bluetooth volume and speaker question
 

I just did the conversion on my 02 4.4i and my wife complains that the sound only comes from the driver's side floor speaker and that she has to "strain" to hear anything when she calls someone. Is this common or a setting I can change for her, are there other options?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Joe Clark

Anyone know anything about this at all?

Joe

I am pretty sure that the driver's door speaker is the only one that gets the phone audio output. I think that there are some techniques to increase phone volume, but it is phone specific. Try searching here and on the bimmerboard BT forum.

This is on a brand new L7 slvr w/ a 4th gen bt module.

Joe Clark

Did you get the phone book to transfer?

Yes. Although I didn't realize that the voice dialing phonebook that is built into the car isn't sync'ed w/ the voice dialing that is built into the phone. Duh for me, but I guess I never really thought about it.

Joe

Can you view SMS messages on a nav screen with the L7?

I don't have nav. I haven't tried seeing if it'll show the sms on the display though.

joe

Phone audio should come from both the left and right front speakers. No phone audio should be heard from the rear speakers.

It appears to only be coming from the driver's side, is there anything I can do to make this better?

Joe

I fiddled and screwed and worked with this today for over an hour. There isn't anything I can do to make the volume louder. Someone must have an idea for me????

Joe Clark

If you are feeling computer confident, you may need to edit the phone's Bluetooth gain setting. Basically, there are some internal settings on a phone that control a number of things on the phone. Do a search on Motorola SEEM editing and gain, and you will see what is involved. You essentially have to hack the phone.

Also, www.bimmernav.com has an amp for the BT speaker output. That is another possible try.

I can adjust my volume using the volume controls on the steering wheel during a call only. Try it!

I've tried turning up the volume during the call, it doesn't seem to make too much diff.

Also, I'm familiar w/ moto software and somewhat familiar w/ seem editing, do you have a specific link to what I'm supposed to be doing?

The best place to start is Howard Forums www.howardforums.com.

I found a thread on the SEEM edits to increase Bluetooth headset volume here:
www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=757383

You just need to find the offset table for the L7, and you are in business.

jrcmlc,

I just installed BT (9th generation) on mine and I am experiencing the same things: 1. only driver side speaker 2. low volume-hard to hear on freeway. Is there some setting to activate bothe front speakers?