Blue tooth car kit

iPhone's don't support this feature, the bluetooth on it is for call audio only, so you won't be able to send data (phonebook) from it to a car kit.

Hi,

I have recently got a BMW 3-series with the factory-fitted Bluetooth car kit. The phone book in my iPhone transferred across as soon as I paired the phone with the car - the instruction book says this is what should happen. It also updates the phone book every time the phone connects to the car.

So, it may be something in the Fiat system - for example, you may have to tell it to transfer the phone book across.

Hope that helps a bit,

Daniel.

Not all bluetooth car kits will transfer the contact list from the iPhone.

Wow - maybe we should have bought a BMI . . . is there any way to bluetooth my contacts into a Mercedes (I read something on these discussion pages about creating vcards in iTunes but that might not be the answer) - any / all information would be GREATLY appreciated !

If I were you I would just wait until version 3.0 of the OS is released this summer and see what works.

The contacts do transfer to my BMW.

thanks for the suggestion "deggie" - still hoping there's something I can do between now and then - Steve

My friend can also do it with his Nissan Versa.

Here is what I have discovered to date - it appears that the iPhone 3G does not store contact/address book information on the SIM card but rather stores this information on the phone's hard drive. As such, when the car display indicates that the car is ready to receive "business cards", what this means is that the bluetooth system is ready to import contact information from a phone's SIM card - NOT possible with the iPhone.

Because I had recently purchased my iPhone, and because I had my "old" phone with most (if not all) of my contact information on its SIM card, I was in luck !

The process will be time consuming for me (maybe a different type of phone would speed the process - my "old" phone is a Nokia).

The process I am using requires that my old phone also be "linked" to my car and then individually select each contact in my old phone and "send" to my Mercedes.

This process is working but takes time - worth it to me to have an "address book" in my car.

As a side note, as I develop more "contacts" in my iPhone, to incorporate them into my Mercedes address book will require that I manually retype the entry into my old phone's SIM card(referring to the contact information stored in my iPhone of course)and then send the contact to the car using the process above.

Lastly, someone suggested that the new iPhone operating system (due out next month) might do something to help us.

Hope this post helps others - Steve