Pairing DNA to Bluetooth enabled car?

[Jennifer Stough]

I've skimmed through a lot of the threads and haven't found anything to help. So here's the deal- I have a 2008 Toyota Prius that has Bluetooth enabling to use my phone through the steering wheel, voice recognition, or multi function display (touch screen). When i turn on the car, it automatically searches for a Bluetooth enabled devices. It picked up my old sk4g and my husbands LG optimus q, which are both much cheaper phones than the DNA. I cannot get it to register my DNA. It says no connections found, even with my Bluetooth turned on and visible to non paired devices. Any ideas on what im doing wrong or if its just incompatable?

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[bellken]

Impreza owner here, bluetooth set up with a car is a pita. It sounds like you need your phone in bluetooth search mode, when you turn on your car. You may need to increase the visibility timeout on your DNA to get it to pair together. good luck

 

[mclarryjr]

I have a Jeep and didn't have any issues with mine. Have you been able to pair to any other car / device?

 

[Jennifer Stough]

I don't think I've tried searching for the car from my device, only searching from my car for the phone. So ill give it a go and let you guys know. I haven't tried pairing with another vehicle, but I can pair with my husbands phone

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[atakin77]

You need to have both the car and the phone searching, that is how I was able to pair to my car... Good luck

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[Jennifer Stough]

Hm. I will try it when my husband gets home from work.

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[kemetblk]

On my Enclave, I have to have the car search for the phone. But on my sister's Toyota I believe it worked both ways.