Bluetooth not auto connecting to car stereo?

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Does anyone else use their Lumia 900 with their bluetooth-enabled car stereo?

Normally when I get in the car my phone should auto-detect and auto-connect to my car stereo via Bluetooth - but I find that it's not happening with my Lumia 900.

Anyone else seeing this issue or do I have a defective device? I never had this issue with my Focus or Titan.

I have not had a chance to use it with a car stereo, but I have had problems with connecting just a simple Bluetooth ear piece. Every now and then it will disconnect from the ear piece and I cannot get the Bluetooth to turn back on without rebooting the phone. I never had to do that with either my Focus S or Focus, although I still had the same disconnect from ear piece problem however, it would just reconnect itself rather than me having to check to make sure that the Bluetooth is on.

I do not have problems with this device and my in-car bluetooth, surprisingly. I say "surprisingly" because my car seems to be a bit temperamental in the same way that you describe in your post, with multiple phones. Had issues with the SGSII, the Surround on 7720 and on ansar's 8107 build, as well as previous phones.

Remarkably, the Nokia has auto connected every time so far.

But are you talking about streaming audio over BT, or just the voice services?

I haven't had any problems with my 900 connecting to my car. It connects and starts playing automatically.

I've noticed sound from video plays over bluetooth where with my Focus it would just play on the phone. Only problem with that is my car buffers the audio so it lags behind what you see on the screen.

Originally Posted by Ren13B

I haven't had any problems with my 900 connecting to my car. It connects and starts playing automatically.

I've noticed sound from video plays over bluetooth where with my Focus it would just play on the phone. Only problem with that is my car buffers the audio so it lags behind what you see on the screen.

Interesting. I was under the assumption that Win7 didn't allow audio from videos over bluetooth because I tried it on my focus and netflix and didn't get anything.

Hey thanks for all the input guys!

It seems to be a little flaky. Sometimes it auto-connects, and sometimes it doesn't. The good news is that it seems to be connecting more often than not.. so I can live with it now. I wonder if there's an underlying bug here..

Mine has actually been pretty solid on Bluetooth. My Jawbone Jambox, which I constantly had to fight to connect to my GNex, connects instantly every time.

Mine connects without any problem. Once I start the car engine, the phone picks it up quickly.

Originally Posted by sifusky

Mine connects without any problem. Once I start the car engine, the phone picks it up quickly.

Same here. And can play audio from videos. Or at least youtube.

Seems a little slower for me connecting than my Samsung Focus, but once it connects, it seems to be fine.