I just bought a 2005 530i. Love the car. Can anyone explain the process of pairing my phone with the Bluetooth feature in the car? I have a Blackberry 8830. The car's User Manual was not too helpful. I may just end up stopping at the dealer later today, but it's kind of out of the way. Any help would be great.

Thanks.

ooo.. gee i remember this.. i think you cell phone has a code.. not sure but try the last 4 digits of your num... or 1234.. i believe as well the car should have a code for you to put in.. should be in the manual.. mine got done at the dealer.. but then i got another cell phone.. to be honest i dont like using it anyways.. kids in car.. nosy ears.. but try that..

turn on idrive, scroll to communication, find bluetooth, highlight, press,turn on phone, look under settings for bluetooth, press search, it may ask you for a code that will be 0000, press enter. should pair.

hope that helps
angelodimorte

holllaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....umm yea.. what he said.. lol..

ok, yeah, I've just gone thru this (I too have a "crackberry")

ok, two things to remember:

1. The code can be ANYTHING you want, as long as you input the exact same code on the phone and the iDrive when you're pairing them.

2. The trick to pairing that had me "unplugged" and riding a BT-equipped Bimmer with an earpiece. When you're done entering the code into the iDrive you have to move the iDrive knob (selector, or whatever they call it LOL) down and then press on it - this should pair you with no problems.

PS even though people say that there are problems pairing BB with BMWs, I can attest to the opposite - its the people who don't really know how to do it... mostly because the frigin' manual might as well be written in German... or Japanese for that matter LOL

anyway, hope the above helps!

turn on idrive, scroll to communication, find bluetooth, highlight, press,turn on phone, look under settings for bluetooth, press search, it may ask you for a code that will be 0000, press enter. should pair.

hope that helps
angelodimorte

HAHA... I can confirm this works, I read this post and did it in 30 seconds. Had the car 24 hours and couldn't pair the phone with it.

Thanks,
Barry