Like so many of you out there, I have been fustrated and angry about not being able to use my MPx220 Bluetooth connection with my PC ActiveSync. This is the solution that I found today to get the MPx220 to connect with my desktop PC using a Bluetooth connectionfrom the MPx220. Thanks to all of you who gave their advice as how to set up Bluetooth with MS ActiveSync, for using your ideas is how I found this solution. The following is for PC Desktop Windows XP Media Center, SP2 (which I am told is Windows XP Professional, but I assume it will work with the regular XP) with the DLink BT120 modem and the MPx220 smartphone, Version 1.30. The following is no guarantee that it will work for you, but I hope it does for I know your fustration.

1 On the PC desktop, remove your Bluetooth radio device from the USB port.

2 On the PC desktop, go to Start >Control Panel > Phone and Modem Options > Modems. Delete ALL of the "Standard Modem over Bluetooth line..." drivers. I must have had 20-30 BT drivers in this window with COMM ports higher than 9. Probably from installing the BT s/w so many times. This is the key to getting a lower COMM port number, in my case, I went from COMM 102 to COMM 9, which is an address that MS ActiveSync can see.

3 On the PC desktop, go to Start > My Computer (right click on My Computer) > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager > Bluetooth Radios. Delete (right click on the driver and uninstall) the present BT driver (in my case, it was the DLink BT driver). Also delete (right click on the driver and uninstall) any other BT drivers in the Modem, Network adapters, and Ports (COM & LPT) files.

4 On the PC desktop, right click on the BT in the system tray, in Devices remove the smartphone and any other devices that may be paired (right click on the driver and uninstall). Or in BT Devices, do the same (right click on the driver and uninstall), remove any pairings.

5 Optional: On the PC desktop, close MS ActiveSync. (I have tried so many options, I can't remember if I did it this time or not, but it will not hurt). You might have to go to Task Manger (right click on the date in the system tray > Task Manager > Processes > Image Name, and click on wcescomm.exe, right click on it, and end process. Do the same for WCESMgr.exe. This will close MS ActiveSync.

6 Now install the Bluetooth modem in the USB port. Windows XP will find new hardware and ask you to install it. Yes, do so using their recommended path.

7 Now to add the device (i.e. the MPx220), On the PC desktop, go to Start > Control Panel > Bluetooth Devices. In Devices, click on Add. Be sure your MPx220 is discoverable. (On the MPx220, go to Start > 8 (settings) > 8 (Bluetooth) > change to "Discoverable". Hit Done. Now in the Bluetooth Devices window, go to COM Ports and click on "Add" if the window is empty. My results were 2 COMM ports, one at COMM14 and the other at COMM9, that is the one that counts as ActiveSync will see that COMM9. Viola!

8 On the PC desktop, open ActiveSync, go to File > Connection Settings, check or activate "Allow serial cable .........." and select the COMM # that was active in step # 7. Click OK.

9 On the MPx220, go to Start > 5 (ActiveSync) > Menu > 3 (Connect Via Bluetooth...). Do not hit "Sync". If you do, don't worry, it won't do anything. The desktop PC ActiveSync controls the PIM Sync.

10 On the PC desktop, open ActiveSync; hit "Sync" on the icon bar. I hope you get the same results that I did. ActiveSync immediately activated and sync'd with the MPx220. It is faster than the USB connection and so much easier.

11 Now, if this configuration works for you, go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Systems Tools > System Restore, click on "Create a restore point", Next > Type in a <file name>, Create a system back up with this setting so you can come back to this point should you need to.

12 On Restart (and I assume Shut Down will work also), you will have to go to on the MPx220, Start > 5 (ActiveSync) > Menu > 3 (Connect Via Bluetooth...) to activate the PC Desktop MS ActiveSync. Outlook does not have to be open for this to work.

The negatives are that the generic MS driver doesn't quite interface with the DLink modem. While I have great sync with MS ActiveSync on the PC desktop and the MPx220, none of the other functions show up on the Bluetooth Devices. Also the BT icon in the system tray is neutral, i.e., it is white, not green, showing no connection when there is one. I might install the DLink drive later, but for now the current setup is doing what I want it to, it is syncing my PC desktop Outlook with my MPx220 perfectly and faster than the USB cable did. (BTW, if I do install the DLink driver, I will post the results, but for now, I going to let a good thing be.)

I hope this will solve your BT connection problem. It has solved mine. This BT connection is very fast and very convenient. It is doing what I want to do, it synchs my calendar and contact list on the MPx220. I bought my first MPx220 in late November (yes, this is the second one, it has mfr version 1.30 vs., the .0343 I got bagged with in Nov.) and have been working on this BT issue since then. I just found this solution today, and wanted to share it with others who are probably equally frustrated from a lack of support from Best Buy, Cingular, and Moto.

I want to say I feel the real solution is in step #2 above, deleting ALL of the "Standard Modem over Bluetooth line..." drivers, and restarting the entire processs so that the drivers can find a lower COMM port allowing ActiveSync to see the lower COMM port address.

If this doc will help others, please feel free to post it anywhere that it will be helpful to others.

Good luck to all, and I hope this solves your BT problems as it has mine.