Anybody else iPhone 4S bluetooth not work with COMAND?
05-31-2013, 09:00 AM
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2010 ML350 and '00 BMW 540i
Anybody else iPhone 4S bluetooth not work with COMAND?
My COMAND can see my iphone but my iphone 4S cannot see any devices. It just stays in "Now Discoverable" mode. So, consequently, I do not get any passcode on my phone to input into the COMAND system.
Am I going to have to upgrade to iPhone 5?
Am I going to have to upgrade to iPhone 5?
06-01-2013, 01:21 PM
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There are a couple different ways to pair your bluetooth devices. One is to have the phone search for the car. Go through the phone menu in command and select External Authorization. Then run a search with the phone. Select the car on your phone and then the car should prompt you to select a pin. Enter the pin on the car and then the phone should prompt for the same pin.
You can also try the other way around. Put the phone in discoverable mode and select update from the command's telephone menu. If it finds your phone, select it and you should get a prompt on the phone to make up a PIN. Enter the same PIN in the car and you should be good.
I've had to use both methods depending on the desires of the car and the phones I was using at the time. Bluetooth is one of those things that should be simple but turns out to be a random act of success sometimes.
You can also try the other way around. Put the phone in discoverable mode and select update from the command's telephone menu. If it finds your phone, select it and you should get a prompt on the phone to make up a PIN. Enter the same PIN in the car and you should be good.
I've had to use both methods depending on the desires of the car and the phones I was using at the time. Bluetooth is one of those things that should be simple but turns out to be a random act of success sometimes.
06-01-2013, 04:33 PM
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There are a couple different ways to pair your bluetooth devices. One is to have the phone search for the car. Go through the phone menu in command and select External Authorization. Then run a search with the phone. Select the car on your phone and then the car should prompt you to select a pin. Enter the pin on the car and then the phone should prompt for the same pin.
You can also try the other way around. Put the phone in discoverable mode and select update from the command's telephone menu. If it finds your phone, select it and you should get a prompt on the phone to make up a PIN. Enter the same PIN in the car and you should be good.
I've had to use both methods depending on the desires of the car and the phones I was using at the time. Bluetooth is one of those things that should be simple but turns out to be a random act of success sometimes.
You can also try the other way around. Put the phone in discoverable mode and select update from the command's telephone menu. If it finds your phone, select it and you should get a prompt on the phone to make up a PIN. Enter the same PIN in the car and you should be good.
I've had to use both methods depending on the desires of the car and the phones I was using at the time. Bluetooth is one of those things that should be simple but turns out to be a random act of success sometimes.
Now it works but realized I can't play my music while in Bluetooth. Had to make a trip to the dealer for the special cable that connects in the glove-box and to the phone. Cost me $118 for it....yikes. Now all is good, I have music and I have contacts through Bluetooth to make calls....although the voice command in this vehicle sucks hairy *****.
