jbt56

Just wondering if anyone here is familiar with the base COMAND system (no nav, no HK) and iPhones. Mine (iPhone 6+) connects very nicely via Bluetooth to stream my music library, Pandora, etc., so no issues there (phone calls sound amazing, too!).
My question has to do with text messaging- supposedly the car can display texts, but since I bought it last summer, it does not. Is this something to do with Apple's 'iMessages', or am I still missing a setting somewhere, or...?

xEryx

If you have the base audio with no nav meaning no COMAND, then you can't receive text message to it.

jbt56

Actually, according to the 'Audio 20' manual, it can (and should) receive text messages. It does specify 'SMS', although I don't know what that is. That's why I'm wondering of Apple's "iMessage" doesn't work. The manual is severely lacking in detail.

xEryx

If it does say that, then you just might need to go to your phone Bluetooth and under the connected device click the ! and turn on notifications.

jbt56

Just checked that- the 'show notifications' is set to ON on the phone- has been since day one (with the car).
Was out in the car a bit ago, as well. When I click on 'text messages' in the phone menu in the car, a box appears that simply says 'no text messages'. There don't appear to be any other settings I may have missed.
This isn't a big deal; just one of those little things I think about that bug me until I figure it out.

jjcrews01

jbt56;
I was having this issue too. But I noticed the command doesn't show your 'existing' text messages, only 'new' text that you have received after you connected your phone to your car. If that makes sense?


I initially hooked up my phone via Bluetooth and clicked on the 'text messages' with no messages showing. But after driving and actually receiving a new text, I was then able to read my text on the car's display. Kinda cool...!

jbt56

If I remember correctly, my salesman mentioned this (had the car for 6 months now), but while I don't receive many texts, I have had them come in while in the car; I hear the alert sound if I'm streaming music. I do not get any sort of message or alert on the audio screen that would let me know a text had come in.

I'll probably just let it go. I get texts from my wife and my daughter and almost no one else, so it's not a big deal. I just like things to work 'as advertised'.

dieseldoc

Mine does the same thing!

mike82212

when you here the text come in, go to the screen in the car, next phone, then text and it will read your text

I have a C300 with command and nav