In all honesty Telematics is useable but not a patch on a modern handset.

Look on ebay.de for one but be sure that it's worth spending the money on when a second hand Nokia 6310i and Nokia Cark91 will give you a far better solution for less money.

Also consider that while the Telematics is as far as I can tell a proper GSM 900Mhz spec 8W device it does not cover the other bandwidths (1800Mhz etc) that the service providers now often use to fill in certain cells of high useage or poor 900Mhz coverage. I think Kevin Wood may be able to confirm or deny this 

Dany wrote on 19. Jul 2010 at 23:40:


If they are not original CD's, that till be the reason why. )They dont like CDR's for too long - ruins the laser)

The Nokia unit is a high power device, not sure what, but I can hold a conversation in my road on vodafone, which I can't with a handheld phone.


Dany - do your homework about how pairing etc works on these, else you'll end up with a brick.  And don't use CDRs!

Dany wrote on 20. Jul 2010 at 19:32:

The one you buy MUST be depaired.  If not, it is no good and cannot be used.

As to SIM, depends what your mobile provider can do, as that varies from telco to telco, but here in the UK, very few contracts allow 2 SIMs on one number.

Dany wrote on 20. Jul 2010 at 19:45:

I believe one has priority, so if that is on and in range, that is the one that rings. But that may vary by provider.

Google translation:
"The unit has been professionally Unmarried with TECH 2 and can be fitted to another vehicle". So I believe yes ^^.

I know for Tech2 the NCDC and the CID but there is another ECU for the CD changer? The one on the headunit?

Wierd thing... I will ask my Opel dealer for that, but I suppose he knows his job! I have to install the module first, but I need wiring diagrams... Can you help me for that? Do you already done this job before?

markspark wrote on 20. Jul 2010 at 21:32:


I suppose it's a provider service that you have to ask?

TheBoy wrote on 20. Jul 2010 at 21:48:


Don't have it... 

Errr, think I once said i'd write a guide for this 

I've done the wiring schematic but never got round to writing the guide 

When i'm next home i'll post up the details 

Bit late but personally I'd prefer the 2013 set up with blutooth car kit, which I don't have yet.
With telematics installed with my 2015 the phone info takes priority over the gps info of the 2013 in the top panel of the display on my CID, so if the gps drops out as it some times does, you can't tell and drive on unaware as it's busy displaying phone signal and provider instead.

The gps info is more pleasing on the eye in the display, the glove box is full of telematics so useless for anything except pens and keys, unless you do as The Boy did and extend the loom to mount it in the Bose shelf in the boot, or you will need a telematics glove box with the moulding to mount the unit in.

Telematics phone works well, but I simply never use it except for the Mrs to ring me when she knows I'm in the car, pay as you go sim has had no credit for ages and I can't be arsed to load any numbers on it anyway. So I use the mobile via its own speaker phone which is poor and means I have to slow to 50 in lane one to be heard and mute everything on the head unit and often turn off the ac. I need a bt car kit, which I would think, sounds like the best solution.

And I thought service providers charge for diverting calls? So you pay of someone rings you, if remembering to divert it each time driving the car...no?


No body really rings me anyway tbh, which suits me, but i would make more calls in the car if I had a car kit I suspect.

This thread has pic of telematics in Bose shelf (along with external CD Changer, as its from my prefacelift, so no CD Changer in head unit)

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1223312555/0

Although, the SOS button is handy for ringing the emergency services, cones, exhaust parts and pedestrians in lane 3 of the m4 all needed quick reporting to police.

How does 2013 manage that function with the bt kit? Out of interest?