entering phone numbers, even using blue tooth

[calpal]

I don't know how to enter telephone numbers even individually, let alone having them all automatically entered at once by blue tooth as it's supposed to be able to do. Anyone?

[ggood]

If you mean manually, without bluetooth, there doesn't seem to be a way to enter phone numbers in either the phonebook or the one-touch settings. You have to transfer via bluetooth from a notebook or phone, and then associate individual phone numbers with individual one-touch numbers. Seems incredibly braindead to me, if true.

For bluetooth, there is a "Transfer Phone Data" command in the telephone settings. The bluetooth phone stuff is explained (badly) towards the back of the navigation manual. After initiating transfer, the car prompts you to send data. How you initiate transfer from the phone obviously depends on each phone. On the Treo 650, its very easy, since there's a send command in the Contacts program for either an individual contact or an entire "category", such as your entire address book.

However, the car hates parentheticals or spaces in the phone numbers, and gets confused if there's more than one phone number. In my case, I created a bluetooth category with a couple of dozen special formatted one number only contacts, and then transferred the whole category. The phone finishes first, and then eventually, the car will go back to the main settings menu. At that point, you can go into the separate one-touch setup screens.

Can you tell I just got a new phone this week?! :wink:

[tag]

calpal,

It would definitely help if you posted the manufacturer and model of your Bluetooth phone.

[tag]

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You have to transfer via bluetooth from a notebook or phone, and then associate individual phone numbers with individual one-touch numbers.  Seems incredibly braindead to me, if true.[/b]

My sentiments exactly. It would certainly be great if one could enter the names and numbers manually, like a PDA, without regard to Bluetooth. I realize the functionality wouldn't be the same without a BT phone but at least those contacts would be in there for reference.

Of course, with a BT phone, it's possible to assign numbers to one-touch without transferring the phonebook. For example, after dialing a number, the number will appear as an outgoing call. From there, it's a simple matter of assigning that number to a one-touch slot.

[sdgeiger]

Here's another question that I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned:

Even if I have my entire phonebook entered into the Prius, how do I dial outgoing calls while driving?

From my experience, the Prius doesn't allow you to access the phonebook until you've come to a complete stop.

[tag]

Enter as many as you can in one-touch and make sure you have a good memory.

[IsrAmeriPrius]

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...without bluetooth, there doesn't seem to be a way to enter phone numbers in either the phonebook or the one-touch settings.[/b]

I was able to save numbers from the outgoing and incoming call logs to the one-touch list.

[sdgeiger]

Actually I tried it again tonight, and I was able to dial from my phone. There was a long delay before I could actually hear the call over the speaker, but it worked.

[raf]

Has anyone come up with a way to get pauses into a phone number? My Motorola V551 uses p for a pause. The Prius drops everything after the first p.

Also, I tried the procedure for transfering the whole phone book using the phone and a laptop with a Bluetooth adapter. The Prius and the laptop saw each other, but Outlook would not transfer anything. The Prius just didn't show up as a destination in Outlook. I was using the Bluetooth adapter that comes with Motorola mobile PhoneTools.

[V8Cobrakid]

Here's another question that I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned:

Even if I have my entire phonebook entered into the Prius, how do I dial outgoing calls while driving?

From my experience, the Prius doesn't allow you to access the phonebook until you've come to a complete stop.

you could always dial from your phone and then press [send]. the prius won't switch/answer untill it hears something or someone. That usualy ends up in a second or so delay after "hello". I don't mind this when calling 411 or other services because they usualy have an into. Bad idea when calling an actual person though.

I would go with the "one touch" idea. That's... 18? numbers. Should be plenty. I've also been known to tap out a phone number real quick at stoplights.