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This morning, I got to play with a new Audi A4 Avant (2.0 TDI 170PS) for a few hours (it was fun &#8211; I will be ordering one soon) and I repeated the experiment with the iPhone 3G.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have time to collect screenshots\/photos but this is a quick summary of what I was told by the dealer\/verified to be true (this car was an S line model and was fitted with the Audi Mobile Telephone Preparation Low and Audi Music Interface options):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The iPhone 3G will happily pair with the Audi&#8217;s audio system via the Mobile Telephone Preparation Low option but it is useful to know that: the pairing needs to occur within 30 seconds of opening the car and inserting the key (i.e. activating the car&#8217;s systems); the car identifies itself with a device name of <em>handsfree<\/em>; and the PIN for pairing is <code>1234<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Once paired, calls will ring the iPhone and the car simultaneously.  The Bluetooth logo and signal strength are displayed on the Audi Multi Media Interface (MMI) display.<\/li>\n<li>The car can access the iPhone 3G&#8217;s list for recently dialled numbers, missed calls, etc. but full directory integration does not appear to be available.  Numbers can be dialled from the car&#8217;s systems (and the call placed on the iPhone).  I did not have access to a vehicle with voice control system so this was not tested.<\/li>\n<li>To use the iPhone as an iPod with the Audi Music Interface (AMI), a special cable is required (which I did not have access to).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks back I had the use of a 2008 Ford Mondeo for a week and I wrote about my experiences of pairing my Apple iPhone 3G with the Ford Audio system. This morning, I got to play with a new Audi A4 Avant (2.0 TDI 170PS) for a few hours (it was fun &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/11\/bluetooth-communications-between-apple-iphone-3g-and-an-audi-mobile-telephone-preparation-system.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bluetooth communications between Apple iPhone 3G and an Audi mobile telephone preparation system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[148,115,588],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-iphone","tag-bluetooth","tag-motoring"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bluetooth communications between Apple iPhone 3G and an Audi mobile telephone preparation system - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/11\/bluetooth-communications-between-apple-iphone-3g-and-an-audi-mobile-telephone-preparation-system.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bluetooth communications between Apple iPhone 3G and an Audi mobile telephone preparation system - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A few weeks back I had the use of a 2008 Ford Mondeo for a week and I wrote about my experiences of pairing my Apple iPhone 3G with the Ford Audio system. 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