e46 Bluetooth
e46 Bluetooth
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peterbean

Original Poster:

48 posts

223 months

Tuesday 12th February 2008
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I have a 2002 e46 and am wondering how to set it up for receiving calls.

Can somebody give me directions on how to do this please?

Thanks,

Peter


Edited by peterbean on Tuesday 12th February 15:33

ccfj1

88 posts

246 months

Tuesday 12th February 2008
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A little more info might help mate.

It sounds like you want to connect your phone to the on board BT module and make and receive calls via BT?

First you need to connect your BT enabled phone to the car so when you get in the car your phone connects to the ULF (BT Module) and calls get answered by your phone but are passed (via BT) through to the cars audio system (same goes for making calls), It's all explained in the BT manual that you get with the other car documents.

Paring Process.

Get the BT ulf code from the documentation (or the side of the ULF).
Turn Bluetooth on the phone and set to show to all,
Press and hold the Pair button (centre console, not MFSW)
Turn on ignition to stage 1 (radio crt)
Wait 3 seconds,
Release pair button,
ULF should beep,
The display should say "pairing"
Turn on search for bt devices on the phone, it should now find the ULF "BMWJU67890"
Insert the ULF code (on the phone)
Accept (on phone)
You should hear a beep to confirm pairing,
Turn off ignition to save pair on ULF

Job done, HTH

Edited by ccfj1 on Tuesday 12th February 16:12

peterbean

Original Poster:

48 posts

223 months

Wednesday 13th February 2008
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It appears that I don't have a pair button on the centre console. What are my other options and are we talking alot of money to but the kit which I will need?

Cheers,

ccfj1

88 posts

246 months

Wednesday 13th February 2008
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peterbean said:
It appears that I don't have a pair button on the centre console. What are my other options and are we talking a lot of money to but the kit which I will need?

Cheers,
You have several choices of aftermarket (nokia, parrot, SE; all do a BT phone kit), and OEM, Dealer, Martin@Navman Breakers, or DIY.

Dealer, you are looking at in excess of £1000
Navman, £600/£700 depending on exchange rate
Breakers, £150/£300 depending on what they charge
DIY, £150/£200 depending on getting the bits cheap (like I did).
Nokia, SE, parrot etc... £50 to £200 depending on how much compatibility you want.

I made my own BT loom as I didn't fancy paying a dealer £120 for the harness.

When I did mine the Total outlay is approx £180, sound quality is much better than that of the nokia kit and I now have full integration with the MFSW/ Satnav display, as well as voice control, the phone book has transfered and you can use the buttons on the display to call and receive calls.

Well pleased with the results.

The beauty of doing my own DIY loom was that its bespoke, all the inputs/outputs are self contained in the bespoke loom, unlike the OEM BT loom which picks up inputs from all over the car (power/switched power/gnd/i-bus/tel on/mute etc), I've made few of these bespoke looms now and have had very good results.

If you want to make you own have a look here.
http://www.bmwland.co.uk/talker/viewtopic.php?t=52...

HTH