[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Bob Simons:
Every time I wipe the phone I go the car aux input menu, go to BT, then System, then forget all devices. It immediately cycles to add new device, offers up the pairing code, asks if it should be the default device, then asks for the phonebook. then it starts the safety spiel. No separate setups for low power phone mode or A2DP. But it's clear that two different pairings happen. The phone meanwhile shows the car as a pair of headphones. I have not tried pairing with other devices besides the car so I don't know if the phone shows a series of icons to show the class type of receiver. Am I correct to think that some classes like low power only allow audio and a little display metadata, and would not allow file transfer? So when it offers to sync the phonebook it changes mode to one which allows file transfer? Anyone know the protocol it uses to send the phonebook? Something with no authentication like tftp? Not important, just curious, and ignorant, which makes for an interesting combination.

Someone, CZ Eddie I think, told me that the only way to know what connection mode is in use is to examine the log. Any way to tell while you're in the car playing with the radio?

Nice car, by the way. About one and a half lifetimes ago, I had my fourth VW, a 87 16V GTI. Modified a bit with German H4 headlights, Bilstein Sports, Recaros, CIS injection mods, and a biamped SoundStream/ADS stereo so hidden that although the car was stolen once, the thieves didn't know there was anything in it. I got it back complete. Most of the system was hidden in the back seat side panels. But the car was cursed in an odd way. It was hit five times, three times when parked and not moving, and twice when there wasn't anyone in it. Once, hit by a bus. Once, hit by an airborne Caddy Sedan de Ville. The insurance company kept fixing it, spending about $4,000 more than the cost of the car. I was a high-performance mechanic, specializing on Bosch injection back in the day before chipping. You had to build little op amp boxes to falsify the inputs, mainly the thermistor sensors.

I decided that I had to change my karma in a big way to stop these problems so I went out and bought a used Mercury Sable station wagon. A lot changed with that decision but my car was never hit again. Now I drive boring cars with stock radios and I pretend I don't know the difference. Maybe it was worth it? I still miss my Golf. I'm getting restless, though and am now trying to get Bluetooth aptx to work so I can use the phone with a 128 gig SD card to play lossless FLACs. But I need the BT to be reliable before messing with aptx.

I'll go play with the BT settings later today. Thanks for your help.

---------- Post added at 03:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:03 PM ----------

the honeycomb hexes visible below the dash. Screams out high-tech materials even though it's plastic. My Ford Escape has something similar in the stamped pattern of the dashboard. Black honeycombs that sometimes reflect on the dash. A friend has a turbo Mazda 3 with the same affectations. Good to know that great minds (at car companies) think alike.

---------- Post added at 03:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:10 PM ----------

the honeycomb hexes visible below the dash screams out high-tech materials even though it's plastic. My Ford Escape has something similar in the stamped pattern of the dashboard. Black honeycombs that sometimes reflect on the dash. A friend has a turbo Mazda 3 with the same affectations. Good to know that great minds (at car companies) think alike.