RE: Nokia 6310i

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxx>]

Oi!  I've got a 320 (upgraded from a TT, even more of a hairdressers
car).

Despite your misplaced assumption of my profession, I'll share my
Bluetooth
experiences...

I installed the Parrot CK3000 a few months ago in the SLK, and use it with
a
6310.  It cost around ?130 from Expansys via another group buy. 
Depending
on your head unit, the connections you'll need to make are scotchloks
into
the speaker wires and phone mute, and power.  I got a separate speaker
as I
didn't want to tap into the audio speakers.  It all works reasonably
well,
top up or down.  People occasionally complain of me sounding like a
robot (I
don't normally, honest), but they can still hear me fine.  You'll also
need
to run the mic around to the sun visor, and the hangup/connect button
needs
to go somewhere.  It all took me about 90 mins to fit, but most of
that time
was taken in trying to get the headunit back in without the massive clump
of
wiring getting in the way!

The CK3000 has an Erricsson chip in it, so if used with a T68i, you get
a
new menu on the phone and voice announcement of who's calling
(presumably
you would have already stored this in the phone).  With the Nokia, all
you
get is voice dialling for the 10 (maximum) you'll have stored,
otherwise
you'll need to use the handset.  My main reason for getting the Parrot
was
that I didn't want a phone holder in the car, and didn't see a need for
an
external aerial or power supply.  The 6310 easily lasts a day on
full
charge, even with 3 or 4 hours of calls, and the reception is always
pretty
good (now that we're on Vodafone, Cellnet was truely shite, especially
on
the M25).

I'll be keeping the car for a couple of years, and will probably change
my
phone at least twice over that period, so having a Bluetooth kit
obviously
allows you to do that without changing the kit (assuming the new phone
is
Bluetooth, which of course it will be).  I suspect that the Nokia kit
would
be higher quality than the Parrot, but at the time it was not
available.

HTH

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Mouser [mailto:rmouser@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 September 2002 16:27
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Nokia 6310i


Hairdresser? No not any more.........

The car before the Porsche was a Merc 320SLK, now that's a proper
hairdressers car!


Many Thanks 
Rob 
Rob Mouser 
rmouser@xxxxxxx 
rob@xxxxxxx 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 September 2002 16:16
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Nokia 6310i


> (And for the car buffs....a Porsche Boxster 'S', 

HAIRDRESSER!!!

Mark (JEALOUS) McCall