Connected phone to car.

JB I had a different problem: anytime a phone rings in house or car, my missus has to grab it and answer. Anybody’s phone, if she is at son or daughter’s house, she always moves towards the ringing phone. The kids (48 & 50!) just say “I got it mum, leave it!” When my mobile rang in the car, it used to be in the centre console and she would answer it: good if I was driving of course, but if we were parked she would still answer it. It’s a compulsion, brought about by years of working as a PA for 2 Heads of Department and a Manager, with her own workstation, 3 phones and a headset. The workstation chair was mounted on a traveling base, across about 15 feet of desk. The Manager, a good guy and a great boss, told me that she was irreplaceable, but a botched operation on her right hand, plus osteo arthritis, sent her into retirement. She has been slowly driving me bonkers ever since, with not enough to keep her frantic brain busy. We have about 40 massive jigsaws which she has completed many times over, stacked in the utility cupboard.

Anyway, now I have the phone on a cradle to my right, and using Bluetooth can talk to anyone hands free, she can no longer answer it. Until we get home….??

Nolan, is Android Auto possible on any car, or built in by vehicle manufacturers? I really like being in charge of my own phone ( at least, in the car) again, next move is a Bluetooth headset. I don’t like parking cameras, prefer the sensors beeping. I can judge to the last centimeter what is behind and/or around me by the beeps. I like to reverse into spaces, especially car parks. Today in town, I waited patiently whilst a misguided soul in a (faux BMW) Mini stooged around, trying to get into a space, in a line of parked cars. Forward, backward, sideways, up on the kerb. He gave in, drove out and I just slid halfway alongside the car in front, reversed back on full lock, judged by the mirrors where the kerb was, straightened up , forward a bit and we got out. Walked past him, he was still looking back at my car: “How did you do that?” – “About 56 years of practice, mate!”

EDIT: I have also got the Lenovo and Hudl Tablets working through the iX20’s Bluetooth. This is a revelation to me, I am playing catch-up but still dragging myself into the 21st century. ??

Thanks Nolan, I will try that later. My IX20 does not have an infotainment screen, it’s the SE. Only the SE and SE Nav have the screen, and they were a more expensive deposit. It would be good to have Android Auto on my phone though.