Bluetooth activating BB's voice dialing

Hi everybody I am using BB Curve 8330 OS v4.5.0.131 (platform 3.4.0.25)
carrier is Sprint.
I disabled the button on the left to stop voice dialing. I use a bluetooth samsung wep 460 and wep 200 as well. when I press the end call button on the bluetooth when i am not in call, then it activates the bb's voice dialing feature and ask me "say a command" .this is the problem. how do i disable this feature alltogether in blackberry so even i press this button on the bluetooth the voice activation wont come. If you ask why am i pressing that button when i am not in a call? it happens when I put the bluetooth in my ear mistakenly that button get pressed and if there was a background sound like squeeke door opening then it will dial automatically my friend Peg. Ouch...LOL
Thanks You

I had the exact same issue when I started playing with voice dialing with the Treo 800w. Here's what I did to get it working. This assumes you already have abluetooth headset that connects with the phone.
Goto Start--> Settings-->Voice Command.
Check the box for "Enabled".
In the window entitled "Check items are voice enabled", I checked the box next to "Phone" and "Contacts". Hit ok.
Now the part that I couldn't find documented anywhere:
On your bluetooth headset hit and release one time the "call/answer button" (sometimes refered to as the "use" button).
For me the button beeps when I click it, the a second later a single beep comes through the earpiece. That beep tells me that the microphone is active on the headset (the bluetooth icon on theTreo 800w will change to a headset icon).
I then say "Call" then the name of whoever I want to call. The phone appears to use the names in your contacts list, so if your mom is listed as mom you would say "call mom" if she's listed as Jane Smith you would say "Jane Smith".
If the phone is unsure exactly what you requested a computerized voice may come through the earpiece and ask as you a couple of things:
please repeat -- just say "call" and repeat the name of the person you want to call
call Jane Smith? -- just answer "yes" if you wanted to call Jane Smith or "no" if you wanted to call someone else.
I really think this could have been better documented. I'm a new Treo 800w user and brand spanking new to bluetooth.
this is what I did to get mine working.
Post relates to: Treo 800w (Sprint)

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