Tytn / Vario II and Pioneer P55BT

[an0key]

Hi all,

I've got a Pioneer P55BT headunit in my car, and it has support for bluetooth to use it as a handsfree, however I cannot connect my Vario II to it, as it doesnt detect it as a phone, so doesnt come up when trying to pair it.

Has anyone managed it? or have any advice?

Cheers

[timbouk]

have you tried pioneers tech support on this one? I know its not directly helpful, but if they are not currently aware of a problem they cannot patch the firmware

[an0key]

Originally Posted by timbouk have you tried pioneers tech support on this one? I know its not directly helpful, but if they are not currently aware of a problem they cannot patch the firmware

Havent no, not yet, always try the forum first.

[flue]

Hi,

I've got exacly the same problem with a Vario II and a Pioneer DEH-P75BT. After a lot of email's and phonecalls with pioneer in the Netherlands, they came everytime back with the answer "Your phone is not on the supported models list". Yea i knew that already.

Before my Vario II is always used a SDA without problems. I discovered that when i select hands free from the vario itself, it pairs without problems. The radio just have some problems with discovering the Vario II.

The problem:
The vario II identifies itself as a PDA bluetooth device. The pioneer modules are searching for a phone or smartphone, so it just ignores the Vario II.

Solutions:
Change the COD (Class of Device) from a PDA device to a smartphone device.
This can be done this way:

1. First make sure you've got a backup, or remember all settings you change in the registry.
2. Edit with a registry editor the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Bluetooth\SY S\COD

By default my vario II does have the value: 1048852 (decimal)
Change this to: 5374476 (decimal).
3. Soft restart your device
4. Voila! Your device now identifies itself as a smartphone, and my pioneer unit finds it without problems.

[an0key]

Originally Posted by flue Hi, I've got exacly the same problem with a Vario II and a Pioneer DEH-P75BT. After a lot of email's and phonecalls with pioneer in the Netherlands, they came everytime back with the answer "Your phone is not on the supported models list". Yea i knew that already. Before my Vario II is always used a SDA without problems. I discovered that when i select hands free from the vario itself, it pairs without problems. The radio just have some problems with discovering the Vario II. The problem: The vario II identifies itself as a PDA bluetooth device. The pioneer modules are searching for a phone or smartphone, so it just ignores the Vario II. Solutions: Change the COD (Class of Device) from a PDA device to a smartphone device. This can be done this way: 1. First make sure you've got a backup, or remember all settings you change in the registry. 2. Edit with a registry editor the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Bluetooth\SY S\COD By default my vario II does have the value: 1048852 (decimal) Change this to: 5374476 (decimal). 3. Soft restart your device 4. Voila! Your device now identifies itself as a smartphone, and my pioneer unit finds it without problems.

You're a legend... did as you said and all worked perfectly!! well after I remembered what the code was to pair it, lol 1111.

Cheers tho, appeciate it.

Luke

[timbouk]

that's got to be worth adding to the wiki!

how's it done?

[an0key]

I would def say so, sure it's a problem on a number of devices (i.e. stereos)

[flue]

It's also a solution for other devices using a Microsoft BT stack.

Maybe it's worth to make it a general wiki update?

[an0key]

Originally Posted by flue It's also a solution for other devices using a Microsoft BT stack. Maybe it's worth to make it a general wiki update?

gets my vote

[mKotek]

After several tries with 55BT, I have finally managed to connect it.
The way to do that was only by using radio and not PDA. Wherever I tried to pair the devices from PDA, I was getting PIN code screen over and over.

However, after running detection as advised in the manual from the radio side, all was running fine. What might have helped was the pairing with other phone (Motorola RAZR3 to be precise) and pairing on position 2. Magic but was my case Generally, the worst thing with 55BT was the duality if I may say so of the buttons and knobs changing its funcion is different steps of the pairing - simple mistake and you need to start over.

Given the problems, I have tried Sony BT5000 and it worked like a charm, but I was afraid of the sound quality, given the mic is builin in the radio.

Finally I have decided to go Blaupunkt route, but can confirm, when paired, 55BT was working fine, althoug some echo was present during call.