Can I leave it turned on always and just connect from my iPhone? Or do I have to physically touch it every time I want to use it so that it becomes available to use?
134828
I believe after an hour or 2 of being inactive, it automatically shuts off. Once you sync with blue tooth, everytime you turn it on, it will start playing music from your device. Do what I do and keep the remote at a convenient location. Overall this speaker is totally worth the price surprisingly coming from a CD manufacture company. Definitely good for outdoor or bed room.
2105949
Gotta pay the activation fee. If you shut if off and later decide to turn it back on, you'll pay the activation fee again. Trust me....it's well worth it. This is an incredible little device. Answered many questions for me.
198309
As the others have mentioned, pairing any iOS device needs to happen once only. I am using it with multiple iOS devices including iPads, iPhones and iPods. If the device auto shuts down, you can just reconnect to it from your iOS device. It will wake up the speaker and connect to it automatically. I have never had to pair any iOS device more than once.
2036798
You dont have to turn it on and off every time you get in and out the car, unless you plan to be out of your car for long period of time like work, gym, ect.. After so many hours it will turn itsself off to conserve the battery, and you will have to turn it back on. Just make sure you have your Bluetooth connected to it at all times while in and out of your car and remember to keep it charged for optimum usage. It sounds great in the car and is very convenient. The only thing I dont like is when you have to answer the phone...me personally I dont like to answer the phone via Bluetooth. Other than that its a great product. I have 2, one for home and another for my car.
704650
Yes, you can leave it connected all of the time. It'll automatically stop charging when the battery is full. But why would you want to? The charger is always converting 110v AC house current to 12v DC battery charging current. That produces heat and wastes electricity (aka $$$). I unplug mine when the light goes green meaning the battery is charged.
1007227
Once you connect the devices (like you would pair a phone to any blue tooth device) it connects at the time of activation and stays connected. If a phone call comes in it will disable the intercom for phone connection. Once the phone call is over it will automatically reconnect to the intercom. I use this for extreme off road riding to stay connected with my son and listen to my I-phone. works flawless up to this point.
1072289
Works reliably, but has to be reconnected at each time of use. Turn Bluetooth on radio, go to Settings on iPhone 6, go to Bluetooth, shows unconnected. Click on this and it then connects. Not quite what is promised, but OK once you get used to it.
2036799
You dont have to turn it on and off every time you get in and out the car, unless you plan to be out of your car for long period of time like work, gym, ect.. After so many hours it will turn itsself off to conserve the battery, and you will have to turn it back on. Just make sure you have your Bluetooth connected to it at all times while in and out of your car and remember to keep it charged for optimum usage. It sounds great in the car and is very convenient. The only thing I dont like is when you have to answer the phone...me personally I dont like to answer the phone via Bluetooth. Other than that its a great product. I have 2, one for home and another for my car. You dont have to turn it on and off every time you get in and out the car, unless you plan to be out of your car for long period of time like work, gym, ect.. After so many hours it will turn itsself off to conserve the battery, and you will have to turn it back on. Just make sure you have your Bluetooth connected to it at all times while in and out of your car and remember to keep it charged for optimum usage. It sounds great in the car and is very convenient. The only thing I dont like is when you have to answer the phone...me personally I dont like to answer the phone via Bluetooth.... » Read More You dont have to turn it on and off every time you get in and out the car, unless you plan to be out of your car for long period of time like work, gym, ect.. After so many hours it will turn itsself off to conserve the battery, and you will have to turn it back on. Just make sure you have your Bluetooth connected to it at all times while in and out of your car and remember to keep it charged for optimum usage. It sounds great in the car and is very convenient. The only thing I dont like is when you have to answer the phone...me personally I dont like to answer the phone via Bluetooth. Other than that its a great product. I have 2, one for home and another for my car. « Show Less
2105512
Normally it turns on automatically when you approach the vehicle. Sometime I have to touch the "on" button; or use the I-Phone settings to connect. But most times it automatically connects.
495537
Not that I can ttell.personally I leave the bluetooth on mybphone turned on all of the time. When I want to hear some tunes I just turn my oontz on and it connects to my phone
862626
The product has a sensor that will connect automatically upon re-entering the car. The device will say "attempting to connect" when you open the door or unlock the door to get in. Then - it will connect and say "connected". The device will go to 'sleep' after leaving the car. The only thing to watch for that if your car is very close to where you are with the phone - it will stay connected within a certain range...but you can always turn Bluetooth off on your phone.
1147025
There is an on off switch. If you leave it "on" it is connected to the network and you can connect to it any time without delay. You can power it down, in which case you will have to go through a power up cycle the next time you use the speaker. You have to turn the speaker on and off at the physical unit (or within its IR remote range if you use that). The speaker does not have a standby mode, but I do not see any issue with leaving it on all the time.
751410
I don't think it really has to be powered constantly, it is just a recommendation so it doesn't have to reboot every time it gets turned back on. So you can turn it off if you want, there is nothing that says you have to leave it on.
174665
I just turn it off when I leave the car, and on when I get back in the car. It says 'connected" and you are good to go!
1159797
Yes. I have mine in my center console and I never touch it. I just get into the car, turn it on, and it's connected. I don't even think there is a button to manually turn it on or off.
149688
It has to be done using your phone, but your phone doesn't have to be on the same network while doing it. You first connect the unit using your phone and during the configuration, which is pretty easy but takes a couple of minutes for everything to connect to each other, but after that you should be good to go. I have used it over the data connection on my phone and not connected to wi-fi and had it work just fine. Plus, setting up the automatic on/off makes it even more convenient.
1488469
It will automatically connect. You only use app to change settings. You do not need the app honestly