Bluetooth without OnStar?
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Bluetooth without OnStar?
Can I pair my phone with Bluetooth on MY10 with Navigation? My OnStar is not active.
When I push the hands free button on the steering wheel and I say Bluetooth the system does not recognize it. It say did not hear any command. Is that because I don't have OnStar active?
When I push the hands free button on the steering wheel and I say Bluetooth the system does not recognize it. It say did not hear any command. Is that because I don't have OnStar active?
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I followed the steps outlined in the owners manual, but it does not recognize any voice command. It replies: did not hear any command, no matter how loudly I say it.
I used to have OnStar, but let it lapse. Does this require an enabled/active OnStar?
I used to have OnStar, but let it lapse. Does this require an enabled/active OnStar?
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Can I pair my phone with Bluetooth on MY10 with Navigation? My OnStar is not active.
When I push the hands free button on the steering wheel and I say Bluetooth the system does not recognize it. It say did not hear any command. Is that because I don't have OnStar active?
When I push the hands free button on the steering wheel and I say Bluetooth the system does not recognize it. It say did not hear any command. Is that because I don't have OnStar active?
Press the button, and after the tone/prompt, say "help". If it can't hear it, you've got a hardware issue. Have you recently performed any work on the car?
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It sometimes help to speak towards the drivers side windshield pillar, windows up, radio off, and engine off (in accessory mode) to reduce background noise. Make sure you wait until after the beep to talk. The system will seem slow, just take your time.
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If its does not respond to *any* voice command, you may have a microphone that has died or its wiring become disconnected somehow.
Press the button, and after the tone/prompt, say "help". If it can't hear it, you've got a hardware issue. Have you recently performed any work on the car?
Press the button, and after the tone/prompt, say "help". If it can't hear it, you've got a hardware issue. Have you recently performed any work on the car?
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09 C6 vert Z51. My wife inadvertently pressed the OnStar button several months ago and the guy came on and answered. Kind of freaked me out, so I thought I'd disable it. Next day I removed a 1 foot piece of standard telephone cable with 2 spades spliced onto the tiny red and green wires on one end from the rear view mirror area. The two spades were inserted into the back of the rearview mirror connector (power and ground, I assume), and for the life of me, I cannot remember where the male telephone jack on the other end was connected to. It disabled OnStar though, so I left it.
Now I realize that my Bluetooth does not work....no tone when I press the steering wheel switch for 2 seconds or more per the owners manual. What the Bluetooth switch does do is mute the sound system with a quick press, but no Bluetooth with 2 second press. I'm now trying to connect this telephone cable back up, but cannot find the jack that the telephone end went to. I know I disconnected it from somewhere.
This cable does not look like it is a factory piece. Any idea what this cable is for, and where the telephone jack end goes?
Now I realize that my Bluetooth does not work....no tone when I press the steering wheel switch for 2 seconds or more per the owners manual. What the Bluetooth switch does do is mute the sound system with a quick press, but no Bluetooth with 2 second press. I'm now trying to connect this telephone cable back up, but cannot find the jack that the telephone end went to. I know I disconnected it from somewhere.
This cable does not look like it is a factory piece. Any idea what this cable is for, and where the telephone jack end goes?
Last edited by brinkmanms; Dec 22, 2015 at 07:59 PM.
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09 C6 vert Z51. My wife inadvertently pressed the OnStar button several months ago and the guy came on and answered. Kind of freaked me out, so I thought I'd disable it. Next day I removed a 1 foot piece of standard telephone cable with 2 spades spliced onto the tiny red and green wires on one end from the rear view mirror area. The two spades were inserted into the back of the rearview mirror connector (power and ground, I assume), and for the life of me, I cannot remember where the male telephone jack on the other end was connected to. It disabled OnStar though, so I left it.
Now I realize that my Bluetooth does not work....no tone when I press the steering wheel switch for 2 seconds or more per the owners manual. What the Bluetooth switch does do is mute the sound system with a quick press, but no Bluetooth with 2 second press. I'm now trying to connect this telephone cable back up, but cannot find the jack that the telephone end went to. I know I disconnected it from somewhere.
This cable does not look like it is a factory piece. Any idea what this cable is for, and where the telephone jack end goes?
Now I realize that my Bluetooth does not work....no tone when I press the steering wheel switch for 2 seconds or more per the owners manual. What the Bluetooth switch does do is mute the sound system with a quick press, but no Bluetooth with 2 second press. I'm now trying to connect this telephone cable back up, but cannot find the jack that the telephone end went to. I know I disconnected it from somewhere.
This cable does not look like it is a factory piece. Any idea what this cable is for, and where the telephone jack end goes?
I'd check fuses for the BT, and also check the connector on the rear view mirror--- maybe it got pulled loose when the MirrorTap was pulled out?
As stated before, you do NOT need an active OnStar account to use BT, but your OnStar hardware MUST be connected and in working order.
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Thanks. I went right to the fuses after remembering that I had blown one replacing the "ever on" courtesy lamp LEDs that the previous owner installed. Mirror image of the fuse bank on the cover legend showed spares, but I pulled the OnStar fuse to use in the courtesy lamp socket thinking it was a spare. Did this on the same day that I removed the mirror tap, so naturally I thought the mirror tap was what disabled OnStar. It was the fuse, Bluetooth works fine now. I'm not really bothered by OnStar....probably expired now anyway. Thanks for jogging my memory!
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