Have Bovee 1000
Have MF steering wheel with button assigned to NEXT
Have nav
Always works: volume, connection
Intermittent: MF button

 

I have Coolstream
NAV
Steering controls
all my music is displayed on PCM.

Once my car is turned on, it takes about a minute for my phone to link sometimes. I also will go into settings on PCM and press iPod. If it is on Aux i don't have music displayed but can still hear the music.

 

 

I have to admit, I am stumped by your issue. I wonder if there is something not connected properly, or some setting that needs to be turned on via durametric?

To answer your question: Yes and no- My car originally had steering wheel audio controls. However, shortly after buying it, I replaced the steering wheel with a paddle-shifter wheel (bought new from Suncoast Parts) which did not have steering wheel controls. I bought the Bovee unit quite some time afterwards, so I can't say for sure if the steering wheel controls worked with the Bovee- though I remember others posting that they did. I use the controls on the PCM to advance songs, volume, etc.

Do you have access to a durametic, or know someone who does? Maybe hooking it up to your car might discover some setting that needs to be turned on for it to work? What year is your car? Mine is a 2009 (997.2). I don't know if that makes a difference or not. Is your radio system completely original? Maybe something was replaced along the way?

It's really strange. The fact that the Bovee and the other unit don't work suggests its something specifically with your car.

On Edit: What phone are you using for pairing. I originally did it on a Samsung S7, but now it's an iPhone X. On the android, when paired, in the settings for bluetooth was a checkbox for whether you wanted to Bovee to be connected as a phone vs media (or you could check both, IIRC). If you are using an android phone, may be worth while to see what checkbox is checked. The Bovee should be selected as being paired for media, not phone. I don't think Apple has a similar setting, so if you are using an iphone, may not be applicable.

 

I have an 09 with the base radio, no steering wheel controls, the iPod connector and the bovee 1000 and it works. Most of the time.

I know what you are talking about with the aux only. Sometimes my PCM does not recognize the iPod.

If I don't lock the car the next time I get in it is messed up. The PCM shuts off and the phone stays connected to the bovee because there is still power to it for 20 minutes or so.

Try this. Remove the iPod connector. Disconnect phone from both the PCM and the bovee. Sync phone with the PCM. Plug in iPod connector. Sync with the bovee.

 

 

 

Awesome that you got it to work!

It's funny, but iTunes is one of the issues I've had with my system. I only want it to play downloaded music. So I turned off cellular for music. However, at home, and at work, I am connected to wifi. When I get into the car, wifi is still on, and if I turn on the music right away, it tries to play music over wifi- and now that you mention it, i can't control it when that is happening. The volume is extremely low. Then it stops playing as soon as I drive out of range of the wifi.

To eliminate this issue, I have to wait until I drive off and am out of range of the wifi to start playing music via bluetooth.

I love my iPhone, and it is better than android in many ways. However, iTunes is a mess. I wish apple would make the software more user friendly and stop trying to force people into doing what they (apple) wants.

 

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My Bovee was working fine until a week ago. Steering wheel controls, display etc. all worked great. Then 'all of a sudden' I lost ability to change volume with steering wheel or PCM controls. I could still play songs and Mute worked but no display and no volume control. Turns out you have to have a song downloaded to your iPhone in order for the volume and PCM display to work. During an upgrade, all songs had been erased. Very strange, but seems to be a solution. This was mentioned earlier in this thread, but I didn't believe it as it makes no sense, at least to me. But it works.

 

 

You can just leave it in the car

 

 

Hi so I just bought my 997.2 last month and having the same issue as some above where if I plug in my iPhone directly via a lightning to 30 pin adapter, or connect via the Bovee 1000, I am unable to control the volume on the PCM. I can adjust the volume on the phone but even maxed out the volume is too low to listen to when the car is in motion. Are there any settings that I need to set? Please note that I am streaming all my music via Spotify. I've given up my music collection a long time ago and listen to everything via streaming nowadays.

Thanks in advance for your help or any advice!