Parrot Bluetooth Car Kits

[cappiolli]

Hi all,

i'm a new user to the site. I've recently purchased my wonderful zed. i also purchased a parrot car kit at halfords (uk based) and they informed an additional lead was required. fair enough, although they called me to let me know they could source the required lead. any ideas. please help. i drive a 07 sport if this helps?

 

[cappiolli]

i have found the sot lead no - 076. i now have the kit installed and is working great.

 

[srhutch]

got my lead from ebay, IIRC £15ish

Which Parrot did you buy?

 

[cappiolli]

ck3000 - with having a roadster i wanted one that can be concealed. the speaker is hiden well and i the unit next to the leather knee pad on side of the - which i can detach and hide further in the foot well.

 

[curley2]

ck3000 - with having a roadster i wanted one that can be concealed. the speaker is hiden well and i the unit next to the leather knee pad on side of the - which i can detach and hide further in the foot well.

Pictures Please

 

[cappiolli]

i will take photos and put them up soon.

 

[srhutch]

Why didnt you use the Z4 speakers?

 

[cappiolli]

the speaker fitted is for talking into, it cuts out the radio and the person i am on the phone to i hear through the stereo.

 

[srhutch]

I think you mean a microphone then, not speaker.

I mounted mine on the steering column, easy to route cable and doesnt stand out.

 

[cappiolli]

ha ha yes you are right. that where mine is mounted.

 

[Broaders]

Don't suppose anyone has a few photos of a Parrot bluetooth kit fitted to their Z4? Placement of the contol unit and the speaker?
I am thinking of getting one of these fitted as I tend to make a few calls while on the move with work.
Does anyone rate them or hate them?

 

[Broaders]

Sorry I meant photos of the microphone not the speaker!

 

[Robsie71]

I have the MK6100 fitted and it is great. I previously had the BMW bluetooth kit in my 330 but IMO the Parrot is a better all round kit.

I will try and get some photos this weekend.

Nick

 

[cj10jeeper]

I have the MK6100 fitted and it is great. I previously had the BMW bluetooth kit in my 330 but IMO the Parrot is a better all round kit.

I will try and get some photos this weekend.

Nick

Nick - I've no experience of the Parrot but what makes it better than the OEM? I've just fitted OEM and it uses the car speakers, MFSW controls for all required functions, stores addresses etc. bluetooth connects, etc. etc.

 

[srhutch]

I have the MK6100 fitted and it is great. I previously had the BMW bluetooth kit in my 330 but IMO the Parrot is a better all round kit.

I will try and get some photos this weekend.

Nick

Nick - I've no experience of the Parrot but what makes it better than the OEM? I've just fitted OEM and it uses the car speakers, MFSW controls for all required functions, stores addresses etc. bluetooth connects, etc. etc.

I would say that if the BT kit in the Z4 is the same is the E46's then the parrot is better, although this may depend if you have satnav or not.

E46 without sat nav you could only scroll through A-Z or Z-A, which is why I wasnt worried about BT on my Z4 as I assume it's the same.

Cost of retro fitting BT is a lot more than a Parrot kit also.

I will post some pics tonight when I get home of the 3200 install control panel and mic.

 

[cj10jeeper]

My experience of OEM is with Sat Nav installed and a phone that connects reasonably well.

I like it because:
Links to car stereo system
fully integrated so radio, cd, etc. fades out when a call comes in and resumes on finish
completely hands free with voice control or use of steering wheel controls
On screen display of calls coming in, out, etc.
Easy Sat Nav/radio input of manual numbers
Downloads address book and gives, scroll, favourite numbers, last dialled, voice control
Auto pairing to whichever phone or car I'm using
Invisible for theft purposes
Adds resale value

Don't get me wrong OEM is expensive, difficult to retrofit and not easily portable to the next car, but 2 posts have just commented 'it's better'

Why?

 

[gannet]

Without sat nav, the OEM solution is frustrating having to scroll one line at a time...

I have had to reorder my address book by inserting some aaa's at the beginning of the most used numbers in order for it to list them first... Still once done it's ok

Has anyone else found that the OEM seems to de-dupe numbers?! For instance I had a contact for 'Work' and 'Office' (dont ask ) But only one of the entries would ever appear to transfer - and it was always 'Work' so alot of scrolling was involved...

 

[cj10jeeper]

OK - so there is one good reason - without the bord monitor there is no clear display to work from :thumbsdown:

Multiple addresses - I have done some fancy work on my Outlook/Blackberry and allocate each contact a category so I have a contact for work, home and fax but just allocate say 'work' that I want in the car. If I did not do this every phone number for each contact and every contact woudl be on and swamp my ULF. The address book then just bluetooths those to the car not multiple. This also enable me to trim down over 700 contacts to a manageable 50 I need in the cars. Very cool

 

[gannet]

my phone doesnt allow categories just groups - but groups are only used for the sending of messages to multiple people! Each contact can have more than one number (home, work, mobile etc) but these just appear as an entry in the list passed to the car system - so if I have 10 contacts each with 3 numbers the list would include 30 numbers - you get the idea too much scrolling and eyes off the road to be practical :thumbsdown:

Lucky I only really use 3 people regularly that I now have at the top of the list

 

[cj10jeeper]

my phone doesnt allow categories just groups - but groups are only used for the sending of messages to multiple people! Each contact can have more than one number (home, work, mobile etc) but these just appear as an entry in the list passed to the car system - so if I have 10 contacts each with 3 numbers the list would include 30 numbers - you get the idea too much scrolling and eyes off the road to be practical :thumbsdown:

Lucky I only really use 3 people regularly that I now have at the top of the list

Some guys far smarter than me on phones got me sorted on the whole Outlook to Blackberry to ULF syncronising piece, once they understood exactly what I needed. I'd suggest a specific thread on this and see if you get someone who can help.