Radio coming on mysteriously
07-21-2005, 07:13 AM
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Hey all, last night was the first time that my radio came on out of nowhere. It was NOT the first time however that my car did not stop the telephone counter and "end" my conversation. With my RAZR and bluetooth, if I hang up, then the car is fine. If the person I'm talking to hangs up, I sometimes cannot get my call to end on the car's display. My RAZR shows it as over, but the car is still counting. The radio comes back on, everything works normally, but th call is not shown as ended.
In the past, what I've done is go to the main menu and continue to drive, then if I get home and its still counting, I'll turn the car off, turn ignition to auxilary, and then back off. When I hit the alarm, all is good and the screen goes blank. But, last night, I just got out because my daughter was waiting, and I didn't lock up anything. About 10 minutes later, my car started blasting. I went out to the car, and I had left my phone in the car, so the bluetooth connection may have left the car alive. I simply turned my phone off. It then showed the call as ended, and when I hit the alarm, the screen went off and everything was normal.
In the past, I've also been on a call, and made it home and turned the car off, and that can cause some wierd things to happen as well. Lessons learned...set your alarm, make sure your screen turns off, and take your phone with you. If it happens again, I'll let everyone know. I know others have had their radio come on at random. Don't know if this may be a cause for all, but this is the only problem I've had so far, and I think I had a hand to play in it and I've hopefully got it figured out.
In the past, what I've done is go to the main menu and continue to drive, then if I get home and its still counting, I'll turn the car off, turn ignition to auxilary, and then back off. When I hit the alarm, all is good and the screen goes blank. But, last night, I just got out because my daughter was waiting, and I didn't lock up anything. About 10 minutes later, my car started blasting. I went out to the car, and I had left my phone in the car, so the bluetooth connection may have left the car alive. I simply turned my phone off. It then showed the call as ended, and when I hit the alarm, the screen went off and everything was normal.
In the past, I've also been on a call, and made it home and turned the car off, and that can cause some wierd things to happen as well. Lessons learned...set your alarm, make sure your screen turns off, and take your phone with you. If it happens again, I'll let everyone know. I know others have had their radio come on at random. Don't know if this may be a cause for all, but this is the only problem I've had so far, and I think I had a hand to play in it and I've hopefully got it figured out.
07-22-2005, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Aaron' date='Jul 21 2005, 10:13 AM
Hey all, last night was the first time that my radio came on out of nowhere.? It was NOT the first time however that my car did not stop the telephone counter and "end" my conversation.? With my RAZR and bluetooth, if I hang up, then the car is fine.? If the person I'm talking to hangs up, I sometimes cannot get my call to end on the car's display.? My RAZR shows it as over, but the car is still counting.? The radio comes back on, everything works normally, but th call is not shown as ended.
In the past, what I've done is go to the main menu and continue to drive, then if I get home and its still counting, I'll turn the car off, turn ignition to auxilary, and then back off.? When I hit the alarm, all is good and the screen goes blank.? But, last night, I just got out because my daughter was waiting, and I didn't lock up anything.? About 10 minutes later, my car started blasting.? I went out to the car, and I had left my phone in the car, so the bluetooth connection may have left the car alive.? I simply turned my phone off.? It then showed the call as ended, and when I hit the alarm, the screen went off and everything was normal.
In the past, I've also been on a call, and made it home and turned the car off, and that can cause some wierd things to happen as well.? Lessons learned...set your alarm, make sure your screen turns off, and take your phone with you.? If it happens again, I'll let everyone know.? I know others have had their radio come on at random.? Don't know if this may be a cause for all, but this is the only problem I've had so far, and I think I had a hand to play in it and I've hopefully got it figured out.
In the past, what I've done is go to the main menu and continue to drive, then if I get home and its still counting, I'll turn the car off, turn ignition to auxilary, and then back off.? When I hit the alarm, all is good and the screen goes blank.? But, last night, I just got out because my daughter was waiting, and I didn't lock up anything.? About 10 minutes later, my car started blasting.? I went out to the car, and I had left my phone in the car, so the bluetooth connection may have left the car alive.? I simply turned my phone off.? It then showed the call as ended, and when I hit the alarm, the screen went off and everything was normal.
In the past, I've also been on a call, and made it home and turned the car off, and that can cause some wierd things to happen as well.? Lessons learned...set your alarm, make sure your screen turns off, and take your phone with you.? If it happens again, I'll let everyone know.? I know others have had their radio come on at random.? Don't know if this may be a cause for all, but this is the only problem I've had so far, and I think I had a hand to play in it and I've hopefully got it figured out.
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07-22-2005, 12:37 PM
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I us a Razr too but have never had this happen. I usually end my calls by pressing the phone button on the steering wheel. You can also switch to an incoming call by doing this if you are on the line with someone else. You just can't switch back. 
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