Toys4RJill

Hello everyone,

My close girlfriend just bought a used IS350. A 2008 model, no navigation.

Is possible to sync a cell phone with the car? She does not have the manual.

Sango

iTrader: (10)

First question is, does the car have bluetooth? You can probably tell by looking at the steering wheel and see if it has the phone icons on there.

A friend of mine for her IS has no NAV either but does have bluetooth.

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

^^ What Sango said first. If there isn't an "off hook" "hook" switch then no bluetooth.

If there is, I have a nice little trouble shoot:

You should have to set-up the phone first then register the audio device. nonetheless glad you figured it out. Here's a few nice tips

BLUETOOTH TROUBLESHOOTING:

How to set-up Bluetooth; With Navigation:

We’ll use an iPhone4 for ex. Go to
- Settings
- General
- Bluetooth
- make sure bluetooth is on (slide on/off)
- Below that is "Devices" or "search device"
- On the phone, select the "hands-free" 2009 below or “Car Multi Media” 2010+ under search device. It should begin paring and prompt you for the passkey. Enter it and select "pair". It may say it's paired but not connected. If this is the case, then select "hands-free" one more time.

From the car:
- Car on/acc mode
- Info
- Telephone
- Settings
- Register phone
- it'll bring up a menu that has a passkey and looks like it's ready to pair
- Pair

Just to double check that the phone is paired to the car, from info-telephone-settings-select phone. The phone should be in the system now with a little "BT" symbol next to it.

For Non Navigation Models:
Use the push to talk switch and the voice should layout some commands. One of which is "phone set-up". Say phone set-up and continue with the voice instructions by hitting the push to talk switch and saying "yes" "pair phone" etc... Meanwhile from the bluetooth menu in your phone (probably under settings, make sure the phone is set to "discoverable mode". Once the phone is searching, "Hands Free" should show up on your phone. Select the pair button and you should be prompted with a pass key (four digits + enter) it's usually 1111 or 1212 etc...

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Other Troubleshoots:

UPDATE YOUR SMARTPHONES:
Make sure your smartphones are turned off every now and then. They are just like a computer and need to be updated. Sometimes if a phone misses an update, the result is the Bluetooth connection unpairing with the car.

With BlackBerry’s, the most common troubleshoot is to remove the battery from the phone, blow on it and turn the phone back on. Yes it’s a PITA because BB takes forever to load, but it typically works. If this doesn't work either, you can try repairing the phone:

MY PHONE HAS BEEN PAIRED BUT NOT WORKING:
If the phone is not working (but already paired), a common troubleshoot is the bluetooth on the phone could be turned off (happens on mine from time to time). Set the phone to discoverable mode and make sure the bluetooth is set to "on". You should see the bluetooth symbol somewhere on the phones top banner.

Kurtz

iTrader: (1)

There's nothing for her to sync it to.

Early model (06-09) ISx50s only got bluetooth if they had nav

RandyIS350

is that 06-08 IS model Bluetooth, Iphone 3GS cannot be connected?but only Iphone 4 can be?

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

any phone with bluetooth should be able to pair to the car but only if it has bluetooth. Point in case Kurtz is right up until 2010, only 06-09 models that have navigation were able to have bluetooth. For 2010 bluetooth became a standard feature and available on both nav and non nav