wassy

Oops.. guess I'm the one off kilter!

545RV

I was being cynical. I guess my humor blew over your head. My dealer
I was being cynical. I guess my humor blew over your head. My dealer was awesome. BMW was awesome. They did what I asked them to do. I am thrilled with Bluetooth in my e60.
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I second wassy's comments. I understand you were only being cynical

pharding: many thanks for pioneering this long awaited and promised function

you brought together a team of experts to tackle this problem and found a successful solution for all

you are certainly a subject matter expert BMW can refer to now

enjoy your bluetooth.......

NewBiemer

I just bought a 2005 545i two days ago. I'm trying to get it to work with my Motorola V710. However, I'm having problems syncing up. The screen says 'Please active phone', then it finds my cell phone. After that it says 'Please wait'. A moment later the system disconnects. And it goes on and on with the connect/disconnect cycle.

Just curious as to whether the general bluetooth problem is still prevalent, or is this my error somehow.

pharding

The phone is not compatible. See the attached BMW documents for compatible phones. Motorola RAZR V3 is believed to be compatible also.

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?act=...e=post&id=3687

Hormazd

I have the same phone. The BT in my car works fine with other phones like the V600. Verizon has crippled the V710. Supposedly there is a firmware update (available at your Verizon store) that is due within a few weeks that will update the phone and enable full BT compatibility. No guarantees that it will work even then with the BMW ULF but there is a very good chance that it will, because every other Motorola with BT is compatible. If it doesn't work I will probably switch to Cingular/ATT where I can enjoy a better phone selection.

alohalc

welcome aboard, newbiemer !

wnrussell

I have the same phone. The BT in my car works fine with other phones like the V600. Verizon has crippled the V710. Supposedly there is a firmware update (available at your Verizon store) that is due within a few weeks that will update the phone and enable full BT compatibility. No guarantees that it will work even then with the BMW ULF but there is a very good chance that it will, because every other Motorola with BT is compatible. If it doesn't work I will probably switch to Cingular/ATT where I can enjoy a better phone selection.
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So do I have the V710. Almost every source I speak/ read about this says the firmware upgrade is coming the end of this month, end of year at the latest. The fallout Verizon is experiencing is horrible and they must do this as planned.

CDMA is the most capable network, especially for data. The other networks use some form of GSM / TDMA, but the V710 works on both. Read this http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...+phone++network

I think it is worth the wait till the end of the year, and worth the gamble.

Someday, we will look back on this and laugh. The cell phone carriers really have no business dictating what hardware we must purchase. If the carriers don't satisfy the customers, the Feds will likely break up Verizon, like they did AT&T.

Hormazd

Bill, don't hold your breath on that. I think the industry is changing. The Carriers have the manufacturers by the balls. Fridays WSJ had an article about how Vodafone dictates exact specs and branding to the manufacturers. The carrot they dangle is an order for 10s of millions of cellphones. Nokia tried not to play ball, but then caved in to market forces. Vodafon is the largest carrier in Europe and owns just less than half of Verizon Wireless in the USA. Now the only hope is that the market will make the carriers play ball. The Cingular/ATT merger is making their network more and more attractive. I will miss 1RX but will move to them if my V710 isn't fixed soon.

MarkFtLauderdale

Thanks again to pharding for pioneering this little upgrade. I've been using mine now for 1 week and have no problem whatsoever with either sound quality or connections. That's not to say the computer doesn't have the occaissional hiccup, but that's been going on since day one.
July 04 build
545 Sport

wnrussell

Bill, don't hold your breath on that. I think the industry is changing. The Carriers have the manufacturers by the balls. Fridays WSJ had an article about how Vodafone dictates exact specs and branding to the manufacturers. The carrot they dangle is an order for 10s of millions of cellphones. Nokia tried not to play ball, but then caved in to market forces. Vodafon is the largest carrier in Europe and owns just less than half of Verizon Wireless in the USA. Now the only hope is that the market will make the carriers play ball. The Cingular/ATT merger is making their network more and more attractive. I will miss 1RX but will move to them if my V710 isn't fixed soon.
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Yeah, Hormazd, I agree with what you are saying, and I'll jump ship on Verizon when I'm convinced they don't come through soon, too.

But I wonder, with BT becoming the standard in so many cars, and with laws cropping up in so many states which restrict cellphone usage while driving, and the safety issues that will come up - accidents happening because the safest solution was not available to the users.

Think about it. The potential liabilities to Verizon could not be worth it. Maybe the engineers really are working on testing Christmas phones for now though.

We really ought to move this thread to the other one about the V710...