Bluetooth quality

[ovrkll]

I just hate it when i start up the car and it calls the last person i've talked to....quite embarassing to have a mind of its own.

Never heard of that problem before. You must be hitting the "phone/dial" button.

[rosierobins]

I just hate it when i start up the car and it calls the last person i've talked to....quite embarassing to have a mind of its own.

Never heard of that problem before. You must be hitting the "phone/dial" button.

its a treo and it unlocks the key pad so if i bump it or it gets thrown into something it dials away.

anyone else with a treo have this problem? maybe not if you wear it, but its too big for me to wear.

[unionjack]

I'm building a little holster in the ashtray to hold my phone and iPod (not at the same time) so I don't have to worry about bumping them.

[rosierobins]

I'm building a little holster in the ashtray to hold my phone and iPod (not at the same time) so I don't have to worry about bumping them.

and you are going to get with our resident marketing expert 155MPH and sell them right?

Rosie

[unionjack]

and you are going to get with our resident marketing expert 155MPH and sell them right?

Rosie

haha. There will be a DIY on it so everyone can benefit from it free of charge. It'll be super easy.

[rabman5]

If I'm moving at highway speeds, the person on the line can't hear me. It works great when I'm not moving or when the top is up, which is never.

[155MPH]

and you are going to get with our resident marketing expert 155MPH and sell them right?

Rosie

haha. There will be a DIY on it so everyone can benefit from it free of charge. It'll be super easy.

Another lost opportunity...

[PeteH]

My original bluetooth unit was shockingly bad and pretty much useless over 70mph!

After it was changed for a 2007 module it has been much improved..... so if your bluetooth was to develop a fault..........the warranty may provide you with a unit boasting the latest software

Failing that for the EU bods amongst us, BMW charge 99 Euros to upgrade the module to the latest version. I am sure that the US dealers will offer a similar service.

[takedown8]

My original bluetooth unit was shockingly bad and pretty much useless over 70mph!

After it was changed for a 2007 module it has been much improved..... so if your bluetooth was to develop a fault..........the warranty may provide you with a unit boasting the latest software

Failing that for the EU bods amongst us, BMW charge 99 Euros to upgrade the module to the latest version. I am sure that the US dealers will offer a similar service.

Are you telling me that your new bluetooth allows you to be heard clearly when you're driving over 70mph with the top down?

[20ducks]

I wonder what this new version changed?

[PeteH]

Are you telling me that your new bluetooth allows you to be heard clearly when you're driving over 70mph with the top down?

No, my old unit was un-useable with the roof up at 70mph! I wouldn't say that callers can here my clearly now with the roof down at 70MPH+ but it is still possible to hold a call, whereas before I wouldn't even entertain the idea.

[CaptNorm]

I also have a Palm Treo 650 (Sprint). I think it is excellent. When it was 1st paired up, the speed-call contacts automatically got downloaded (not all contacts, just the ones in the 5 pages of speed-calls). Was VERY impressed. When I get an incoming call, caller ID is displayed. I can't get signal strength on the basic Business radio.

Works MUCH-MUCH better than my wife's Infiniti M35, where contacts must be entered by hand. In the M35, most sentences must be repeated as the other party has a very hard understanding, even with the windows up. I expected my Z4, with it's rag top, would be worst. I'm asked very seldom to repeat what I said. Then I tried it with the top down--even more impressed. I expected total garbage. On the contrary, get asked very seldom to please repeat, even while driving at 30 MPH in traffic, still with the top down. I left a long voicemail on my home answering machine to study the results. Still very impressed. I found speaking more closely to the microphone above the steering wheel didn't help at all, just stay back in the seat is all you need to do.

My wife has a Moto Razr V3 phone, which paired up fine & downloaded her entire phone book. I really prefer the Treo's function of just downloading speed-call contacts.

I have not seen the problem of automatically dialing the last number dialed.

I have the Palm Treo 650. Top down its okay if you're not going fast. But generally the mic does't work well even if you lean over to talk right into it. People say it has a reverb/echo.

i hear just fine cause of the 8 speakers they are pretty much being broadcast.

i just hate it when i start up the car and it calls the last person i've talked to....quite embarassing to have a mind of its own.

Rosie

[zednik]

I'm very happy with mine, I use a Motorola V3 and I agree with takedown, it's a good set up. Once in a while I have a bad connection but that happens with any cell phone.

[brimoon]

I use the Bluetooth enabled Garmin Nuvi 660 with my Motorola V3. This combo seems to work quite well. The mic works well except at speed with the top and windows down. Listening through the Nuvi's built-in speaker is marginal but listening through the Z4's radio is clear and as loud as you care to have it. The Nuvi has a built-in FM transmitter, so you can connect to the radio that way or use a hardwire connection to the radio's axillary port.
Another plus, the Nuvi screen also shows contact list, last calls, etc. information in the phone's memory, so it's very easy to initiate calls from it.