iPhone 3G bluetooth echo?

I also am having this problem with pairing my iPhone 3g with the Bluetooth in my BMW. Everything was fine with the last iPhone and now you can't even have a conversation because of the echo. This is really disappointing to me and would love to know what Apple changed to cause this and how to go about fixing it.

It has OEM Bluetooth. I had an original iPhone and it worked perfectly. I unpaired the old phone, paired the 3G phone and I can hear my voice echo during a conversation. The other end doesn't hear the echo, but it is annoying.

Come on Apple. Be sure to get this fix in the next update. I sometime hold conference calls while on the road.

FYI - Yesterday I updated my 4GB iPhone to 2.0, and the BT still worked fine. Is there a new BT chipset in the 3G?

-Mark

I'm also having this problem with my 3G iPhone. As a BMW Center Employee I can tell the problem seems to be widespread as I've paired my phone with both a new 3 series and a 6 series. Both cars had the same issue as well as two client with their 3G iPhones and their BMW's.

I hope this is resolved VERY soon.

It's not just a BMW issue, either. I have the same problems--echo and pairing issues--in my Nissan Rogue. What a pain.

The 3G is my first IPhone. Talking in my BMW was the only way I could stand using the Razr. The sound was beautiful and clear.

Yesterday the ATT guy who used to work at BMW paired my IPhone for me. My voice echos throughout the car when I speak. I searched through the phone and the IDrive for a sound source setting to see what might be causing the feedback. I haven't found anything so far.

I haven't tried muting the phone to see if that fixes it.

I have a 2008 Nissan Altima with built in bluetooth. I have the same echo issue. My 3G iPhone has a very bad echo only when I talk. But a last gen iPhone works just fine. I have unpaired and repaired the 3G multiple times and it doesn't help.

Well it appears the following vehicles have BT echo problems:

-Various BMWs
-2008 Nissan Rogue
-2008 Nissan Altima
-2008 Toyota Tundra

Apple sent the iPhone days in advance to 3 of their favorite reviewers and sure enough, one of them also noted the problem.

Mossberg concurs, but complains that "the new phone produced an echo when used with the built-in Bluetooth system in my car."

http://www.pcworld.com/article/148113/firstreviews_iphone_3g_improved_but_stillflawed.html

I imagine it's on Apple's list of iPhone to do's.

The list keeps on growing. You can add 2007 Infiniti G35 to the list of cars with bluetooth having echos with the new 3G phone.

Not sure if all these manufacturers are using the same bluetooth car kit.

Add another car to the list, the Ford Focus with Microsoft Sync. I am getting the same echo here.

so i have a 2008 BMW 5-series and prior to getting the iPhone 3g I had a blackberry with no echos at all. Now its unbelievable.

I thought it might have been something with my BMW car kit, but it seems like alot of you guys have the same problem.

Do you know what I should do? Does Apple make an update or do I have to return my phone? I would hate to do that because I love the phone just these annoying echos.

Add the Infiniti G37S w/nav to the list. There may be a difference in the bluetooth implementations between the nav/non-nav models, so please specify whether your car has/doesn't have it.

One way I found to get rid of the echo is to transfer to phone, then back to the car. Sound is loud and clear afterwards.

I also found it to be happening the majority of the time, but NOT EVERY TIME, which is weird to say the least. I'll experiment with different locations in the car where I keep it to see if it helps any.

Apple better come up with a fix for this, because I need to use the handsfree, and it's a lot easier to change my iPhone for something instead of my car.

I imagine all phones are affected & Apple will correct this soon with a firmware update. It appears many OEM bluetooth enabled vehicles are experiencing this issue.

If it's not resolved, say within the 14 day iPhone return policy, I'll probably revert to my trustworthy 2G iPhone which worked flawlessly.

It's hard to believe that Apple did not do widespread testing of the 3g phone with respect to the use of bluetooth in automobiles. For this one reason alone, I have decided to hold off on buying the new phone, since I generally use my 1st gen iPhone in the car with no echo and few glitches, if any.

David