The Asus ME173X displays the above message everytime I try to connect and stream music to my Subaru Forrester. The tab is on Android 4.2.2 on an OTA update. The device and the car system pair reliably the multiple times I've tried to reinitialize the two. In researching this, I find that there are numerous problems with that car and the iPhone - not many I can find with Android. But the other ME173 symptoms I have are really perplexing.
First, I turn on Bluetooth in the car so it starts to search for the device already registered. I turn on Bluetooth on the tab and the two find each other. In less than 2 seconds, the tab shows, "Unfortunately, Bluetooth has stopped." (Not "Bluetooth Share has Stopped working") At this point, the tab shows that the car is still connected. The car now shows the tab is disconnected. On the tab, if I turn Bluetooth off, it obeys but then I cannot turn BT back on. The tab reports that it is "Turning on Bluetooth" but it never does completely. The only way I've found to be able to turn BT on is to restart the tab.
Now I have tried turning on devices and systems in different order. Always come to the same error, and I have to restart the tab if I want to use BT.
Someone had a BT speaker. This worked fine. I went to another car and got the same result. There is some discussion that using BT where text messaging is being used on the ME173;, that the connection will fail. But I'm not using any texting.
So I'm not sure if this can be fixed. The dealer days the car had the latest firmware for it's multimedia system. My questions are:
Thank you all very much for any input.
Hoib
First, I turn on Bluetooth in the car so it starts to search for the device already registered. I turn on Bluetooth on the tab and the two find each other. In less than 2 seconds, the tab shows, "Unfortunately, Bluetooth has stopped." (Not "Bluetooth Share has Stopped working") At this point, the tab shows that the car is still connected. The car now shows the tab is disconnected. On the tab, if I turn Bluetooth off, it obeys but then I cannot turn BT back on. The tab reports that it is "Turning on Bluetooth" but it never does completely. The only way I've found to be able to turn BT on is to restart the tab.
Now I have tried turning on devices and systems in different order. Always come to the same error, and I have to restart the tab if I want to use BT.
Someone had a BT speaker. This worked fine. I went to another car and got the same result. There is some discussion that using BT where text messaging is being used on the ME173;, that the connection will fail. But I'm not using any texting.
So I'm not sure if this can be fixed. The dealer days the car had the latest firmware for it's multimedia system. My questions are:
- Is BT standard and/or universal in most applications in use today? Shouldn't these devices just work?
- It's there a way to"reset" or "reinstall" the whole BT subsystem on the ME173? (I would not consider a factory reset on the whole device at this moment)
- How do I restart BT without having to power down the unit? I can't determine what service on the device needs attention. Using a force stop action in Manage Apps, won't permit BT to be turned back on - I have to power down.
- What else would you experts do to get this to repair BT so the tablet will work the car?
Thank you all very much for any input.
Hoib