| If you haven't experienced the safety | | | | states and municipalities are enacting |
| and convenience of hands-free cell phone | | | | laws prohibiting the practice. |
| use while driving, read on and learn | | | | Install one of our "plug-and-play" BMW |
| more about the BMW Bluetooth Adapter | | | | Bluetooth adapters and with the use of a |
| from Bavarian Soundwerks. | | | | compatible headset, you'll be able to |
| A Brief History of Bluetooth | | | | make outgoing and receive incoming cell |
| The technology behind the BMW Bluetooth | | | | phone calls without ever removing your |
| adapter goes back nearly 120 years, when | | | | hands from the steering wheel or taking |
| early physicists such as Nikola Tesla | | | | your eyes off the road. |
| and Gugliemo Marconi began experimenting | | | | No More Missed Calls |
| with wireless technology - the same | | | | The BMW Bluetooth adapter allows your |
| technology that led to the development | | | | cell phone to interrupt any programming |
| of radio in the 1920s. | | | | you may be listening to over your radio, |
| The technology that a BMW Bluetooth | | | | so you won't have to worry about missing |
| adapter uses is essentially a | | | | that all-important business contact. |
| refinement of radio broadcasting. | | | | Voice recognition capability makes |
| However, unlike radio, Bluetooth is | | | | dialing out as easy as speaking the |
| specifically designed to employ low, | | | | numbers - or, if you've programmed it |
| short range frequencies on the low end | | | | into your cell phone, simply speaking |
| of the band in order to allow different | | | | the name of the person or organization |
| digital devices to communicate with one | | | | you wish to call. |
| another over very short range. The | | | | You'll be able to access your phone |
| specifications of this protocol were | | | | using the buttons on your steering |
| first established in 1998; however, it | | | | wheel, and data can even be displayed on |
| took a few years to work out the bugs. | | | | your instrument cluster. |
| Even today, the technology upon which | | | | A Great Value |
| the BMW Bluetooth adapter is based is | | | | BMW automobiles are recognized as being |
| undergoing constant refinement and | | | | among the finest driving machines on the |
| improvement. | | | | planet, and when properly maintained, |
| Hands-Free Cell Phone Operation | | | | tend to hold their value quite well. |
| Enabling people to use cell phones | | | | Installing a BMW Bluetooth adapter and |
| safely while behind the wheel of an | | | | adding wireless capability will add to |
| automobile was the first practical use | | | | your vehicle's value - or, when you |
| of Bluetooth. The fact is, many auto | | | | decide to trade up, you can remove your |
| accidents are caused by people | | | | BMW Bluetooth adapter for use in your |
| attempting to converse on their cell | | | | new vehicle. |
| phones while driving, and increasingly, | | | | |