I bought the BMW fone kit from a dealer a few weeks ago and used the Startac while I waited for an appointment to have the in car stuff installed. Today it was done and it almost workds, except for one detail: the speaker in the car and the mike in the car do not work.
Using my home fone with the car in my garage, I have found the following:
1. the address book loads properly from the startac to the car.
2. the controls on the steering wheel work.
3. when you select a number with the controls and hit the dial button, the green light comes on, the timer starts, and the number you are dialing rings (on the home fone, but not on the car speakers). There are no sounds coming from the car speakers, though it does mute the radio, but then you get silence til the call is done
4. when you answer the called number (the home fone), you hear nothing being said in the car. you cant even hear direct tapping on the overhead mike. When you speak in the home fone, you cannot hear anything in the car but silence.
5. when you call the car fone, you hear no ringing in the car, but the radio mutes, and you can hit the answer button and the call connects. but again, no sound in and no sound out.
Any theories? not excited about the hassle of going back to the dealer.
I seem to remember when reading the technician installation instructions that the tech was supposed to key in a sequence of keys on the startac at the end of installation. this may have not been done today and may (i hope) have some effect. Anyone have a copy of the installation and could possibly give me the key sequence?
Thanks,
Steve
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