Retrofit Bluetooth with a TCU instead of a ULF in any I-Bus Car

sna77 · #1 05-11-2009, 01:32 PM

This is great news! As a Navcoder owner, I anxiously await this...

BTW, if a TCU came out of an existing car (say for example, i pulled the TCU out of my mother's 2006 X3), would VR already be active? i.e. are only new units uncoded for VR?

Good work Brian

Brian-bmw · #2 05-11-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by sna77

If a TCU came out of an existing car (say for example, i pulled the TCU out of my mother's 2006 X3), would VR already be active?

I do not know. It seems like voice recognition should be turned on in most models. But, my next door neighbor has a 2005 E46 with a BMW Assist Bluetooth TCU, and he does not have voice recognition. So, either the option is turned off, or he got a TCU before BMW incorporated built-in VR. (He is a little too nervous about electronic experimentation to ask me to try to upgrade his car.)

sna77 · #3 05-11-2009, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian-bmw

I do not know. It seems like voice recognition should be turned on in most models. But, my next door neighbor has a 2005 E46 with a BMW Assist Bluetooth TCU, and he does not have voice recognition. So, either the option is turned off, or he got a TCU before BMW incorporated built-in VR. (He is a little too nervous about electronic experimentation to ask me to try to upgrade his car.)

I have access to the 06 X3... Ive never used voice commands though... How do I test it? (my BlackBerry is paired now and working --address book transfers etc)