iPhone and Mercedes Benz hands-free bluetooth

Greetings,

Have you tried to connect your iPhone to Mercedes Benz bluetooth-based hands free system?
Can you make/receive calls? Can you sync your address book?

Any information is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

iPhone, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 2007 Mercedes Benz S550

Posted on Jul 3, 2007 9:46 PM

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Jul 15, 2007 8:32 PM in response to alexkrich

OK, finally I figured it out 🙂
After you pair your phone (and I don't think that you will have a problem with this), every time you have to have your iPhone in an "active" state (not sleeping and not locked) before you open your car. Beware, if you have "key-less go", the phone must be active before you touch your door. Then, after you start your car, it will reconnect to your system.
I've tried on two different MBs with different versions of the "puck" and it works.
Good luck 🙂

Jul 28, 2007 5:09 AM in response to alexkrich

I have the MB Multi Handset Interface with the latest Bluetooth "puck". Pairs fine, voice quality decent.

One nice bonus is how fast the contact directory loads now. With a V600 directly in the cradle(no BT) it could take up to five minutes to load about 30 contacts. With the iPhone usings BT it loads four times as many contacts in just seconds.

As far as reconnecting when getting back in the car, mine always reconnects and at least loads the recents, but not always the directory, unless the iPhone is fully on.

Has anyone found a good way to check voicemail within this setup? I haven't fugured out how to connect to vmail via the MB controls. Or, if I connect using the iPhone directly, I cannot get the audio to play through the MB.

Also, have you noticed what happens when you try the old speed dial function through the MB keypad?

Aug 27, 2007 11:57 AM in response to Julie Cannon

Somewhat similar scenario..i was paired & it worked well for 3 wks. now it says.."no phone"
it has to get some updates for sure.
it is a great fone & fab car, but it should be able to do this ...afterall they do the IPOD integration...C'mon Steve, share the info so we can connect to our Oh So Special IPHONE!!

According to my dealership this is happening to other customers as well!!

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