...he he, I have the same problem - got a 1998 540i 3 weeks back, bought an O2 sim card, phone insists that I "check the card"!
Any ideas anyone? I assume that unless the phone recognises the card, I cannot register it by dialing 450.....
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Sounds like you are locked to a particular network.
The problem is that the system only used Vodaphone I think. Th eBMW system is a fixed setup and the phone were either eriksson or motorola on 900Mhz??? or something like that.
Ther is a bluetooth conversion available for the car - ask your dealer or go to bmwoem.co.uk - or do a google search for bme-bluetooth.
I have seen a US site but I know parrot do something that works.
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