Anyone try Garmin Nuvi/Zumo BT Contact Synching

[flipper44]

Im wondering if anyone has done a bluetooth connection between a garmin Nuvi or Zumo and their diamonds?????

I have a Garmin Zumo, and to synchronize my contacts in WM 5 and my PPC 6800 I had to send each contact individually (Yes one at a time) whereas most phones Autosynched all contacts each time the BT connection was made...my understanding was this had something to do with the bluetooth Stack on WM5 and the 6800's Bluetooth hardware...

Can anyone confirm if the Pairing of a Diamond has had better Contact Synch results? Noit a Deal Killer...Actually a bad answer makes it easier to wait for Alltel release I supose...I heard September 30 Rumors and Nov 13 for Pro...Not sure how reliable those forums were

[flipper44]

For those who lurked into this thread wondering the answer...The answer is it synchs the full contact list and recent calls list perfectly, unlike older pocketPCs...So microsoft obviously worked out the bluetooth stack issue that used to make us synch one contact at a time...WOO HOO...Love my garmin Hands free...Zumo/XM/AUDIO/Handsfree with a Diamond to BOOT

[Diplos]

Hi flipper44,

I recently got a Garmin nuvi 760 and it pairs fine with my HTC Touch Diamond but I don't seem to get any phonebook - ie. the phonebook option is just not shown on the Garmin.

Do you know whether only contacts that are on the SIM card will sync, or will the 'Outlook' type contacts also sync. Also, is there anything I need to do to get them to sync.

The nuvi manual seems to suggest that the Garmin should pick up my phone contacts automatically.

[flipper44]

Hi flipper44,

I recently got a Garmin nuvi 760 and it pairs fine with my HTC Touch Diamond but I don't seem to get any phonebook - ie. the phonebook option is just not shown on the Garmin.

Do you know whether only contacts that are on the SIM card will sync, or will the 'Outlook' type contacts also sync. Also, is there anything I need to do to get them to sync.

The nuvi manual seems to suggest that the Garmin should pick up my phone contacts automatically.

Are you saying there is no phonebook contact icon at all?
You could try it the old fashioned way of going into contacts...picking one and tellin g it to send via bluetooth

[Diplos]

The 'old fashioned' way seems to work and should be OK for my purposes as I only need to add some of my contacts.

Regarding the icon, it is not displayed (until I used method above). If I clicked on the 'Call Home' icon, for example, there would be a 'Phonebook' button, but disabled.

I moved a contact from the 'Outlook' contacts to the SIM and made sure that the Bluetooth mode had 'Allow SIM access' enabled, but even this didn't seem to work.

I may try re-pairing, otherwise I'll just push the desired contacts to the nuvi...

[flipper44]

Strange...I have a CDMA phone....Although I had a diamond when I last synch'd...Havent been on any business trips since I got the PRO so havent bothered to go hands free yet...I'll give a bluetooth pairing a try with my PRO and let you know...But i can tell you with the diamond CDMA obviously the SIM card had nothing to do with my succesful sync

[Diplos]

I deleted the pairing on both my phone and the Garmin and then re-paired. This time the phone book icon was displayed but each time I went into the phonebook an hourglass was displayed - even after about 15 minutes, so I assumed that it wasn't working.

I eventually found a link to a page on Garmin's site which lists the level of bluetooth compatibility of various phones. The HTC Touch Diamond is not listed (a bit poor IMO) but phones such as the Tytn, etc. are. It seems that neither SMS or phonebook synching are supported.

I was able to select all my contacts and beam them en masse to the Garmin though - a relief that I did not have to do this one by one.

[jcsalcines]

Hi, I've the same problem with HTC touch pro and Garmin Zumo 500. Garmin support doesn't solve this problem.
have you found any solution?

Thanks

[WizardKing]

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