Does anyone know how to do this? I have been trying, but the phone keeps telling me that the bluetooth link is busy...

Try this:

1. Break the current link between the phone and the unit (go into Bluetooth on the i580 and tell it to disconnect from the Pioneer).

2. Go into contacts, select a contact, pop up the menu and choose to send the contact. It should show the Pioneer as a possible destination. Select it.

I had the same problem and this method worked for me on my DNX8120. I never got a chance to try it on my AVIC before returning it.

that doesn't work. when you disconnect the bluetooth, it cannot interact with the radio anymore...

I've got a Nextel i880... I'm having the same problem. It says the link is busy if I try to send it while connected. And when it's disconnected, it won't give you the option to send the contact via bluetooth.

not sure how but I posted this in the wrong thread

Breaking the link works.

1. With the the phone connected hit transfer phone book

2. Go through all the menu boxes till the one that says hit ok when done transferring. Disconnect the bluetooth connection from your phone's interface and send business cards to the unit from your phone.

3. Profit!

Worked fine with my phone which has the same issue of only one bluetooth connection at a time.

Breaking the link works.

 

1. With the the phone connected hit transfer phone book

 

2. Go through all the menu boxes till the one that says hit ok when done transferring. Disconnect the bluetooth connection from your phone's interface and send business cards to the unit from your phone.

 

3. Profit!

 

 

 

Worked fine with my phone which has the same issue of only one bluetooth connection at a time.

It doesn't work... after starting the phonebook transfer process on the F90, I stop at that "hit ok when done transferring" prompt, then I break the bluetooth link through my phone, and when I go to transfer a contact via bluetooth, it can't find any device to send it to.

I had the same problem. How I solved it was going to the pairing screen on the Nav, telling it to pair from phone then canceling after my phone found the unit. My phone keeps the last search for bluetooth devices saved until another search is completed. So then I did the phonebook transfer and selected the Nav unit from the recently found devices menu.

Most phones I've played with save the bluetooth devices found in the last search as long as you don't initiate another search.

Try this and see if it works.

This really should be fixed by Pioneer. The unit should go into discoverable mode when this box is reached.

Cool... I'll give that a shot tomorrow and see what happens.

anyone have any luck?

Haven't had a chance to mess with it lately.

i can't get my nextel i870 to send over the contacts either. It says link is busy.

i can't get my nextel i870 to send over the contacts either. It says link is busy.

Read the above fix.......

I'll give it a try.

hey yall this i my first post...im drew from baltimore and im a pioneer dealer.....i have the i580 and the F900BT and i had the same problem with the bluetooth link....so i broke the link and tried the transfer....it appeared that it worked but then when i reconnecte dmy phone it did not work soooo wtf....anybody called pioneer tech support on this?

You can always do what i did, boot the unit into windows mode, copy the phonrbook database to an SD card and manually enter the contacts in from your computer, then put the phonebook database file back n the unit. More work than I wanted, really... but it's better than nothing.

How do you boot it up in windows mode?

For getting into windows mode:

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17542

For the phonebook database fix:

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17337

If you read some of the topics on the hack/mods board, you'll see what other things can be done from windows mode.

breaking th elink does work i can transfer my contacts to my f900 from i i580

breaking th elink does work i can transfer my contacts to my f900 from i i580

do you have step by step instructions?

I have a nextel I580 phone and I'm having problems transferring my contacts. I've tried breaking the link and such, but when I search for devices it says it can't find any. What can I do?