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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 12:04 AM
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Phone features, need help

This is almost too goofy to mention....
I have been driving around for over a year now in my s550.
Today I have noticed "text message" option under a phone menu. However, its grayed out.
How in the heck does that work?????

thx a bunch
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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 65is2slow
This is almost too goofy to mention....
I have been driving around for over a year now in my s550.
Today I have noticed "text message" option under a phone menu. However, its grayed out.
How in the heck does that work?????

thx a bunch
It works with a phone in a cradle or with a BT SAP adapter (but this adapter is not available for the US market).
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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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It works with a phone in a cradle or with a BT SAP adapter (but this adapter is not available for the US market).
I have the iphone cradle and it doesnt support text msg at all, would like to know this as well...
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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2 more questions please.

Will SAP adapter work on US versions or its different software, therefore useless.

Does it offer voice to text or you have to type?
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 65is2slow
2 more questions please.

Will SAP adapter work on US versions or its different software, therefore useless.

Does it offer voice to text or you have to type?
The currently available BT SAP adapters work with European cellular frequencies only (GSM 900 and 1800). The text to speech or speech to text features are part of the head unit, not the phone adapter.

The SAP adapters are not useless, I use one almost every day. In the US one would be useless.
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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Thx Diesel Benz,
By useless... I meant if SAP does not work on US S550, because of software.
I have been enjoying voice to text on my brothers Audi ( he lives in Germany ).
I will be ready for a new S in mid 2010, hopefully 2011 will have some cool new features.
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