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This was a replacement for a Parrot CK3100 that came with my car when we bought it last Christmas. I purchased 1 for my husband and now my mom, aunt and best friend have one in their cars too. now I can't live without it. It picks up your phone within seconds of getting in your car and then when you get a call the call comes thru the stereo speakers of your car & caller ID is displayed on the Parrot. If you have a basic stereo Best Buy is the way to go for installation. There is a microphone that is installed near the driver seat so you don't have to fumble for your phone when it rings. This Parrot was one of those things that you never knew you needed it until you had it. Having a Parrot was definately something I never would have done but since it came with my car when we purchased my car used I'm hooked.
Set the Parrot to auto answer and by the second ring you are talking. You don't even take your hands off the wheel. If you have a Bose stereo in your car you need to have Car Toys install it. Enjoy.
Very easy to hook up with additional cable from quickconnect.comWent into a crown vic police car.Sound quality is very good on my end but some callers say that they can tell I'm on a bluetooth of some sorts. The voice commands work very well. This is truly a great hands-free system.
Parrot's instructions are crap. Easy to operate and sounds great. This is a fantastic unit. And their web site isn't any help either. BUT. Unless you are an automotive electrical expert I wouldn't suggest trying to do the install without ordering the adapter cable set that matches your car and radio. With the adapter though it's just plug-n-play. No cutting or splicing ANY wires.
We had issues with another underperforming Parrot product as well and had about the same level of service. But we ended up sending it back. It looks good, it was relatively easy to install, fit nicely under the dash and it was very easy to use. I wish I could say otherwise, because this *seems* to have everything you could possibly want in an aftermarket hands-free device. I sent additional eMails with no response. You might end up going through what we did.
And when the ignition was turned off, the unit would stay illuminated and not power down as it should.The only solution to this (after two calls to Parrot and another to Crutchfield) seems to be to pull apart the dash and reseat all the connections on the main controller, as well as the cable connection on the back of the display. We live in Southern California and it seems that every two to three weeks or so, we'd get the "white screen of death": just a blank white screen, sometimes with an odd warning tone or sometimes completely without the tones you'd normally get when it powers up. Kind of a pain-in-the-you-know-what in my wife's Honda. Add to that having to enter the security code on the radio (I now have it memorized). My wife and I *really* loved this unit. And I hear the 3200 suffers from similar problems.I also have to say that Parrot support is less than stellar. At one point I had to leave a message because no one was available and I waited for a call back for a week.
I finally had to call them again and got an answer to my question. This is not the only lackluster experience I've had with them. I've now done it at least six times and I'm tired. It seems to have an issue with heat. So, if you are considering buying this, think about where you live and if it *ever* gets hot - even in the summer.
and reset all the stations (those too). We considered getting a replacement unit, but we have read other reports of heat induced failures on the internet and didn't want to go through the replacement process only to have this keep happening. Or, for that matter, if the inside of your car ever gets really hot. But I can't.MF
The product works great (would have given five stars, but system would not let me). I like the way it works with five diffrent phones and a GPS. Good system.
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