I had a difficult time getting BitPim to connect to a VX8100. It would never retrieve the phone information and would say there was no device detected.

First I downloaded files from this site.
- Go to Downloads and download the Futuredial Data Cable Drivers.
- Extract those files to a folder on your computer
- When you connect the cable to the computer it'll ask you to install drivers. Click that you want to pick the drivers to install and browse to the folder where you extracted those files.
- Then download and install BitPim. You can use the version on that site, or you can search for BitPim on Google and get the current version (as of this thread, its 0.8.04).
- In BitPim, Go into your settings and set it to the VX8100 and leave the COM port to Auto.

- On your phone, Go to Menu and press 0. It'll ask you for a code, type in all 0's. Go to option 4 (which is Data).
- In Option 1, change it to UART1
- In Option 2, change it to UART1
- Go back to Option 1 and change it back to USB
......You may have to do this everytime you connect the phone to the computer.
......I'm not sure why, but this is the only way I could get BitPim to connect to the phone.

- Now connect everything and it should work.

For info on how to get ringers, etc on your phone, try the first thread here.
....To get to the Filesystem in BitPim go to View & select View Filesystem.

I have successfully used MP3s on a SD card as a ringer, so I know this works.

PS: This does work on Version 4 firmware. I read where alot of people couldn't connect with Version 4, and this is a workaround.

Enabling MP3

Menu
0
000000 (when the ?????? is displayed)
11 (Music Settings)
MP3 Enable

Formatting mini-SD (do this before placing card in any other devices)

Settings and Tools
4 (System)
4 (Manage Memory)
3 (Card Memory)
Options (lower right corner)
1 (Format Card) - your password is last 4 digits of your phone number

Enabling PLAY Shortcut Key (front panel)

Settings and Tools
1 (Tools)
3 (Shortcut Key)
2 (Play Key)
My MP3s

Using Mpegable to convert videos:

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_so...ble_x4_live.cfm

1. Open up MPEGABLE
2. Go to your first step and "Input File" by browsing to your desired file.
3. Step 2, your "Output File", leave it alone. It'll dump it in the same folder as your source.
4. Step 3, "Encoding Profile" is where you will apply your application compression. Since many of you have the 8100 I guess you can use "High quality file" if not then use "Motorola Devices" and hit "Apply Settings"
5. CLick on the "Image Preprocessing" tab.
6. Go to the Cropping/Resizing set up.
7. Under the "Absolute Size" box, choose QCIF (176x144) this is both the 8000 and the 8100's screen size. Hit OK.
8. Click on the "Video Encoding" tab.
9. Under "Video Bitrate", start it at 96kBit/s for now for most files. You can take it as high as you want but I don't go higher than 128kBit/s. It's just not necessary.
10. Click on the "Audio Encoding" tab.
11. Follow the same mentality for your video bitrate settings. It's all personal preference. For the sake of memory, don't go too high.
12. For "Channels", choose "Stereo". Just take advantage of those speakers despite what you might read out there. If the file's too big then dumb it down with "Mono". It cuts it down by almost 1/4.
13. Go back to "Basic I/O.
14. Step 4 is "Start Encoding", the red pill!
15. That's it for MPEGABLE. Once you become a master with the settings, then you can mess with them all you want.


Make sure your videos are in AVI format. This makes it all a whole lot easier.