ssnacks -
I think you are not providing enough information to us. Are you attempting to dial the phone manually, and have it automatically go to the Acura HFL? Or are you using the Acura HFL to dial the phone, but it falls back to the phone?
I have had a Treo 700p, Treo 700w, and an XV6700 (my current phone).
While I do see occasional problems with the Acura HFL (described below), I'm not sure what you are describing.
If you are trying to dial your phone manually, but have it automatically go to the HFL on connection, that is not a well supported feature of the HFL profile. As you mentioned, even your Palm-based Treo didn't handle it well. I have seen very spotty support for this functionality, and suspect that it is not a standard HFL feature. It may even be a bug in the JCI HFL software.
If you are trying to do send a call over to your phone, I would just recommend using the normal Acura built-in feature of pressing the HFL command button on the steering column and saying "TRANSFER" to the HFL system after your call has connected. That usually works pretty well for me.
That said, I have had really rotten luck with maintaining a bluetooth connection after the call has started. Over 50% of the time, I will have one of the following occur:
- 1) The call drops back to the handset (unannounced),
2) The Bluetooth connection is lost (announced, and dropped back to the handset),
3) The Bluetooth connection is not available when I start the car,
4) A call won't connect until I press the power button on the phone, or
5) The call initiates from the HFL, but drops immediately to the phone once the call is connected.
Do you see these issues? What year is your TL? I have a 2004.
¿GotJazz?