Washington State now requires hands-free use: we NEED help from Apple

While iPhone pairs seamlessly with bluetooth-capable automobiles, users will nonetheless struggle to comply with laws that mandate hands-free phone usage in our cars. Answering calls is easy, but in order to dial in hands-free mode we need either
1) Voice-dialing
-or-
2) Complete contact list transfer, enabling one-touch dialing features already built into our cars.
At this time iPhone offers neither, and since I have to look at the screen to dial a contact I'd be in violation of the law when relying on my iPhone in the car to make calls.

My car has voice operated dialling (Honda Civic).
I program my numbers in the car via voice and allocate then a voice command (like "Mother").
Then all I do is press the button on the steering wheel and say "Dial Mother' the car repeats back to me "Do you want to dial Mother?", I press the button again and say "Yes", the car says "Dialling".
It then connects to the phone dials the number and the audio in and out is sent via the car microphone and speakers. It even directs the sat nav commands to the opposite side speaker so that you hear two distinct voices.
Ian

Similar Messages

  • MD Now Requires Hands-Free Calling--Best Bluetooth Speaker Phone for iP4

    It's a good thing that, as of today, Maryland requires hands-free phone usage in vehicles, but I am in a rental car at the moment (possibly because of someone else's irresponsible cell phone usage--and I don't know how long), so I am looking for a portable bluetooth hands-free speaker phone that actually works with my iPhone 4 with IOS 4.1. I have had many people tell me lately that I sound terrible when calling from my car using my Parrot Mki9200.
    So, what works best now with the iPhone 4 with IOS 4.1 that I can use in my rental and possibly later in my real car.
    Thanks in advance for any useful information,
    Lambanlaa

    Thanks, Randy, but I don't want that to be a part of the equation of a traffic violation, if I should have one. Will you hold the phone up to your ear now that the law is in effect? If not, what car solution do you use with your iPhone 4?
    Lambanlaa

  • Itouch states "Network required" and all is good, need help connecting....

    itouch: states 'Network required' 'not connected to internet' 'Cannot Open Page' BUT all info entered is correct, wi-fi bars full, master reset done & updated through itunes.....please help

    Read on another similar post to RESET WI-FI ROUTER, then reset network settings & reenter wi-fi info.....& that seems to have rectified the problem!

  • How do u get help from apple support with iChat? I was able to chat with support last week to solve my problem but now the same issue is back and I don't see the option to chat now?

    qHow do u get help from apple support with iChat? I was able to chat with support last week to solve my problem but now the same issue is back and I don't see the option to chat now?

    For what it is worth I have noticed a similar issue from the iPad3 while at work and home. At work we have two Apple TV 3rd Generation installed and tied to our A/V system. I believe the issue has to do with a timeout on the broadcast saying "here I am" and allowing devices to connect.
    For example:
    At work we have several Wi-Fi SSID being broadcast from Cisco APs. The only one we can use with the Apple TV is the one that uses a WEP since the others are either setup to be hidden, require web page authentication, or have a login requirement from employees. Essentially, what I believe the issue is that the Apple TV periodically broadcasts a message to other iOS devices that support Mirroring. When the Apple TV does not get a response from a device it goes into a dormant mode and requires either a command from the remote control or a reboot. This has been tested with both the power management enabled and not enabled with the same results.
    As for when I come home, the Apple TV3 has not seen the device in some time and therefore is not broadcasting it's location information. A simple click of the circle or menu keys on the remote will give it the command to start broadcasting again and allow the iPad3 to see the Apple TV. When trying to Home Share the computer can not play (iTunes 11, Win8RTM) until the Apple TV is awoken then it will show up for mirroing.
    This may or may not assist you but, it hopefully explains how the issue may be happening.

  • How do I get my previous contacts from mobileme now to the icloud? I need help figuring out how to make that transition?

    How do I get my previous contacts from mobileme now to the icloud? I need help figuring out how to make that transition?

    Try using the app My Contacts Backup, which will back up your contacts as an attachment to an email.  Send this email to yourself, open it on your Mac and double-click the attachment to import them to Address Book (or Contacts if you have Mountain Lion).

  • Overnight my contact list went from 1492 contacts to 52.. With help from Apple support I retrieved all of my contacts.  Here is the problem, I lost the groups.  None of my contacts are sorted into groups as they used to be which is very important for me.

