MB Bluetooth MHI w/ Treo 680?
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MB Bluetooth MHI w/ Treo 680?
Searched all the threads and don't see anything on the 680. My wife and I both have them. Just got our (well, her) new 07 E350 and ordered the MHI. My wife got it yesterday and plugged it in. When she gets in the car with her phone as it attempts to pair, the phone freezes. Anybody out there with a 680?
As a sidenote, she called auto wireless to order it the other day. Our salesman told us that although it was not on the approved list that he had many clients with treos and that it would work. Armed with that info, my wife asked about it and was told no it will not work. Being an engineer, she wanted to know why. She was told that treos don't work with bluetooths, which we know is not true, as we both use them. When she pushed back, he refused to give his name and then hung up on her. I ended up ordering it online and received a phonecall from them within a few minutes. Of course, he needed to cover his butt with the not approved thing, but was very nice and appologized for the experience. I can't imagine that it won't work at all. Anybody?
As a sidenote, she called auto wireless to order it the other day. Our salesman told us that although it was not on the approved list that he had many clients with treos and that it would work. Armed with that info, my wife asked about it and was told no it will not work. Being an engineer, she wanted to know why. She was told that treos don't work with bluetooths, which we know is not true, as we both use them. When she pushed back, he refused to give his name and then hung up on her. I ended up ordering it online and received a phonecall from them within a few minutes. Of course, he needed to cover his butt with the not approved thing, but was very nice and appologized for the experience. I can't imagine that it won't work at all. Anybody?
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See http://www.benzworld.org/forums/show...26#post2222126 for a bit of the "whys." Most likely it is because of the firmware loaded by your service provider.
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Searched all the threads and don't see anything on the 680. My wife and I both have them. Just got our (well, her) new 07 E350 and ordered the MHI. My wife got it yesterday and plugged it in. When she gets in the car with her phone as it attempts to pair, the phone freezes. Anybody out there with a 680?
As a sidenote, she called auto wireless to order it the other day. Our salesman told us that although it was not on the approved list that he had many clients with treos and that it would work. Armed with that info, my wife asked about it and was told no it will not work. Being an engineer, she wanted to know why. She was told that treos don't work with bluetooths, which we know is not true, as we both use them. When she pushed back, he refused to give his name and then hung up on her. I ended up ordering it online and received a phonecall from them within a few minutes. Of course, he needed to cover his butt with the not approved thing, but was very nice and appologized for the experience. I can't imagine that it won't work at all. Anybody?
As a sidenote, she called auto wireless to order it the other day. Our salesman told us that although it was not on the approved list that he had many clients with treos and that it would work. Armed with that info, my wife asked about it and was told no it will not work. Being an engineer, she wanted to know why. She was told that treos don't work with bluetooths, which we know is not true, as we both use them. When she pushed back, he refused to give his name and then hung up on her. I ended up ordering it online and received a phonecall from them within a few minutes. Of course, he needed to cover his butt with the not approved thing, but was very nice and appologized for the experience. I can't imagine that it won't work at all. Anybody?
I am thinking of purchasing a Blackberry 8800 b/c it would seem that Blackberry's have Bluetooth version 2, whereas the 680 (even though just out) has version 1.2.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
