Phone portion works well.

Phonebook unable to transfer, I did the manual editing using SQLeditor as suggested in another thread and now the contacts part works too.

I have the f900bt and an lg vx8350. I have to click OK on the phone to download the contact each and every time I get in the car, but if I do that, all works really well. I previously paired the vx8100 and that worked fine.

Just editing to say I can test my son's V (vx9800) once I get the %^$#@ avic to stop rebooting constantly.

This combination works, but it took some time to get it going...

my previous car had a parrot 3300CK BT unit. To get the contacts from the HTC to correctly sync with the parrot I had to use Jetware (Jetwaremobile.com). This setup refused to correctly sync with the 900BT (with a parrot oem-unit). Contacts were transferred, but with an entry for every telephone number in the book and with errors (names defaulting to none, propably from business contacts without a personal name entry?) and exceeding the maximum allowed number of contacts before the address book was transferred. Using the Jetware option of limiting the number of contacts transferred by introducing a category 'carkitsync' and selecting a few contacts in that category didn't solve the problem. Removing the Jetware software from the HTC gave the same result. Pioneer EU suggested to update the firmware on the 900BT to V2 and test again. Since that didn't help, they requested to return the unit to the dealer. The 'box' the 900BT was delivered in, was my brand new car (VW NL has this unit as an optional extra) and I was not looking forward to have to return the package to the car dealer for an unknown period of time.

Therefore I decided to get the other end of the system (the HTC phone) up to the latest firmware version (updating from WM 6.0 to 6.1, something I had been avoiding due to various reports about decreased stand-by time)

After this update the synchronisation with the 900BT produced a usable set of contacts, with the home, office and mobile indication.

On a related note, for those with iPhones, when you receive a call does the AVIC tell you which contact it's from or just show you the incoming number? All I get is the incoming number, even if it is associated with a contact.

Mine only says the numbers when I get an incoming call.

Blackberry 8330 (Sprint) connects fine. When calls are ended it often hangs for up to two minutes. No audio from AVIC-F900BT and no control response. Otherwise its ok.

Tmobile sidekick LX blue tooth works great, phone book wont transfer in one shot. You need to send each one as a vcard via blutooth. No email, text or any message pending. Back to research trail and error.

I've a F700bt .. works great with my personal Samsung phone NO issues.. just works and works really well. The 8330 crackberry I have for work though.. worked fine for a couple of weeks but now will not remain connected. Seems to handshake, then drop off. I'm not sure off hand what would cause it to just stop working (possible bb update? .. ) Other than that recently everything else works fine. Personal cell still works great.. I'm thinkin its the crackberry..

My Motorola Q Global with AT&T connects just fine to F90BT. Problem is when I call other people and get VM, I lose the onscreen controls I still here and able to talk and leave a message but now I have to use the phone itself to end the call.

My LG KF750 Secret works perfectly with my 500 - pairs within 10 seconds, call quality is excellent, transferring numbers was a doddle

IMO I think the glory should go to Parrot for their great BT expertise

My LG KF750 Secret works perfectly with my 500 - pairs within 10 seconds, call quality is excellent, transferring numbers was a doddle

IMO I think the glory should go to Parrot for their great BT expertise

ok, so as most of you know I had the Treo 700wx with Verizon, the Blue Tooth worked intermitantly at best with my BT900, while driving it would connect and disconnect all on its own many times throught an hours drive. It would even connect or disconnect in the middle of a call. So I basically gave up on the thing, and as circumstances have it, my company is in the process of switching to Blackberry. So I volunteered to be a pilot user, I was told to go get whatever blackberry I wanted, so I got the Storm. Wouldn't you know it, not only is my 900BT glitch free now, it connects within 20 seconds, stays connected, and the names apop up on calls, and when I transferred my contacts, they all came in with a designator as to home, cell, or office. When I did the transfer with the Treo all I got was the name, no designator, which made it a guessing game. So my conclusion is that the Treo was a problem. My recommendation to any one else using a Treo with similar issues, get a different phone if the Blue Tooth feature of your head unit is important to you.

Now if Pioneer would provide a fix for the in call map that pops up. Not sure why they did that.

Ditto.. the Treo 700wx is no good. I have a f90bt and I have a solid connection less than half of the time. You really don't want this phone if you're going to be using it for the bluetooth feature. My dad has problems with his Treo on his factory in dash ford sync navigation system. Connection cuts out constantly.

The t-mobile g1 worked first try and sync'd my contacts without a problem on my f700bt.

I have only tried 3 calls, two were very short test calls. Today I had my first lengthy call and after about 1 minute the call dropped, something that has never happened with my phone yet so I dont know if it was the avic that dropped the call or if i entered a no service area (haven't found one of those yet either).

Yet another interesting bug with the 700 is when the call dropped, the call pop-up display froze on the screen for about 5 minutes. I couldn't press the hangup button and the other person tried to call me back and it went straight to voicemail.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the phone registered and transferred contacts flawlessly, but I think this pos f-series is dropping calls and locking up when making calls.

