E60 Bluetooth and Nokia E51 phonebook

I've just changed my job and have been given a new Nokia E51 company mobile.  It's bluetooth and so is my E60.  First time in the car I got it conencted and was able to use the iDrive to make a phone call. 

As the phone was split new I didn't have any contacts in the phone so I just used the iDrive to dial the number using the Communication Interface.

Last night I went to make a phonecall and went to the A-Z phone book listing in the Communication Interface and was suprised to see that it was empty.  The iDrive screen should be now displaying the contents of the mobile phones address book but it wasn't.

My old company phone was an ancient Blackberry which conencted fine and displayed the contents of my phonebook under the A-Z phone book listing in the Communication Interface.

I spent ages making sure that everything on the phone was set to 'on' and 'active' etc.  I've got phone numbers stored in the phone and in the sim but it made no difference this morning, there was no phone numbers listed in the A-Z phone book.

The phone is Bluetooth version 2.0. 

Is my car too old to cope with the new phone?

Can anyone shed any light?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Andrew

 

Hi,

I have paired e51 to 2008 520d but contacts have not transfered to idrive screen.

I appreciate any advice on how to upload contacts data.I've had two phone fitters try but no success.

Is there an adaptor available for e51 for armrest cradle?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks Andrew.

I have a Nokia E50 which had the same problems with the contacts although it was through a Parrot hands free kit.

Got a new company car and the guy came out to fit the handsfree and got it all working.

Steps:

Go to contacts
>select options
>select mark/unmark
>select mark all
>select options
>select send
>select Via bluetooth
>select appropriate device

Hope it works for you I had assumed that the phone was not compatible.

It takes a few seconds while the phone converts the contacts to business cards before it lets you select a bluetooth device so give it a chance.


Edited by jamsieboi

Ally

Can't use old phone as I was a previous company I no longer work for.

Jamiesboi

Thanks for that.

When I bought my car the car displayed someone called "Liz" phone number in the car so there must be a way of storing them in the car's memory.  But playing with the idrive I cannot find this.  Will try the transfer thingie.

Andrew