Just realize that when you've got the top down, that the whole bluetooth, listening through the speakers and them hearing you thing goes right out the window... I'm just sayin'.......

 

Has anyone figured out how to get the iPhone phone book listing to appear on the screen? My other cars have this feature.

 

If I understand correctly, that's not possible with the Bluetooth interface in the C6. The only way to access your iPhone contacts is verbally through the Bluetooth voice feature (press handsfree button, say "Bluetooth", then say "voice").

 

I just bought the iPhone 4s and will be getting my new GS at the end of April. Can anyone enlighten me on the problems with Siri and the 4s?

J.R.

 

For those who may be unaware, there are two options for handsfree dialing/calling via Bluetooth in the C6. The first is to manually add contacts into the car's Bluetooth/OnStar system one-by-one with recorded "name tags" that are saved in the vehicle. To use this functionality, you press the talk button on your steering wheel, say "Bluetooth", then say "call John Doe" (or whatever name tag you've stored for that individual).

I haven't attempted this method with the iPhone 4S (yet), but I see no reason why it shouldn't work just fine, and it's probably what I'm going to have to resort to. To me, it's inconvenient because I have to manually input contacts into the system one at a time. When all the names/numbers I would want to call are already stored on my phone, this seems like a major waste of time. This is where Voice Pass-Thru is supposed to come to the rescue.

According to the owner manual, Voice Pass-Thru is supposed to "allow access to the voice recognition commands on the cell phone". You press the talk button, say "Bluetooth", then say "voice", and the car then activates the voice command functionality on your phone (Siri in the case of the iPhone 4S) which you can then use to dial any contact that's already stored on your phone. This is when I start running into problems with the 4S.

On my old iPhone 4, which had only basic voice commands, this worked flawlessly. I would say "call John Doe", and the phone would place the call. What happens to me more often than not on the iPhone 4S is that I hear the voice/Siri prompt and before I can even start saying a command it cuts me off and disconnects from the phone. It does the same thing when I activate Siri directly by holding down the home button on my iPhone (instead of using the steering wheel button in the car).

Unfortunately, I've found that the only reliable method of placing in-vehicle calls on the 4S is to unlock the phone and actually tap on the name of the contact whom I want to call, which defeats the whole purpose of handsfree calling. Nobody--myself included--should be fumbling around on a touchscreen phone trying to place a call while driving a car.

 

I occasionally have a problem when I initiate a call outside the car, then get in and start the engine. Occasionally bluetooth won't pick up the in-process call.

Never had a problem with my 2012 when I initiated the call while the car was running. I normally initiate the call via bluetooth, though. Rarely from the iPhone itself.

 

 

Thanks for the heads up. I don't have the 4s or the car but I will look into this when I can.

J.R.

 

I am having the same problem in a 2012 GS and iphone that I just putchased.

Phone will pair easily, but soon as I get started making a hands free call, it disconnects and says, "Thank you."

 

Yep, that's it, exactly.