Pair Phone with Onstar Bluetooth

[seanp1]

I found this on my truck forum just now and wondered if anyone here has tried it? I plan to try it in my truck this evening.

How to Pair a Cell Phone With OnStar | eHow.com


Instructions

1 Press and hold the "Talk" button on your steering wheel for two seconds. Say "Bluetooth" loud enough for the OnStar system to hear. The system then says "Ready" and a tone sounds.

2 Say "Bluetooth" and wait for the system to reply with "Bluetooth Ready." Say "Pair" and wait for the system to reply with "Please start a search on your Bluetooth phone." Make note of the four-digit PIN that the system audibly communicates.

3 Enable Bluetooth on your mobile phone. This procedure varies depending on the make and model of your phone. Check your mobile phone's user manual for the instructions on enabling this feature.

4 Follow the procedure to add a device for your cell phone. Your cell phone scans for devices to pair with. Select "General Motors" from the list of available devices and enter the four-digit PIN number when your cell phone prompts for the passcode.

5 Name your cell phone device connection when prompted to do so on your OnStar system. The system confirms the pairing of the phone.

 

[SSpeckerwood]

Do you have to buy onstar minutes or have Bluetooth already installed in vehicle?

 

[seanp1]

Do you have to buy onstar minutes or have Bluetooth already installed in vehicle?

I would assume the onstar system installed would have to have bluetooth.... unsure about the minutes question. The link that I provided has all the info that I have

 

[jim_de_hunter]

Except for the "Bluetooth", that's how I paired my phone.

1. Press button on steering wheel. Wait for system to respond "Ready".

2. Say "Pair." I think the system response is "Make your Bluetooth device discoverable."

3. Made my phone "discoverable".

4. System told me add 4 digit code displayed on the radio. Entered the four digits into my phone."

5. The system then wants to say a name for the phone. I tried "Jim's Phone" but the system decided that it sounded too much like "Cancel" ????? I then told the system to rename it "Jim's Octane."

My phone is paired. It will even pull numbers from my cell phone and display them on the phone when someone calls me.

 

[seanp1]

Except for the "Bluetooth", that's how I paired my phone.

1. Press button on steering wheel. Wait for system to respond "Ready".

2. Say "Pair." I think the system response is "Make your Bluetooth device discoverable."

3. Made my phone "discoverable".

4. System told me add 4 digit code displayed on the radio. Entered the four digits into my phone."

5. The system then wants to say a name for the phone. I tried "Jim's Phone" but the system decided that it sounded too much like "Cancel" ????? I then told the system to rename it "Jim's Octane."

My phone is paired. It will even pull numbers from my cell phone and display them on the phone when someone calls me.

Very cool.... Thanks for sharing.

 

[SSpeckerwood]

did you have to purchase onstar minutes or have or what???

 

[Papasonic]

I found this on my truck forum just now and wondered if anyone here has tried it? I plan to try it in my truck this evening.

That is how I use my cell phone in our vehicles. OnStar is not required to use the Bluetooth function. When your paired phone is enabled in your vehicle, pressing the call button will prompt a "ready" response from the system, then you may say a variety of commands such as dial, call, bluetooth, redial, etc. I have added the numbers that I call by replying "store" when prompted, to which I assigned a number and a nametag. When placing a call I push the call button on the steering wheel, when system replies "ready" I say "call (nametag that I setup prior)", The system then responds by restating what you said, and asking yes or no. Then the system says "ok" calling nametag using (whatever you named your cellphone in the setup process)"
If your phone isn't paired the system will say "calling using OnStar" and will make the call if you are OnStar enabled and have purchased minutes.
You may pair numerous phones on the system, but the first one enabled is the default phone. When receiving a call the audio/radio will mute, and will announce the incoming call; pushing the call button will connect the call and the call will be heard through the vehicle audio system.
The system works quite well, and provides for handsfree cellular communications.

Papasonic

 

[seanp1]

did you have to purchase onstar minutes or have or what???

According to papasonic, no. Give it a shot.

 

[seanp1]

Turns out that my truck doesn't have BT so I'm SOL till I get a Sonic.

 

[uncomfortable_can]

Is this any different than pairing from the dashboard?

 

[jim_de_hunter]

did you have to purchase onstar minutes or have or what???

On my truck I did not need OnStar to use the hands free calling. I had the truck for 3 years and OnStar for the first 6 months only. The hands free calling continued to work.

In fact, if I tried to make a call without having my phone, the truck would try to use OnStar. It would then tell me that I had no minutes and cancel the call. But when I had my phone, hands-free was no problem.

I'm really happy that I got the connectivity package with my Sonic. I really like the hand-free calling.

 

[jim_de_hunter]

Is this any different than pairing from the dashboard?

Probably not. I just got used to pairing phones on my truck and knew the procedure. The same procedure works on both vehicles.

 

[theenico]

The original post is a little misleading. Bluetooth and OnStar are two totally separate and independent systems.

 

[Maddog2020]

did you have to purchase onstar minutes or have or what???

Hey SS, I don't know if you ever got your question answered but the answer depends on if you have a bluetooth compatible cell phone. If you don't then you need to purchase minutes through Onstar. If your phone supports bluetooth calling (most do), then you use your own phone to make hands free calls.

To use your own phone, first you must pair it to the car. Once the phone is paired the call feature uses your phone by default.

 

[beaslbob]

Is this any different than pairing from the dashboard?

Wish I could remember all I did.

first you do need a phone the is compatible. My old phone wasn't

But my new samsung s3 is but using the stearing wheel controls did not connect the gm music device.

I believe as best as I can remember, I was fooling around with the dashboard control and a phone scan showed the music device. I paired to that and it has been relaunched 100% since then. took a little while to figure out you have to press the cd/aux button to hear the phone music.

Once I disable the garmin blue tooth both the music device and phone blue tooth recconnet without intervention.

So I suspect there is some differences between the dash and stearing wheel controls.

But they what to i know?


my .02

 

[RS Turbo]

If you have Option code UPF bluetooth is intergrated in the Onstar module.... There are only 2 radio options that have Bluetooth form factory that are not handled by the Onstar module. All Gm vehicles this will apply too..... Option codes UFU Radio (color connected with Option UP9) This is a Panasonic built radio with integrated Bluetooth. The only other radio that handles bluetooth is option YQ4 found as the Navigation radio in the Cadillac STS.


Onstar Minutes are not needed to function Bluetooth. Every vehicle pairing is slighly different and can be found at

www.onstar.com/web/bluetooth