Hey, bluetooth experts!
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wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 18:56 last edited by
I have a wireless CarPlay adapter in my car. Works very well. It "pretends" that it's an iPhone which the car sees, and my iPhone connects to it via bluetooth.
My wife and I both have iPhones, but the device will only connect to one phone - it remembers the last phone connected to it.
My wife would like to have her phone connect to the device, but if we're both in the car, it sees my phone (the last one connected to it). If she's alone in the car, the device doesn't see her phone, expecting mine to connect. She is, ahem, technologically impaired, so I need as much of an automated solution as possible.
I was wondering about Siri Shortcuts to turn bluetooth off on her phone when we're together, but, apparently, that's not possible because shortcuts won't use "find my" unless I activate it.
Bottom line: if we're together, connect to my phone . If we're apart, connect bluetooth on her phone to the CarPlay adapter.
Is there some kind of NFC solution I could implement with my phone to do this. She would not want to pull her phone out for this.
Am I making any sense?
Thanks in advance!
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wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 19:35 last edited by
Who make the wireless CarPlay adapter?
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wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 19:58 last edited by
@mark said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
Who make the wireless CarPlay adapter?
Why do you care? You said you'd never buy another Apple product.
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@mark said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
Who make the wireless CarPlay adapter?
Why do you care? You said you'd never buy another Apple product. -
wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 21:28 last edited by
If you turn off Bluetooth while you're in Airplane Mode, your device will remember the next time you turn on Airplane Mode.
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wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 22:24 last edited by
I don’t quite understand what the CarPlay adapter does. What is the difference to connecting the phone to the car’s Bluetooth directly, without the adapter?
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I don’t quite understand what the CarPlay adapter does. What is the difference to connecting the phone to the car’s Bluetooth directly, without the adapter?
wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 22:36 last edited by@klaus said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
I don’t quite understand what the CarPlay adapter does. What is the difference to connecting the phone to the car’s Bluetooth directly, without the adapter?
Bluetooth has nothing to do with CarPlay. If you plug your phone into the car's USB port, CarPlay will take over navigation, phone, etc. It's a direct wired connection, and actually disables bluetooth.
The adapter does the same thing. The adapter makes the car think that it's a direct-wired phone.
BUT, to connect to the adapter, you need to connect your phone to it via bluetooth.
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@klaus said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
I don’t quite understand what the CarPlay adapter does. What is the difference to connecting the phone to the car’s Bluetooth directly, without the adapter?
Bluetooth has nothing to do with CarPlay. If you plug your phone into the car's USB port, CarPlay will take over navigation, phone, etc. It's a direct wired connection, and actually disables bluetooth.
The adapter does the same thing. The adapter makes the car think that it's a direct-wired phone.
BUT, to connect to the adapter, you need to connect your phone to it via bluetooth.
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@george-k Did you contact support?
If it simply will not do what you want, you may have to just get a second unit for Mrs. George to carry with her.
wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 22:43 last edited by@mark said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
@george-k Did you contact support?
If it simply will not do what you want, you may have to just get a second unit for Mrs. George to carry with her.
That's actually not a bad suggestion. My car has two USB ports, and either works with CarPlay. If I add a second unit, she can connect to unit #2 and I connect to unit #1. However, which unit will the car see as being the CarPlay unit....?
Hmmm....
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wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 22:45 last edited by
Not great reviews but not specifically to your problem. The one(s) reviewed here had all kinds of issues.
Link to video -
@mark said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
@george-k Did you contact support?
If it simply will not do what you want, you may have to just get a second unit for Mrs. George to carry with her.
That's actually not a bad suggestion. My car has two USB ports, and either works with CarPlay. If I add a second unit, she can connect to unit #2 and I connect to unit #1. However, which unit will the car see as being the CarPlay unit....?
Hmmm....
wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 22:46 last edited by@george-k said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
@mark said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
@george-k Did you contact support?
If it simply will not do what you want, you may have to just get a second unit for Mrs. George to carry with her.
That's actually not a bad suggestion. My car has two USB ports, and either works with CarPlay. If I add a second unit, she can connect to unit #2 and I connect to unit #1. However, which unit will the car see as being the CarPlay unit....?
Hmmm....
Just unplug yours before you leave the car.
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Not great reviews but not specifically to your problem. The one(s) reviewed here had all kinds of issues.
Link to video -
@george-k said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
@mark said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
@george-k Did you contact support?
If it simply will not do what you want, you may have to just get a second unit for Mrs. George to carry with her.
That's actually not a bad suggestion. My car has two USB ports, and either works with CarPlay. If I add a second unit, she can connect to unit #2 and I connect to unit #1. However, which unit will the car see as being the CarPlay unit....?
Hmmm....
Just unplug yours before you leave the car.
wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 22:46 last edited by@mark said in Hey, bluetooth experts!:
Just unplug yours before you leave the car.
If that's a solution, I might as well just plug my phone in directly, LOL.
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wrote on 14 Apr 2021, 22:49 last edited by George K
An alternative might be to have her phone connect automagically all the time, and when she's not in the car, use a NFC button to turn my bluetooth to connect to CarPlay. However, if I leave the car, the device will remember my phone, and not hers. I'd have to remember to disconnect my bluetooth from the device when I leave the car with another tap on the NFC device. Easier than unplugging, but....
