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May 20, 2005 | 04:51 AM

tcumbo

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From: Barrington (outside of Chicago), IL, USA

My Ride: 2005 530i, Jet Black, Black Leather, Automatic, Cold Weather, Sirius Prep and Radio, Premium Package, Xenon Lights.

Yesterday I accidentally hit my Voice button on my steering wheel and the male voice response came on! Almost scared me out of the car!! I said 'help' and it recited a list of phonebook dialing options I could say. I have coupled and frequently use my Treo 650 with my 530i for a few months now.

I do NOT have any voice activated options in my car. But I think the last software update I went in for (v15.2) turn on this feature for me. Now I can dial my Treo my just saying the numbers or by names in my phonebook! Wow!

I hope that 16.2 or later doesn't take this away now!

Anyone else notice this new capability? Again, I do NOT have voice command for anything else (like radio, heat, etc). Nor do I have NAV.

May 20, 2005 | 05:09 AM

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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band. Waiting for trunkopener button from Hobi :)

You're lucky!!! I've heard stories before of people that were able to use their phone options with voicerecognition.

For my car it never worked!

May 20, 2005 | 05:47 AM

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My Ride: 2005 525i, Silver, Black Leather, Automatic, Cold Weather, Sirius Prep and Radio, Premium Package, Xenon Lights.

What provider do you have? Do you like the treo?

May 20, 2005 | 07:28 AM

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My Ride: 2005 530i, SMG, Silver Grey, Black leather w/anthracite trim, Premium, Sport, Cold, Rear Fold Down Seats, Rear Seat Heating, Xenons. Mods: 545i chrome grill, Euro Red Reflectors and 20% window tint. Coming Soon: Dual LCD monitors w/DVD and Subwoofer install.

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Originally Posted by tcumbo' date='May 20 2005, 06:51 AM

Yesterday I accidentally hit my Voice button on my steering wheel and the male voice response came on!? Almost scared me out of the car!!? I said 'help' and it recited a list of phonebook dialing options I could say.? I have coupled and frequently use my Treo 650 with my 530i for a few months now.

I do NOT have any voice activated options in my car.? But I think the last software update I went in for (v15.2) turn on this feature for me.? Now I can dial my Treo my just saying the numbers or by names in my phonebook!? Wow!?

I hope that 16.2 or later doesn't take this away now!

Anyone else notice this new capability?? Again, I do NOT have voice command for anything else (like radio, heat, etc).? Nor do I have NAV.

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My US2005 530i without nav has voicecommand available....sw ver 13.2 I believe. Works great. I've also triained about 20 saved names that also work very well. I also use the treo 650 to connect, from Sprint.

Matt

May 20, 2005 | 08:23 AM

John W

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Yes, my non-NAV has limited voice commands - it's part of the phone system. But, you do have to rerecord your voice dials - they won't come over from the phone to the car.

May 20, 2005 | 08:39 AM

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My Ride: 2008 535i: June 6th start build, complete June 17th, at NY Port July 5th, at dealer July 10th, took delivery Friday July 13- Plantimum Bronze/Natural Brown Leather/Light Poplar, Sport Package, Sport Auto, Active Steering, Premium Package, CWP & PDC. Dinan Performance Software 384hp & 421 ft/lbs.

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Originally Posted by tcumbo' date='May 20 2005, 07:51 AM

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The voice command sounds nice but how did you get the treo 650 to work? I can't get mine to do anything and I down loaded the Palm carkit, had the bluetooth software installed by BMW and have 16.2 v software.

May 20, 2005 | 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tcumbo' date='May 20 2005, 06:51 AM

Anyone else notice this new capability?? Again, I do NOT have voice command for anything else (like radio, heat, etc).? Nor do I have NAV.

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Hi,

I had it on my 2004 525d (no NAV, only bluetooth GSM) and it worked with German voice commands. It comes with the bluetooth option.

I noticed with others with almost the same setup that they didnot have it. Strange! So it's not a new feature in new software versions, but apparantly something you (the dealer) can "easily" switch on/off with software.

It worked like a charm despite the German lady....
A friend of mine has a new 320d with full dutch voice commands and menu's, so they have it available.......

May 20, 2005 | 12:12 PM

tcumbo

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From: Barrington (outside of Chicago), IL, USA

My Ride: 2005 530i, Jet Black, Black Leather, Automatic, Cold Weather, Sirius Prep and Radio, Premium Package, Xenon Lights.

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Originally Posted by dmw5678' date='May 20 2005, 08:47 AM

What provider do you have? Do you like the treo?

I have Cingular today, but am switching to Sprint over the weekend, because of a company issue. I hope my Spring works as well as my Cingular has.... I really like the Treo 650 alot. Seems like there is nothing it can't do.

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I followed the details here on the forum to pair them and it worked immediately. Really never had a problem.... but I'm still on 15.2. I hope my Sprint 650 will work as well as my Cingular has 'til now.