I have a 2011 Versa SL Sport. It doesn't have the NAV package but has the slot to store your IPod/IPhone above the radio/cd section and an IPOD "select" button beside the AM/FM buttons etc. (as you would all know.)
I realize that the brand new IPhone4S just came out so perhaps those with an IPhone4 can chime in. I'm in need of a new cell phone and was considering getting an IPhone4 to serve double duty - both as my resident MP3 player in the car (hooked to the IPod cable in the storage slot) and as my cell - connected via blue tooth to the Versa's b.t. system.
Problem is, I've been finding nothing but horror stories online about people who've sprung for this upgraded IPhone4 (who may have an IPhone 3 with apparently no Versa/B.T.issues) and are now having all sorts of connectivity problems with the B.T. in the 2011 Versas.
My questions are (and if we could limit the responses to those with the identical BT system in their Versa as what is in the 2011s):
(a) How many people here have an IPhone 4, and are able to use it both as an MP3 player for listening music and are seamlessly able to use it with the Versa's BT system for incoming as well as outgoing phone calls?
(b) How many people here HAVE upgraded to an IPhone4 and are running into dropouts, connectivity/pairing problems etc...issues receiving incoming calls on the BT system..when trying to use it both as an MP3 player and as your cellphone..and have you found any workarounds, firmware upgrades, bug fixes from either Nissan or Apple - specific to Nissan Versa B.T. connectivity issues?
(c) For those that haven't had any problems.... So how does it work? Do you pair it with the B.T. system first? ... and then once paired successfully, plug it into the IPOD cable and tuck it away in the storage slot? ...and it just merrily plays tunes, until a call comes in and seamlessly switches into Bluetooth mode? What's the procedure?
Seems all I'm reading and hearing is that it's an either/or situation with this phone the B.T. system in the 2011s. That is fails to re-pair when you get in the car and start it up; or that the Nissan B.T. system has problems with incoming calls, and the B.T. ringer in the call doesn't work and you can't use the car's system to answer in-coming calls. And that its just not stable...
Most of the people with these problems got so frustrated that they gave up using the MP3 player part of the IPhone in the Versa, and just use it as a straight cell phone in their car and have purchased separate IPods to fuinction solely as Mp3 players. Currently I have a 16 gig IPod that is being used as the main music source for the car. It works fine. I would have assumed that if I was to get say a 32 or a 64 gig IPhone that it wouldn't have a problem doing double duty - both as the resident MP3 player and as my cellphone in the car...but I'm having serious reservations, hence this post and throwing it out to the community here.
Sorry for the long-winded post. I just want to know before I sink the bucks into this, if I'm going to have compatibility issues between the IPhone 4's functionality, and conflicts within it's MP3 playback capabilities and it's bluetooth capabillities within the 2011 Versa BT system? Thanks for indulging me. (I couldn't find anything specifically addressing these issues anywhere else on the forum.)
I realize that the brand new IPhone4S just came out so perhaps those with an IPhone4 can chime in. I'm in need of a new cell phone and was considering getting an IPhone4 to serve double duty - both as my resident MP3 player in the car (hooked to the IPod cable in the storage slot) and as my cell - connected via blue tooth to the Versa's b.t. system.
Problem is, I've been finding nothing but horror stories online about people who've sprung for this upgraded IPhone4 (who may have an IPhone 3 with apparently no Versa/B.T.issues) and are now having all sorts of connectivity problems with the B.T. in the 2011 Versas.
My questions are (and if we could limit the responses to those with the identical BT system in their Versa as what is in the 2011s):
(a) How many people here have an IPhone 4, and are able to use it both as an MP3 player for listening music and are seamlessly able to use it with the Versa's BT system for incoming as well as outgoing phone calls?
(b) How many people here HAVE upgraded to an IPhone4 and are running into dropouts, connectivity/pairing problems etc...issues receiving incoming calls on the BT system..when trying to use it both as an MP3 player and as your cellphone..and have you found any workarounds, firmware upgrades, bug fixes from either Nissan or Apple - specific to Nissan Versa B.T. connectivity issues?
(c) For those that haven't had any problems.... So how does it work? Do you pair it with the B.T. system first? ... and then once paired successfully, plug it into the IPOD cable and tuck it away in the storage slot? ...and it just merrily plays tunes, until a call comes in and seamlessly switches into Bluetooth mode? What's the procedure?
Seems all I'm reading and hearing is that it's an either/or situation with this phone the B.T. system in the 2011s. That is fails to re-pair when you get in the car and start it up; or that the Nissan B.T. system has problems with incoming calls, and the B.T. ringer in the call doesn't work and you can't use the car's system to answer in-coming calls. And that its just not stable...
Most of the people with these problems got so frustrated that they gave up using the MP3 player part of the IPhone in the Versa, and just use it as a straight cell phone in their car and have purchased separate IPods to fuinction solely as Mp3 players. Currently I have a 16 gig IPod that is being used as the main music source for the car. It works fine. I would have assumed that if I was to get say a 32 or a 64 gig IPhone that it wouldn't have a problem doing double duty - both as the resident MP3 player and as my cellphone in the car...but I'm having serious reservations, hence this post and throwing it out to the community here.
Sorry for the long-winded post. I just want to know before I sink the bucks into this, if I'm going to have compatibility issues between the IPhone 4's functionality, and conflicts within it's MP3 playback capabilities and it's bluetooth capabillities within the 2011 Versa BT system? Thanks for indulging me. (I couldn't find anything specifically addressing these issues anywhere else on the forum.)