    Overnight my contact list went from 1492 to 52.  With help from Apple I retrieved the missing contacts using Time Machine.  The problems is that the contacts are not in groups as they used to be.  Any suggestions?  I really need them grouped for business reasons.
    Also, there are no longer pictures associated with each contact.
    thanks for any help anyone can give me getting contacts back into the groups that I had established.  By the way, the group names are still there, but they are all empty.
    thanks,
    Sparky

    What Mac do you have, with what version of OS X?

  • Am I the only one that has had every charging cable (for my iPhones and my iPads) fail? Very frustrating. I got used to quality products from Apple but seems the small stuff is being overlooked nowadays.

    Am I the only one that has had every charging cable (for all of my iPhones and all of my iPads) fail? Very frustrating. I got used to quality products from Apple but seems the small stuff is being overlooked nowadays!

    I have yet to have a cable for my iPad 3, iPad 4 or iPhone 5 fail. I have multiple cables for each device without any failures.

  • I need help from chile and use a language translator to write and not turn my iphone4

    I need help from chile and use a language translator to write and not turn my iphone4

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281       
    Not turn on

  • Now i have tryied everything i need help getting premier pro trial real help pls!

    now i have tryied everything i need help getting premier pro trial real help pls!

    Hi,
    Are you facing issues installing Premiere pro trial?
    Please mention your operating system.
    Error(If you're getting any)
    Thank you,
    Mohd Naseem

  • I WANT HANDS FREE USE!

    Sorry, but I am SO aggravated. Just bought this phone. Should have kept my Droid Razr. How in the world do you use a bluetooth device with this phone? Just talked to Samsung. They said my phone was too smart for my Jawbone ERA. They said the ICS was too smart for the ERA bluetooth. Funny; I had ICS on my Motorola Razr!  Now, I am going to go to Verizon and might just try to get my Razr back.
    If anyone knows what, if anything, I might be doing wrong; please let me know. I like the look and feel and cool features of the GalaxyS3, but if I can't use my phone completely hands free, I don't want it !

    Here's the instruction on how to factory reset your ERA from Jawbones website.  The Soft reset will not clear the first device.  I used to own an Era and speak from experience.
    To restore your headset to the original factory settings, follow the instructions below. This may help fix performance issues that a Soft Reset is unable to fix.
    Turn OFF your headset.
    Turn OFF or disable Bluetooth on all paired devices.
    Turn ON your headset.
    Wait for LED to blink white.
    Press the TALK button 6 times in quick succession.
    The LED will turn solid red for approximately 6 seconds.
    While the LED is solid red, press and hold the TALK button until the LED blinks red and white.

  • HT1212 I did not sync my iPad to iTunes on my PC. Now my iPad is disabled because I forgot my passcode when I set up iOS 7 on it. I have tried to use the support info from Apple AND the cut and paste responses from people in the community, but it does not

    I did not sync my iPad to iTunes to my PC. Now my iPad is disabled because I forgot my passcode when I installed iOS 7 to it.
    Before anyone cuts and pastes the info from Apple support in response to this, I have already tried those steps. iTunes simply states that it cannot do anything since the iPad is locked with a passcode. I cannot access iCloud to use that specific advice as iCloud will not let me sign in; a message keeps coming up reading that there is an error with the server. Remote Swipe? Not sure. It is three hours later, and I am no further.
    What else can I do? I never had a passcode set up when I first got my iPad. I would have bypassed this with the installation of iOS 7 if I had known about this.
    Thank you in advance.

    You can only play 720p video.
    Download the 720p or standard def version.

  • I received an itunes giftcard for christmas and now I want to use it to get the apple tv.  Is that possible?

    I received an itunes giftcard for Christmas and I want to use it to purchase the Apple TV.  How do I do this and is it even possible?

    The iTunes gift cards are only usable for downloads from the iTunes Store.  You cannot use them to buy Apple TVs or Macs.

  • How to (make best) use external js library from html object (need help from dev)

    Ok, on another discussion about rotating full screen backgrounds slideshows, i was orientated to try a small lib named "backstrech"
    I throw myself in, and i really like what we can do with it.
    To use it simply, just make an html object and paste this in :
    <script src="http://musecdn2.businesscatalyst.com/scripts/4.0/jquery-1.8.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="assets/jquery.backstretch.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script>
      $.backstretch([
          "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/515046/www/outside.jpg"
        , "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/515046/www/garfield-interior.jpg"
        , "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/515046/www/cheers.jpg"
      ], {duration: 3000, fade: 750});
    </script>
    then add the jquery.backstretch.min.js to your "downloaded files" (file menu > files to download)
    And you’re done.
    Now, i need some help from better developers.
    As you can see, my first line is a call to jquery, the same that we find later in Muse exported code.
    Reason 1 : without this line, jquery is not defined and the plugin won’t work.
    This raises 2 issues :
    - We load twice the same ressource which is useless (100k)
    - loading js is all about having the page hangs while it loads, hence, they are put at the end of the body.
    Does anybody know a way to load this particular html script AFTER we are sure the muse scripts (esp. jquery) have been loaded ?
    (in the Edge Animate world, i’d go for the yepnope, and put it at the right place in the code, though, here i have no access to page load structure except head)
    PS : in addition to that, i made an exported page/excluded from navigation where i put all the images i wanted for the background, i could then simply change the images lines :
    , "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/515046/www/garfield-interior.jpg"
    to
    , "images/my_image_name_as_in_ressources.jpg"

