Anybody got a tomtom with bluetooth ?

Fr0dders · 4 Mar 2009 at 12:12

Ive got a TomTom Go 730 with bluetooth handsfree calling.

The tomtom website says the iphone 3g is compatibile, but i cant for the life of me get it working. I turn bluetooth on the iphone on, then get the tomtom to scan for devices and it says it cant find any.

What am i doing wrong ?

Skeeter · 4 Mar 2009 at 12:14

Isnt the iPhone Bluetooth stupidly restrictive on what it will connect to?

deko · 4 Mar 2009 at 12:18

as far as i can work out from my iphone, go into settings - general - bluetooth and turn it on, it should do 'searcing' and say Now Discoverable. I think you then search from the tomtom while its saying this, and it should find it.

Otherwise, no idea.

Fr0dders · 4 Mar 2009 at 12:19

Skeeter said:
Isnt the iPhone Bluetooth stupidly restrictive on what it will connect to?

TomTom says it works on the website.

I thought the same as you, but a quick google reveals others have got it to work, so its not apples poor bluetooth.

Lead_Head · 4 Mar 2009 at 12:20

deko said:
as far as i can work out from my iphone, go into settings - general - bluetooth and turn it on, it should do 'searcing' and say Now Discoverable. I think you then search from the tomtom while its saying this, and it should find it.

Otherwise, no idea.

This ^

mattpc · 4 Mar 2009 at 16:15

If tomtom says it works then it should work as they are usually pretty conservative when it comes to stateing whether a device is compatible. I've successfully used tom tom on a couple of phones that it claims it will not work on.

OllyM · 4 Mar 2009 at 16:16

Do it the other way around? Make the Tomtom discoverable and then search for bluetooth devices on the iPhone perhaps - I think that's how I paired mine up with my Parrot.

Fr0dders · 4 Mar 2009 at 16:18

OllyM said:
Do it the other way around? Make the Tomtom discoverable and then search for bluetooth devices on the iPhone perhaps - I think that's how I paired mine up with my Parrot.

will give this a try. Ive been attempting to pair them on the tomtom, so i'll try on the iphone instead.

Confused · 4 Mar 2009 at 16:19

Initiate the connection from the iPhone, not the TomTom.

Fr0dders · 4 Mar 2009 at 16:20

cheers for the advice people. Knew it had to be something simple

Sukh · 4 Mar 2009 at 18:12

Also have the same Tomtom and Iphone 3G (well brother has) and when I paired them I remember having to physically mate them they were that close before they discovered eachother (just the first time).

JamesRJ · 4 Mar 2009 at 18:58

Make them both search, then it will work.

Rilot · 4 Mar 2009 at 19:07

Yup, what the others have said. My 3G connects with my Rider2 just fine.

johnnie2 · 17 Mar 2009 at 04:45

I have a tomtom one assist 30 series plus a safety alert subscription does anybody know how to get the mobile and average speed cameras to be recognised.This kit does not have a bluetooth connection.
Regards Johnnie