Audi connect - SIM card and bluetooth

[john banks]

Using Audi connect in the A8 seems to mean that the Bluetooth connected telephone is no longer operational. What setting allows me to use the data facilities of Audi connect, but choose which telephone system I use to make/receive calls?

[john banks]

Thanks, will ask. It is September 2013, not sure how early this was. All the places you might look to choose which telephone to use seem to not do anything.

[john banks]

Apparently from reading on the internet, there is a software update ending 0770 which fixes this. Mine is 0614. People describe it as very hard getting the dealers to perform the updates.

[john banks]

What did you ask for? Did they quibble?

[john banks]

Mine is now working well. Forgive poor pic on iPhone, poor signal on car SIM as in garage and phone gets better signal in there. No Google or ONLINE showing as a new SIM I need to top up before these will appear. There is an option now on the telephone menu "make calls using" and you can choose the car's SIM or Bluetooth phone.

[john banks]

In addition to the 770 update, there is an extra step required.

http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?...

I hope I'm allowed to link the above, but the above works on my 63 S8.

Additionally, I changed my iPhone for LG G3 and that allows remote SIM access out the box and is now all working as well, so I can use the car's aerial to use the SIM in the phone, the car creates a wifi network for the phone. I await the EE 100MB/month for life for £5 SIM as a backup option.

When trying to work out remote SIM access I did find an Audi connect guide that mentioned there would be an update for iPhone users to allow data from the SIM and hands free in the car, which is exactly what 770 update did for me. Some dealers are twitchy about the green engineering menu it seems, but it does work. Obviously no one should go near bootloader settings in there, but you can also enable ripping of CDs which is disabled by default.

Edited by john banks on Wednesday 5th November 13:14