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Aug 31, 2018 | 10:11 AM

WJV

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Incoming Calls

I have a concern regarding incoming call recognition in the F. I've paired my phone to the car and auto-loaded the phone book to the head unit, however regardless of whether the incoming call source is a number that is programed into my contacts list, the incoming call is never associated with a name, instead they are always displayed as an "Unknown Caller", followed by the number. Why is this and is there any way to force the car to recognize caller ID?

2015 F-Type S Coupe
10/2014 build

Aug 31, 2018 | 02:46 PM

Paul champagne

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I just paired mine last week and it is behaving like yours.

Aug 31, 2018 | 03:20 PM

BruceTheQuail

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I think it is likely to be a permission from your phone rather than the car. That said I get more functionality from mine paired to my Note than it does paired to my wife's iPhone whatever

Aug 31, 2018 | 04:35 PM

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I have also noticed that the car automatic answers (accepts) the call. It rings once and then the caller is on the line, even if I don’t want to take the call.

Aug 31, 2018 | 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CW3SF

I have also noticed that the car automatic answers (accepts) the call. It rings once and then the caller is on the line, even if I don’t want to take the call.

Might be a setting. I have to hit the answer prompt.

Sep 1, 2018 | 06:34 AM

Carbuff2

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Yes, 'automatic answer' is a setting. We paired our 2014 to the phones yesterday.

Can't remember if it is in the head-unit phone 'settings' or the setting menu that you access with the steering wheel LH buttons.

My brain still hurts from the choices!

Sep 1, 2018 | 10:01 AM

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Another thing to consider as well with those of you that have an IPhone 8s and possibly an older FTYPE like my 2014 (pre MY2016). If I have the iPhone charging through the USB connection wire when I get a call and push the accept button it may connect the call but won't let me hear anything in the car or let the caller here me, I need to make sure the wire connection is taken out and then it all works normally. I suspect the Bluetooth and the USB connection are fighting each other with the iPhone 8. Never happened with my iPhone 6s.

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