a8lien

Hi ~ Can anyone explain all of the benefits and drawbacks of having the 2005 bluetooth car?

Are there more reference materials out there on the audi A8 bluetooth implementation?

Thanks

PaulW

Bad thing, they have something like one cradle for it....so from my understanding, every time you get in your car, you have to re-pair your phone to the Bluetooth box.....

The Cullmann phone cradle pairs it with it's internal hardware/software to the Bluetooth box.....so if you have anything but the one phone cradle they offer, you have to do it manually every time you get in the car.

Or this is what I understand.

smc0808

If you have a Motorola Bluetooth phone, Audi has not created the cradle necessary to charge and have your phone handsfree. I have a cord in my ashtray for the charger and everytime I get in the car I have to "find" the phone- WHAT A PAIN!

a8lien

OMG, that can't be the case with the Treo 650 given the marketing partnership with Audi?

I would expect that any bluetooth phone that is paired with the car would auto connect ANYTIME you get in the car.

Can anyone with a '05 bluetooth car verify?

Thx

smc0808

It pairs; but you have to do it "each time" if you do not have a cradle!

Stirs-A8L

I have the Motorola V710 (Verizon phone) and it attempts to pair every time I get in the car. About 50% of the time it is successful without intervention and the other 50% I have to disconnect than reconnect the phone and then it works. I set up a shortcut on my main screen to make the process easier.

a8lien

Is there a Treo 650 cradle?

CEB

...just hype. Maybe when GSM units arrive you might have phone book integration - you don't with the Sprint version.....

vintageracer

I have a sony/ericson phone...after I pair it the first time my phone is good to go anytime I hop in the car thereafter

chicagoA6

Palm released a patch for the Treo 650 so it works seemless with the Audi Bluetooth