Hands-free in a D2

[The_Laird]

Well, my familly finally dragged me into the 21st Century and got me an iPhone (version 4) and I reluctanly gave up my trusy Nokia 6310i.

Trouble is, I really liked the D2's hands free kit, particularly with the phone set to auto answer.

I did synch the iPhone to the Parrot bluetooth that was in the car when I bought it, but I think it's faulty - sometimes there's just a ton of noise; sometimes I can hear the caller but they can't hear me. And I don't much like having to 'answer' the call by hunting for the green button on the Parrot thingy (it's under the armrests).

What I's really like, is the built-in hands free to work with the iPhone, but there's not a cradle for it. So, any recommendations? Either to get the iPhone to work with the built-in hands-free, or another bluetooth option.

[briang9]

Jim , which Parrot kit do you have? I have the PARROT CK3100 which you can set up to Auto answer, and also activate voice recognition for outgoing calls, so gives you true hands free, mine works pretty well with my phone but I have no experience of using an Iphone with it. One thing which is easy to check is whether the mic connection is loose, mine got knocked out when I was fitting my connects2 box and just required re-plugging in, its just a plain jack plug connection

http://www.parrot.com/uk/compatibility

cheers

[The_Laird]

I'll have a look when I get back in the car....

[PsYcHe]

Or... you could look into the MKi9200 which does music and stuff too. got one in the Volvo, works a treat.. Bit more expensive than the 3000 but it's still plug and play.

[The_Laird]

Mine looks like the CK3100, but more square. It might be an obsolete model. But on the MKi9200, does the display show track info from your iPod and how do you control the iPod? Looks interesting as the Dension thingy isn't up to much either

[RanjS8]

Is quality....you can play track via Bluetooth from your iPhone or connect via the iPhone cable and you scan through tracks like an iPod on the parrot screen....the only thing is it hooks up by interrupting the sound feed from the Rns/stereo to the speakers....and unfortunately there is no way of controlling fade and balance so it kinda ruins the sound quality of the music....otherwise very good indeed.

[PsYcHe]

I thought mine did fade and balance.. Have you updated to latest firmware?

The MKi9200 also lets you have 2 phones connected, though only one syncs contacts.

I've got a little HDD connected to it, and there's a little remote control doohickey (wireless) that runs the show.

[RanjS8]

Maybe my inability to find the fade/balance options....I do have the latest firmware....it was the first thing I did

[notorious]

Jim,

Don;t get gragged to 21st century. Nokia 6310i is a phone forever.

Here's my solution: I have both iPhone 5 and Nokia 6310i in my car.

Nokia 6310i is located permanently in armrest. Stock config. This is permanent car phone. Because external Audi antenna is great people can call me to places where normal mobile phone doesn't work.

iPhone rests in my pocket and is connected to Audi bluetooth module which is perfectly integrated with RNS-E.

Two Audi microphones are located in overhead light occupying two stock microphone grills.

Both phones mute RNS-E when call comes to one or the other.

I can even call from one telephone to another if I want to and everything works perfectly.

I have writeup about it in somewhere in this forum.

Originally Posted by The_Laird

Well, my familly finally dragged me into the 21st Century and got me an iPhone (version 4) and I reluctanly gave up my trusy Nokia 6310i.

Trouble is, I really liked the D2's hands free kit, particularly with the phone set to auto answer.

I did synch the iPhone to the Parrot bluetooth that was in the car when I bought it, but I think it's faulty - sometimes there's just a ton of noise; sometimes I can hear the caller but they can't hear me. And I don't much like having to 'answer' the call by hunting for the green button on the Parrot thingy (it's under the armrests).

What I's really like, is the built-in hands free to work with the iPhone, but there's not a cradle for it. So, any recommendations? Either to get the iPhone to work with the built-in hands-free, or another bluetooth option.

[The_Laird]

That sounds more like it, except that I've had the same mobile number since the world began! What I'd really like is twin SIM cards (with the same number). Then I could turn off the iPhone when in the car and turn off the Nokia when I got out.