Remote Start & Profile

[brewski]

I did my first remote start this AM.
As I was driving away I noticed all my radio presets were different.
I had hoped I got the latest update and it jumbled them (wrong).
It was on the "guest" profile, not mine.
I don't see where (I presume in the app) to associate my profile with the app.
Anyone?

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[RickLightning]

You cannot associate remote start with a profile. This is a hiccup that many have found, it should switch to your profile when you start it. Simply try hitting the number on the door that matches your profile once everything is booted up.

 

[brewski]

You cannot associate remote start with a profile. This is a hiccup that many have found, it should switch to your profile when you start it. Simply try hitting the number on the door that matches your profile once everything is booted up.

I'll give that a shot next time.
Another one of those things @Ford needs to fix on the software side.

 

[Pioneer74]

Every time I remote start our Lightning or Mach-E, the first thing I do after I hit the start button is to press my memory setting on the door.

Never had a problem with this on my ICE truck.

 

[Henry Ford]

Hmm...I haven't seen this problem. After a remote start I start the truck using my profile's fob. Are those getting the anomaly doing something different? I don't have PaaK but I plan on using that exclusively once it's turned on; will that cause the issue?

 

[brewski]

Hmm...I haven't seen this problem. After a remote start I start the truck using my profile's fob. Are those getting the anomaly doing something different? I don't have PaaK but I plan on using that exclusively once it's turned on; will that cause the issue?

I use/d PaaK. Key is sitting in the console and didn't press any button on it.
Seems like my PaaK would be associated with my profile.

 

[Monkey]

And here I am just wishing the truck would connect to my phone that is associated with my profile, works as PAAK and I have my fob on me anyway. Instead it connects to my wife's phone, even if it's with her, inside the house and barely in signal range. Stupid.

It seems as if the truck still makes bluetooth phone/media connections based off initial pairing order and there's no way to set priority or make the braindead system prioritize the phone associated with a profile. It took Tesla a couple years to iron out kinks like this. So I guess Ford might have it figured out about the time I order my 2047 model F-150.

 

[brewski]

Well, I just figured it out. On your Profile page there is an option to Link Phone. Select this, then you have to select Lock from your phone, and now the profile is attached to your phone.

Seems like lots of different linking.

 

[RickLightning]

Well, I just figured it out. On your Profile page there is an option to Link Phone. Select this, then you have to select Lock from your phone, and now the profile is attached to your phone.

Seems like lots of different linking.

Yes, but no...

Yes, you want your phone, and fob, linked to your profile.

That has little to do with Remote Start. Much of the time, remote start is done via cellular command to the vehicle. Therefore, there is no PaaK involved, or a profile. Yes, if you're within bluetooth range and connected, remote start does use bluetooth and accomplishes the task much quicker. However, the car should shift to the profile of whoever gets in the driver's seat with a phone or PaaK. So, if you remote start, but your wife is the driver, when she opens the door and has her phone / fob, the profile should be hers.

 

[brewski]

Yes, but no...

Yes, you want your phone, and fob, linked to your profile.

That has little to do with Remote Start. Much of the time, remote start is done via cellular command to the vehicle. Therefore, there is no PaaK involved, or a profile. Yes, if you're within bluetooth range and connected, remote start does use bluetooth and accomplishes the task much quicker. However, the car should shift to the profile of whoever gets in the driver's seat with a phone or PaaK. So, if you remote start, but your wife is the driver, when she opens the door and has her phone / fob, the profile should be hers.

This was less a "remote start" issue than a "why isn't my profile up once I've done a remote start" issue.
Without the profile assigned to my phone, when I got in the profile was guest.
After I assigned my profile to my phone, once I get in, my profile is alive and well.

 

[TheBigBezo]

I'm even more confused, our trucks have profiles? I saw the seat numbers on the door, but I live alone so I've never touched them. How do you know its guest? Mine is always how I left it / want it, but I guess that's because I'm the only person who's ever sat in it. I had no idea that was a feature and now I'm curious.

 

[brewski]

I gave my profile an avatar, which shows on the main screen. I’ll take some pics tomorrow. Even if nobody else ever drives it, a price is a good idea

 

[RickLightning]

I'm even more confused, our trucks have profiles? I saw the seat numbers on the door, but I live alone so I've never touched them. How do you know its guest? Mine is always how I left it / want it, but I guess that's because I'm the only person who's ever sat in it. I had no idea that was a feature and now I'm curious.

Have you not sat and go through the settings? Or read the manual?

 

[TheBigBezo]

Have you not sat and go through the settings? Or read the manual?

Only for the stuff relevant to me, again, I'm the sole operator so no I've never looked into it in the manual. I never saw profiles mentioned at all when I went through the settings when I picked it up.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Only for the stuff relevant to me, again, I'm the sole operator so no I've never looked into it in the manual. I never saw profiles mentioned at all when I went through the settings when I picked it up.

Assuming you configured the FOB following all the steps, you associated one of the 3 seat position buttons on the driver door, I have as well as the PAAK, etc.

On the occasions that I "remotely" remote start and the default driver profile loads, as soon as I jump in the truck I tap my #1 seat button, that pulls up all my preferences including the sirius/xm personal presets.

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