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

KiwiJochen · #1 01-18-2010, 01:33 PM

This is quite straightforward:

1. Determine exactly what type phone you have now, as per WDS
2. Remove old telephone control unit
3. Adapt wiring of telephone connector (if necessary) to suit TCU
4. Connect TCU and code as required.

You are not the first to do this...

NOTE: you will currently have a separate SES module for voice recognition (VR), you can choose to retain this or replace the VR with the TCU VR (TCU = phone VR only)

neiloakley · #2 01-18-2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by KiwiJochen

1. Determine exactly what type phone you have now, as per WDS

But Range Rover aren't listed, do i have to keep looking at different ones on WDS until i find one with matching wiring?

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Originally Posted by KiwiJochen

3. Adapt wiring of telephone connector (if necessary) to suit TCU

No Problems

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Originally Posted by KiwiJochen

4. Connect TCU and code as required.

What coding options are there other than enabling VR? And if i enable VR on the TCU and keep the existing VR SES module will it get confused when i use the VR button?

KiwiJochen · #3 01-18-2010, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by neiloakley

But Range Rover aren't listed, do i have to keep looking at different ones on WDS until i find one with matching wiring?

A Range Rover is an X5 in a different skin
Look at the X5 phones.

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Originally Posted by neiloakley

What coding options are there other than enabling VR? And if i enable VR on the TCU and keep the existing VR SES module will it get confused when i use the VR button?

Yes, 2 x VR will be confusing!!

Other options:
VIN
Speed dependent volume
Assist functions
GPS dead reckoning adjustment for Assist
Bluetooth on/off
Change Bluetooth name
Change Bluetooth passkey
And more.... but the rest are not so interesting...

neiloakley · #4 01-18-2010, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by KiwiJochen

Yes, 2 x VR will be confusing!!

So i can disable VR on TCU (i dont care about not dialing using VR)

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Originally Posted by KiwiJochen

Other options:
VIN
Speed dependent volume
Assist functions
GPS dead reckoning adjustment for Assist
Bluetooth on/off
Change Bluetooth name
Change Bluetooth passkey
And more.... but the rest are not so interesting...

Can these all be done with NavCoder?

KiwiJochen · #5 01-18-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by neiloakley

So i can disable VR on TCU (i dont care about not dialing using VR)

Can these all be done with NavCoder?

Yes, disable VR on TCU

NavCoder can set all TCU options - some are in beta test right now but all looks good
Most people don't use Assist so I didn't bother making the Assist options visible...

neiloakley · #6 01-19-2010, 06:41 AM

Great - everything is a lot clearer now.

One last thing thought. What types of telephone module are there?

Obviously there is the ULF module, and the TCU module i need to fit (with bluetooth), but what other ones are there?

I'm assuming my car doesn't have bluetooth, because it has a slot to put a sim card in. But could it be a case of removing the eject box and adding a bluetooth antenna?

I'll have time tonight to try and finde the telephone module in my range rover (in the boot maybe) but i think it will only have Land Rover part number on it