Bluetooth
09-06-2018 | 10:33 AM
#1
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2009 350E Wagon
Bluetooth
Have a 2009 E 211 Wagon with original Command.
Would like to keep the Command, but my new Iphone 8+ Bluetooth connects to the Command for phone calls, but the calls are interrupted by breaks in the Bluetooth connection making the calls intelligible.
I already have a separate device to stream music from the phone - but would prefer to use the command to make and take calls.
HELP!
I have heard that this is compatibility issue with the new Bluetooth 5.0 not being compatible with the older Command units. Does anyone have a workaround that does not involve replacing the Command - or using a separate external compatible Bluetooth speaker for the phone. I already have one of these - and the bugger also plays music and other things when I am on calls.
Would like to keep the Command, but my new Iphone 8+ Bluetooth connects to the Command for phone calls, but the calls are interrupted by breaks in the Bluetooth connection making the calls intelligible.
I already have a separate device to stream music from the phone - but would prefer to use the command to make and take calls.
HELP!
I have heard that this is compatibility issue with the new Bluetooth 5.0 not being compatible with the older Command units. Does anyone have a workaround that does not involve replacing the Command - or using a separate external compatible Bluetooth speaker for the phone. I already have one of these - and the bugger also plays music and other things when I am on calls.
09-07-2018 | 10:06 PM
#2
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Joined: Aug 2016
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From: S. W. Washington State
2008 E320 BlueTec, 1980 300 SD
Have a 2009 E 211 Wagon with original Command.
Would like to keep the Command, but my new Iphone 8+ Bluetooth connects to the Command for phone calls, but the calls are interrupted by breaks in the Bluetooth connection making the calls intelligible.
I already have a separate device to stream music from the phone - but would prefer to use the command to make and take calls.
HELP!
I have heard that this is compatibility issue with the new Bluetooth 5.0 not being compatible with the older Command units. Does anyone have a workaround that does not involve replacing the Command - or using a separate external compatible Bluetooth speaker for the phone. I already have one of these - and the bugger also plays music and other things when I am on calls.
Would like to keep the Command, but my new Iphone 8+ Bluetooth connects to the Command for phone calls, but the calls are interrupted by breaks in the Bluetooth connection making the calls intelligible.
I already have a separate device to stream music from the phone - but would prefer to use the command to make and take calls.
HELP!
I have heard that this is compatibility issue with the new Bluetooth 5.0 not being compatible with the older Command units. Does anyone have a workaround that does not involve replacing the Command - or using a separate external compatible Bluetooth speaker for the phone. I already have one of these - and the bugger also plays music and other things when I am on calls.
Easy solution:
Switch to older iPhone!
iPhone 5S works & connects fine with 2008 W211 Bluetooth.
Not sure what your car has, but mine has fiber optics connecting the head unit with the unit in the trunk which I would not want to mess with.
09-13-2018 | 01:57 AM
#3
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2017 C250 W205
AFAIK this is an IPhone problem.
Just google search "iphone bluetooth unreliable" and you'll find many, many hits.
I got an IPhone SE and the Bluetooth connection to the APS 20 in my car isn't 100% reliable either.
Just google search "iphone bluetooth unreliable" and you'll find many, many hits.
I got an IPhone SE and the Bluetooth connection to the APS 20 in my car isn't 100% reliable either.
