Buster

Download this and print it out. I keep a copy in the glove box.

Your Voice dial should work. Say "Dial home" or "Call Home" . To do this press the Voice button, not the phone button. It takes some time to search your address book for a match. Then says "Do you want to be connected to home?"
Wait for the beep and say yes.

This works if you have Pro Navigation and Voice caommands
[/quote]

Thanks for the list however, I am without Nav. I did use the voice button and it activates the voice command system but it does not seem to hear me or recognize commands.

Iceman

Welcome aboard, johnmac !

alohalc

you guys rock ! thanks a million for all the replies & info . but now i still have couple questions . i remember one of the members' dealer has 12 cars done in this month for bt but the tech said there is no cable to hook up. simply a sw update. and some of us here said we need sw update and connect fiber optic cables. so what should i tell my ignorant dealer ? if just a sw update, does it mean i don't even have to tell them anything about bt just because it'll automatically loaded both bmw phone and bmw assist back into the idrive? i used to have both but after 13.2, they are gone . if that's the case, i think it's better off for me to have them update my sw by telling them idrive keeps crashing, etc. that way they don't have to deal with another "problem" . for the ones who have version 14 in their cars, are both bmw phone and bmw assist working properly? or at least you can "play" around with it ? thanks again .

camquest

Good question. If there is no cable to hook up then why can't pre 3/04 cars have the BT upgrade?? Obviously there is still lots of confusion at every level. Good thing for these boards.

Hormazd

OK. This is what I think the scoop is:

MY2005 (9-04 production and later) are supposed to have BT. I think for these earlier deliveries, all that was needed was V13.3. Beewang did ED and there was no BT on his MY2005 car. I believe that either its done at VPC or by the dealer on early deliveries and is standard on later deliveries.

MY2004 3-04 to 7-04 production Has that useless BT passkey in the glove box and a newer TCU. These need the cable hooked up in addition to V13.3 and maybe some coding.

MY2004 (pre 3-04 production) Needs the newer TCU ($2000) to get BT.

Voice activated Dialing Will only work if you have Pro Nav.

I hope this clarifies the confusion. Alohalc, your car can have BT. I don't think you have ProNAV (Please update your signature) so I don't know if you will have the voice dial.

alohalc

thanks for the info again . i don't have nav so i think my dealer shouldn't worry about crashing the computer. well, wish me luck .

Iceman

YOUR dealer will probably crash it, just because he has never before seen a computer and doesn't know what it's there for...

alohalc

i don't care if they crash it . that's even better . then they have to replace a new one for me and probably new s/w update as the same time.

Iceman

That's right. But that will take forever...
Just remember how long it took him to order and install the different parts you've ordered...

alohalc