XDA, Parrot3 and TomTom3

[The Otter's Pocket]

Hi all
I am new to this forum but I could really do with your wisdom.

I have an XDA 2 that I use for business use.
However I need a system for GPS and a hands free driving kit. I suspect that a bluetooth system is the way forward.

However reading these pages I believe that there have been several issues that have caused a great deal of consternation with the TomTom system.

O2 have really messed me around over the last year with their hands free kit. They have been unable to supply anything and with the new vehicle legislation they have been totally unprepared.

The system that I thought about using would be...
XDA2
Tomtom 3
Parrot CK3000

Has anybody tried it and if so is there anything else that I would need, ie cables, brackets, chargers etc.

Regards

TOP

[Jupiter]

I am using
xda2 with TOMTOM3 Bluetooth.

For Handsfree I use a Jabra Bt250 and it work fine.

[Jupiter]

Maybe you need to bluetooth Tools

[EelcoV]

I use a Parrot CK3000 carkit together with my Bleutooth TomTom GPS. It works all very good. The only thing is that the sound of your XDA is not comming via the carkit, but in the future that will be possible (with an upgrade of my XDA).
But for now it works very well.

[IanF]

I have a CK3000 and it works OK on its own. I have had some issues with integrating it with the Car Audio though (new Nissan Primera), but that is another matter.

The other thing I would point out... It is a real pain if you also have a Blue Tooth headset. You need to keep renaming from the Headset to the Carkit and vice versa.

The new version of BT Tools does sort out the multiple headset problem, however..... my CK3000 will not work with the new version, so I am using the older version till this is fixed.

My suggestion may be a fixed mount in the car of some sort, especially if charging the unit is required. That is the way I am thinking of going unless BTTools or the ROM is updated soon.

[The Otter's Pocket]

Thanks for all your help, it is much appreciated.

From what you have said everything should work fine.

With regard to the headset, I am determined to rid myself of this as I suffer from headaches if I wear it too much.
Surely once the Parrot is paired then can it not be set as the default vox unit?

EelcoV
Thanks for that. Its a great relief, however when you say that the sound is not coming from the car speakers is that for the TomTom system? Surely that is a good thing as I don't want my Mozart, Mendelson or Motorhead to be interupted with..."At the junction turn left!"

IanF
I am planning to use my Nissan Navara as my main vehicle for the Parrot kit, is the problem you are experiencing a Nissan thing?

Jupiter
Thank you from the moon of Titan...I will look for Blue Tools.

Does anyone know if a charger and bracket comes with either of these systems.

Regards

TOP

[EelcoV]

With the TomTom Navigator comes a brodit cradle, which will charge your XDA.

[IanF]

I am planning to use my Nissan Navara as my main vehicle for the Parrot kit, is the problem you are experiencing a Nissan thing?


It is in the Primera because of the new Central (N-Form) console. The ISO connectors supplied on Parrot do not fit the Radio, which is built into the console, and there is no conversion kit on the market at the moment.

I was luck and had a Nokia Phone kit installed and intrgrated into the car when I bought it, so I have done a bit of extra wiring to this kit which has made it acceptable.

Check you can get an ISO Harness for your car model/radio.

Ian

[griffog]

With the TomTom Navigator comes a brodit cradle, which will charge your XDA.

That's Incorrect, you can buy Tomtom Navigator as a bundle with the TomTom Carkit, this is not the same as a Brodit (www.brodit.com)cradle.

I'm currently using a Carcomm (www.carcomm.nl) XDAII cradle and it's superb. Available in the UK from TotalPDA (www.totalpda.com).

[Inspector Gadget]

Hi all

Another newbie! I am contemplating buying TomTom3 Bluetooth for use with my xda2 (I want to be able to move it between my family's 2 vehicles). Any thoughts (I am not particularly concerned about the TomTom 3 Bluetooth GPS receiver's limited battery life as I would anticipate using it with a dual pda/gps charger cable)

I believe that there may also be an issue with using Bluetooth GPS and my Jabra BT250 headset together? I see Bluetooth Tools mentioned on here as a potential solution to this - is this a download package? Where can I obtain it?

Any help much appreciated. 8)

[alfiejts]

I'm using an O2 XDA2 with the standard bluetooth software (ie not using bluetooth tools or anyone elses bluetooth stack).

I use TomTom Navigator 3 with their own bluetooth GPS receiver and I also use a bluetooth telephone headset unit as well.

Both work fine - even at the same time.

I've used both a Plantronics M3000 headset and also a Parrot CK3000 in-car handsfree headset.

Either work fine either on their own or in parallel with the TomTom BT GPS.

The only problemmatical area is that the PDA can only pair with one bluetooth "headset" at a time - so if you want to use both a BT car kit and also a separate BT headset, you need to keep deleting one pairing and pairing to the other.
I gave up and lent my Plantronics headset to someone else - and now I just use the Parrot CK3000 car kit.

Oneday, the XDA2 might support the handsfree profile as well as the headset profile, but for the time being we're stuck with just the latter.

I tried installing bluetooth-tools to see if that would give me a hands-free profile but couldn't seem to get anything to work so I de-installed it quick...!