Using car speakers for phone calls?

Absolutely... if you have an AUX jack for your car audio system simply connect an RCA cable (with male connectors on each end) between your iPhone headphone jack and the car's audio system AUX jack. This is what I do and it works very well.

That doesn't work at all in my car.

Can you get a bluetooth adapter? My car has bluetooth built in and my phone goes right to the speakers. (Minis rock)

don't know why it doesn't. i had the original iphone since day one and it worked in my car through it's aux jack and the 3GS works the exact same way. the caller goes out through the headphone jack on the iphone to the car speakers and the built in mic at the bottom of the phone picks up my voice.

My car doesn't have any AUX inputs, but it actually has a tape deck so I've been using a tape adaptor to listen to my iPod for the last six years and now that I have my iPhone I'm listening to the iPod on it through the adaptor. It works fine with calls (although I actually unplug it and use the phone normally for the call, as I think it's weird to have a conversation with a voice coming at you from all sides through the speakers).

Would that option work for you?

I use the Motorola T505 and it works great. It's bluetooth and you have the option to use the built in speaker or have it go through the car stereo. The battery life is insane, it lasts about 2 weeks before I need to recharge it!

fredericlang wrote:

I can't use a bluetooth headset

I'm curious why not. Early on I thought I couldn't either: Only one good ear and I needed it to hear non-phone stuff. But the Motorola H-700 I bought did not cover my ear or go into the ear canal so it worked out fine.

Now I use a BlueAnt Supertooth 3 and its built-in speaker/mike which works great with the iPhone 3GS.

Phil

fredericlang wrote:
When I plug my iphone to the aux of my radio, the voice control screen comes on (???) and makes it renders the phone unusable...

mine does that too (very strange) but i just hit the home button which takes me back to the home screen.

I'm using the "Kensington LiquidAUX Bluetooth Car Kit" with my iPhone 3G S and my car tape deck, too. It works great by the way!

I have a 2008 Acura and found this little trick when I got it in 2008 on the 3G and I use it often...

Maybe it's the cars design or use of the AUX input that determines if this trick will work for you...

Works for 2008 Acura's I have two mine and my wife and works on both (we have TL Type S and MDX)

Hey evansls, I'm using the Kensington LiquidAUX Bluetooth as well. I've been having a problem with it though. When a call comes in, it automatically answers the call even if I don't press any buttons on the phone, remote, or base unit of the Kensington. Have you noticed this problem too? I'm trying to figure out if it is a compatibility issue, or if I just got a defective car kit. Thanks.

fredericlang wrote:

john.grayson wrote:

fredericlang wrote:
When I plug my iphone to the aux of my radio, the voice control screen comes on (???) and makes it renders the phone unusable...

mine does that too (very strange) but i just hit the home button which takes me back to the home screen.

You are right, but for some reason the Voice control screen comes back after a few seconds.
Another issue is that when connected to the Aux of my radio I loose the microphone on the iphone...
How did you work out this problem?

i don't have that problem of losing the microphone when the iphone is connected to the aux in the radio. when i attach my iphone to the aux (through the headphone jack) the voice control screen pops up, i hit the home button and continue to use the iphone as i normally would.