ghetto fabulous

What is needed to take full advantage of this system. These cradles that everyone is talking about, what benefit does that provide? And is there some installment options initially to get the phone to work with the car? The salesman didn't know.(beautiful). I have a Moto MPx-220, which is not on the list and surprises me as it is Moto's Smartphone running windows.

Red

I'm a BT newbie myself, but let me take a stab. I'm sure the experts will roll in pretty soon with more info.

- To use BT, all you need to do is follow the procedure to link the phone and the car. Doesn't have to be in a cradle to work, but without a cradle phone will use its own antenna and own power source.
-Cradle provide recharge (BT drains battery pretty quick) and access to car antenna in shark fin
- I use a Moto V550, which is also not on the list (V551 is though)
- I don't use a cradle 'cause my phone is office issue and I'm moving jobs soon
- BT itself works wonderfully. My sound quality is good and all phone book entries display in the car. Took only 5 minutes to link car and phone.

Lastly, try surfing around the BT forum for more details.

cobradav

You did just fine, nothing to add. Your v550 ought to fit same cradle as the all v6xx and v5xx and even another series works in same cradle. I know u don't need/want but mention this in case anyone else was interested.

nixter

Huck the cradle. You won't need it and it probably won't fit your phone anyway. If you happen to have a phone BMW makes a cradle for, it will charge your phone, that's about it.

das

All that is needed to take "full advantage" of the system is a (compatible) Bluetooth phone. That's it.

You don't need a cradle; in fact, a cradle that you have to put your phone in every time you get in the car defeats the purpose of Bluetooth! The whole idea of Bluetooth is that your phone can be on your belt, in your pocket, in your purse, or whatever, and you can make and receive calls via the vehicle's system without having to touch (or cradle) your phone.

The reason why some people like the cradle is because they're probably used to it from the pre-Bluetooth days, and it's nice because it powers the phone and gives the phone access to the vehicle's antenna. But to me, messing with a cradle defeats the purpose of Bluetooth.

As for installing it, there's nothing special the dealer has to do: you just follow the instructions for "pairing" the phone with your car (a standard Bluetooth process) in the telephone user's manual, and that's it. Then, whenever you're in range of your car, you can choose to use the vehicle's system to make and receive calls (and no, it won't mess things up if, say, your car is running and you're standing next to it and want to use the handset; the handset takes priority).

Flowerfred

The me the benefit of the cradle is the fact that the phone charges.. Depens on how much you use the phone I presume. Reception only seems to be marginally better.
I do find myself transferring sound from the car to the phone sometimes, especially when making more serious calls. At high speed people can't hear you properly.

Just mho..

merklebob

i put the 3xx thru 6xx motorola cradle in my 545 for tbattery charging and hooking up the antenna. normally it its just clipped on my belt. but when i travel outside the local area i need the antenna on long trips as well as the charging.

i took the coin tray off and drilled a 3/16 hole thru the bottom plate. the motorola cradle is screwed and double taped the the bottom pop up carrier. i tapped power from the 12v socket in the back of the arm rest. make a cable adapter to hook up to the car antenna plug in the back of the arm rest. saved $250. will be modifing the coin cover to make the mount look more presentable.