Newbie and some phone stuff for UK owners
 

Hi everyone, great site and forum!

Have owned a black 2002 3.0i sport for a few months now. Loving it so far.

When I bought the car it came with the GSM phone prep but no phone.

It only takes a Motorola V50 so I bought one for £30 off ebay, then called Motorola who put me in touch with:

Total Repair Solutions
32 Fountain Drive
Inchinnan
Renfrew
Renfrewshire PA4 9RF

Tel: 0141 812 1111

I sent the phone to them plus a cheque for £60 and it came back loaded with the BMW software (meaning it now switches off when the car is off and doesnt run the battery down) - much cheaper than the £300 for the phone pre-loaded from BMW!!

Took quite a while to find this out so thought this may save someone else the bother!

Like I said, loving the car despite its two trips to the dealer :thumbdown for warranty repairs (condensation in two sets of headlights, faulty PDC and self lowering windows!!)

Hello there. good to know as it just 30 mins from my house in Larbert

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Any pics of you car?

Welcome:)

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:xoutpost: Brucie, why do I feel like I just said "Bruce" with a lisp? :rofl:

Here it is.....:)

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Welcome!
 

Cool car, i just want to ask that i had the same problem that you had with your mobile, mine was stolen so i bought 1 in the market by 10$ :), VERY CHEAP! but as u said, it wasnt turning the phone off when i close the car, is there a way to do the bmw upgrade by my self or i have to take it to Motorolla dealer to load it??

i posted some picturs of my car if you wanna see::)

http://www.xoutpost.com/showthread.php?t=9855

Welcome again!!

I think you have to do it through motorola - I searched to see if you could do it yourself but couldnt find anything which said you could.

Love your 4.6 - if petrol wasnt so goddam expensive in the UK, I would have bought one!

Got the phone and the comms pack but wont work
 

Hi all ,just picked up a 02 4.4i with phone and comms pack , Now the problem is i can make calls using the handset and the voice comes through fine thru the speakers. however i cannot seem to get anything to work when the handset is on and in the arm rest ,not even answer a call ,no information on the front panel either. Does anyone think they can help , there is every chance im just being dumb but id really appreciate a little guidance