Bluetooth Pass Code

I bought a 2005 330i and was not given the pass code to sync my cell
phone to the car using bluetooth. The first owner is not available to
me. Can anyone help?

Thanks
Phil

Try 0000.

I've bought several Bluetooth devices, and they all work with 0000. I'm not
clear on why a code would be needed or desirable to pair a device to the
phone.

If the car is already paired to a phone, you might not be able to pair it to
a different phone. I have several cell phones in my house, and the bluetooth
devices tend to move from me to my wife to my kids, and the device can not
be paired to a new phone until it is unpaired from the previous phone. If
the previous owner had the car paired to his phone, and got into a different
car and drove away, then this car is still paired. I don't know how to force
a device to not be paired anymore. I always use the phone to unpair the
device, but you haven't go tthe phone because the previous owner drove away
with it.

I can pair several devices to the same phone, but I can only pair any device
to a single phone. I have a headset and a visor-clipon device that are both
paired to the same phone, but I found that I had to unpair a device from my
phone before I could pair it to another phone.

I suspect your car is paired to a phone that you do not have access to. I
don't know how you will overcome this problem, other than maybe
disconnecting the car's battery.





"Phil Keller" > wrote in message
...
>I bought a 2005 330i and was not given the pass code to sync my cell phone
>to the car using bluetooth. The first owner is not available to me. Can
>anyone help?
>
> Thanks
> Phil

Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Try 0000.
>
> I've bought several Bluetooth devices, and they all work with 0000. I'm
> not clear on why a code would be needed or desirable to pair a device to
> the phone.

I too have paired a number of bluetooth devices to one phone. The car
asks for the pass code which am told is supplied with the paperwork when
the new car is delivered. 0000 did not work.

Thanks
Phil

"Phil Keller" > wrote in message
...
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Try 0000.
>>
>> I've bought several Bluetooth devices, and they all work with 0000. I'm
>> not clear on why a code would be needed or desirable to pair a device to
>> the phone.
>
> I too have paired a number of bluetooth devices to one phone. The car asks
> for the pass code which am told is supplied with the paperwork when the
> new car is delivered. 0000 did not work.
>

When I attempted to pair the same device to more than one phone, the error
was not about the wrong code being used. I don't recall what it was, but the
code was not the problem.

I can't think of any reason for the code except that the user can set it so
somebody can't come along and pair the car to their phone. If your car is
paired to your phone, nobody can pair the car to their [hone anyway, so I'm
not sure the value of the code. BMW has to be the source for answers to your
question. I can't think of any reason for the device manufacturer to set the
pairing code to anything other than all zeros.

On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:57:44 -0700, Phil Keller > wrote:

>Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Try 0000.
>>
>> I've bought several Bluetooth devices, and they all work with 0000. I'm
>> not clear on why a code would be needed or desirable to pair a device to
>> the phone.
>
>I too have paired a number of bluetooth devices to one phone. The car
>asks for the pass code which am told is supplied with the paperwork when
>the new car is delivered. 0000 did not work.
>
>Thanks
>Phil

The code is dependent on the actual BMW bluetooth phone holder that is fitted to
the car so I suggest you pull the thing out and there might be a number on the
back. Look in the handbook there may be the piece of paper that came with the
phone holder stuck in there.

Next stop is a BMW dealer who will probably have wipe out software to re-set the
device. Secondhand cars are being sold all the time so the problem shouldn't be
restricted to just you.

Hugh
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wrote:

>
> The code is dependent on the actual BMW bluetooth phone holder that is fitted to
> the car so I suggest you pull the thing out and there might be a number on the
> back. Look in the handbook there may be the piece of paper that came with the
> phone holder stuck in there.
>
> Next stop is a BMW dealer who will probably have wipe out software to re-set the
> device. Secondhand cars are being sold all the time so the problem shouldn't be
> restricted to just you.
>
> Hugh

Thanks for replying. It is a 2005, it does not have a phone holder.

Thanks again.

Phil