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RE: [OT] car bluetooth kit?


  • Subject: RE: [OT] car bluetooth kit?
  • From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 08:40:36 -0000

Thanks - I've just got the Parrot 3200 - looks pretty good :)

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Mark Townsend
> Sent: 07 December 2006 21:40
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] car bluetooth kit?
>
> Just had the CK3100 fitted a couple of days ago.  Its the tops. 
Changing
> between my work phone and private is very simple and fast.  My work
phone
> is
> a Nokia 6230i and it sync'd first time.
> My private is a Sony Ericsson K800i and we had to object push the
phone
> book.
>
> The installer sent me a link for instructions for connecting different
> phones.  Let me know if you need it.
>
> Mark
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> White, Peter
> Sent: 07 December 2006 11:14
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] car bluetooth kit?
>
>
>
> It does. For the Treo it worked perfectly, for the E61 I had to flash
the
> firmware (a slightly tricky procedure as it requires bluetooth from a
> laptop, and has a habit of blue-screening just as it's completing).
TBH
> though, I don't really use many of the 'features' - occasionally voice
> dialling, but everything else I do from the handset (which is mounted
in a
> cradle). The only reason we went with Bluetooth rather than wired
> (considering we all have cradles anyway) was the multi-platform
> compatibility, rather than being tied to one brand.
>
> I've had S/E & Motorola BT car kits in the past, neither were as
good as
> the
> Parrot - the S/E, in particular, had dreadful (i.e. non-existent) echo
> cancellation. Can't remember the model number now, it was a couple of
> years
> ago....
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@siliconpixel
> <mailto:groups%40siliconpixel.com>
.com]
> Sent: 07 December 2006 10:56
> To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] car bluetooth kit?
>
> Thanks Pete, I've found reviews on the Sony Ericsson kit but not the
> parrot's.
>
> Does it seem to support all the functions of the phones you've tried -
the
> Sony is a bit dodgy with some phones apparently although it does have
> voice
> and voice digit dialling :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
> [mailto:ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com] On
> Behalf
>
> > Of White, Peter
> > Sent: 07 December 2006 10:42
> > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] car bluetooth kit?
> >
> > I've been using a Parrot CK3100 for the past year without an
issues
> > (initially with a Treo, now a Nokia E61). They do versions with
> > better functionality now (colour screen, GPS etc), but our main
> > priority was to get a kit that would work well with various
mobile
> > brands, and the Parrot's do seem to (they OEM for some of the car
> > manufacturers too).
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@siliconpixel
> <mailto:groups%40siliconpixel.com>
.com]
> > Sent: 07 December 2006 10:03
> > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
> > Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] car bluetooth kit?
> >
> > I need some advice on a blue tooth car kit - either freestanding
or
> > fitted
> > -
> > for a present for someone. Any price considered but it's got to
be
> > good. I haven't a clue what's around / what's good.
> >
> > Any recommendations?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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