Noticed something today... Bluetooth

[STG]

Today, I was sitting at a farm with my grandson waiting for my wife to appear.

I decided to play some of my grandson's favourite YouTube videos on my phone but I got no audio from my phone, that's when I realised that the phone was connected to the car audio system still.

So I decided to power off the MG4 but after this I still could not get any audio from my phone, so a little bit of investigation is seems that the phone stays connected to the MG4 via bluetooth even when you power off the car.....

In the end I had to physically disconnect from the car bluetooth....

This also explains why sometimes at home I get calls from people but I can't speak or hear them because the phone is connected to the MG4 outside even though it's turned off and locked.

I just tried this and my wife can hear me in the car audio when she was standing outside and I was in the house with the MG4 locked.

I don't know how long it takes for the car to physically disconnect the phone after locking...

 

[Big Ears]

Our Fiesta was just the same, they have too much range, 10 feet should be more than enough.

 

[siteguru]

I've never noticed this with my car ... when it's locked and I'm more than, say, 6' away from the car, there's no BT connection.