JohnnyDepp

Guys:

I had a Palm Pre for a month and tried using it with the D3 and the BTB200. It mostly did NOT work correctly.

What worked:

- Pre did the basic connection to the D3/BTB200 combo (after some trial and error) and did pass the name of the phone (e.g., "John's Phone") to the D3/BTB

- Directly-dialing a number with the D3 touch screen worked for basic calling

What didn't work:

- There is currently NO WAY to transfer contacts from the Pre to the D3/BTB200 since the Pre does not support PUSHING of contacts via Bluetooth (i.e., the Pre does not currently support the Object Push Profile in Bluetooth). Same problem for the iPhone, by the way.

- Call Waiting did NOT work. In fact, it was a total disaster between the Palm Pre and the D3/BTB200. When I was on a call and someone else called me, the D3/BTB would not display the Call Waiting message or let you toggle between calls. Instead, it would just ring CONTINUALLY -- even after the new caller had given up or the Pre started taking a message from the new caller. The D3/BTB would continue ringing throughout the rest of my call with the first caller. Sometimes the ringing would continue even after the first call had ended!! I would have to switch to the radio or XM to get it to stop...

I returned my Pre to Sprint for other reasons. However, if I change my mind and buy another Pre, I will NOT use it with the D3/BTB because of all this. Instead, I will keep my Motorola while hoping for some Pre updates to add OPP and better Bluetooth support with older devices like the AVIC D3/BTB.

I'm dumping my D3 anyway. The Pre is known to work well with the new nav system I'm considering.

- JD

A2DP only will allow streaming music from the phone to the D3 via bluetooth. It has nothing to do with contacts.

 

For phone book transfer you want:

Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP, PBA[1])

 

This profile allows exchange of Phone Book Objects between devices. It is likely to be used between a car kit and a mobile phone to allow the car kit to display the name of the incoming caller.

Actually, Stigy, not quite correct. The Bluetooth Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP) allows a head unit to go into a cell phone and PULL the entire phone book from it. Unfortunately, the D3 (with a BTB200 Bluetooth unit) does NOT support PBAP at all...period.

So, to get phone book contacts INTO a D3 with Bluetooth, one needs a cell phone that supports the Bluetooth Object Push Profile (OPP) and OBEX protocols. It's THESE two Bluetooth profiles/protocols that allow a cell phone to PUSH phone book contacts TO the D3 with Bluetooth.

By the way, neither the iPhone nor the new Palm Pre currently support OPP or OBEX. Therefore, neither of these cutting-edge phones can get phone book contacts into the D3. If only Pioneer had made the BTB200 unit able to PULL contacts -- or be update-able with new Bluetooth software!

All:

Does the old GEX-P10XMT tuner work with the newer F- and brand-new X-series AVIC units, particularly the AVIC-X710BT?

I've already seen posts on here indicating the XM NavTraffic won't work with these later units. That makes since, since the F- and X-series units either don't have the right data input connector and/or haven't been programmed to even use the XM NavTraffic feature of the older XM unit.

However, I need to know if the regular XM radio functionality from the P10XMT work with these new units. I'd rather not have to go out and buy a new XM tuner!

Any definitive response on this would be most appreciated! Thanks!

-JohnnyD

I have had an AVIC in my 2008 Audi A4 for a year. My installer and I BOTH gave up on ever finding an adapter that allows BOTH the AM and FM leads from the car's antenna to connect. We looked at every Metra, VW, Audi, etc. antenna adapter out there and simply couldn't find one that does the trick. I decided I don't care about AM so we just connected the FM. If you ever find one that does both, let us know!