What a neat little upgrade...(if I can get it to work, that is
Well, to be honest, the problem may be user error and not a fault of the technology, which is why I'm writing. Here is what I did and the problem I'm encountering:
I installed the BTUM unit (very cool device, indeed...it's a V60-shaped pod that fits into the CPT9000 cradle and integrates Bluetooth with the installed BMW phone system) and followed the directions to pair the phone with the unit. It's an easy process and it worked fine after I enabled BT on the phone. BTW, my phone is a Moto V555 with Cellular One service, whom I called and confirmed that was indeed a version of the Cingular V551 shown on BMW's BT webpage. The first thing it did was transfer the phonebook to the car...very cool.
Ok, test run. Everything seemed to work. When I went to the phonebook, everything was there. Cool! So I dialed a number, the radio muted, the phone icon came up on the MID, the phone itself showed the call dialing, then connected, okay so far...umm, when does the audio portion of the call kick in? I could hear a faint sound that, for lack of a better term, sounded like a long-distance connection with no other noise which would get louder and softer when I adjusted the volume, but that was it. Repeat. Nothing.
I called my other cell phone, my home phone, a buddy's work phone and it looks like the call is dialing and connecting from the indications on the face of the phone itself, but there is no audio coming through the phone system in the car, nor does it appear that I'm getting connected, as two of the numbers I called should have rolled over to voicemail, but I had no indication that actually happened. (I musta said "Testing, testing, testing..." a hundred times!) My signal was good. The phone works fine on a standalone basis. My perception is that everything is working fine up to the point of connection, but I can't say for certain what happens after that.
Is it possible that the phone is connecting but not relaying the audio to the CPT9000 system? I would discount this hypothesis because if the call was connecting, I should have had an empty voicemail or a missed call indication on the phones I called, but there were none. On the other hand, the cellphone itself showed the calls being dialed and connecting.
Just to make sure I didn't miss anything, I'm going to go back and RTFM again, but the BTUM manual is small and limited in scope, so this might end up being an X5World fix instead of a RTFM fix anyway.
Any ideas/comments/suggestions/advice GREATLY appreciated!
Mike