bluetooth pairing not working
 

hi, have the following issue and wonder if any of you came across it:

i have a BB 8820 paired and a nokia 6233 paired with my october 2004 e53

a couple of days ago i shut down the BT on BB 8820 cause i wanted to use nokia 6233 with the car.

the car did not connect to the nokia :dunno:

i tried pairing again (i thought maybe the phone was deleted from the bmw ULF) but pairing message does not appear on the screen as it used before.

i looked into the nokia and BMW12345 is listed there as a paired device.
but there is no connection :confused:

when i switched BB8820 BT back on, it connected to BMW.

i really do not know why pressing pairing button has no effect at all anymore.

please help :(

has anyone ever experienced that?

I experienced similar on my Nokia 6310i, there was some setting on the phone's Bluetooth that prevented it - something to do with hiding the id of the phone.....but such a long time ago I can't remember exactly.

agree, the phone might cause some kind of the problem, but how can it prevent the car's BT from going into the pairing mode?

the car should go into the pairing mode no matter what BT devices are around it so any device can find it.

am i wrong?

please help

Have you tried isolating the phones first, ie deleting them from the car's memory and then trying to pair.

that was the first thing i tried - but in order to delete phones one have to go all the way through the pairing, then press the pairing button for another 10 sec.

i cannot even start pairing process, let alone delete phones

it seems like no one is reading bluetooth forum anymore :-(

up...

If you have NavCoder (registered) and a Resler interface you could try initiating pairing from that instead of the button.

I had problems pairing my blackberry. Dealer said it was impossible yet i did it and it works. Delete ie empty the cars phone memory first before pairing the new phone.

i do have navcoder :-(

i cannot delete phones from car memory - pairing button does not respond

please help, anyone?

I have changed the phone, so the new phone has to be paired or I will be paying heavy fines for using the phone while driving.

ok, I think, there might be a hardware problem with the pairing button itself.

how do I open the armrest in order to follow the leads from the button to the ULF?

or can I force somehow the car into pairing mode?

Thanks in advance

There is an iBus command to initiate pairing mode, NavCoder has an option to send this command.

Everyone including BMW and their special phone/radio helpline told me that it wouldn't work with any other phone than a phone from their list. But my blackbery works.
If you have your Bluetooth pin number (it comes with the cars device).

Follow the instruction but first delete all devices two or three times to make sure the cars memory is empty. It is just a matter of not giving up.

Then pair the devices, your phone will recognize the BMW and ask you for the code, it will pair. than turn the car of and on and it should pair automatic. It will also set up your address book in the car. The problem is it doesn't update the phone book so new entries afterwords will mess up so you have to do it again.

good luck.

thank you for your help. but the problem is that the car is not going into the pairing mode at all.

Ok, thank you Richard. I think that might be a solution. I never used NavCoder before.

Can anyone please take the time and explain (or direct to webpages where info can be found) how to do it?

Any help is appreciated

You need :

The NavCoder program NavCoder Website

A Resler iBus interface IBUS Interface for BMW cars

A PC that you can connect to the Resler iBus interface, if your laptop does not have a serial port (9 pin D) then get the USB version of the interface.

You'll need to register NavCoder for any of the BlueTooth options.

Connect the Resler interface to the car, usually the easiest place is the CD Changer 3 pin connector, and PC.

Run NavCoder, select 'Code' then 'Telephone' then select 'BT Pairing'.

great - thank you for the info!!!

i started to look into the problem today again and took a picture of wiring in the armrest:

DSC02141.JPG - Windows Live

I think I am have a cut o loose wire some where because on the charging terminals of the blackberry 8100 the voltage is 0 V.
that plus the fact that pairing button does not work, make me think that there is a hardware problem.

i really want to use the cradle, but do not where to start from when checking wires. if anyone have any experience on this please share it here.

how do you delete the devices so the cars memory is empty? how do you know if it is full?

The ULF will remember the last 4 devices that you pair. To delete all devices enter pairing mode and then press and hold the pairing button for 10 seconds. You should see a message to confirm that the ULF has been cleared.