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Hello all, bought a Nox for my wife for Christmas and glad to see there is a forum for these cars....got to love the Chevy Owners. First off I am proud to say I am finally back to all GM cars (2011 Equinox 1LT 4cyl, 2004 CTS-V, 1978 Chevy C10, 1977 Corvette) after trading in an Accord and Tiburon for the Nox.
I have a question regarding a bluetooth install on these cars. As in other threads on this site, I bought a used fleet Nox which was sold to me as having Bluetooth, and being it had all of the controls and the microphone on the ceiling. I believed it, until I bought it, got it home, and tried to pair the iPhone which gave me the "Not Available" message. I was pretty ticked at first and the dealer got an earful :angryfire:, but I have now accepted it, and I'm starting to figure out ways to fix this shortcoming.
The dealer's solution was to buy a Parrot Bluetooth control, however I don't want an addon, I want the controls that are already installed onto the steering wheel and headunit to work. I have found some Equinoxes in nearby junkyards that have bluetooth installed and I was wondering what parts are need to make it work on my car. Is is a simple module, if so where is it located, or is it the whole headunit, climate control and all.
I've read other threads that say this is extremely difficult, but I was hoping since the 1LT trim came standard with bluetooth and my car already has the controls on the steering wheel and microphone installed that it wouldn't be that bad.
Any information on this would be extremely helpful.
Just to vent a little, a usb bluetooth reciever is less than $1 these days, I don't see how it is saving chevy all that much money by creating an option to leave it out, especially when they are leaving in all of the buttons, microphone, and other things that are associated with the option. It seems the option tracking and paperwork would cost more than the 75 cent bluetooth attenna.......
I have a question regarding a bluetooth install on these cars. As in other threads on this site, I bought a used fleet Nox which was sold to me as having Bluetooth, and being it had all of the controls and the microphone on the ceiling. I believed it, until I bought it, got it home, and tried to pair the iPhone which gave me the "Not Available" message. I was pretty ticked at first and the dealer got an earful :angryfire:, but I have now accepted it, and I'm starting to figure out ways to fix this shortcoming.
The dealer's solution was to buy a Parrot Bluetooth control, however I don't want an addon, I want the controls that are already installed onto the steering wheel and headunit to work. I have found some Equinoxes in nearby junkyards that have bluetooth installed and I was wondering what parts are need to make it work on my car. Is is a simple module, if so where is it located, or is it the whole headunit, climate control and all.
I've read other threads that say this is extremely difficult, but I was hoping since the 1LT trim came standard with bluetooth and my car already has the controls on the steering wheel and microphone installed that it wouldn't be that bad.
Any information on this would be extremely helpful.
Just to vent a little, a usb bluetooth reciever is less than $1 these days, I don't see how it is saving chevy all that much money by creating an option to leave it out, especially when they are leaving in all of the buttons, microphone, and other things that are associated with the option. It seems the option tracking and paperwork would cost more than the 75 cent bluetooth attenna.......