Jblue

Does anyone know any tricks for uploading contacts from the the iPhone to the bluetooth telephone??

No problem with the wife's Moto phone.....

plahat

I got the same problem. Anyone know the answere?

Schutzen

Not sure if have already seen this, it has been posted on this site in the past...just covers the basics to connect a phone...

http://www4.mercedes-benz.com/manual...on/apple.shtml

plahat

Thx, but I've done this.
The problems is to get the contacts from the iPhone to the command.

thebishman

I don't have an iPhone so don't know the answer, but if the iPhone can download all of your contacts via bluetooth, the GLK can receive those contacts in the form of 'business cards' from the phone.

I just did this with my LG verizon phone and it worked perfectly.

Bish

Blk04cobra1

If im not mistaken, it has to do with the capability of the Iphone to transfer contacts. Some phones have the feature to send as Vcard or something similar and I do not think the Iphone has this capability.

cellrbr8@mac.co

Just traded my Lexus ES for the 2009 c300. Features that work are great. Too bad the electronics are so inferior. No way to export vCard with my iphone? No way to enter addresses manually? The dealer wasted my time thinking they could do it. What an archaic car!

thebishman

As I mentioned above, the transfer of vCard data from my LG Verizon phone to the GLK worked perfectly. Further, in the GLK you can enter addresses manually in the Nav system.

BTW, this is the GLK forum, not the C class forum; it's a bit further 'up'. lol

Bish

Jblue

FWIW I have subsequently answered my own question with some research....it IS an iPhone problem...NOT MB!

As stated above the iPhone is incapable fo exporting data via bluetooth.....all supposedly part of Steve Jobs' evil plot to conquer the world...or some such....

ftttubrgcm

Jblue, the Japanese have no use for the iPhone and it has to be given away for them to want to use it at all(see link---> http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/0...he-iphone.html ) I like my iPhone but I would like it to be able to do what most other phones on the market are able to do....like upload my contacts. I uploaded many of my contacts last night but what a pain.

Jblue

Did you upload them to the GLK??? How???

karrera4

This doesn't make sense...my 06 A8 works w/ my iphone 3G via BT and it uploads my contacts, received calls, dialed calls, etc...?

Jblue

BT? British Telecom?

Is it a European iPhone? May have different capabilities.....

ftttubrgcm

Jblue, "uploaded" isn't the correct word so "entered" would be the correct one. I did about 20 contacts and it took about 15 minutes.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, I think my MINI Clubman uploaded my contacts. Either it did or I'm able to see my iPhone contacts through my Clubbie's information screen. I will check that out when I can.

MBAMGPWR

I have no problems with my 03 CL600 and my iPhone. My V60 bluetooth puck uploads all contact to COMMAND with no problems.

Manback

So you can manually upload contacts and they stay on the COMMAND permanently? You did 20 contacts in 15 minutes, that doens't seem that bad. Why is everyone crying about it if only takes about 15 minutes? I have an Iphone and if it only take 15-30 mins to upload all of my contacts, then I would think that this isn't a very bad thing.

Schutzen

It seems Mercedes Benz has a cradle available to allow the use of the iPhone 3G's iPod, bluetooth, telephone features as well as automatically sending call lists (contacts) to the GLK's memory system.

I think you need the iPod integration kit to start...not sure.
I will contact my dealership with the part number and see if it available.

http://www.whnet.com/4x4/phones.html

https://mbworld.org/forums/audio-ele...s-arrived.html

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jun08/1...hitecture.html

webada

did you actually upload contacts on iphone to 03 CL600? how?

There is no "send" command on iphone to upload any data via bluetooth....

Schutzen

My sister just purchased a 550 GL so, I wanted to see if the iPhone 3G could connect and upload the contacts...the iPhone 3G and MB head unit linked and uploaded contacts easily. The bluetooth directory in the iPhone showed the title "handsfree" when I clicked on "handsfree" within the iPhone it provided a list of sub-features like..."share contacts". Click on share contacts and guess what...it shared my iPhone contact list...boom.

My thought is that MB needs to do a software flash within the GLK system.
it was so simple with the 2010 GL.

Give me a break.

F18BEN

I agree. It works perfectly with my E350. I'm frustrated with the iPhone and the GLK software.

Baby G

+1

jd808

The way I got around this was by using my PCMCIA card.
I downloaded my contacts from my laptop onto my SD card in vcard format.
Then transferred my contacts from the SD card onto the COMMAND unit.
I can't remember the exact menu steps on the GLK, but is was pretty intuitive. This is quite annoying if you ask me. My friend has the same problem with his 06 S class but his wife's 09 GL has no problems with the iPhone... Go figure

dagwoodnil

jd808, I'm so glad you were able to upload your contacts using the PCMCIA slot. I was thinking of trying that but was having a tough time finding the PCMCIA card as a card reader.
Finally order it online.
Now I know this can be done.
Thanks.

jd808

Yes, I had an extremely hard time finding the card reader locally.
I finally broke down and purchased the "official" card from my Benz dealer since I don't have the time to deal with Ebay.
Good luck!

dagwoodnil

I got my PCMCIA card reader today.

I than exported a bunch of contact info from MS Outlook (in vCard format) onto a SD card.

Took it out to the car uploaded the info without a problem.

A lot of work to load the contact info to the car but i'm glad it worked.