Bluetooth In car Hands free options

[jasvinder]

I am exploring Hands free options other than a bluetooth headset for when I am driving.

I am contemplating between a a pioneer Audio Head unit CD player and can pair with 4 phones. Feed back from a few owners of this headset s very positive with excellent sound quality when using the phone.
( I have not a chance to test my qtek 9100 with this head unit)

The alternative would be a Tom Tom 500/700 - It offer bluetooth handsfree mode with phones and would give Navigation aswell. Does anyone have any experience of the call/sound quality an user experience with the wizard?

What other suggestions are there?

regards
Jass

[itsmewhoelse]

I have no experience with either of these. I use a Parrot, and it works flawlessly. It can pair with 4 devices at once. Prolly the best $199 I've spent on gadgets.

[itsmewhoelse]

I have no experience with either of these. I use a Parrot, and it works flawlessly. It can pair with 4 devices at once. Prolly the best $199 I've spent on gadgets.

[CodeMonkey]

I can highly recommend the Parrot Rhythmn n' Blue MP3 CD Head unit.

I treated myself to one which arrived last Saturday and I fitted inside of an hour on Sunday. It is supplied with an external microphone which connects to the rear of the unit and has a long cord for routing behind fascia and carpets. It paired quickly with my iMate KJam running iMate's latest ROM, synchonised the phonebook (160 contacts) inside of 2 minutes
Note that it doesn't seem to like synchonising multiple numbers for contacts with very long names.
Callers report clear conversations and I'm thrilled with it - the MP3 CD unit works well and has no issue with folder depth (tested with Artist - Album folder structure), the radio supports RDS and Traffic Announcements, and the Bluetooth Firmware update facility is smooth.

Colleagues who've used the TomTom GPS units with Bluetooth as handsfree suggest that an external microphone is necessary for clear conversation.

HTH[/i]

[jasvinder]

Thanks for that Info - I ordered one over Easter and it should be with me any day this week.

Jass

[hongsit]

I have a xda mini s and this does not work with the Pioneer Blue Tooth Head Unit.

If anyone else actually got this to work, please let me know.

Thanks

[imascara]

Hi,

I tried my Audi navigator plus with both the Blue Angel and now with my new Wizard. It connects and can talk .... BUT ..... after some time the unit get into sleep mode and bluetooth is lost.

My solution ... car charger. I can set up the telephone to be up when connected. It does not go into sleep mode and the connection remains for ever.

This solution is anyhow a pain in the back side ... with my small and simple siemens I got in the car, got connected ... now I have to find the cable connect the MDA.

There is lot of information (and for the time being no solution) in the blue angel forum.

Regards.

Íñigo