Access phonebook via bluetooth

kieth4548 said:

I got the list to come up. I have figure out after the promt if you say voice it will activate the voice commands on the phone. The problem im runing into is when I say a command it just sits there and in time comes back and says command not recognized. I know it see's the phone becasue it's reading off whats on my phone screen. If I turn off bluetooth the voice commands work but not when im connect to the car. Is this a radio problem that I need to take to the dealer?

Also when I do make a bluetooth call the person on the other ends says it's nothing but static and they can hardly hears me over the static. The phone signal is a full signal.

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I'm having the same exact problem with my Bluetooth System. Do you have the My Link System with the 7 in touchscreen (I do)? I have an older Bluetooth Cell Phone, so it may not be accessing my contact list because of that. But I'm having the same problem with the system not recognizing basic commands such as Call, Store, etc. It says command not recognized. I posted a thread about this a couple of days ago. The only command it recognizes is the Dial command, so I can make a call, but I have to call out the phone # everytime I want to make a Bluetooth call. I can also receive calls through Bluetooth. But as you said, if I turn off the phone and use the Onstar handsfree phone, it recognizes all of the commands perfectly. According to the owners manual, if you store numbers in Onstar, you should be able to share those numbers with Bluetooth. I'm not having the static problem though. The calls are perfectly clear. By the way, I have a 2013 Cruze. I'm wondering if this is a programming issue that they still didn't work out with certain phones.
I know some people who have more advanced Bluetooth Phones. I'm going to pair their phone to my car and see if it works. This will tell me if it's a problem with the Bluetooth System in my car, or if it's the phone I'm using.

I'm going to give my dealer a call and see if he's aware of any issues with certain Bluetooth Phones or the Bluetooth system itself.

So what happens if you lose your cell phone or it breaks when you to into your cell phone dealer to get another phone? He can sell you a new one, but as far as your contacts, you have to program those in one by one. If you do have a working phone, has special dedicated equipment to transfer your information into the new phone.

Most phone companies offer you the option of storing your contacts with them, depending on your plan, if not in your plan, have to pay extra for that.

If you change cell phone companies that may or may not have the equipment to transfer those contact names and phone numbers. They may all look the same to you, but each has its own operating system, no such standards exist. So you have to insert your names and numbers one by one.

So how can the designers of the Cruze radio handle all these different standards, its not their fault, no such standards exist. But they did give you the option of inserting each name and number, one by one.

We use to have standards in this country, took the IHFM eleven years to approve of that new RCA 45 RPM record with the big hole in it. IHFM doesn't even exist anymore.

Just like asking, why can't you play a CD on your 8-track player, may as well ask, why can't you transfer your contact information into your Cruze radio. Seems like today, every five minutes a new format comes into existence. No such thing as standards anymore, enough to drive a guy insane.

But at least with your Cruze radio, can program in your contacts one by one.