Bluetooth menu gone! reset?

ady_1 · 09-01-2009, 08:03 PM

Hey

i have a bmw professional system not idrive. and the bluetooth was working perfect until one day.. the fone icon on the screen changed into 2 dashes
( --)

now by pressing the BT button on the menu it does nothing! and my fone will never pair coz it cant find the BMW BT! and i cant get into the menu to turn it on! lol

is there a way to reset the bluetooth on the car?

an autoelectrician said if i removed the battery that it wud reset everything BUT the airbags and all the warning lights will come on until i take it to bmw for a reset. is that true?

thanks

rotaryboy · 09-01-2009, 09:55 PM

Not sure on the 320 but on my 330 the same thing happened. I pulled the neg battery cable and the bluetooth came back. No airbag lights or anything...I mean it's just like changing a battery and people do that all the time without a reset.

ady_1 · 09-06-2009, 12:41 PM

just disconnected the battery and the bluetooth still does not work!

any help?

thanks

hades · 10-09-2009, 02:01 PM

Anyone ever get to the bottom of this? I seem to have encountered a similar problem.....

aRangel · 10-10-2009, 07:11 AM

I'm having the samr problem, i'm also looking for probles similar to mine so that I can resolve it.

tron1043 · 10-10-2009, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ady_1

Hey

i have a bmw professional system not idrive. and the bluetooth was working perfect until one day.. the fone icon on the screen changed into 2 dashes
( --)

now by pressing the BT button on the menu it does nothing! and my fone will never pair coz it cant find the BMW BT! and i cant get into the menu to turn it on! lol

is there a way to reset the bluetooth on the car?

an autoelectrician said if i removed the battery that it wud reset everything BUT the airbags and all the warning lights will come on until i take it to bmw for a reset. is that true?

thanks

The same thing happened to me. A few days after the BlueTooth stopped working, my entire iDrive stopped working. I hope you don't have the same problem I did, but you may be experiencing the first stage of iDrive failure.

JustXtreme · 10-16-2009, 11:05 AM

yea I might have a similar problem. the dealer told me i had Bluetooth and i thought i saw the Bluetooth icon but now it's not there. is there away i can find out if my car has Bluetooth

hades · 10-16-2009, 06:46 PM

There should be a bluetooth module under the boot floor - not the normal lift up part, but the bit nearer the back seats; if it's there, you have BT. With mine, the problem was that I hadn't plugged the CD changer back in at that stage after an amp install; the BT communicates with the head unit via the fibre optic link, and that link loops through other things - unplug one of them, you lose the BT. So my advice to the original poster is to check all the fibre connections if a reset doesn't cure things.

goff · 10-16-2009, 10:19 PM

Remove the trunk carpet and you will see the TCU(telematics control unit). Unplug the large connector and the fiber optic connector, let it sit for an hour and plug it back in, should bring back bluetooth!

sh0a1b · 04-03-2012, 01:35 PM

Did anyone solve this issue?

i've got the same problem but non-iDrive BMW professional system installed.

treishu · 06-07-2012, 11:13 AM

hello.

did anyone solve this?

09-01-2009, 08:03 PM	#1
ady_1 New Member 6 Rep 11 Posts Drives: G01 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Uk iTrader: (0)	Bluetooth menu gone! reset? Hey i have a bmw professional system not idrive. and the bluetooth was working perfect until one day.. the fone icon on the screen changed into 2 dashes ( --) now by pressing the BT button on the menu it does nothing! and my fone will never pair coz it cant find the BMW BT! and i cant get into the menu to turn it on! lol is there a way to reset the bluetooth on the car? an autoelectrician said if i removed the battery that it wud reset everything BUT the airbags and all the warning lights will come on until i take it to bmw for a reset. is that true? thanks
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09-01-2009, 09:55 PM	#2
rotaryboy Private First Class 2 Rep 140 Posts Drives: 330i 6MT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Indiana iTrader: (3)	Not sure on the 320 but on my 330 the same thing happened. I pulled the neg battery cable and the bluetooth came back. No airbag lights or anything...I mean it's just like changing a battery and people do that all the time without a reset.
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09-06-2009, 12:41 PM	#3
ady_1 New Member 6 Rep 11 Posts Drives: G01 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Uk iTrader: (0)	just disconnected the battery and the bluetooth still does not work! any help? thanks
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10-09-2009, 02:01 PM	#4
hades New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: 320d SE Touring Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Anyone ever get to the bottom of this? I seem to have encountered a similar problem.....
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10-10-2009, 07:11 AM	#5
aRangel Enlisted Member 2 Rep 49 Posts Drives: 2010 Silverstone e92 M3 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Monterrey, Mexico iTrader: (0)	I'm having the samr problem, i'm also looking for probles similar to mine so that I can resolve it.
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10-16-2009, 11:05 AM	#7
JustXtreme Private 21 Rep 92 Posts Drives: White 128i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lakeland Florida iTrader: (0)	yea I might have a similar problem. the dealer told me i had Bluetooth and i thought i saw the Bluetooth icon but now it's not there. is there away i can find out if my car has Bluetooth
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10-16-2009, 06:46 PM	#8
hades New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: 320d SE Touring Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	There should be a bluetooth module under the boot floor - not the normal lift up part, but the bit nearer the back seats; if it's there, you have BT. With mine, the problem was that I hadn't plugged the CD changer back in at that stage after an amp install; the BT communicates with the head unit via the fibre optic link, and that link loops through other things - unplug one of them, you lose the BT. So my advice to the original poster is to check all the fibre connections if a reset doesn't cure things.
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10-16-2009, 10:19 PM	#9
goff ///M Tech 6 Rep 89 Posts Drives: F30 Join Date: May 2008 Location: NY iTrader: (2)	Remove the trunk carpet and you will see the TCU(telematics control unit). Unplug the large connector and the fiber optic connector, let it sit for an hour and plug it back in, should bring back bluetooth!
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04-03-2012, 01:35 PM	#10
sh0a1b New Member 0 Rep 5 Posts Drives: BMW 320d Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Did anyone solve this issue? i've got the same problem but non-iDrive BMW professional system installed.
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06-07-2012, 11:13 AM	#11
treishu New Member 5 Rep 24 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Romania iTrader: (0)	hello. did anyone solve this?
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