am truly hoping the Bluetooth module hasnt been damaged in anyway by the slow discharge. Nothing comes up on the ODBII scan, and I found the system info page, and it implied the bluetooth was ok/present

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