ALPINE Bluetooth handsfree profile only activates AFTER a call

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Hi All

There is plenty of helpful bluetooth hands free advice in FAQs & searching the forums but nothing specifically for my problem:

My Alpine will pair correctly with bluetooth hands free devices (tried a few) but calls are not transferred to the bluetooth device until AFTER a call has been initiated. To ensure I can make or receive calls via the bluetooth device, I have to firstly make a call. The call doesn't even need to connect - I only need to start & end a call straight away to make the hands free profile active.

This means I need to fiddle about with the 'phone to activate the profile before I can drive off.

The bluetooth hands free devices work fine with other 'phones and the Alpine shows the same problem with whichever hands free devices I try.

Does anyone have any advice about how to ensure the hands free profile gets activated on the Alpine as soon as the bluetooth device connects?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.