Unable to Enter Passkey During Bluetooth Pairing

[wayback]

I"m trying to pair my iPhone with my 2006 X5 (with Navigation). The iPhone finds my BMW bluetooth system, but times out before asking me to enter the passkey.

Maybe I have too many pairs? After all these years, I'm guessing there are 6 to 8 phones still paired with my X5

Any suggestions on how to force the pairing or do delete all current bluetooth pairings?

[statdoc]

I was under the impression that only 4 remained paired. If you try to pair #5, one of the older phones gets deleted from the pairing.

And not to be rude, but you are following the directions exactly, right? This article helps.

[britcon]

Try pulling the fuse for the system for a minute. Seems to reset stuff / allowed me to pair when nothing else worked.

[Wayne's World]

Fuse or pulling the negative terminal of the battery will reset the bluetooth module. Obviously, pulling the negative terminal on the battery will also reset other modules as well.

[floydturbo]

I had to remove all the previous pairings on my iphone. As soon as I did this, I was able to enter the passkey. I am the second owner and I had to remove the plastic trim tray on the passenger side of the spare tire area to access the silver box with the code written on it.

[SLX5]

I had to unhook my TCU from the car and do it. Even at that it took several attempts. I thinks its the iphone