I'm a little confused ... I read in the owners manual that, when I press the "Phone" button on the Energy/Radio/NAV unit, and a phone is not present the radio or CD will be mutted.

The owners manual does not say what would happen if a phone was present.

The salesman I dealt with indicated that it could be used with a bluetooth enabled phone.

The problem is, I can't find any reference to bluetooth in the owners manual or even on the web.

Most hands free systems that are used with bluetooth have some way to make the system 'discoverable' ... but I can't figure out any way to do this.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

david

 

Based on my experience with Ford vehicles, the "phone" button is just a normal mute button. In the case of the CD player, that will pause the disc.

Hope that helps.

 

From Ford Factory Acessories web page -
http://www.fordaccessoriesstore.com
(not listed for Escape Hybrid, but it still might work)

Part Number: 3W4Z-19G399-AA
Part Description: Leading-edge technology lets you dial, send and receive calls through your Bluetooth™ wireless phone – hands-free, through simple voice commands. Integrates with vehicle’s audio system and mutes radio as you send/receive calls. Automatically links with a compatible Bluetooth hands-free wireless phone as you enter vehicle. Visit the bluetooth.letstalk.com website for available Bluetooth phones.
Color: Not available
Unit MSRP: $387.16
Fits:
Ford Escape 2005
E-Series 2005
Excursion 2005
Expedition 2004 2005
Explorer 2004 2005
Explorer Sport Trac 2005
F-150 2005
Five Hundred 2005
Freestar 2005
Freestyle 2005
Mustang 2005
Super Duty F-Series 2005

 

The last info Mike had from Visteon (Ford spinoff that makes the radios) is that the bluetooth option does not work with the Navigation radio in the FEH.

 

The FEH does not have built-in bluetooth, however both Ford (info given in cdbrow1's post) and Visteon make bluetooth accessories that work with the NAV. Check out my last post in this thread for the visteon info.

https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...ead.php?t=1264

 

does this work in prius too? i just purchased the bluetooth accessories with my pulse plugs and doesn't seem to quite work much.

 

You might be better off asking over in the Prius area.

The '07 Ford NAV radio has a control signal, and phone audio input, for an external phone interface, though Ford itself doesn't sell such a unit. It can work with either a direct plug-in interface, or a Bluetooth interface.