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Re: anyone have a BT car stereo that activates voice command?

I was trying to help a friend with either a lexus or infinity with the same problem. there is no way from the steering wheel bluetooth commands to control the phone "voice command". really annoying.

It's frustrating that at $20 bluetooth "headset" can handle this though.

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Originally Posted by mlevin77 View Post
I used to have an excellent car stereo with bluetooth: the best part was that when I hit the button on the receiver, it activated the voice command feature on the phone *through* the bluetooth, so I could dial a number from the phone's own list (or indeed use any other command). My new car's BT unit only knows how to initiate a phone call from its own (small) memory and can't activate voice command on the phone - all it does is connect a call through a specific number it knows. The problem is that none of the stereo manufacturers that I talk to understand the difference or know which of their radios have this functionality. Does anyone have a BT unit in their car that they can confirm activates the voice command on the Imagio and speaks to it through the microphone/speakers when they hit the button on the stereo unit?

thanks,

Mike
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