Question - Phone in E34s?

[CharlesAFerg]

I was curious if any E34s came with cellular telephones like the E32 did.

I did a search and it came up with nothing...

[Traian]

Hi,

My car came with one, I thought it was really cool when I bought it. The writing on it says BMW, and I saw a few a while ago on sale on ebay.de (for like 10 euros), they're actually made by Siemens. anyway, here is a crappy photo of mine, sorry I don't know how to use a camera properly:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8966/dscn02820001101kt6.jpg

Edit: speakin of which, anyone actually has a working phone analog car phone? I've been all around and spoke with lots of phone company reps and all the answers came back negative.

[mattyb]

i have seen a few here in OZ. as for the analog phone where on earth do they still use those things?

[Ross]

My '95 is factory wired for one but not so equipped. They are a dime a dozen now if you want one.

[ryan roopnarine]

Hi,

My car came with one, I thought it was really cool when I bought it. The writing on it says BMW, and I saw a few a while ago on sale on ebay.de (for like 10 euros), they're actually made by Siemens. anyway, here is a crappy photo of mine, sorry I don't know how to use a camera properly:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8966/dscn02820001101kt6.jpg

Edit: speakin of which, anyone actually has a working phone analog car phone? I've been all around and spoke with lots of phone company reps and all the answers came back negative.

for about maybe a year more, nextel supports it. people doing local boat tours, short range boat trips (<10 miles) from shore use bagphones and old analogue phones because they have much higher power amplifiers in them--1 watt for handhelds, up to 5 watts for bag phones. i would guess that one could get nextel service for their bmw phone, but the service is expensive, in the range of at least $.30 per minute.

[CharlesAFerg]

It looks like your center console section is raised and maybe widened to conform to the size of the phone... Is there a special console partition required if you purchase a phone?



Hi,

My car came with one, I thought it was really cool when I bought it. The writing on it says BMW, and I saw a few a while ago on sale on ebay.de (for like 10 euros), they're actually made by Siemens. anyway, here is a crappy photo of mine, sorry I don't know how to use a camera properly:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8966/dscn02820001101kt6.jpg

Edit: speakin of which, anyone actually has a working phone analog car phone? I've been all around and spoke with lots of phone company reps and all the answers came back negative.

[Ross]

There is a filler that covers the rear compartment of the console, the phone is attatched to it.

[attack eagle]

The truely only cool thing is the OBC display and radio mute... Now
if only some computer loving Bimmer lover would figure out a way to make a bluetooth unit that would trick the car into thinking the phone was connected so those two features would work with a bluetooth phone... I know I'd pay $150+ to get one.

[repenttokyo]

i have one, and the guy i bought the car from used it, so they still work up here in Canada.

[CharlesAFerg]

Has anyone ever seen one mounted like this before?
http://i2.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/8c/bd/049b_1.JPG

It's from an E34 on german eBay.de

[cybereclipse]

^^thats just weird

i might be able to fabricate one for a cell phone.....

[Tiger]

That's aftermarket... Forget those... get Bluetooth car kit and install them.

[RSK540iA]

Yes, the South African spec 1996 E34 540i 6-spd had a built-in car phone. It was situated in a custom compartment near the back of the handbrake.