phone

kmthor · #1 1st March 2015, 03:50 PM

What do you guys do with the phone in your cars? Is there a provider that gives you 2 sims for one number?

is there an upgrade you can do that allows bluetooth? or some kind of workaround

mannyo · #2 1st March 2015, 05:36 PM

I just use a Pay as you go SIM, and when in the car put a call divert on to the PAYG phone number. For the small usage I make using a PAYG sim works well, even if I do have to pay for the redirected leg of an incoming call.

Some new sim cards only work with version 5570 of the MMI software, you may get invalid SIM with most new cards until the MMI is upgraded.

Burnzybubbles · #3 1st March 2015, 10:27 PM

You can also swap out your phone gubbins for a Bluetooth unit like some of us have.

Delboy · #4 2nd March 2015, 03:27 AM

Mines always been Bluetooth and connects as soon as I get in.

kmthor · #5 2nd March 2015, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Burnzybubbles

You can also swap out your phone gubbins for a Bluetooth unit like some of us have.

do you have any details of what you used for the upgrade?

Joe2.0E · #6 2nd March 2015, 01:34 PM

Hi,
I had a Kufatec bluetooth module fitted in place of the original motorola module. It is located under the floor carpet in the front passenger footwell.
Unit is a Kufatec Fiscon Pro and works just like the factory bluetooth available on later models of the D3. Not a cheap solution, unit is almost £400 !
One can also play music via bluetooth but sound quality is only fair.
Much better than an aftermarket "parrot" type unit stuck on the dash though.
Joe

PsYcHe · #7 2nd March 2015, 02:35 PM

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=908 covers the swap using the genuine Audi components.

tintin · #8 2nd March 2015, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe2.0E

Hi,
I had a Kufatec bluetooth module fitted in place of the original motorola module. It is located under the floor carpet in the front passenger footwell.
Unit is a Kufatec Fiscon Pro and works just like the factory bluetooth available on later models of the D3. Not a cheap solution, unit is almost £400 !
One can also play music via bluetooth but sound quality is only fair.
Much better than an aftermarket "parrot" type unit stuck on the dash though.
Joe

Parrrot Mk9200 gives the same result, but with full Bose quality for about the same price (or less)….

Plus the ability to handle more than one phone.

PsYcHe · #9 2nd March 2015, 03:14 PM

The Mk9200 is good.. got one in SWMBOs X5.

Or there's the good old Dension unit as well.

Burnzybubbles · #10 2nd March 2015, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kmthor

do you have any details of what you used for the upgrade?

Quote:

Originally Posted by PsYcHe

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=908 covers the swap using the genuine Audi components.

That's the info I used down to a tee, worked very well thanks to PsYcHe, I got the second hand module for about £150 iirc from Eastern Europe on eBay, then got the connector from audi for about £6 and took 10 minutes to fit, you don't need to remove the seat, just remove sill trim and kick plate and peel back the carpet until you have access to the black plastic housing.