Using car speakers as handsfree iPhone connection..

Maybe your system now thinks you have pic plugged into the iPhone. I would double check that, it might be the culprit.

 

Lets see...It worked. You stuck it in an Otterbox. It didn't work. I am sure it is the Otterbox. That is the only thing that changed.

Do you think it might be a distance issue? Maybe it works while in the Otterbox if it is close enough to you? Just a thought...

 

+1 I would say it is definitely the new case obscuring the mic.

//doobi18

 

I have a similar problem. I use a tape adaptor in my car to play thru the speakers. My phone is in an innocase. Sometimes people can here my talk and sometimes they can't. My problem is not the case because I've always had it in this case. Any ideas why it works sometimes, and not works other times. I can always here people thru the speakers.

 

Does the case change the way the plug sits in the headphone jack? Maybe it is possible the iPhone thinks there is an external mic. Then again this would also cause problems with the your connection to the car's AUX input.

You said the mic works fine once you disconnect from the AUX. Are you disconnecting the cable from the iPhone or from the car? I imagine you disconnect it from the phone, so maybe try making a call with the cable plugged into the iphone and see if the mic will work.

If nothing else it could give you another clue.

 

honestly If we have to troubleshoot this one for you, you will never learn

as others have stated it's probably the otterbox

 

i connect my iphone to my car with an aux cable, but i can't hear someone when they call me?

 

Excellent advice. Often, if I use regular headphones, my iphone microphone won't work because the phone thinks I'm using Apple headphones with the in-line mic.