BMW E46 Integrated Bluetooth and Voice Command for Less than $100 Pictorial DIY

Originally Posted by hcardona111793

i dont have the sunroof, there is a little grill think on my roof.. i just popped tht off

I don't have a grill in my ceiling. It is just ceiling all the way and at the front there is a light directly fitted. Maybe there is a difference between the europe and US models?

Okay someone must have tried Siri from iPhone 4S with this Parrot setup right?!?!

Can you trigger the Siri thing by pressing the steering wheel button similar to this video? (note this is not Siri/iphone4 but previous iphone voice dialing)

Main thing I want to know is if voice dialing works well.

Also, as a bonus I'm wondering if you can use the steering wheel button to trigger Siri and then give a command like "text mom" and then dictate a text...or "read unread text"..all without touching the phone.

Thx!

Does the OEM bluetooth module found in an 05 have voice command? I'm guessing no?

OEM BT can't use the phones voice commands only the OEM built in voice commands from what I can recall.

I am no help ... sorry ... That's pretty cool though if you can actually dictate a text message !!

Originally Posted by ZZen330

OEM BT can't use the phones voice commands only the OEM built in voice commands from what I can recall.

This is true. There is even a voice command sheet, showing what commands does what, that is an addendum to either the bluetooth retrofit kits or the bluetooth/telephony booklet that comes with the car.

There is a PDF file of it floating around the forums and internet.

Originally Posted by ZZen330

Okay someone must have tried Siri from iPhone 4S with this Parrot setup right?!?!

Can you trigger the Siri thing by pressing the steering wheel button similar to this video? (note this is not Siri/iphone4 but previous iphone voice dialing)

Main thing I want to know is if voice dialing works well.

Also, as a bonus I'm wondering if you can use the steering wheel button to trigger Siri and then give a command like "text mom" and then dictate a text...or "read unread text"..all without touching the phone.

Thx!

If this works I'm gonna buy a Parrot etc. right away!

Originally Posted by delmarco

This is true. There is even a voice command sheet, showing what commands does what, that is an addendum to either the bluetooth retrofit kits or the bluetooth/telephony booklet that comes with the car.

There is a PDF file of it floating around the forums and internet.

hmmm i've looked over the bluetooth booklet that came with the car and as far as I remember it just goes through the process of pairing etc..

edit: something i didn't think about.. does voice command require navi? I don't have navi

Originally Posted by ZZen330

Okay someone must have tried Siri from iPhone 4S with this Parrot setup right?!?!

Yep, I can confirm. I just installed the kit and tried with my 4s when I picked it up on Friday.

Siri is activated with a short press of the speech button (just like voice control was activated before). I'll try to post a rundown later after work, but one of the limitations I've noticed is the R/T button doesn't "hang up" on a Siri conversation. I have to manually press the iPhone's home or lock button to turn off the bluetooth phone connection.

~Ross

Originally Posted by Jimi158

Yep, I can confirm. I just installed the kit and tried with my 4s when I picked it up on Friday.

Siri is activated with a short press of the speech button (just like voice control was activated before). I'll try to post a rundown later after work, but one of the limitations I've noticed is the R/T button doesn't "hang up" on a Siri conversation. I have to manually press the iPhone's home or lock button to turn off the bluetooth phone connection.

~Ross

Great looking forward to a rundown of 4s with parrot.

Interesting that the R/T steering wheel button won't end a Siri conversation. Not a big deal as long as during an actual phone call (even if initiated by Siri) the R/T button will end the call and the BT session will close with music resuming.

Originally Posted by ZZen330

Great looking forward to a rundown of 4s with parrot.

Interesting that the R/T steering wheel button won't end a Siri conversation. Not a big deal as long as during an actual phone call (even if initiated by Siri) the R/T button will end the call and the BT session will close with music resuming.

I got the R/T button to hang up a call after voice dial but you do have to use the home button on the phone to exit out (for example to return to music after a call).

