You have to PAY TO USE PHONE IN CAR?!

[ravensjeff]

Don't kill me, but I'm not 100% sure what the difference is between a regular cell phone and a bluetooth one??

I have a chocolate LG phone with Verizon. Is it true that I could change to a bluetooth phone with verizon and and make calls thru the Camaro? I'm also gettting to the point where 11 yr old son wants a cell phone (Very good kid). Do I keep my regular cell phone and add a bluetooth one? And only the bluetooth type of phone can be conected to the car?

Can someone help out an old fart?

[SamsinSS]

I use the "Onstar" phone all the time. I added more minutes using my CC. I did all this thru Onstar talking to a "live" person on the other end. Handsfree calling is the way to go or Bluetooth if you have it.

[UCF w00t]

Originally Posted by ravensjeff

Don't kill me, but I'm not 100% sure what the difference is between a regular cell phone and a bluetooth one??

I have a chocolate LG phone with Verizon. Is it true that I could change to a bluetooth phone with verizon and and make calls thru the Camaro? I'm also gettting to the point where 11 yr old son wants a cell phone (Very good kid). Do I keep my regular cell phone and add a bluetooth one? And only the bluetooth type of phone can be conected to the car?

Can someone help out an old fart?

Your Chocolate has bluetooth. It's merely a way of wirelessly connecting accessories like headsets. In this case, the headset is your car's speakers. All modern phones have bluetooth built in. Ask your kid to help you set it up, I bet he can figure it out lol.

[montej23]

you can link the cell phone to the button when it says on star ready, say phone. Read the manual it explains it.

[nickruta]

THANKS GUYS i was ignorant but i figured out the bluetooth with the iphone thing. But the salesman should have told be that instead of me pulling out my credit card and paying 14.99 for 100 minutes. REGULAR price is 40.00 for 100 minutes buts its not your cellphone its a Verizon number. But I figured it out either way and Im really happy.

[mike25]

go to your iphone while your sitting in your car with it running, go to general settings, and turn on your bluetooth option. car will automatically detect and tell you to enter pin, and car will identify in phone as gm and your good to go.

[Skyblu]

Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

EVERYONE should have gotten 30 minutes, as Skyblu stated. And if I'm not mistaken, the very first time you push the phone button on the mirror you should get an operator and they will give your phone nember adn teh phone is set up.

I like to have a few minutes there just in case of some energency and either my cell is gone dead, or I don't have it for some reason.

You are correct, even before I left the car lot my sales lady dialed up onstar and helped me get my on line account set up and gave me my car phone number. You can acces your account on the net, and if you give them your email they will send you a diagnostic report each month on your car to let you know if anything needs attention. It's great!

[Jim Thompson]

Originally Posted by nickruta

THANKS GUYS i was ignorant but i figured out the bluetooth with the iphone thing. But the salesman should have told be that instead of me pulling out my credit card and paying 14.99 for 100 minutes. REGULAR price is 40.00 for 100 minutes buts its not your cellphone its a Verizon number. But I figured it out either way and Im really happy.

The minutes associated with Onstar are still a good deal, although it should only be used for emergencies.

for instance if you leave your phone @ home you can still be reached. if you are in a bad cell area...you can typically call from your car if needed. if you drop your phone in the toilet etc etc etc

just remember to use for emergencies only

[texan]

I love the blue tooth tethering. I alos keep minutes on the Onstar just for backup. There are several places in this great Nation that Onstar works better than my AT&T iphone. Most of them are places I don't take the camaro though.

[2HOT2HANDL]

Originally Posted by Jim Thompson

The minutes associated with Onstar are still a good deal, although it should only be used for emergencies.

for instance if you leave your phone @ home you can still be reached. if you are in a bad cell area...you can typically call from your car if needed. if you drop your phone in the toilet etc etc etc

just remember to use for emergencies only

Agreed...Remember its good for 1 yr.... Also I called to see if I could use the Verizon plan with my Onstar but the advisor said that program ran out in Jul....Was confused why they would put that in the manual for only a couple of moinths since production didn't start till Mar 09. There wasn't that many people that could use it with the camaros...

[mrgoombatts]

Does anyone know if you can store numbers without usind the onstar like say call tommy and it dials for some reason i cant figure it out it says no phone book or phone book not allowed .

[lee]

you can, its been so long since ive done it i cant remember how , but i typed the numbers in threw the radio some how then stored the names and thats what i do press the phone button and call tommy

[Watchamacoolitt]

To make it easy for you guys who don't read the Manual or who are not good or get the technology today, just press the phone button on the steering wheel. Then it wil respond by saying "ready" it will wait for you to say something. If you don't respond, it will give you the options you can say. It will give you options like dial,redial,Bluetooth,etc.

[PnCRedJwl2SS]

Originally Posted by lee

you can, its been so long since ive done it i cant remember how , but i typed the numbers in threw the radio some how then stored the names and thats what i do press the phone button and call tommy

No need to type in any numbers! Your car phone system will store up to 36 numbers in memory. All you have to do is press the call button on your steering wheel. The car (in a pleasant female voice) will respond with, "Ready." Then you just say, "Store." The rest is self explanatory.

Then, when you want to call numbers, say the following:

Call (then say the name--it's called a voice tag, I think).
Dial (then just say the digits, without pausing - to dial numbers not in memory).

It's painless! Then when you make or receive calls the system will mute your radio to allow your call and then resume your radio when you hang up...very, very, cool!