Hello all, just wandered if anybody had any make or model of phone that lets you dial from the phone without it transferring the call to the phone? At the moment I am using the trick of dialling from the phone, hanging up and then using the redial voice command.
All my jobs come in via email on the phone and I usually just highlight the clients number in the email and press dial. That was with an old Nokia bluetooth car kit and it worked well. With the Honda system it then routes the call in the phone handset rather than keeping it in the bluetooth system.
If anybody knows of a phone that will let me dial from the phone but keep the call in the Honda system it would save me a lot of hassle.
I was sitting in the car park waiting for wife.
Phoned me mum (as you do) on my D900, thinking (wrongly as it turned out) that my (work) Nokia was bluetoothed to the Civ.
Dialed the number direct on the phone - it rang (on the phone speaker), but as soon as my mum answered, it all came through the Civ
Haven't tried repeating this -
might have been a one off...
You should try it again as it would be good to know either way, as when I tried to do that with my nokia N70 it rang and answered on the phone, not handy as I had started to drive after starting the call.
Hi candle if your phone is not totally compatible with all the functions of the honda handsfree system, then go to www.hondahandsfree.com
This site lists all know phone models that work and will tell you how compatible the phones are, you should check your own phone on this site.
I believe what you want to do is not possible with any phone, as honda have setup the system not to allow automatic pass through when you dial using the handset (maybe a safety thing).
But there is a command called call transfer, if your phone supports it then I think this is similar to what you want but certainly not automatic. Below is a description of how to use it pinched from the honda site.
Call Transfer: Ability to transfer a call from the Honda Handsfree Telephone to the phone and the phone to HFL by pressing the TALK button, releasing and saying, “TRANSFER.”
Thanks for the reply, I did try this but the system will not allow you to transfer the call until after the person has answered and then it takes a little while. This is ok but I found when I am phoning customers the person on reception tends not to wait thinking it is a bad line or wrong number.
I may have to ask the boss to pull the old system out of my old car and get that installed if I can't find a phone to work.
To work around this, select the contact on your phone, press dial and hang-up straight away, then use the voice command "redial" which will automatically use the HFT.
Hi thanks for the tip, that's what I have been doing but it can be a pain as it seems to take the poor Honda lady hiding in my dash several attempts to understand redial.. Having said that once connected on a phone call people can hear me fine.
I have a D900, when I dialled from the phone it didn't transfer to the car and for some reason it didn't make any ring noises. just silence until someone either answered or I was connected to a voicemail service.
Tried it with my Nokia E50, doesn't do it, but you can push the Bluetooth button on the handset which transfers it to the HFT, oh, and then disconnects after 3 seconds, returning the call to the phone.
Yep, I do this - if you do it quick, it does'nt even ring the at the othe end!
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