    Got it, there was a bug in my code. Here is what you do:
    1. Download the js file https://raw.github.com/srobbin/jquery-backstretch/master/jquery.backstretch.min.js
    2. In Muse: Go to File -> Add Files for Upload and add the script file
    3. Open Page Properties -> Metadata -> HTML for <Head>
    Paste this code in:
    <script>
    window.onload = function() {
    var loaded = function() {
      $.backstretch([
          "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/515046/www/outside.jpg"
        , "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/515046/www/garfield-interior.jpg"
        , "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/515046/www/cheers.jpg"
      ], {duration: 3000, fade: 750});
    //Load the plugin:
    var head= document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
    var script= document.createElement('script');
    script.type= 'text/javascript';
    script.onreadystatechange = loaded;
    script.onload = loaded;
    script.src= 'assets/jquery.backstretch.min.js';
    head.appendChild(script);
    }; //Window OnLoad
    </script>
    4. Preview or Publish = Done!
    Example: http://musebackstretch.businesscatalyst.com/index.html

  • Just bought used MBP, need help registering Mountain Lion

    Hi guys, I'm very new to the Apple community. I recently bought a used Macbook Pro (October 2011) on eBay, the seller tells me that in order to actually use this computer, I need an Apple ID and have bought/downloaded Mountain Lion.
    I want to get this all sorted out before I recieve my MBP in the mail. Here's my problem, I have obviously made an Apple ID, however I can't seem to buy and download Mountain Lion on this site......I'm using a PC laptop currently. I don't have access to any other Mac computer to buy a copy of Mountain Lion (if that even is the correct terminology) in the meantime.
    Is this whole process even necessary? What should I do?
    Thanks,
    Devin B

    With Apple's new delivery system of the OS and the new licensing requirements to go along with it, it has become ridiculously confusing. Have the seller use Internet Recovery and do the following: boot holding down Command + Option + R to get to Disk Utility. Wipe the drive. Reinstall Mac OS - using the internet recovery will reinstall the original system (whereas using the regular recovery will reinstall the current system), so he must use the internet recovery. Shut down computer when it is either done installing, but just before the setup screen comes on. You can boot up and set it up using your own ID. Later, you can buy Mountain Lion and install it. This should work (no guarantees though - the "official" way from Apple is for the seller to contact iTunes and un-register his license in an email to them advising them that you will be buying it). That info is from a senior advisor at Apple.
    With all this, remind the seller to also deauthorize the computer in iTunes.

  • Now I need help from a REFINE EDGE expert please

    Have figured out a few things with some great advice, now I'm in need of some guidance regarding the REFINE EDGE feature.
    I have painstakingly selected with the magic wand tool the area in which I will be using ENHANCE>HUE/SATURATION for my sky.  The object looks very well selected to be excluded except when zooming way in which I did after performing an initial hue/sat adjustment.  All looked pretty good except that there is too much of the old sky pixel around the edges of the subject, just a little so the entire image looks a bit "photoshopped."
    I was thinking the REFINE EDGE function would help with this.  Is this correct?  I have adjusted the controls pretty extensively in all directions numerous times and just not seeing results I was hoping I would get.
    What should I be adjusting, numbers up or down, sliders right or left, which options on or off to get the edges of the new sky color to meet the edges of the subject without getting that fakey old edge?
    Thanks ever so much.
    Message was edited by: Moon52
    Seems deselecting smart radius is helpful, why is that?

    Although for Photoshop, this video demonstrates the use of 'Refine Edge' (from 3:00).
    http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cc/removing-a-subject-from-its-background/
    Cheers,
    Neale
    Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children
    If this post or another user's post resolves the original issue, please mark the posts as correct and/or helpful accordingly. This helps other users with similar trouble get answers to their questions quicker. Thanks.

Maybe you are looking for