Earlofdavetona
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Hi all.
I have an Abarth 500 Esseesse 2009 model with Blue & Me installed. The problem is the damn thing has never been able to connect to my iPhone for music. What gets me is my iPhone 6S used to work perfectly in my 2007 Grande Punto with the adaptor so when I got the later 2009 500 I didn't expect any problems with it. My daughters Samsung Galaxy gets the same 'no media found' notification too so it has to be the car not the phone. Fiat at Slough couldn't fix it either or they couldn't be bothered!! It used to be ok for calls with the iPhone but now mid conversation about 2 minutes in, the whole thing goes ballistic with a high pitched buzzing noise that means I have to cut the call by ending it on the phone and then turn the volume down on the radio to zero because all the controls on the steering wheel freeze.:bang: Then I have to disconnect the phone from the car by turning off the Bluetooth and then to stop the noise I have to disconnect the battery from the car by disconnecting the earth lead. Even with the ignition off the noise stays there, even for hours after turning off the ignition.
Anyway, I was going to buy a second hand blue and me module off of eBay but to be honest I hate the damn thing so thought I would just replace the whole head unit with a later UConnect audio system that are also available on eBay. I experienced using one in a courtesy car when mine went in for a service and its a ten times better system.
Is it just a case of pulling out the old unit and plugging in the new one with the new ventilation grill set up? I have looked online and searched the threads in the relevant sections of the forum but no one seems to have attempted the change over.
Before I go spending the money on a head unit and asking one of the moderators for a code for it I thought I would ask the populous their opinion. Apologies if this is in the wrong section.
Thanks in anticipation of your help folks.
I have an Abarth 500 Esseesse 2009 model with Blue & Me installed. The problem is the damn thing has never been able to connect to my iPhone for music. What gets me is my iPhone 6S used to work perfectly in my 2007 Grande Punto with the adaptor so when I got the later 2009 500 I didn't expect any problems with it. My daughters Samsung Galaxy gets the same 'no media found' notification too so it has to be the car not the phone. Fiat at Slough couldn't fix it either or they couldn't be bothered!! It used to be ok for calls with the iPhone but now mid conversation about 2 minutes in, the whole thing goes ballistic with a high pitched buzzing noise that means I have to cut the call by ending it on the phone and then turn the volume down on the radio to zero because all the controls on the steering wheel freeze.:bang: Then I have to disconnect the phone from the car by turning off the Bluetooth and then to stop the noise I have to disconnect the battery from the car by disconnecting the earth lead. Even with the ignition off the noise stays there, even for hours after turning off the ignition.
Anyway, I was going to buy a second hand blue and me module off of eBay but to be honest I hate the damn thing so thought I would just replace the whole head unit with a later UConnect audio system that are also available on eBay. I experienced using one in a courtesy car when mine went in for a service and its a ten times better system.
Is it just a case of pulling out the old unit and plugging in the new one with the new ventilation grill set up? I have looked online and searched the threads in the relevant sections of the forum but no one seems to have attempted the change over.
Before I go spending the money on a head unit and asking one of the moderators for a code for it I thought I would ask the populous their opinion. Apologies if this is in the wrong section.
Thanks in anticipation of your help folks.
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