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06-10-2005, 12:12 AM | #1 |
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Can't turn on car's bluetooth
Okay, so I'm trying to set up a bluetooth link between my Treo 650 (after downloading the latest CarKit update from Palm) and I can't figure out why my phone doesn't find the car. At first glance from the "Phone" menu in the car, I thought I had BT on. After carefully reviewing the Phone Manual (it isn't overly clear), I determined that in fact what I was seeing was the designation of the button to turn BT on. Problem? Nothing happens when I push this button.
What I see when I hit the phone button is a screen in which the upper menu says something like "Turn Bluetooth on to make a call." In the lower screen area directly above a middle button is displayed "BT-ON". The right side of the lower screen only displays the "return" key. Obviously, the display "BT-ON" immediately above a button denotes that this is what you are to depress to turn it on. To support this, it appears in the manual that when BT is on, it should be displayed in the lower screen to the right side, directly adjacent to the "return" key. I've pushed, prodded and poked this button for 30 minutes, and nothing happens. I've tried it with the car off, car on, radio off, and any number of combinations. And yes, I have the Premium package and yes, this button works under other menus. Obviously, something is not working and this likely warrants a trip to the dealer. Any advice from anyone? Anyone else experience this problem? Thanks for your help. |
06-10-2005, 11:53 AM | #3 |
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I had a hard time setting up my Treo 650 with the car and I did not find any directions about how to do it (none of the car printed information talked about that). I think you have to put the car in discoverable mode (not called that) from the setup menu for the first time. I'll try to find the right menu for you in about an hour when I'm in my car again and I'll give you some instructions. |
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06-10-2005, 12:07 PM | #4 |
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When i was at the dealership i tried with my treo 650 and no matter what button i pushed it would not find it, It did eventually find it for a few seconds somehow but then when i tried to pair it, it lost it.. i was attempting this in a Non Nav car with premium package, (which has bluetooth) anyone know the instructions for non nav, treo 650 - bluetooth setup...?
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06-10-2005, 12:15 PM | #5 |
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OK, here are the instructions to put the car in Connectable mode:
1) From the main menu (with the four main options showing), push down on the center button (the i option). 2) Choose Communications Settings 3) Move the selector to the top choice list in this window then choose "Bluetooth" 4) In the second choice list from the top choose "Phone" Now in the main part of the window you should see: "Bluetooth connectable in this menu" You are now ready to to start searching for the car from the phone. When you find the car and enter a passoword, just choose any password and make sure you enter the same one on the car and the phone. Good luck! BTW, as you can see, the difficulty has nothing to do with the Treo; it's just an obscure menu on the car. |
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06-10-2005, 01:37 PM | #7 | |
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So...unless there's another menu or something I should be turning on first for "discoverable" mode - and I didn't find anything in the manual on this - then something about this mode in my car is not working properly. |
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06-10-2005, 01:43 PM | #8 |
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Oops... didn't realize you didn't have iDrive
On iDrive, there is a phone menu that behaved sort of like what you described and I spent a lot of time there thinking that's where I should do it. This is the place to be AFTER you have paired your phone with the car. BT might be on, but it is not discoverable; it is on to communicate with already paired devices. I would look for some setup menu that has to do with bluetooth, not the phone menu. |
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06-15-2005, 08:26 PM | #11 |
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Is the Treo on the BMW aaproved list? I do not believe that it is.
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06-15-2005, 09:45 PM | #12 |
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if u press the button and nothing happens, im thinking bmw didnt activate ur bluetooth setting. thats what happened to me, took it to them, they activated it, and worked perfectly fine
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06-18-2005, 05:29 AM | #13 |
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Just found out BMW knows about this problem with non-idrive cars, its a small software glitch
Tell your dealer to look at "Service Measure B84 213 05 " It says dealer must "Encode the complete car with CIP16.1 or later" |
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Has anyone here successfully paired the Treo 650 w/ the BMW? Palm says that the BMW kit is not approved and you will have intermittent connections periods, etc. BMW doesn't list it as an approved phone. Currently have a T600 but am considering moving up to both the Bimmer and a 650. If I can't use the 650 w/ a 330i non-IDrive, then that's going to be a problem.
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I took a test drive in a 330 with the Premium Package (Bluetooth included) and initially had some problems getting my unlocked Treo 650 to see the car but eventually they did and paired just fine. My sales advisor even showed me how to use the voice activation to dial phone numbers. The only numbers that will transfer to the car are the speed dial ones; your address book will not transfer.
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Can't turn on car's bluetooth
Okay, so I'm trying to set up a bluetooth link between my Treo 650 (after downloading the latest CarKit update from Palm) and I can't figure out why my phone doesn't find the car. At first glance from the "Phone" menu in the car, I thought I had BT on. After carefully reviewing the Phone Manual (it isn't overly clear), I determined that in fact what I was seeing was the designation of the button to turn BT on. Problem? Nothing happens when I push this button. What I see when I hit the phone button is a screen in which the upper menu says something like "Turn Bluetooth on to make a call." In the lower screen area directly above a middle button is displayed "BT-ON". The right side of the lower screen only displays the "return" key. Obviously, the display "BT-ON" immediately above a button denotes that this is what you are to depress to turn it on. To support this, it appears in the manual that when BT is on, it should be displayed in the lower screen to the right side, directly adjacent to the "return" key. I've pushed, prodded and poked this button for 30 minutes, and nothing happens. I've tried it with the car off, car on, radio off, and any number of combinations. And yes, I have the Premium package and yes, this button works under other menus. Obviously, something is not working and this likely warrants a trip to the dealer. Any advice from anyone? Anyone else experience this problem? Thanks for your help. Had the same problem, in my BMW 650i and after searching many solutions, and complicated searching around for replacement parts as suggested by you tubers, I thought my last resort was to surrender my self to the dealership, which I am sure would be delighted to relieve me of some hard earned money. there were suggestions of replacing the Bluetooth system or ulf module, which would be available on eBay used for @ $200. Here is my fix and it worked, disconnect the negative from the battery, in my case contained in the trunk (boot) and leave for about half an hour, reconnect and delighted as I was, once reconnected I heard chimes that door was open, I put key in ignition and Screen started to boot, music played as normal and phone contacts started to update. All that should happen at this point did. Happy to say all is fixed and at no cost besides a little patience. Hope this works and saves all a bit of money. |
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