What is the best car head unit for use with the SGS i9000?

[dmulligan]

I am looking for a car stereo with the following features for use with my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 phone. Most of these via bluetooth of course.
- navigate through and select tunes, podcasts, and audiobooks
- stream audio
- Display caller id and allow me to answer the call or ignore it
- bluetooth hands free calling
- associate with my phone when I start the car so I don't have to pull it out of my pocket
- pause the audio when there is an incoming call or I place a call via the stereo
- be able to place calls using the address book in the phone

Can all of this be found in one unit? Am I hoping for too much?

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[AllGamer]

mine is a bit old but it's amazing Clarion CZ509
http://www.clarion.com/us/en/produc.../cd/CZ509/us-en-product-pf_1172409026831.html
does all of the above and more

 

[dmulligan]

Have you tested this with an i9000 or at least similar?

How does it work with your audio library?

Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

 

[AllGamer]

using my deck, you can control the phone audio/video stream, and vice versa, as in you can also use your touch screen to control the audio/video as you would normally do, and the car plays the sound.

the remote control works as well, i barely use my remote control as i seat a arms/finger length distance of the deck controls

it uses the standard A2DP Bluetooth controls, it's very natural.

another ability of the deck i'm using in my car, it lets you choose USB, so you can actually hookup the usb/charger wire from the SGS i9000 to the car USB, and it will both play and charge your phone!

this will save your phone battery (bluetooth sucks up a lot of power) so you will only use the bluetooth to talk for incoming/outgoing calls

you just touch a button on the deck to start talking, you can also dial from the deck, but is faster to use the phone to dial.

when you have the phone connected via USB to the deck, you wont be able to use the bluetooh A2DP to control the playback, but you still have the deck controls and the remote control that comes with the deck.

go to the website and read the PDF manual for more details, all i can say is i'm extremely happy and sastified with this setup

you can also just use a regular USB stick to play audios from the deck.

I don't even carry CDs in my car anymore, I loaded my entire music library in a 32GB USB stick, or use my phone to play audio, my phone usually will have the latest song i download from the net, as i always forget to update my USB stick with the latest songs

 

[Reefermattness]

This is what I am using, and I get full features from mine.

Music controls on handset or deck both work (and remote).
Caller ID/Missed Call/Call log scrollable menu on deck screen.
BT phone audio through speakers with included in car mic.
Full audio volume control.
Charging from USB port (with regular USB cable, some companies like Alpine you need their specific cable) and thumb drive play capability.
3.5 aux jack

http://mobile.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL028626&pathId=142&page=1

 

[gtg2]

Shoot. I was || this close to getting the Clarion CZ509 but I only found it at 2001 Audio/Video and I don't like those guys much. Instead, I just had the Sony MEX-BT3800U unit installed. I've only started playing with it but I understand it has the same capabilities of the Clarion and a great interface on the deck face.

 

[gtapias]

FH-P8000BT; Voice Dial

Has someone tried the Pioneer FH-P8000BT? I uderstand it's a nice option but don't know if it works ok with Galaxy S's.

Also, is any of the head units mentioned above able to dial by voice? Is it functional?

 

[Leonard1818]

Help with CZ509

Hi AllGamer,

I tried to send you a PM but I'm not sure if it worked as it's not sitting in my outbox (perhaps there's a post count limit before we can PM).

Anyway, I'm hoping you can help me out. Here's essentially what I said in the PM:

I noticed that you have gotten most everything to work with your clarion cz509 HU. I too have the same HU in my car but I can not get the functionalities to work properly. I used to have an LG voyager and while it did not do ANYTHING except bluetooth, it did do that well. It did not do phonebook or streaming audio but the BT would pair automatically every time I got into the car.

I now own a Samsung Fascinate (Verizon) and I can't even get the BT functionality to work properly. I can get it to pair (and once paired it works fine) but it does not seem to auto pair when I return to the car. I also can not seem to get any of the other functions to work. I realize it's a bit different than your handset but my questions to you are:

1. Is there something setting-wise that I need to change on the actual HU itself?

2. Is there anything to do with settings on the phone that I need to look into?

3. I can't even get it to do audio through USB. Is there something I need to do (on the phone end) to get this to work properly?

I would be satisified with JUST the bluetooth working and auto pairing when I get into the car. I don't need the phonebook or the streaming audio or even the music via USB (I can just use my iPod) but I would like the BT to work at least. The engrish manual that came with the CZ509 is less than helpful.

I'm hoping you may be able to provide some insight.

Thanks!