Bluetooth And Older Vehicles ?
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Topic: Bluetooth And Older Vehicles ?
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Subject: Bluetooth And Older Vehicles ?
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2020 at 7:22pm
| Can a vehicle(car or truck)be able to be up-graded to "bluetooth" if it doesn't already have it ? Thanks. |
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Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2020 at 8:19pm
| Are you talking about hands free phone calls? I put a bluetooth compatible stereo in my maroon 7060 for that reason. Could do the same for cars and trucks as well |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2020 at 8:30pm
Yes, the hands free option. I didn't realize that it was controlled via the radio itself  , I was under the impression there was more to it  . Thanks for the reply.
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2020 at 9:28pm
| knew a fellow that had hands free while just walking around, also on his motorcycle. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2020 at 5:36am
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I have a Bluetooth stereo in my 1983 Ford work truck and an adapter in my 99 GMC. The adapter doesn’t work as well but it sort of works. I assume they have better ones. Only thing I don’t like is getting calls with coworkers in the truck. They hear everything the boss tells me. |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2020 at 6:36am
| Wife bought me a Bluetooth device that fit on the sunvisor of my GMC. Voice activated. I used it one night to call my son on my way home. I said call Nathan the voice on the device replied calling Nathan. Ringtone and then a voice answered and it was my friend Barrie! I told him what the device did and he said well good that you didn't say call asshole! I said maybe the device thought I did! |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2020 at 6:46am
| Wife's 2017 exploder has BT and hands free but does NOT stop the roving eye to peer at the touch screen radio or other electronics wizardry, a bane for distractions. The best way I manage my phone is shove it in a spot I cannot get to and ignore it until find a place I am going to stop at and NOT at a traffic light. There is NO GOOD reason to be On The Phone AT ALL while driving, any subsequent determinations/Excuses of "I Have TO Be Accessible" is BS and worthless as any and ALL Calls ARE Distracting. If a FEW Minutes time of NOT being on the phone is Too Long then take off from work or an extended leave of absence or if cannot do that then wake up and realize you cannot be a Full time Employee and a Full time Care Taker or be in someone's presence 24/7 and still be in life/living. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2020 at 7:05am
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I'd like BT and cellphones to be disabled while the vehicle is in motion. Should be a required, legal SAFETY requirement. There is not ONE good reason to have those in vehicles in motion, not ONE. ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2020 at 7:42am
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The car has BT. To answer a call there is a button by your right thumb. You don't need to look to answer a call. In the truck there is a button by your left thumb to set the cruise. Setting the cruise is more distracting because you have to watch the speedometer to know when to push the button. It seems like the old standard equipment is more distracting than the new fangled equipment. ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2020 at 7:46am
| Mine is used for pandora radio |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2020 at 10:03am
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Gotta agree with the WHY, and no need for it, comments! ---I dont have my phone on when in the truck---I only take it to call for help if I break down and need buddies tow service to rescue me. ------------- http://machinebuildersnetwork.com/ |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:29pm
| i'm with ac fleet...i don't need to call someone as soon as i gits ina vehicle! |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 5:38am
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I got LOTS better things to do than yap on a phone,specially now that FALL has arrived ! Mr. Sun seems to sleep in a lot later than me, goes to bed earlier too ! Spent yesterday morning grading out a new neighbour's 26x38 garage(sigh),then 6 hrs in a crawlspace rewiring other neighbours garage, after a 1hr roadtrip to pickup a used main panel for her.Same as mine so I can snag most of the breakers. She only needs 8 or the 32. What gets me about phones and work , is the number of people that ANSWER calls after '9to5' about work ! Most don't even think about it,let alone get paid OVERTIME..... 0 ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 7:30am
Bosses love to call after hours now days. If I got paid for all the after hour calls I get from him, home owners and my crew is probably get another 3 hrs a day. |
jaybmiller wrote:Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 9:57am
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Being Union IUOE when worked at power station we did NOT have to answer After we left the facility regardless the messages sent. We could answer and decline to speak with them at length as they had the ability to canvass for Call In(.9 hours) plus OT minimum three hours. The employers AVOIDED calling us, and if were on Vacation Time Could NOT call us for any reason until we returned to work. We offered a First Call for information list, by seniority they would have to pay Each man eligible above our seniority .5hr for calling us at home after normal hours NOT canvassing for OT. They turned that down. UNION Rules!!!
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Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2020 at 8:43am
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This is what I use. Works good. You can use it through you car speakers but you dont have to. Clips right to the sun visor https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Roadster-Wireless-Car-Speakerphone/dp/B007AQF0WK" rel="nofollow - https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Roadster-Wireless-Car-Speakerphone/dp/B007AQF0WK ------------- Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity" 1968 D15D,1962 D19D Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2020 at 6:54pm
Thanks Don 
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Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2020 at 1:40pm
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Both of our cars have it, so when I was looking at aftermarket radios for my Torino and I wanted a shaft style radio, I went with a Retro Sound unit. Works just like a new car. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |