I Love my 2008 LR-2 - But, have Bluetooth Problem

I have had my LR-2 for 3 weeks and it has been awesome.  I took it on a road trip, put 400mi on it and it ran great!  Fuel use was as expected, averaged 20 MPG.  I replaced a 2004 VW Touareg and there is not much to compare.  The LR-2 is a different class of vehicle in a much better way!
 
I highly recommend this vechicle.  I have it loaded with all the goods Nav/Lights/Heat. 
 
My only complaint is that the Bluetooth doesn't work with the Blackberry 8703, 8830 or 8800.  I am still searching for ways to get this to work, anyone have any success?

Hi!  I finally managed to get the Blackberry 8800 to mate with the car, but it was at the Sprint store, and I chose NOT to purchase it. I have my heart set on a Blackberry Pearl and it won't set up correctly with the LR2, at least so far. 

If you manage to find a way to get the Blackberrys to work with the LR2, please post it, as there IS a problem with them. My dealer had warned me about it, as they'd had problems with the Blackberry on the RR.

Here are all the compatible phones for the LR2 as of April/May. These phones are fully functioning ie: you get your phonebook and caller ID, etc...

LR2 Bluetooth Phones:
Nokia 6102i
Sony/Ericson W300i

LG-VX5300
Motorola-E815
Motorola-KRZR K1m
Motorola-Pebl U6
Motorola-Razr V3 and V3i and V3M
Motorola-V1955
Motorola-V360
Nokia-5300
Nokia-6103
Nokia-6133
Nokia-6165i
Nokia-6230i
Nokia-6822
Nokia-9300
Samsung-A900M
Samsung-SGH-D807
Samsung-SPH-A640
Samsung-SPH-D900
Samsung-SPH-M500
Sanyo-Katana

Hope this helps,
Paul

As far as Balckberry's are concerned, these are listed on the LR site as NOT recommended with LR3 and Range Rover/Sport, but you may have luck with them on the LR2:
Pearl 8100 (v4.2.64 platform 2.2.0.37)
8700c (v4.1.0.194 platform 2.0.0.90)
8703e (v4.10.344 platform 2.2.0.149
7130c (v4.1.0.321 platform 2.1.026)
7130e (v4.10.268 platform 2.2.0.98)
7250 (v4.10.268 platform 2.2.0112)

Thanks for the list!  I just copied it and printed it to take it with me!  I'm glad to hear the Motorola Rzr's are good to go.  

You're welcome!

Just out of curiousity, has anyone tried to mate a new Iphone with the LR2?  Or maybe even some other LR model?  They aren't available to us yet, since ATT doesn't provide service up here (that's what we get for living in the boonies, lol), but I love them and that would be my choice when some other phone company gets the rights to offer them!

My partner has the iPhone and the bluetooth worked great with my LR2. It uploaded all of th phones info - ie contacts and numbers and the the calling was just as easy as with my Motorola RZR. So far very compatible.

 
Blackberry posted a utility called the Bluetooth Pairing Helper, http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB14152
 
It's meant to help for the following cars:
 

Land Rover LR2 (Europe and North America)

Volvo S80 and V70 (Europe only)

Jaguar XK (Europe and North America)
 
Tried it with my Pearl and LR2 and worked fine.
 
Regards,
 
R.

I'm getting ready to purchase an LR2 and and happy to hear my iPhone will sync.  Stupid question, though.  What option do I require on the LR2 to get Bluetooth sync?  The Tech Package?

Looking forward to days of enjoyable driving!

WARNING
 
The blackberry bluetooth program requires os4.2 or above.
It won't work with 4.1
Which means my 7290 (for which the latest software is 4.1) won't work with my new freelander
 
 
David

I just bought my LR2 hours ago and I'm in the setup stage with Sirius etc...  Now I'm struggling a bit with the phone.  Has any one had any luck pairing the Palm Treo 700wx to the LR2? 

Thanks in advance.

The Tech/Nav package has the Bluetooth, but I'd heard somewhere that they were going to make the Bluetooth as a separate option. Don't know if that's true or not.  Ask your dealer to verify that the Tech package will include it, I'd say.

I just got an LR2 and it synched with my Treo 700 - downloaded the address book, missed, received and incoming stats all show up. 

The Tech package, which includes navigation is what you need to add as an option in order to have the Bluetooth.

Ya it sucks but it doesnt work with all phones.
My Nokia N80 doesnt work. That was a let down.
 

I purchased LR2 Saturday only to find it won't sink with Blackberry 7100i. Looking at the Land Rover info for the LR2 they divided the LR2 into 3 classis based on VIN numbers. I purchased a demo and it is in the earliest group which appears to have the least capabilities for the various phones.
 
Does anyone know what Land Rover has done for testing? The newer LR@ by VIN seem to pair with the greatest number of phones. Has LR tried every phone with every type of Land Rover and this list is it? Or what?
 
Has anyone tried the new "Touch" by HTC?

I just purchased a 2008 LR2 HSE with all the packages I could get (inlcuding tech with bluetooth).  I can't get it to pair to my Verizon Samsung SCH-U740.  Its really a let down.  I mean isn't bluetooth just bluetooth?  I don't understand. 

What constitutes "full functionality" as far as bluetooth cell phones go? My KRZR K1M will pair OK, and while I do get my phonebook, dialled, missed, received etc. I can't get it to voice dial. You would think this would be a real advantage, as the only other option is to take your eyes off the road to look at the head unit screen while you scroll through lists.

Has anybody been able to get the voice dial part of the phone to work with the HU?

I just bought a new TMobile Shadow made by HTC.  I had a Motorola Razr synched before and it worked fine.  The Motorola had limited menu access but I didn't care.  I just wanted to be able to dial and answer form the steering wheel.
 
First night I got the Shadow it synched up, I placed a test call and it worked fine.  Next day, I get a call, comes in over the speakers and I answer using steering wheel controls and nobody's there.  At least I thought.  Turns out the call wa answered on the handset.  Next day, same thing but the day after that, I called someone from the car using the steering controls and it worked like it's supposed to.  Guess what?  Doesn't anymore.  I have access to all my menus, it tells me it's synched.  I can answer and dial etc it just doesn't come on over the stereo.  Weird.  Anyway, TMobile's clueless, they said they don't know anything about Land Rover and told me to call HTC.  I called HTC and she was even more clueless.  I told her I had a brand new Land Rover so the technology isn't old and then she asked me what kind of car I had.  I'm pretty sure I called India.  They told me they don't offer tech support other than basic set up and to call the auto maker.  Land Rover's looking into it.  I just got my car back today with the latest software upgrade and it didn't fix it.  Anyone else?
 

Good news!
I went to the LR dealer and test drove a LR2 a couple of weeks ago. Made a point of pre-installing the new RIM Pairing Helper software first and tried my BBerry Pearl on the demonstrator. Worked. Salesman said it was the first Blackberry he'd seen connect. Did a call out and then received one. Perfect.
Two weeks later I bought a LR2, setup Bluetooth, and had problems. Intermittent disconnects. Then when I'd turn off the car, come back and restart, it wouldn't recognize my phone. Setup again, and would work until the next time I turned the ignition off. I wasn't happy and resigned myself to the fact that I'd have to buy a Btooth headset.
As a last resort, I cleared all the phones out of the Bluetooth config on the LR2, and on the Pearl, re-powered and re-paired. It paired, but I wasn't convinced it would stick. Then it wanted to download my contacts. OK. Did it really fast, but amazingly, they were all on the LR2's screen. Geez. Last few days it's been working- finds my BBerry automatically. I was still guarded about the success. But now I'm getting a little more confidence it's going to work reliably.
Driving home from work tonight, I thought I'd try the voice tags. WOW. It works. Tried several times. Works great! I just hold the dial button on the steering wheel for 2 seconds and the phone intercepts and asks me who I want to call. I'm quite amazed considering that the Blackberrys are not considered compatible by LR.
I'm still a little guarded, but think this is looking very positive.

I've check the VIN on my LR2 and it's one of the earlier ones before they did the iPhone update. I've got a T-Mobile Blackberry Pearl with v.4.2.1.107 and the RIM Bluetooth Pairing Helper application.

After reading rogue's post, and a bit of dumb luck on my part, I now have full access to my phones voice recognition features. Turns out the krzr won't initiate the voice rec features while the phone is closed (clamshell style). By leaving it open on the passenger seat while fooling around with the voice tag button on the steering wheel, I now have a fully compatible and stable bluetooth setup.

After installing RIM's pairing helper I was able to pair my Blackberry 8310. So far its working great!

Now I need to figure out how to pair the wife's Samsung phone. That one seems to be causing a problem.

Please reply if you figure out the samsung phone.  I can't pair my samsung U740 to my LR2.  I've tried everything.

Just got word from my dealer that the lack of compatibility of phones with the PTI system has been addressed.  All the salesmen just got out of a meeting with a new "trick" to get phones to pair that aren't pairing with standard instructions.  I'll post it when I get the trick from him.
 
he also said that a new software update will be ready in 3 weeks that shold take care of the problem for all newer bluetooth phones.  A letter will go in the mail to all owners in a week or so.
 
Hopefully this will fix the problem.  A brand new luxury vehicle shouldn't have a problem pairing with top of the line phones.