I'm struggling to connect via Bluetooth on original head unit - can’t read or understand Japanese.

at a loss

can anybody help please?

thanks

chris W

 

15 minutes ago, Chrisw3535 said:

I'm struggling to connect via Bluetooth on original head unit - can’t read or understand Japanese.

at a loss

can anybody help please?

thanks

chris W

 

 

Hello Chris,

 

Welcome to the Forum.

I downloaded the Google translate app. Set the language to Japanese to English, press the camera symbol and point it at the screen. 
You don’t have to take a photo each time, it just translates it on screen. 
On mine I had to pair my phone in audio settings to play music over Bluetooth and in telephone settings to make and receive calls. 

1 hour ago, Steve in Chester said:

I downloaded the Google translate app. Set the language to Japanese to English, press the camera symbol and point it at the screen. 
You don’t have to take a photo each time, it just translates it on screen. 
On mine I had to pair my phone in audio settings to play music over Bluetooth and in telephone settings to make and receive calls. 

yep, this is good, you can use the fact that the calling and media are separate BT connections in order to use BT media storage/players, or a second phone just for things like music, streaming radio etc.

 

This is the sort of thing you see with the Google translate app in camera mode. 


 

As you can see, it’s a lot easier now!

The only thing you can’t do now is use the voice control button on the steering wheel. 

Slightly hijacking this post, I have a standard head unit, one of the NZHN models or something.

 

I've used Google image translate and works a treat, I am able to BT connect my phone for calls, but can't get it detected for media/audio 

 

Has anyone else BTd their phone successfully for audio with the standard head unit?

 

When I am in the media menu with my phone BT connected for calls, the BT tab for media/audio is grayed out, so the head unit definitely isn't detecting it for media playback.

Have you checked with the gear knob in park and the parking brake applied too, some options seem to grey out when driving.
 

When I paired mine I (by chance) paired the audio first and then the telephone side of things. 
 

I had to put a 4 digit code in to my phone to pair each time. There was a different code for audio and phone. 
 

 

Edited July 22, 20223 yr by Steve in Chester

Yeah I was doing it in park, it could also be my phone, its a Sony Xperia 1 mk 3 running Android OS.

 

I'll mess about with it some time over the weekend, I do have it currently connected using AUX port, so not the end of the world, but BT connecting media would be better. 

These are just ideas, I’m not that an expert, but worth trying maybe. 

Try it with the aux cable unplugged. Perhaps it can only connect via one method at a time. 

You might have to unpair any phone that the previous owners had paired? 

Try it with audio switched on and off. 

Finally, when I press the audio button on mine (when audio is playing) a screen comes up displaying what I’m listening to. This screen displays tabs along the bottom (FM CD HDD AUX etc) if I press the aux one it goes to a vtr screen. On there is a button marked BT. Press BT button and it switches to Bluetooth mode. I get a square in the top left that says bt and a greyed out button saying connect (in Japanese). If there’s no phone connected maybe your “connect” will be able to be pressed. 

 

I use the media BT in my 2009 with the Japanese head unit.
I use it successfully with a Samsung Galaxy S7 and my wife with a Google pixel (I don't remember the gen).

It's exactly the same menus as a Prius 3 from 2011 (we got one, so it's pretty easy even in Japanese).

 

I used my knowledge of the prius menu and google translate to find the right spot to add our phones (btw yes, you need to add your phone in the head unit first, before being able to pair with it and play media).

And at the moment, the limitation I can see between our EU prius and this Japanese Vellfire is, if you don't enable your BT and pair with the vellfire BEFORE going to the Drive position, then it's dead. You have to pair with it when you press the ignition button or when starting the engine. Japanese law (I guess) forbid to pair with the head unit when you drive.

anyone with the headunit posted by 'steve in chester', above, I can tell you the 2 pins at the rear of unit to bypass  the handbrake/speed restriction detect.

This lets you adjust BT settings whilst on the move, (Now my wife can swap over the phone source without me having to 'park' to do so!)

Edited July 22, 20223 yr by Chris.ac

22 hours ago, Chris.ac said:

anyone with the headunit posted by 'steve in chester', above, I can tell you the 2 pins at the rear of unit to bypass  the handbrake/speed restriction detect.

This lets you adjust BT settings whilst on the move, (Now my wife can swap over the phone source without me having to 'park' to do so!)

Oh god yes, can you pm it please ?

2 hours ago, R4v3n said:

Oh god yes, can you pm it please ?

will do in the morning

blue and black wires, speed sense (prevents fiddling with satnav/GPS whist moving, pointless to us as its Japan specific) and parking brake.

I taped up loom side.

connect the socket side wires to earth.

blue and black wires, speed sense (prevents fiddling with satnav/GPS whist moving, pointless to us as its Japan specific) and parking brake.

I taped up loom side.

connect the socket side wires to earth.

 

I plan on wiring to a switch at some point, do I can revert to standard operation.

7 minutes ago, Chris.ac said:

blue and black wires, speed sense (prevents fiddling with satnav/GPS whist moving, pointless to us as its Japan specific) and parking brake.

I taped up loom side.

connect the socket side wires to earth.

 

I plan on wiring to a switch at some point, do I can revert to standard operation.

Thanks for this.
I'm already using the speed signal wire for my aftermarklet PIVOT cruise control, but it'll be very great for the BT part.

Hi and yup, got it sussed eventually with the translation app, many thanks with the help and advice.

cheers Chris

4 hours ago, R4v3n said:

Thanks for this.
I'm already using the speed signal wire for my aftermarklet PIVOT cruise control, but it'll be very great for the BT part.

Sorry, just to be clear - what BT part? I have jotted out all the wire colours on paper, and am trying to cross check against various wiring schematics to slowly tick them off.

 

Identified the Blue GVIF plug is for front and side cameras.

Brown GVIF is Digital TV, so effectively a free high res video input that can be used to feed a 360camera system or a UK spec TV decoder (Research will follow).

The Brown GVIF has to be connected along with the 12 pin grey plug (Video signal to the rear dropdown monitor)

The black 8pin connector is the AUX AV (which I am using to feed android auto/carplay)

The other large connector is 22 pins+a removable 8pin connector - the 8pin part is what connects to the external 18speaker amplifier - what the other 22 pins do I have not figured yet)

The main power connector is parking brake, reverse sense, speed sense, steering controls, ACC, IG, Battery, Ground, rear camera, (Maybe microphone too)

 

The white connector of 6pins+a digital coax, no idea yet.

 

FM/AM antenna is the two round pins in a socket, GPS is the small grey socket, the other two antenna sockets must be for ETC, DTV, the 'G' connect and cellular systems.

 

ETC video feed, and sonar connects to some of the pins (Sonar will display on the screen if you remove the camera feeds)

 

Wish there was a wiring schematic for this headunit! but I am getting there

Sorry, bad expression used.
Maybe I should use "side" instead of "part", I think it's a bad "translation" or used from French. 

3 hours ago, R4v3n said:

Sorry, bad expression used.
Maybe I should use "side" instead of "part", I think it's a bad "translation" or used from French. 

ah, yes, now I understand.

15 hours ago, Chris.ac said:

Wish there was a wiring schematic for this headunit! but I am getting there

Does this help?

thanks, different shape connectors, but maybe some commonality in places, will combine with what I have and do some meter reading when I get time.