Got her to do do some pretty awesome stuff in addition to the voice dialing - navigate using the google maps app, playing a specific artist/playlist, looking up nearby restaurants, etc.

I was thrilled with both the bluetooth functionality and with the new phone, but the combination of siri and steering controls makes both better!

elsamo - thanks for the info as it seems jimi didn't come back...

what about siri reading your texts to you through the car speakers? or dictating a text?

So if I'm listening to say the car radio (not iphone music), then I hit the steering wheel button to activate Siri..I say "call mom" and get into a phone call, then I hit R/T button it will end the call but it won't go back to my radio music without me also having to manually exit the Siri screen directly on the phone? That's a shame.

According to this video of Siri making a BT call on a Pioneer car stereo, that pressing the 'end call' button can kill the BT link and let the radio resume playing without manually exiting Siri. In the vid he presses the phones "end call" button, but with the Parrot the cars' R/T button is kinda the same thing I think?

This post of a Parrot ck3000 user doesn't sound promising: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1254956

"Hi

I have a parott cki3000 car kit with v.latest v5 firmware on it which I installed in car just this week.

When I press the voice dial button and say read my text it works 1 in every 10 times. Has anyone else had any issues with car kits and Siri? It's even worse asking it to write a text.

I can't put it down to background noise as its the same when I am pulled up in the car."

Originally Posted by bmwmen

I just received my CK300 Evolution and CTPPAR008 cable loom. However i was wondering now for a while the following. What if you don't have a sun roof. Where to place the microphone, i do have an idea but was wondering what is a normal spot for this.

I thought all e46's need CTPPAR007 according to the OP.

I have a 2002 330i with the Harmon Kardon Radio.
How can I check what the radio type is? Model number I mean.

Will I need CTPPAR007 or CTPPAR008?

PS: This is well under 100 right now because of the forex rate!

Originally Posted by ZZen330

elsamo - thanks for the info as it seems jimi didn't come back...

what about siri reading your texts to you through the car speakers? or dictating a text?

So if I'm listening to say the car radio (not iphone music), then I hit the steering wheel button to activate Siri..I say "call mom" and get into a phone call, then I hit R/T button it will end the call but it won't go back to my radio music without me also having to manually exit the Siri screen directly on the phone? That's a shame.

I just tested it and if you say something like "read me my new text messages" she'll do it. Its pretty slick.

Tried to have her read my new emails read as well, but siri wasn't having that...

You can also dictate texts by either saying something like "text (so&so) (this message)" but the dictation is a bit spotty. Really useful for one word responses, or "on my way" - stuff like that. Once you're read a text you can also tell her to reply to it.

I'll experiment a little more on the "end call" button and see what i come up with.

Originally Posted by ZZen330

According to this video of Siri making a BT call on a Pioneer car stereo, that pressing the 'end call' button can kill the BT link and let the radio resume playing without manually exiting Siri. In the vid he presses the phones "end call" button, but with the Parrot the cars' R/T button is kinda the same thing I think?

Could be the firmware, but as far as i can tell my R/T button doesnt do

elsamo - thanks for the info, too bad about the R/T button not sending it back to radio music. Maybe it does when you receive a call though...

I just completed this DIY w/ Parrot CK3000 EVO and Connects2. I got it to say 'Paired Successful' but my phone (DROID X) says 'Paired but not connected' and its not working.

I'm running Parrot w/firmware V5.11C. I'm assuming thats my problem. How do you update firmware on the Parrot? Or might it be a phone setting why its Pairing, but not Connecting?

If you're using android you need firmware 5.25 and the programming cable from some uk shop or else the connection is hit or miss, mine wouldn't connect at all, there's a work around in this thread http://forum.parrot.com/usa/viewtopic.php?id=4746, it only worked for me half of the time so i ended up buying the cable, pain in the ass

http://www.parrot.com/documents/en/s...tion_notes.txt

http://www.justcarkits.co.uk/acatalo...ng_cables.html