Hi, I'm new to your site, but hope someone knows some info about the 2004 XJR phone. When I try to sync my blackberry bluetooth to the Jag's it doesn't find it. I have heard there is a code but the screen options have never asked me to input a code. I've searched the manuals for details to no avail. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

my mom has a 2009 XF and her cell phone wouldn't pair up with it, she took her cell phone and car to the cell phone carrier store (verizon around here)
they put some type of update on her phone and now it works, so maybe your phone needs some type of update

 

Based upon the electrical diagrams for your vehicle/year, you do not have Bluetooth.

http://www.captainjaguarscathouse.co...ec%20Guide.pdf

Your car does have the connections for telephone (it was a Jag option) under the center console that will allow you to connect up a hands free Bluetooth adaptor like a Motorola T605 (what I have added) or a Parrot system.

These devices work with the radio head unit, mute the audio when phone is in use, and send the phone audio through the front stereo speakers. They work quite well.

 

Thanks! Would you suggest taking it to the dealer to get the Bluetooth adapter installed? Or is it something that Verizon would understand (doubtfully...).

 

corellied, do you have the bluetooth module fitted? It's an option for the 04 year.

The way to tell is when you press the "phone button", does it say "not fitted" or something else?

 

LOL after reading this thread i got curious and checked my Jag if it has bluetooth or not , its an 05 XJ8L and it doesnt even have navigation or anything, but after playing with the radio a lil bit i discovered my jag has bluetooth! and to get it working i just dialed ###3*# something like that and bam my iiphone connected to my jag in no time

 

Thank you for all of the wonderful advice! I am going to push the phone button tonight and see what the screen tells me, I have forgotten what it read before.

 

There are a couple of components that are needed to sync bluetooth. From what I read, you need a mic, boothtouch module, phone module and software reflash. Some have priced it and it's over $1,000 from the dealership.

 

Does anyone know the first year Jaguar offered blue tooth in the XJR? Is it possible to update a 1999 XJR with blue tooth using phone module from a later year JAG XJR? Recently I replaced my On Star box from by 2007 GMC Yukon Denali with a 2009 box from a Suburban. It gave me full Blue Tooth capability without having to buy OnStar.

 

Does your car have the phone built into the armrest? If it does then it can be straight forward to retrofit Bluetooth. In the boot ( trunk) lives the media stack and the bottom item on the stack is the phone. Remove the phone module and fit the BT module you will also need a Bluetooth antenna with a facra connector. It is only Bluetooth to connect your phone to the car it doesn't stream music or anything fancy. Also you may need a mic if you don't have voice fitted to your car. There is a how to out there if you do a search.

 

I don't know for sure, but I would be absolutely astonished if the '99 had any of the connections for the later year BT connections. The example above, GM 2007 to 2009 probably didn't cross any generational gaps, so the vehicles were similarly equipped to begin with.
I do know that the 99 had no BT facility from Jaguar, add-on or original, although some aftermarket items seem to be out there.

 

I am sure you are correct that 1999 is just to far removed to be compatible with any Blue tooth from a jaguar in a later year. BMW had blue tooth in some vehicles in 2005. I don't know if Jaguar was ahead or behind in this area. GMC did not offer blue tooth until 2009 but 2007 was generationally close enough to allow the later module from a 2009 vehicle to still work when I installed in in my 2007. Thanks for the quick reply.

 

On X350 cars, the cheaper models with the basic radio are better if you decide to remove the radio and install an aftermarket DIN 2 radio using the S-type bezel. The more advanced units use fibre-optic cables and tie into the climate control system. This makes it much more complicated to upgrade to Bluetooth, rear camera, built-in GPS, hands-free cell phone, etc.

Welcome to the corporate culture clash. One can buy a 50 year old car and enjoy driving it, but digital technology has a much shorter half life. Thus, as cars adopt digital technology the tech stuff obsoletes much faster, especially stuff like cell phone integration. I can still buy all the parts I need for my 1969 Alfa Spider and my 1982 G-Wagon, but I recently sold my 2014 Mercedes B250 because the technology is so complicated that when it starts failing, the cost of digital repair will exceed the car value. I replaced it with a 2004 XJ6 and the first thing I had to buy was an OBD diagnostic reader.

This is not what you are asking for, but it is a low-cost, instant-fit until you can figure out what you have, and what mods you can do within your budget.

IMDEN Bluetooth 5.0 FM Transmitter for Car,$16.99 from Amazon

Plugs into cigarette lighter, I set mine to 88.1 FM. Set the No. 5 middle radio button to 88.1 (easy to remember) and I have full-functioning Bluetooth including hands-free cell phone, 4G music and Google/Waze map navigation. The sound is surprisingly good for music and very little FM radio signal leakage. It also has a USB charger point, so I bought a short USB cable and an air vent magnetic phone holder ( ) which keeps the phone powered, and because it is in front of the AC vent, keeps the phone cold.

Eventually, I will buy a DIN-2 radio with Bluetooth, steering wheel control interface and rear camera, but for now, the $17 transmitter does 90% of what I need.

 

Thanks. The blue tooth FM transmitter appears to be the only cost effective solution that makes sense for an XJR that is 22 years old. I was enjoying the euphoria from my (14 year old) GMC blue tooth upgrade victory and decided to see if someone smarter than me could coble a similar solution out of even older and less sophisticated mobile phone/FM radio technology by plugging in a more recent blue tooth module from a newer JAG. Thanks for letting me down easy from my MacGyver moment.

 

Ah its a x308 not an x350 so that will be a no then

 

I have been looking for a simple Bluetooth addition (like many others) for a long time and have now stumbled upon one of the greatest advancements for my beloved XJR. A full touch screen system with Apple Car Play, touch panel heating controls, reversing camera options and sooooo much more. Check out Canavie if you are looking to update your Jag/Landrover and many others. You dotn get great instructions but they have been VERY responsive to my questions and I have to say I am in love with it.

 

Got pics of the new install kit?

 

The older (X308, X100) cars had wiring provisions for an old-style phone setup. That capability can be utilized if one can find a hard-wired Bluetooth setup (think Parrot, or older Motorola hardware--HF850/1000, TK30). Probably easier to install a new head unit there.

For X350 cars that don't have Bluetooth, one can install the BT module from the later cars ('07-09 BT module) using the correct fiber optic harness, adding a microphone (still available new) and an antenna for the BT unit. The particulars have been documented in this and other forums. Non-navigation equipped X350? I'd personally go with a different head unit. Factory nav-equipped car, adding the BT module is probably the best route; that's the route I took with my XJ.