After my last mobile phone failed and the replacement a Samsung A51 arrived I have been unable pair it to the car? A pairing message has appeared on the car monitor a couple of times only to show the keyboard view on the monitor quickly after that. I have all the contacts there but thats it.

Previous mobile was the A40 unit although another cheap Samsung worked perfectly well I cannot continue to blame the mobile replacement or indeed EE! Is there therefore a way to ensure the car is ready to be paired??

Any suggestions most welcome.

Dave

I can only offer the below. I know the version of Bluetooth moves on with the phone, but the car stays as is. I used to get text messages in the car, don’t now…..

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Thanks MJ.
Going round in circles as at one point I had it paired apparently following the phone procedure only to lose it the next time I used the car. The car is a 2012 Westminster model and outside the manual now for the model website.

Hi MJ
I think the car suffers from old age like the owner!!!

Suffice to say that when the RR was started this morning the " pairing phone to car" message appeared on the dash and stayed there. Checked mobile was tuned to bluetooth [ Box ticked ] but for the first couple of tries nothing connected. On the return journey however we hit gold and the car connected to the mobile in my pocket.

There is the possibility though that I added mobile data switched on that may have been off and caused the issue? I'll check the mobile again though as I thought I never used that switched on ever.

Good to know though that after messing around all week we got there in the end. Maybe much to be said about buying a good / more expensive phone perhaps?
cheers

I’m still using a 2016 iPhone SE so I don’t get much trouble. I just need Bluetooth on for my phone to pair, the car becomes an expensive headset 🤣.

At least it’s working now.

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

I bought a JCB phone a couple of weeks ago, (don't do smartphones) and that paired to the car (09 facelift) better than anything I have had before, all contacts are there and it acutally works. The phone itself is however designed by the worlds greatest idiot, but that is a different story altogether..

I’ll bear that in mind if this one fails Red Hot One. It’s not that I get many calls on the move but what ever I’ve bought I expect them to work as they should.