Question :
I have paired my iPhones to my JVC KD-X250BT car stereo in the past, and this has worked great ever since. But when I recently switched to a new iPhone I had to upgrade the Bluetooth iPhone-pairing I couldn’t get it to work any longer… even with the manual at hand I couldn’t figure out how to do it… the manual doesn’t reflect the actual situation, and I can’t remember how I did the pairing previously…
What is the right procedure ?
Answer :
As you mentioned, the JVC KD-X250BT manual isn’t exact, so it isn’t very helpful…
So here are the right procedures for pairing and unpairing your iPhone(s) to and from the JVC KD-X250BT car stereo [ these directions might also work for other JVC car stereo sets ] :
paring your iPhone :
- on your iPhone [ only if it has been paired before ] – in Settings under Bluetooth : delete JVC UNIT (*)
- switch Bluetooth OFF
- switch Bluetooth ON
- in Bluetooth, at Devices : select JVC UNIT
- on your car stereo – the text BT PAIRING is displayed
- check if the code displayed on your iPhone is exactly the same as the code on your car stereo display
- if so, – on your car stereo – press once on the MENU-button (the main big round tuning button) to accept
- and – on your iPhone – click OK
- now pairing is in progress : – on your car stereo – PAIRING is blinking on your display
- when pairing is successful : – on your car stereo – your display says COMPLETED
- now – on your iPhone – check in Settings under Bluetooth if JVC UNIT is registered as Connected ; if not, initiate the connection by selecting JVC UNIT from the list
…that’s it : you’re done 😉
unparing an iPhone that’s not around :
- switch OFF Bluetooth on all iPhones (and other Bluetooth-devices around) in your car
- on your car stereo – press and hold the MENU-button (the main big round tuning button) until DEMO is displayed on screen
- turn/dial the MENU-button until BLUETOOTH is displayed on screen, then click
- then turn/dial to DELETE PAIR, then click
- then turn/dial until the iPhone’s name is displayed, then click
- then turn/dial to DELETE YES, then click
- when DELETED is displayed, the unpairing is complete
- to finish, switch Bluetooth back on in all devices that previously had it
…that’s it !
(*) unpairing an iPhone that you have nearby :
- on your iPhone – go to Settings, then choose Bluetooth
- in the list of paired Bluetooth-devices (MY DEVICES), click on the ‘info-icon’ at the right of JVC UNIT
- in the screen that opens, click on ‘Forget This Device’ and wait…
- when you’re automatically put back into the previous screen and the JVC UNIT is no longer in the ‘MY DEVICES’-list, you’re done…
…that’s it 😉