Bluetooth phone connects when phone is outside the vehicle
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Bluetooth phone connects when phone is outside the vehicle
My wife drives a 2017 Mercedes GLE 350.
I’m frequently moving the car in and out of the garage for her. If she is on her cell phone inside the house, the car connects through Bluetooth even if it’s outside in the driveway interrupting her call.
It’s great to have that much range but is there a setting that would only connect the phone once it’s in the vehicle?
I can set it to not connect automatically but then my wife would have to connect every time she gets in the car.
Any suggestions?
I’m frequently moving the car in and out of the garage for her. If she is on her cell phone inside the house, the car connects through Bluetooth even if it’s outside in the driveway interrupting her call.
It’s great to have that much range but is there a setting that would only connect the phone once it’s in the vehicle?
I can set it to not connect automatically but then my wife would have to connect every time she gets in the car.
Any suggestions?
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Nope, there's no setting. That's how Bluetooth works. It connects automatically if the paired device is within range. Kind of the point, so you don't have to constantly connect manually. Like Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies they automatically connect to known networks and devices. The only solution is to turn off Bluetooth on the phone and only turn it on when you want it to connect, or if the phone has a setting to not automatically connect specific connections.
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Thanks. I thought that might be the answer.
The MB Bluetooth range is more than on my other vehicles. I haven’t any others connecting to a phone inside the house while the car is in the driveway. Better to have a stronger signal I suppose.
The MB Bluetooth range is more than on my other vehicles. I haven’t any others connecting to a phone inside the house while the car is in the driveway. Better to have a stronger signal I suppose.
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Find option how to turn the Bluetooth off on the car.
Its been reported several times that vehicles were discharging the batteries at accelerated rate for some household.
Long story shorth, some owners park the car in garage, who is less than 30' from their living room, where they rest their phone, so Bluetooth never sleeps.
Its been reported several times that vehicles were discharging the batteries at accelerated rate for some household.
Long story shorth, some owners park the car in garage, who is less than 30' from their living room, where they rest their phone, so Bluetooth never sleeps.
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Find option how to turn the Bluetooth off on the car.
Its been reported several times that vehicles were discharging the batteries at accelerated rate for some household.
Long story shorth, some owners park the car in garage, who is less than 30' from their living room, where they rest their phone, so Bluetooth never sleeps.
Its been reported several times that vehicles were discharging the batteries at accelerated rate for some household.
Long story shorth, some owners park the car in garage, who is less than 30' from their living room, where they rest their phone, so Bluetooth never sleeps.
Anyway, unless your car has an electrical fault that prevents the systems from shutting down, then there's no need to turn Bluetooth off in the car.
Last edited by superswiss; Apr 3, 2023 at 03:28 PM.
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Make her phone the second priority and your phone primary priority, presuming that your phone is in your pocket it'll connect to your phone and not hers while you're moving her car
