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Old 04-06-2008, 10:35 AM
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Question about Phone in my 2003 SL500

I have one of those Motorola 60C phones that came with my SL500. My main phone is an Iphone.

My questions are this:

1. Is there anyway to integrate the Iphone into the Mercedes speaker phone system?

2. Is there a modern phone that I can replace the 60C with? Verizon will not allow me a pay as you go plan on the 60c because it's not 911 compatible.

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Old 04-06-2008, 12:21 PM
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Start with the v60 bluetooth puck-
I have heard that the iPhone does work...

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Originally Posted by bkushner
I have one of those Motorola 60C phones that came with my SL500. My main phone is an Iphone.

My questions are this:

1. Is there anyway to integrate the Iphone into the Mercedes speaker phone system?

2. Is there a modern phone that I can replace the 60C with? Verizon will not allow me a pay as you go plan on the 60c because it's not 911 compatible.

Thanks

Brian
iPhone does work perfectly with the MB Bluetooth adapter (puck).
iPhone works better than anything else. You also have an option to answer/call with either iPhone or MBphone system.

buy the puck and put it in the cradle and pair it.
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Wow this is perfect. Didn't even know it existed. Thanks for the information it's appreciated.

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Yup, puck is definitely the way to go...no more two phones for you!!!
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Originally Posted by Blk04cobra1
Yup, puck is definitely the way to go...no more two phones for you!!!

I just purchased the 'puck' and put it in an '04. Everything works, except when a call comes in, it doesn't display the name, only the phone number. I've tested a few times, where the person calling me is in my contacts list. I even see the address book when I'm in the COMMAND system. Am I doing something wrong? Please help.

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Originally Posted by tnguyenmdc
I just purchased the 'puck' and put it in an '04. Everything works, except when a call comes in, it doesn't display the name, only the phone number. I've tested a few times, where the person calling me is in my contacts list. I even see the address book when I'm in the COMMAND system. Am I doing something wrong? Please help.

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I haven't verified this with the puck, but previously, with a hard-wired cradle phone, I found that callerid name recognition was sensitive to the exact way the number was stored and the cellular carrier transmitted the number. At the time, AT&T was purchasing Cingular, and they would transmit the callerid number differently (with and without the leading "1"), so 18005551212 or 8005551212. I found that this would only match the name if I had the number stored the exact same way in my contacts - a leading "+" would throw it off, and if I had the "1" Cingular cell towers would work, but ATT would fail. The phone itself could do the mapping, but not the COMAND.

The other thing to verify (sounds like did this already) is that only the first 250 (I think) contacts are transferred
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I trade my 03 E500 for the 08 C350 and I just took my MB bluetooth puck out and used it in my SL work just fine....
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Originally Posted by tnguyenmdc
I just purchased the 'puck' and put it in an '04. Everything works, except when a call comes in, it doesn't display the name, only the phone number. I've tested a few times, where the person calling me is in my contacts list. I even see the address book when I'm in the COMMAND system. Am I doing something wrong? Please help.

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Ah, what phone handset do you have? The BT puck did not sync contacts or call lists (and hence no name callerid) with my Nokia E-70 or Sony-Ericsson K790a, but it does with the iPhone (3G in my case)
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Originally Posted by ToonArmy
Ah, what phone handset do you have? The BT puck did not sync contacts or call lists (and hence no name callerid) with my Nokia E-70 or Sony-Ericsson K790a, but it does with the iPhone (3G in my case)
I'm using the iPhone with it.
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Originally Posted by tnguyenmdc
I'm using the iPhone with it.
ok, in that case see my comment above in this thread about numbers with/without the leading "1", area code, etc - the COMAND is not able to do "smart" matching like phones can, it seems to require the callerid to match the stored number exactly.
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How bout for my 2005 SL600? I have a new Verizon LG Voyager 3G CDMA any chance this phn will work? I bought my 05' SL used came w/a cradle but NO phone...

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