Has anyone seen a list of bluetooth phones the AVIC-Z1 is compatible with?

I have been trying to use it with a Treo-650 and it works fine for 15
seconds after it has connected to the phone and then drops the bluetooth
connection.

After that if I place a call from the phone itself it reconnects for the
duration of the call, and if I receive a call it conntect and allows me to
answer thru the Z1. But I cannot place a call thru the Z1 (it appears that
it is acting as if it was using a Headset bluetooth profile instead of the
Handsfree bluetooth profile).

The phone works fine with other handsfree kits I have tried (I previously
had a parrot installed).

The response I got from Pioneer tech support was "PDA phones are not
supported", which seems odd, since bluetooth is suposed to be a standard
and in a perfect world all bluetooth devices should be compatable with
each other.


Bill

Bill,

It seems you and I are in the same boat. I too have 650. Today when I installed the Bluetooth kit it did the same thing as yours. Pair up for a second and then loose the connection. After playing with it for about two hours I finally got it to work.

I called Pioneer and they said the Treo was on the compatability list, and because this unit was so new, and every Bluetooth phone works differently, there was bound to be some issues.

But now I everything working correctly. I even got to transfer my entire phonebook over to the Z1. So there is hope for you, although I cannot tell you exactly what I did, because I don't really know.

Ernie

If you haven't already download the treo carkit bluetooth update. Google it and you'll see the link.

htrdlnc said:

Bill,

It seems you and I are in the same boat. I too have 650. Today when I installed the Bluetooth kit it did the same thing as yours. Pair up for a second and then loose the connection. After playing with it for about two hours I finally got it to work.

I called Pioneer and they said the Treo was on the compatability list, and because this unit was so new, and every Bluetooth phone works differently, there was bound to be some issues.

But now I everything working correctly. I even got to transfer my entire phonebook over to the Z1. So there is hope for you, although I cannot tell you exactly what I did, because I don't really know.

Ernie

Were you playing with options on the phone or on the Z1?
Interesting that Pioneer told you it was on their list and told me it was not..


Bill

edrock200 said:

If you haven't already download the treo carkit bluetooth update. Google it and you'll see the link.

I'm always on palm's site. I got the newest software update a few days after it came out.

I have a Sprint 650 so I was curious which you have. I am getting my Z1 in a week or so. Thanks!

dj2ndnature said:

I have a Sprint 650 so I was curious which you have. I am getting my Z1 in a week or so. Thanks!

I have a Sprint Treo 650. I have only had the Bluetooth for 1 day, so the only thing I can tell you is that my first impression is........... :x

All good. Well at least you got it working now. Keep us updated, thanks!

I still havent gotten it to work, I played with just about everything
I can thing of (short of directly editing the BT config files on the palm).


My phone does have the latest software (I upgraded it a while ago when
I started using a parrot, and its still the latest version). The software
version is Treo-650-1.04-VZW (verizon CDMA)


Bill

palter said:

I still havent gotten it to work, I played with just about everything
I can thing of (short of directly editing the BT config files on the palm).


My phone does have the latest software (I upgraded it a while ago when
I started using a parrot, and its still the latest version). The software
version is Treo-650-1.04-VZW (verizon CDMA)


Bill

It's not the actual treo software, but a specific bluetooth update. More info here:
http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/505-1.htm

I have a Sprint650 and it works well my Z1. I do turn off my headset when I am in the truck. I did have problems in the beginning when I was trying to pair the two through the phone, but when I did it throught the Z1 everything was fine. Also, my wife or anyone that I have talked to has said anything about an echo like others have mentioned.

edrock200 said:

palter said:

I still havent gotten it to work, I played with just about everything
I can thing of (short of directly editing the BT config files on the palm).


My phone does have the latest software (I upgraded it a while ago when
I started using a parrot, and its still the latest version). The software
version is Treo-650-1.04-VZW (verizon CDMA)


Bill

It's not the actual treo software, but a specific bluetooth update. More info here:
http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/505-1.htm

NM, it looks like they've combined the updates now.

Has not said anything? That's good to hear.

I have a Sprint650 and it works well my Z1. I do turn off my headset when I am in the truck. I did have problems in the beginning when I was trying to pair the two through the phone, but when I did it throught the Z1 everything was fine. Also, my wife or anyone that I have talked to has said anything about an echo like others have mentioned.

Navyguy said:

I have a Sprint650 and it works well my Z1. I do turn off my headset when I am in the truck. I did have problems in the beginning when I was trying to pair the two through the phone, but when I did it throught the Z1 everything was fine. Also, my wife or anyone that I have talked to has said anything about an echo like others have mentioned.

When you pair it up and asks: "car kit" or "headset", what do you set it as??

I paired it as a carkit.

Where does it ask you what type of pairing to do? My phone never asks me that
(regardless of which side I start the pairing from).


Bill

Has anyone gotten an unlocked GSM Treo 650 (with 1.20 update which includes carkit update) to work with their avic-z1? I can begin the connection process, but then I get a message like "error connecting."

The avic can detect my Treo and vice versa. They continuously try to connect (resulting in constant connection noises from my phone), but it is never successfull. I paired the avic with a moto V600 just fine, though.

palter said:

Where does it ask you what type of pairing to do? My phone never asks me that
(regardless of which side I start the pairing from).


Bill

Bill,

It would ask you that on the Treo not on the Z1. It should be in the beginning screens of the bluetooth screens.

John

Where can i get a list of supported phones

Has anyone used an Audiovox SMT-5600 with the Z1 bluetooth? I called Pioneer and they said it was on their compatibility list, but I'll take that with a grain of salt.

Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!

ill check in that the i870 nextel works 100%.. even uploads phone book..

thanks

Maybe it's a Palm thing - I still don't have my (Verizon) Palm Treo 700w working with the Z1. It will connect and work for a minute or two, but then the Bluetooth connection drops. The call stays up on the handset, it just drops the connection to the Z1.

Terry

I have an Audiovox VX6600 (Verizon) PDA, and see the same bluetooth disconnect after several minutes. I was able to solve this problem by plugging my PDA into a charger and just letting it stay powered up. I discovered the bluetooth would disconnect whenever the PDA went to sleep. Since leaving the PDA on whenever in my vehicle, I don't loose the BT connection.

Seems to be fully functional with my Nokia 9300.