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Old 08-15-2010, 04:33 AM
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Benefits of upgrading to 13th gen bluetooth module?

Hi all.

Currently have a MY06 X5 with an 8th gen bluetooth module.

Just wondering what the benefits would be to upgrading to a 13th gen bluetooth module?

Any one have any experiences here?

I currently use an iPhone 3GS and this connects fine but only have very limited features such as answering calls via the steering wheel and making calls via the iPhone.

I don't seem to be able to turn the volume of the call up either!

Any input would be appreciated
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Old 08-15-2010, 06:49 AM
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I don't think you would notice any difference from the 8th gen to 13th gen. I think that the only differences were software changes to support some additional phones. Since your iPhone works, nothing else would likely change. (I have a 12th gen, and I can not adjust the volume with a iPhone 3GS.)

When you say "limited features," what is missing? The only thing really missing is that you can not do voice dialing without first recording voice tags. Other than that, it is probably the most feature-rich BT system you can get in any car at any price.
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Old 08-15-2010, 07:47 AM
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I cant get an address book up and the R/T button on the steering wheel does nothing. On my old X3 I think it was 10th gen and I could get the address book up and scroll with the buttons.

Voice dialing doesn't really worry me but I would like an address book and increased volume would be nice :-)

Have to disagree about BMW having feature rich bluetooth! It would have to be one of the worst thought out systems ever put in a car.

The best I have seen and which dumps all over the BMW is the RNS510 that VW use. My wife's Golf GTI has it and it is truly awesome and has flawless integration.

All updates are done by firmware and its as simple as burning it to disk and inserting the disk!!

Does voice dialing or the address book need to be switched on by the dealer?
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Old 08-15-2010, 08:17 AM
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Check your iPhone's Bluetooth settings to make sure that it is set to transfer contacts. For the purpose of testing, I would set it to "All Contacts" until you get things right.

If it still will not transfer contacts, you might have bad data in one of the phone number fields. Search your contacts for any phone number with non-numeric characters (dashe, space, period, and parenthesis characters are OK).

The volume increase is not going to happen. That has been a running complaint for some. It is prefectly fine in my car. Others have had issues. Many folks have installed an external ELK amp in-line with the BT module with excellent results.

I did not say it was the easiest to use, just feature rich. Many newer cars have more intuitive interfaces. However, few have more features. Also, it has the best microphone audio quality of any other BT system that I have tested. It smokes Acura, Lexus, Audi, Toyota, MB, and a few others.

Are any of your voice recognition features working? If not, that does need to be turned on by a dealer. Or, even better, you can use NavCoder.
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Well that got the phone book to display :-) Thanks.

Voice recognition doesn't work so I guess that is a job for the dealer next time im there
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Old 08-15-2010, 09:01 AM
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Search on NavCoder. An board member named kiwijochen (formerly from AU) wrote it. You can enable voice recognition yourself. Youjust need to build a simple I-Bus interface.
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