Bluetooth issue

[Matt]

My Dads recently got another A3 but Black Edition this time and it's got Bluetooth.

Got his phone paired to it fine but every time you get back in the car it doesn't pick the phone up automatically. Have to turn the bluetooth on the phone off and on again before the recognises it. In my car it automatically connects every time I turn the ignition on, don't have to turn bluetooth off then on again to get it work!

Is it faulty?

 

[Stratts]

Have you checked the phone settings? Most require you to select "connect automatically" when you set up the pairing. Alternatively try it with another phone.

 

[Staz]

Yep, it's more likely to be something on the phone as the Audi BT unit is pretty good. I had 2 SE phones before and never had any issues, I then got an Android phone and it could take anything up to 2 minutes to connect (unless I manually tried to connect). Since Froyo (new version of Android) I've had no problems though.

 

[Smoothie]

Try pairing another phone and see what happens, that should rule out a problem with the BT itself