When using my Samsung SCHu540 phone with my 2007 Maxima's Bluetooth, the turn-by-turn voice from VZ Navigator can not be heard, either through the phone's speakers or the car's speakers. When I disable Bluetooth on the phone, the turn-by-turn voice comes from the phone's speakers and the system works fine.
Verizon Techs don't have any answers, other than to say it sounds like a software problem.
Anybody else having this problem? If so, is there a cure?
2007 Maxima Bluetooth Problem with Verizon VZ Navigator
Re: 2007 Maxima Bluetooth Problem with Verizon VZ Navigator (WalterGA)
Surely I'm not the only Maxima owner with a Bluetooth/Verizon Navigotor problem? If anybody has any suggestions, I'd sure like to hear 'em!
Re: 2007 Maxima Bluetooth Problem with Verizon VZ Navigator (WalterGA)
I don't have bluetooth in my car, but I do have a Verizon phone that has VZ Navigator. My guess would be that if you don't have problems using the regular phone functions with your car's bluetooth system, that the issue lies with the VZ Navigator application.
If VZ Nav has never worked with your car, Im assuming the VZ program itself was not intended to work with bluetooth. And because you can hear the turn-by-turns on the phone itself when bluetooth is dissabled, I can again assume that the Navigator is not meant to use Bluetooth.
I don't know that VZ Navigator has an update yet, but you might try dialing *228 on your phone. This will update your phone's OS and possibly update downloaded applications. Car's navigation systems have to have new map DVDs to update the maps, so Im thinking that the VZ Nav has to update it's maps somehow (and possibly update the program itself - which may mean adding bluetooth capabilities to the program).
If VZ Nav has never worked with your car, Im assuming the VZ program itself was not intended to work with bluetooth. And because you can hear the turn-by-turns on the phone itself when bluetooth is dissabled, I can again assume that the Navigator is not meant to use Bluetooth.
I don't know that VZ Navigator has an update yet, but you might try dialing *228 on your phone. This will update your phone's OS and possibly update downloaded applications. Car's navigation systems have to have new map DVDs to update the maps, so Im thinking that the VZ Nav has to update it's maps somehow (and possibly update the program itself - which may mean adding bluetooth capabilities to the program).
Re: 2007 Maxima Bluetooth Problem with Verizon VZ Navigator (ZGadson)
Thanks for the suggestion. I think you're right, and I'm afraid that there is no good answer for my problem. The tech with whom I spoke @ Verizon checked to see if my phone had the latest updates and it does. He says that it sure seems to be a software (or is it "firmware"?) problem on my phone, but that they don't have a current answer.
He told me that he gets his turn-by-turn voice directions through his Bluetooth earpiece, when using his LG phone.
I won't be using the Navigator much, but do get involved in heavy traffic frequently, and always leave the Bluetooth enabled. I guess I'll just have to make case-by-case decisions as to which is more important at the moment!
It's just a shame that I can't hear the Navigator voice through my Maxima's speakers, or at least from the phone's speakers.
He told me that he gets his turn-by-turn voice directions through his Bluetooth earpiece, when using his LG phone.
I won't be using the Navigator much, but do get involved in heavy traffic frequently, and always leave the Bluetooth enabled. I guess I'll just have to make case-by-case decisions as to which is more important at the moment!
It's just a shame that I can't hear the Navigator voice through my Maxima's speakers, or at least from the phone's speakers.
Re: 2007 Maxima Bluetooth Problem with Verizon VZ Navigator (WalterGA)
It sure would be a nice touch to have voice turn-by-turns through the sound system in the car.
I guess we just can't have everything. Although the amount of money we pay for cell phones and cars is ridiculous, we should have everything we want out of a phone and car after forking over all that dough for them.
Here's an idea though - when its time for you to get a new phone, ask if you can try it with your car's bluetooth before you buy it to see if everything works. I imagine it would depend on the phone itself, too, what gets broadcast through bluetooth. Other phones might be different.
I guess we just can't have everything. Although the amount of money we pay for cell phones and cars is ridiculous, we should have everything we want out of a phone and car after forking over all that dough for them.
Here's an idea though - when its time for you to get a new phone, ask if you can try it with your car's bluetooth before you buy it to see if everything works. I imagine it would depend on the phone itself, too, what gets broadcast through bluetooth. Other phones might be different.