You’ve probably heard about Bluetooth technology by now if you haven’t already used it. Bluetooth is an innovative piece of wireless technology that gives people the ability to send data and media content between electronic devices that are a short distance apart. These devices must have Bluetooth technology installed in them for this to work. Most laptops and smartphones made within the last 5 years have Bluetooth compatibility already, so this shouldn’t be a problem for you.
For instance, let’s say you take pictures with your smartphone and you want to upload them to your computer wirelessly. Instead of connecting a wire from the phone to the computer, you can just use Bluetooth to wirelessly send the images directly to your computer. The best part is that you don’t even need an internet connection to do this because Bluetooth requires no internet connection. All that is required is that you’re within a short distance of the device receiving the data. Some classes of Bluetooth technology can perform up to 300 feet away while others may only work about 10 or 20 feet away.
5 Common Causes
As for car technology, Bluetooth exists for that too. You can use your Bluetooth-enabled smartphone to communicate with the Bluetooth technology installed in your vehicle. This is not a necessity for driving, but it can be convenient if you want to add audio files to your car and play them as you’re driving. Not all cars have smart technology like Bluetooth, but more car manufacturers are catching up with the times and making cars with these features now.
Of course, Bluetooth connections are never perfect, especially with cars. If your Bluetooth-enabled mobile device cannot connect with the Bluetooth of your car, there could be any number of reasons for this.
Below are the top 5 causes of a Bluetooth not connecting to a car.
1) Reduced Battery Power
No, this isn’t referring to your car battery. If there is a connection problem with Bluetooth between your phone and car, check to see how much battery power is left on your phone. If you have low battery power, then this could explain why you’re failing to connect to your car’s Bluetooth. You see, Bluetooth consumes a lot of power and resources of the phone. If it’s already low on power, then it won’t have enough power to handle a Bluetooth connection. You must recharge the phone’s battery to fix this problem and make the connection happen.
2) Compatibility Problems
Are you sure your vehicle has Bluetooth? Even if it has smart technology, that doesn’t mean it has Bluetooth. If you find out it doesn’t have Bluetooth, there are special Bluetooth kits available which connect to your 12-Volt power socket. This can allow you to upload files to your vehicle’s computer.
3) Not in the Right Mode
It is not enough to just have Bluetooth technology installed on your devices. You need to switch to the “send/receive mode” in order to exchange files between the devices. In fact, you may need to specify “send files” on the sending device and “receive files” on the receiving devices. Both modes must be activated shortly after one another to make this work. Otherwise, the connection will fail.
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4) Pairing Failure
Sometimes you may have a weak connection if a previous connection failed. Perhaps you stepped out of your vehicle with an active Bluetooth connection going and then broke the connection because your smartphone was taken too far away from your vehicle. Then you came back and tried to resume the connection but found that it wasn’t working.
5) Signal Disturbance
There are so many wireless signals being made in vehicles nowadays. Between the Wi-Fi connection and the radio spectrum signal, these could interfere with a Bluetooth connection if they’re all active simultaneously.
