I know that the Acura TL advertises importing of phonebook entries from your mobile phone over bluetooth--does anyone know if this is possible with the RDX Tech? If so, is there a "how to" available online (or another thread)? Thanks in advance...

 

I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the instruction manuals. You can only save 50 entries, and it doesn't take that long to add them, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

 

If it can import your phonebook it will do it automatically without input from you. My aftermarket one in my MX-5 does this. Once it is pared its ready to go.

 

Mine didn't import any of my phone numbers, also it does not display who is calling which I think is a pain. Also still trying to figure out how to enter my code numbers for voice mail etc.

 

Hands-free-link is working well for me. In looking at the web site, it looks like most phones have at least one unsupported feature. The biggest problem for me is that if my Treo has an alarm alert showing, the HFL can't dial the phone. I'll tell it to call, and it will say "calling", but after several seconds it times out. So I have to grab the treo and clear the alarm. Then I can call. But this is Palms problem, not Acura's.

 

My Blackberry will "lock" after 20 minutes or so of non use. I have to enter a password directly into the blackberry before making a call through HFL. At least I can still accept incoming calls however.

 

The HFL is weak if ask me. The voice command is not reliable, it's a pain to update the phone book and I can't use my phone to initiate calls without the audio being muted. For my purposes, the HFL is very limited.

BTW, if need to store more than 50 phone numbers, you can use the Nav to store your address/phone listing.

 

Didn't know that. Can you directly access/dial the extra numbers stored in Nav from HFL?

 

You can disable the auto lock on outgoing calls on the blackberry if you want to.

 

You probably need to navigate through the menus a bit to use the nav phonebook.

Menu > Address book > category > entry >call

But I guess its better than nothing if you have more than 50

 

The RDX does not import any phonebook entries over bluetooth. The MDX and TL both support this feature. On the RDX all phonebook entries have to be entered manually by voice or also the jog wheel in the nav address book.

 

SAS,

Its a corporate BB and I havent figured out how to disable the the auto lock out (password required).

You seem to know alot about the RDX, maybe you can let me know how to disable this on the BB?

 

Have the same problem with my BB. Corporate wants their e-mail system protected against lost BB's so only gives me 15 minutes before lock out. No way to overide that I've found.

 

If you have a blackberry that connects to a BES, if you disable the password, you'll also disable the connection to the BES since the two are tied together. If you have a blackberry that doesn't connect to a BES, but at one time it did, it may still have the auto lock out feature active. You can disable it by following the procedure on this website:

http://www.voicecareaustralia.com.au...er/blackberry/

 

SASAIR,

Thanks again RDX guru. Turns out I can set the BB to allow outgoing calls even when it is locked. No need to bypass or undo the corporate security standard.

 

Haha, that's funny!

Just glad to help if I can...

 

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How does the MDX import phone entries over Bluetooth? I have not been able to make this happen. thx.