Toyota Prius: Bluetooth compatibility

In article <net>, "Jean B." <com>
wrote:
 

Verizon bluetooth phones work very well with the Prius with the
exception that you can't upload the phone book to the car.

Personally, though, I find that a bluetooth headset works better than
the car's built-in bluetooth. I hear better, and the other person hears
me better.

--
Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush.

Michelle Steiner wrote:
 

All Verizon Bluetooth phones? Looking at the
Toyota-compatible list(s) and what's available at Verizon, I
only see 1 (or two, if the 2006 info also pertains to the 2005
models) point of intersection. 
Really! That's discouraging. Let me say I RARELY talk in the
car--hate it. Do you think the built-in Bluetooth would be
adequate for very short conversations--like my daughter's
telling me to come pick her up?

Thanks, Michelle.

--
Jean B.
nb: 2 = z

Jean B. wrote: 
I use Sprint and have an LG PM-325 phone. It's "Blue Tooth Compatible"
but has only limited connectivity to the Prius Blue Tooth system. As I
recall, Sprint uses exclusively or primarily a CDMA system and I
believe that no cell phone that uses this system will have full
connectivity to the Prius (2004) system. I can receive incoming calls
on my wireless Prius system, and everytime I start my car it says it
recognizes my Blue Tooth phone. But to make an outgoing call I have to
be stopped and manually put in the phone number to be called. I can't
transfer the phone book from my phone to the Prius or use any of the
other advantages that the built in Prius system offers. Needless to say
this has been a continuing frustration since I bought the phone. And
Sprint hasn't been at all helpful in offering an alternative. So, I
recommend uing only the phones Toyota recommends - limited in number
though they are. Good luck!

net wrote:
 
That's good info, because I wouldn't make a call in my car,
while driving. I don't even see any LGs on the two lists I
saw, so maybe that is indicative of Bluetooth phones in
general? I just hate to be limited to 1 or 2 models, which
may not have the features I want.

Thanks!

--
Jean B.
nb: 2 = z in addy

This is not a complete list, but this is what Toyota has published
information on their testing and may have guides for Bluetooth phones:

http://www.alldata.com/tsb/Toyota/1116572400000_1117695600000_EL001R-05/index.html

US TSB EL001-05. May 20, 2005 Revision. BLUETOOTH COMPATIBLE CELLULAR
PHONES. 2004-2005 Land Cruiser and Prius.
(Lists compatible Bluetooth cellular phones, and
functions/features/networks/drawbacks by cellular phone model.)

Motorola RAZR
Motorola V80
Motorola V500
Motorola V505
Motorola V551
Motorola V600
Motorola V710
Nokia N-Gage
Nokia 3600/3650
Nokia 3620/3660
Nokia 6230
Nokia 6260
Nokia 6310i
Nokia 6600
Nokia 6620
Nokia 6650
Nokia 6810
Nokia 6820
Nokia 7600
Nokia 7610
Nokia 9810
Panasonic X70
Sharp GX-15
Sharp GX-30
Siemens S55/56
Siemens S65
Siemens SX1
Sony Ericsson K700i
Sony Ericsson P800/900
Sony Ericsson T68i
Sony Ericsson T610 & T616
Sony Ericsson T630
Sony Ericsson T637
Sony Ericsson Z600


http://www.toyota.com/html/bluetooth/images/bluetooth_instructions.pdf

Nokia 6310i (guide)
Sony Ericsson T608/T610 (guide)
(older versions of this PDF used to have the Sony Ericsson t68i listed,
I
think in place of the T608/T610)


http://toyota.letstalk.com/bluetooth/bt_userguides.htm

BlackBerry 7100g (guide, removed)
BlackBerry 7100t (guide, removed)
BlackBerry 7290 (Cingular) (guide, removed)
BlackBerry 7290 (T-Mobile) (guide removed)
BlackBerry 7520 (Cingular) (guide, removed)
Motorola RAZR (guide)
Motorola V330 (guide)
Motorola V505 (guide)
Motorola V551 (guide)
Motorola V600 (guide)
Nokia 3600 (guide)
Nokia 3620 (guide)
Nokia 3650 (guide)
Nokia 3660 (guide)
Nokia 6230 (guide)
Nokia 6600 (guide)
Nokia 6620 (guide)
Nokia 6820 (guide)
Nokia 7610 (guide - coming soon)
Nokia N-Gage QD (Cingular) (guide)
Nokia N-Gage QD (T-Mobile) (guide)
Samsung SGH-T809 (guide)
Siemens S56 (guide)
Siemens S66 (guide)
Sony Ericsson T608 (guide)
Sony Ericsson T610 (guide)
Sony Ericsson T616 (guide)
Sony Ericsson T637 (guide)
Sony Ericsson W600i (guide)

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canada-Prius/files/Canadian%20Prius%20Tech%20Tips/TechTip2131-BluetoothPairing.pdf
Canada Tech Tip - T2131. Nov. 15, 2005. BLUETOOTH CELLULAR PHONE
PAIRING AND OPTIONS MATRIX. 2005 Avalon and 2005 and after Prius.
(Lists compatible Bluetooth cellular phones, and
functions/features/networks/drawbacks by cellular phone model, and
pairing instructions. In both English and French!)

Audiovox SMT5600
Blackberry 7100r
Blackberry 7290
LG 325 (Bell)
Motorola V3 Razr
Motorola V551
Motorola V600
Motorola V635
Motorola V710 (Telus)
Nokia 3600
Nokia 6310i
Nokia 6620
Nokia 6820
Sony Ericsson S710
Sony Ericsson T616
Sony Ericsson T637

If you can upload your contacts/phone book to the Prius, you can then
select from the Prius' phonebook 17 numbers to put into the 3 pages of
one-touch dial numbers. You can press one of these one-touch dial
buttons on the screen to make an outgoing phone call while driving your
Prius. Also, if your cell phone supports voice dialing, you can dial
out on your phone and the conversation will be over the Prius' system.

Otherwise, you'd have to dial manually on your phone while driving, or
else pull over/stop to dial on the Prius.

Thank you! There are a few more lists there than what I
dredged up, so maybe I'll find some more points of intersection.

--
Jean B.

net wrote:
 

<net> wrote in message
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If voice dialing works like the rest of the commands, it will go something
like this:

Driver: Call Jean
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