Dear LJH,

Regarding the phone calls, when I use the Cardo system, I have both the Cardo and my iPhone syncing with my GPS, in my case a Garmin Zumo 660. When a call comes in I can see it on my GPS screen, and can answer by touching the screen with a gloved finger. Or decline to answer it. The phone is tucked away in my pocket undisturbed (although this runs down its power pretty fast).

Not sure if you can engineer a similar setup, but this potentially could end your auto-answer problem.

cheers