new VX8600... how can i sync musi to phone with the cord??

it clear has the sync mode i installed everything i believe and i still cant get it to connect to the omputer.. why would i need the cord if it is wireless sync??

any help

also can someone point me in the right diretion for hacking my 8600

thanks much

What software are you using to try and sync it with? Bluetooth? (if so than no, you don't need a wire)

As Tavenger notes, the software matters. A cable data connection will be faster, but bluetooth will work.

If you are trying to use the Music Essentials Kit -- you need to download the updates available free on Verizon's website.

USB Drivers and Music Essentials Manager Download

The software that came with the boxed "Kit" never worked for my VX6800.

For various options doing this, try a forum search on "VX8600 + Music"

Hmm... IDK ur best bet would be to just get a sd card reader, a sd card adapter for the micro card and directly transfer whatever you want to the card itself.

This question keeps coming up again and again. People keep telling other Verizon users that it will work.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that Verizon crippled the Bluetooth on their phones (modern LG phones, anyway) so that it can't be used for much more than the bluetooth headset or syncing contacts/phonebook.

So is this true or not? Does someone have a Verizon VX8300/VX8500/VX8600 syncing and/or transferring files with a PC or another phone via bluetooth? I would like to hear from you. I personally have been completely unsuccessful getting my Verizon VX8500 to talk with my PC or other phones. I don't know that much about Bluetooth, but I do understand and have set up WiFi a number of times

Check out Personal Area Networking (PAN) and File Momement (FTP) and Dial Up Networking (DUN) in the following chart at Verizon support.

http://support.vzw.com/pdf/BT_Chart_Handsets.pdf

According to Verizon, they do not allow PAN or FTP, but they do have DUN

Is someone setting bluetooth up to sync with DUN on Verizon phones?

LM

I should state that I have been able to successfully transfer music files/ringtones/video via SD card, to sync WMA files through the USB cable, and to use BitPIM through the USB cable. Just haven't been able to do anything with bluetooth (as I couldn't care less about wireless headsets).

LM

You CAN use Bluetooth to do 1) Anything BitPim will do, 2) DUN...Dialup Networking, when you have purchased a phone data plan or employed "phone hacks" to your handset.

Bluetooth does NOT work with Verizon Music Essentials Manager. I think they crippled the drivers not the phone.

Obviously, you need a bluetooth adapter for your computer if it isn't already built-in. (They're $7 on e-Bay...but better ones will cost more like $35...the ones on e-Bay are often "counterfeit" hardware all using the same MAC address and can't be upgraded.)

Having said that, you sure as heck don't want to be using Bluetooth and BitPim to upload music to the microSD card. It's much too slow.

The Music Essentials kit comes with a cable, drivers and software that will allow you to Sync the phone. Using a card reader is faster, as noted in the post above.

Hope that clears it up for you!

Hey, thanks for your answer - it clears most. However I have one question remaining. My wife has a friend who has a bluetooth-enabled phone from some other provider. It is my understanding (according to this friend) that around my location people are sending each other music files directly from one handset to another through bluetooth. Can this be done with my Verizon VX-8500, or is this friend full of it. Sounds like one of the networking protocol that Verizon says will not happen. It was the only reason for me to try to get bluetooth to work - to enable this possibility for my wife. Otherwise, I would be using the SD card or data cable at home.

LM

I'm not an expert at this, but I have tried to send ringtones via bluetooth from my 8600 to another bluetooth-enabled phone and failed miserably. All I could send was my "Address Card."

Maybe other phones are different or I don't know what the blazes I'm doing!

Well, at least you sent the Address Card: Thanks for answering.