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verycleverman   
Wed Mar 10 2010, 01:38am
Joined: Mar 08 2010
Member No: #65
Location: Northumberland
 Intrigued by this thread, I've been out and checked on my car. I have 2 sims for mobile broadband. The original one is a '3' and the other is 'Vodafone'. Normally I use a Tesco Mobile sim as I seldom use a mobile phone, particularly the one in the car. Anyway, the Vodafone sim worked perfectly but the 3 was not recognised, (sim missing or not fitted correctly). Therefore, I conclude that a) 3G sims will work in the older RT3 head unit, b) not all service provider's sims will work and c) unless you are using it for business, you might as well get a cheap to run 2G card.

As a footnote, Tesco mobile have a feature called 'Ping Me A Pound'. It's designed for kids who, if they run out of credit, can 'ping' a pounds worth off their parent's phone. I use it all the time for the car. Whenever my credit gets low, I 'ping' another pound from my phone. That way, I never have to buy a top-up for a phone I seldom use.

Pete.
C6Dave   
Wed Mar 10 2010, 08:17am

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
 Now that sounds like a good idea for an emergency phone for my wifes car in case she breaks down.

Thanks for the tip.
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tonyrome   
Wed Mar 10 2010, 09:12am
Joined: Nov 22 2009
Member No: #15
 I already mentioned that 3 SIMs don't work, on another thread but thanks for the confirmation. The idea of another 2G SIM is not appealing, though. I already have a twin SIM for mobile broadband (laptop & phone) and two additional SIMs, for UK and Germany. It would mean buying two more, so that I would always have a suitable SIM, whether in the UK or Germany. Then, I'd have to set the phone to divert calls and top up the additional cards, in case of calls made from the in-car SIM. All that fuss, when you could have Bluetooth and make calls without any SIM swapping and without even taking the phone out of your pocket... A serious and silly omission.
Trainman   
Mon Apr 12 2010, 08:39am

Joined: Apr 12 2010
Member No: #86
Location: Penwortham
 Just 'chipping in' I had a similar issue, and as has been said used a second PAYG sim from Vodafone which is 3G and works fine. Perhaps it's more of an issue with 'newer' mobile companies?
verycleverman   
Tue May 18 2010, 09:17am
Joined: Mar 08 2010
Member No: #65
Location: Northumberland
C6Dave wrote ...

Now that sounds like a good idea for an emergency phone for my wifes car in case she breaks down.

Thanks for the tip.


Just to add to the above, Tesco Mobile now do a 'Pay AS You Go Lite' tarrif. For those, like me, who top up less than £10 a month, you can move over to the 'Lite' tarrif where calls are a flat rate 8p a minute and texts are 4p. I've just move all three phones over to it.

Pete.
C6Dave   
Tue May 18 2010, 11:04am

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
 Yes I spoke to Tescos and the best part is that the credit you 'buy' never expires (unless you use it) like some providers

Plus if you call them they can switch on 'mobile internet' for a week from the prepay credit you add so if you want to go online and update GPS Maps in the car you don't need another sim.

My mobile will be moving over when my current contract expires in August.
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gmerry   
Fri Jun 25 2010, 05:58pm
Joined: Dec 11 2009
Member No: #21
Location: Scotland
 Hi, I started this post a long time ago, so had better update or finish it. The entire RT4 head unit has now been replaced by a service exchange unit to cure the "SIM Missing or Not Inserted Properly" error. For the first time in my ownership, the telephone works and very convenient it is too (just need to put handset on divert). No problem with a 3G Simcard. Thanks to my great local dealer for sorting this.
Trainman   
Fri Aug 27 2010, 07:55am

Joined: Apr 12 2010
Member No: #86
Location: Penwortham
verycleverman wrote ...

Tesco mobile have a feature called 'Ping Me A Pound'. It's designed for kids who, if they run out of credit, can 'ping' a pounds worth off their parent's phone. I use it all the time for the car. Whenever my credit gets low, I 'ping' another pound from my phone. That way, I never have to buy a top-up for a phone I seldom use.

Pete.


Here is something else that Tesco (PAYG) Mobile have done, If you text THANKS to 26929 they will give you £5 of free credit. It worked on the Queen Mothers phone last week.
JimC   
Mon Oct 11 2010, 06:59pm
Joined: Sep 07 2010
Member No: #229
Location: Scotland
 Well, more than a month waiting on DVLA getting their act together, I should take delivery of my March 2008 C6 2.7 Lignage this coming Thursday! One thing I noticed during the 10 minutes I had alone in the car was that when pressing the 'Telephone' button, nothing happened (no message on the screen).

It's a basic radio model without SatNav and while I've seen people mentioning RT3, RT4, RT5, etc. I don't know what model is installed.

Does anyone know if ALL C6's have the telephone workings installed meaning that all I have to do is install a SIM card to get it going, or am I destined to pretend to have a sore ear everytime my mobile rings?
C6Dave   
Mon Oct 11 2010, 07:12pm

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
 Sounds like you have a basic RD4 unit with no telephone system or Bluetooth module installed I'm afraid.
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Extant   
Mon Dec 13 2010, 06:51pm
Joined: Dec 13 2010
Member No: #317
Location: Monmouth
rbimac09 wrote ...

I'm on the Orange Business Contract and they supply duplicate SIM cards with the same number as my phone, If my phone is on and isn't answered the call automatically gets transferred to the car. If I turn my phone off the car phone rings straight away, it's brilliant, I use it a lot.

Thanks for the tip, I've just ordered mine. I thought that I was going to have to revert to getting an additional telephone number and SIM card.
magicands   
Sun Mar 24 2013, 04:59pm
Joined: Sep 13 2012
Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire
 The problem is with the sim card NOT the C6.
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magicands   
Thu Apr 25 2013, 03:08pm
Joined: Sep 13 2012
Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire
 I use my T-Mobile 3G sim (well a 2nd sim as i couldn't get two with the same number which is annoying)in my C6 and have no problems.
The car struggles with voice commands though, I can try and call "Home" a number of times before it recognises my voice and the word "Home"
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diyjoke   
Thu Apr 25 2013, 06:56pm
Joined: Jan 27 2011
Member No: #354
Location: Wales
 I had exactly the same problem with 'home' it just wouldn't recognise it. So I left 'home' allocated to the number but changed the voice tag to "my house" which it recognises instantly.
Regards,
Barry
Pappnase   
Thu Apr 25 2013, 08:46pm
Joined: Sep 30 2012
Member No: #1044
Location: Bonn
 The shorter the voice commands are the more problems here. I try to speak three+ syllable commands if possible and most work first time.
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