Pioneer car Bluetooth does not auto-connect to iPhone

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Pioneer car Bluetooth does not auto-connect to iPhone

I have the Pioneer AVH-P3100DVD head unit in my car, and I just put in the compatible CD-BTB200 Bluetooth adapter. I can get my iPhone to pair with the unit, however, when I turn the car off and back on, it will not reconnect. I've read elsewhere that it seems to work fine with most other phones, and the only other people I've heard having this problem are other iPhone owners.

Anyone have any idea what could be causing this and/or what a solution is?

MacBook Pro, iPhone 3G S, Mac OS X (10.5.7), 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3GB SDRAM, 320GB HDD

Posted on Jun 26, 2009 1:17 PM

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Answer 1

Swiss Miss Author

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Jul 2, 2009 4:05 PM in response to Swiss Miss

Awesome thanks, I was able to register finally. That is kind of tricky because I didn't know you had to have the parking brake up in order to do so. So if anyone else is a noob like I am, you should do that!

Was not able to get the phonebook to download to the head unit. Here's hoping update 3.1 will make this possible... unless of course, someone has a fix that I am missing for that as well?

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jfort

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Aug 26, 2009 4:13 PM in response to idnarbjm

how to you "register" the phone? I have a pioneer deh-p7000bt. it used to work fine with iPhone 3G. Had to disconnect battery and now I can't get the p7000 and the iPhone to "pair" or to "connect." they each "see" the other, but I cannot get them to, I think, "connect." when i select the seen iPhone to connect, i get "error." can anyone help?

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h4Him

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Oct 19, 2009 8:29 PM in response to Swiss Miss

I use the iphone 3GS and have the Pioneer DEH-P7000BT. I have loved them both. BUT - since the 3.0 firmware update on my iphone, i am having garble interference when using my iphone with bluetooth through the DEH-P7000BT. Never had the problem before 3.0 and the 3.1.2 update has not helped.

Anyone have any advice?

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Answer 4

Oct 20, 2009 7:05 AM in response to h4Him

This isnt related to your question however you can probably help. Does your pioneer headunit allow you to play iphone apps through the car stereo? As im looking to purchase a pioneer headunit which will allow me to play radio apps through the stereo.

Regards,
Tristan

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idnarbjm

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Jul 1, 2009 5:47 PM in response to Swiss Miss

You have to make sure you register the phone after you connect it. Once you do that the first time it will auto connect each time.

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Jun 29, 2009 10:35 AM in response to Swiss Miss

I also have this issue with my iPhone 3G (8GB) and my Pioneer DEH-P9800BT Deck.

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jfort

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Oct 5, 2009 2:42 PM in response to jfort

Problem solved. On iPhone, you need to delete the old BT connection in Settings>General>Bluetooth and start all over. 3G iPhone works fine with Pioneer DEH-P7000BT

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