My Samsung i617 Blackjack 2 on ATT using WM 6.1 seems to work fine. It took a couple trys to pair the F700 up to it but once it connected, everything went smoothly. I have sent calls and received calls with very good voice quality on both ends.

^ any smartphone should work fine with WM 6.0 and above. My blackjack i607 wm5 did not work at all until i updated to wm6.1. if your phone has the bluetooth "beam" feature it should work. you just have to do it one contact at a time.

I'm still trying to figure out why my blackberry 8330 has such a problem with the F700.. constantly connects, disconnects.. connect.. disconnect.. over and over. Works perfect with my personal phone.. dont get it. And it worked fine for a few weeks.. then this. Guess I'll start by re-loading the update from Pioneer and see if that changes anything.. I'm thinkin maybe got corrupt somehow? .. Any Idea's what to check on the crackberry?

blackjack II (sgh-617) 7010bt works ok, tranfer phone book in one shot,

I do have an occasional error, and I also cant dial by name.

I think there should be a disclaimer that says don't blame your phone or the unit if your not able to read, follow directions or know how to troubleshoot.

 

Iphone 3g, works fine, except very low voice pickup on the bluetooth mic.

 

My 3G works fine as well (I have an F90), but the voice dial is a bit iffy. I can't say "Call [insert name here]." I can only voice dial by using the actual phone number, i.e. "Call 555-555-1342." Something I'm missing?

 

Did you transfer the contacts, and under the contacts menu, do you say exactly what is listed? Example if it says mom and there are 3 numbers, mobile, home work. YOu need to say call, mom, work.

 

On the other hand if its John smith, and tis listed as smith, john, you need to say that.

 

first name last name can be reversed wit the iphone based on the contact sort settings, you have to set this before you transfer.

 

Also if you add or modify those contacts in your phone, you have to retransfer them from scratch, they don't update via the phone on its own.

Just a tip if you still haven't resolved your iPhone contact list problem... I had the same problem on my 900bt 2.0 with my iPhone 3g and to correct the problem, go into Windows Contacts on your PC and edit your contacts to eliminate ALL special characters (i.e. (123)456-7890 would become 123456789. Save all of your contacts in this manner then re-sync your iPhone Contacts, then re-sync your contacts with your Pioneer HU. Should solve your problem.

My Motorola Q Global with AT&T connects just fine to F90BT. Problem is when I call other people and get VM, I lose the onscreen controls I still here and able to talk and leave a message but now I have to use the phone itself to end the call.

Been having the same problem with my Q as well, found that if you shut off the phone and restart it, it works great the bottom screen giving you the volume screen and hang up buttons come up till the next time you shut down & power up your F700, not sure if it's a problem with the Q or the F700 with the issue.

Would be great to actual find an answer form Pioneer or maybe Parrot as Pioneer is using their software in the AVIC series

i have the 700 bt that came with the 2.0 already installed. My phone is the sprint windows based treo. Everything works except the phone transfer. It only tranfers the same 7 numbers which were the numbers in my speed dial #'s. I erased the speed dial numbers and still the same 7 numbers. VR works fine for the numbers it transfers and works fine for dialing numbers i say. Also it did the freeze thing that only allowed the volume knob to work.

I have 3 cell phones & the only one that works is my LG Dare (Verizon). It really woks very well, transfers numbers,voice commands are clear.

I'm still trying to figure out why my blackberry 8330 has such a problem with the F700.. constantly connects, disconnects.. connect.. disconnect.. over and over. Works perfect with my personal phone.. dont get it. And it worked fine for a few weeks.. then this. Guess I'll start by re-loading the update from Pioneer and see if that changes anything.. I'm thinkin maybe got corrupt somehow? .. Any Idea's what to check on the crackberry?

it's the blackberry, mine would disable bluetooth randomly. eventually after enough times changing it, it will connect and stay connected as long as my 700 is on. i think it depends on if u connect the pioneer to the blackberry first or blackberry to the pioneer, i forgot the order that worked for me.

I have the F900BT with the 2.0 update, and just got a new Motorola Q9C from Verizon a month ago. Can get the ENTIRE phone book to transfer over ONLY if I have the persons firstname and lastname in that order..in the phones firstname field. (NOTHING in the last name field). Also, no special characters, spaces, dashes, etc. In short, I ended up simply manually editing the file on the PC.

 

The Q connects within a minute of booting up, but the phone itself then is non-responsive/EXTREMELY sluggish for about 4 minutes. After that, all works fine, exept once or twice a week the connection from the AVIC to the Q will just drop for no reason during the middle of a phone call.

I have the F700BT and the Q9C and it is something of a disaster. The phone book won't transfer, and the 700 locks up after I hang up (via phone or button). The only way that I can unlock the 700 is by turning off the phone. It seems that I have to break the bluetooth connection. The "red Button" hang up isn't an options because I never get that screen. I do with the Blackberry 9000.

Strange as hell.

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

HTC Touch Pro works for the most part with F900BT. It connects and makes calls. Sometimes the HU is slow to respond to the changes, ie the call doesn't show up on the screen but is coming through the speakers. I've noticed that whenever the HU is under additional "stress"(bluetooth, SD card inserted) it gets really slow and at times have had to turn off ignition and restart.