Hands Free Kits

[Mayhem 1]

Gentlemen:

I am trying to find the best hands free kit for my mobile/car.

I have the Samsung Toca Ultra phone and can not find any kits to suit!!!!

Any ideas chaps because i want to stay legal

[visualdjmax]

I have got a Parrott. (waits for the gags to come flooding in) and they are pretty good.

[wensleydale]

i use a nokia bluetooth ck7 kit- very good.

[Mayhem 1]

visualdjmax

Hiya Mate,

Is it this one?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Carpmonster/18020007.jpg

If so, do you find the reception ok?

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I have got a Parrott. (waits for the gags to come flooding in) and they are pretty good.

Me too. They aren't cheap, but are very very good.

Forget plug in speakers, ear pieces and visa mount solutions - they don't last and the quality isn't great. I have tried many and nothing comes close to the Parrott.

I have one in the van and the car now.

Linky (http://www.parrot.com/uk/products/hands-free-car-kits)

I have the CK3200 which has a colour screen.

[visualdjmax]

visualdjmax

Hiya Mate,

Is it this one?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Carpmonster/18020007.jpg

If so, do you find the reception ok?

Hi mate

I use this one as I play my music through it. We have always had parrot in company cars and they have been really reliable. Just make sure you get an external mic and not one that is fitted into the unit as it will sound terrible at the other end.

[ppentertainments]

Me too. They aren't cheap, but are very very good.

Forget plug in speakers, ear pieces and visa mount solutions - they don't last and the quality isn't great. I have tried many and nothing comes close to the Parrott.

I have one in the van and the car now.

Linky (http://www.parrot.com/uk/products/hands-free-car-kits)

I have the CK3200 which has a colour screen.

Same as mine which I highly reccomend, and agree with your views about other systems. Wish I saved all that money wasted on ear pieces etc etc :D

[Vectis]

+1 for Parrot. The Denon of the hands-free world :)

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

+1 for Parrot. The Denon of the hands-free world :)

Well Pioneer in my case...:p

[Gareth]

+1 Parrot - Great pieces of kit and very reliable.

Gareth

[ppentertainments]

Well Pioneer in my case...:p
Will praise it even higher - the equivalent of having a cortex :D :D (except more expensive)

[Mayhem 1]

Gentlemen:

Many thanks for the ideas, loving the CK3200.

Just one further question fella's did you fit it yourself or was it done by a third party?

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Gentlemen:

Many thanks for the ideas, loving the CK3200.

Just one further question fella's did you fit it yourself or was it done by a third party?

Mine was fitted by Halfords and the second one was fitted by a company on Ebay.

[BeerFunk]

Even if you do have a hands-free kit installed, it's recommended that you avoid using it unless you have to. Your reaction times and concentration levels are siginicantly lessened when you're in the middle of a conversation.

[Vectis]

Even if you do have a hands-free kit installed, it's recommended that you avoid using it unless you have to. Your reaction times and concentration levels are siginicantly lessened when you're in the middle of a conversation.

It's not the conversation that's a problem per se, it's the flicking through the diary and writing down names & phone numbers :p

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Even if you do have a hands-free kit installed, it's recommended that you avoid using it unless you have to. Your reaction times and concentration levels are siginicantly lessened when you're in the middle of a conversation.

And is it also recommended that you don't talk to passengers in your car too?

[visualdjmax]

Get it fitted!

[BeerFunk]

And is it also recommended that you don't talk to passengers in your car too?It probably is!

The difference is that passengers most likely can see the road outside, and will appreciate moments where you're not giving them your full attention as you're concentrating on driving. They can also see you, and pick up on body language.

[CRAZY K]

Even if you do have a hands-free kit installed, it's recommended that you avoid using it unless you have to. Your reaction times and concentration levels are siginicantly lessened when you're in the middle of a conversation.

Some can multi task--some cant ;)

On the thread--yes Parrot is excellent, a friend has one in their car and when they ring it sounds like a landline.:)

[Excalibur]

It probably is!

The difference is that passengers most likely can see the road outside, and will appreciate moments where you're not giving them your full attention as you're concentrating on driving. They can also see you, and pick up on body language.

I know one who doesn't. :(


Our car and van are fitted with Sony players, which have bluetooth built in, so phone calls come through the radio ( no flat batteries in visor units, no trailing cables). USB input as well, so all music on flash drive. Simples.

[Mayhem 1]

That sounds interesting (Ooopps pun alert) what model is it mate

[Excalibur]

That sounds interesting (Ooopps pun alert) what model is it mate

This is mine, obviously discontinued already.
http://www.sony.co.uk/product/ica-bluetooth-car-stereo/mex-bt2500
This is the family.
http://www.sony.co.uk/product/ica-bluetooth-car-stereo

Other manufacturers do similar products, Kenwood offer external mics, if you pay enough.

The one in the car has superb outgoing and incoming call quality. The one in the van not too good, due to bad mounting stability and excessive external noise. Crystal clear incoming, but outgoing poor when travelling.

My son has a parrot in his van and a top of the range one in his car, and rates them both highly, as others do.

[Steve the DJ]

Another vote for Parrot here.

I have an older CK3100 that was installed about 6 or 7 years ago and is still faultless.

They have a firmware updater that you can download to a laptop then update the unit with via Bluetooth so it still works properly with newer phones.

[Spirits High]

I have one of these a THB cc9060.

It's touch screen, voice activated and it'll read out your text messages which can be very funny something akin to when BT had Tom Baker doing it on landlines :D :D

http://www.thb-bury.co.uk/Bury-CC9060-Bluetooth-hands-free-car-kit-with-Dialog-Plus-voice-control-and-Touchscreen-p-16864.html

[Megamix]

for my iphone I bought a Jabra SP700 Bluetooth Handset - £35 Amazon - works very well, no complaints