I am looking for some feedback on the various in car bluetooth kits that are available in the marketplace, ie the fully installed kits rather than the in ear jobbies.
I have a Pioneer head unit that offers bluetooth headset features however due to a design fault it is fecking useless, ie the mobile phone can't be within a metre of the head unit unless you are prepared for the caller to put up with terrible interference.
Admittedly for a normal phone this would be of a lesser issue as there is the facility to store numbers on the headset, but as I use a XDA Exec with TomTom, I need the pda where I can see it
I have used an in ear device in the past, but it is bloody annoying.
I have looked at the various Parrot kits, the 3000, 3100 and 3200 all of which would do the job, but I don't know how they fair in reality.
I have used a Nokia bluetooth kit, IIRC CK1W or was it CK 7W that appeared to be a litle flaky when trying to connect to the exec.
Whilst browsing eBay, I have come across these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SIEMENS-BLUET...6QQihZ008QQcategoryZ42419QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ,http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLUETOOTH-HAN...7QQihZ009QQcategoryZ80085QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MOTOROLA-BLUE...3QQihZ018QQcategoryZ35190QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
So does anyone use any of the above and does anyone have any recommendations?
Cheers and Happy New Year
I have been using a Sony head unit with handsfree, A2DV and AVRCP. Its been pretty good and I have no problems recommending it.
dsen said:
I have been using a Sony head unit with handsfree, A2DV and AVRCP. Its been pretty good and I have no problems recommending it.
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Would that be the MEX-BT5000? I'm considering getting it for use with my Wizard.
Yes, thats the one.
http://www.sony.com.au/xplod/catalog/product.jsp?categoryId=22000
Hi all,
Seems the most appropriate place to post this.
I recently upgraded my headunit to the Sony MEX-BT5000. It plays CD's, MP3 CD disks, has a good tuner and and AUX in. It also supports bluetooth profiles A2DP, AVRCP, Hands-Free (HFP) and Object Push Profile (OPP - for contacts) and as is supports A2DP and AVRCP (basicically A2DP but the remote control features) you can also play music from your MP3 player, phone or whatever through the stereo. It works fine with my M3100.
The handsfree calling is good and pauses the music when in call but there are bad points which I've not managed to solve yet such as inability to initiate voice dialing from the unit, the call button brings up a Sony phone menu. It also can only store 50 contacts and doesn't automatically sync with the M3100 like my Parrot CK3100 would. This means you need to decide which 50 you want to have on there. You can assign 6 speed dials to the 6 preset buttons on the front.
The sound from this stereo is far better than my previous Sony MP3 stereo and on this alone I would recommend it to anyone. It also comes with an infrared remote which allows you to digit dial, andswer and hang-up etc alongside all the basic stereo functions.
Hope this might help someone looking to buy something similar.
http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProd...n_GB&pageType=Overview&category=ICA+CD+Tuners
Gavin.
I've had the BT5000 since January, and use it with my Wizard. Its BT performance is the best I've ever seen -- it's the best speakerphone I've ever used.
Sony also has a new MEX-BT2500 unit that's about half the price of the 5000, with all the same BT functionality plus an aux jack on the front panel.
Parrot
I am using Parrot, both the ck3100 without the LCD and with the LCD, and since upgrading to Radio 1.15/1.18 have had no issues switching between them and my Jabra X10 BT Headset.
I am using this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230142025172&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:VRI
Works good for me...
Laubscherc said:
I am using Parrot, both the ck3100 without the LCD and with the LCD, and since upgrading to Radio 1.15/1.18 have had no issues switching between them and my Jabra X10 BT Headset.
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When I experimented with a friend's Parrot unit I discovered that it didn't retrieve the contacts from my Exec, and I couldn't do voice-dialling with it. It worked OK as a hands-free speakerphone but that's about it.
Was your experience better than this? If so, is this because you upgraded your Universal's radio stack?
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When I experimented with a friend's Parrot unit I discovered that it didn't retrieve the contacts from my Exec, and I couldn't do voice-dialling with it. It worked OK as a hands-free speakerphone but that's about it.
Was your experience better than this? If so, is this because you upgraded your Universal's radio stack?
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Sorry for the late reply.
Check the Firmware version on the Parrot. You can download the BT updater from their site, and use it to upgrade the firmware of the BT Car Kit. I had the same issue, but after upgrading to the new FW, the issue was fixed.
I have this car radio too.
Works like a champ on my iMate JasJar.
Hello, i bought Stereo bluetooth headphones JABRA BT 620s. Connected them to maj Uni and phonecall is OK. But when i want listen music the music is interrupting and sometimes the music going slower and slower. It seems like old gramophone whne u put finger on gramophon record during playing.
I upgraded Uni to Helmi AKU3.5 ver 1.3 and radio to 1.14.10 but no change ...
When i connect these phones to my friends mobil SE W710i it works perfectly ... If i asked about this problem contact centrum of Jabra they said that probably Bluetooth hasnot enough capacity ??? I hope its not truth...
Somebody has some idea how to repair this problem ?
Thank you
Me too
Hi,
had the same problem. I tried several tips published on this forum without any success. I was told by the dealer where i bought it that they also thought it would not work. I could bring it return without problem.
I am still looking for an alternative (BT, Stereo, microphone), preferably in-ear solution. Anyone an idea?
Has anyone ever had anything like this problem?
I can not get my device (O2 XDA IIs) to output both channels of stereo audio.
I have upgraded the rom to what i thought was the latest (june 2005)
http://www.seeo2.com/user/XdaIIs/template/XdaIIs_ROMUpgrade_Jun2005.vm
Code:
English ROM
ROM: 1.40.00 WWE
Date: 03/10/05
Radio: 1.12.00
Protocol: 1337.42
ExtROM: 1.40.923 WWE
MMS: 2.0.0.21
BT: 1.0.0 Build 3900
I have tried several different media players, from windows media player 10, sompy media, and a few others, with no change.
I have tried several different stereo headphone/earbud combinations, which have worked on other 2.5mm socketed devices, no luck.
I am dreading the possibility its a hardware issue, so asking around before i start looking for service centers.
Can anyone shed some light? or have a similar issue?
Thanks.
It's a problem.
Your device cann't output anything by earphone?
It can output only a single channel.
The right channel is fine. good volume/frequency etc.
Handsfree kits are fine, mic and earbud works no problem.
It's just when i connect a stereo headset to it, no left channel audio.
I've more or less resigned myself to buy an overly expensive pair of bluetooth headphones to get around this issue, but i wish i didn't have to.
Especially considering the mediocre bluetooth radio performance i have been reading so much about.
And what if it is a software issue of some sort that i haven't seen?
200 bucko's more down the drain.
sad panda.
if the stereo headset it came with dont do stereo
and hardreset dont have any effect
then i'd say it's an hardware issue
if the org headset works then i'd say it's the headsets you try and or the 2.5mm -> 3.5mm converters which are the issue
I have same problem, My XDA IIs has been upgraded to WM6 CE OS 5.2.1933 by Xplode. I lost my left audio also while right audio working fine at my XDA IIs Stereo Headset.
Is it the hardware problem or software problem?
I actually gave up trying to make it work.
I eventually went with a bluetooth stereo headset from sony as a work around.
Does the job.
Hello there. have a nice day. In my car listening to music with poweramp does not turn off during the phone call with bluetooth. So the music doesn't stop. I have activated the bluetooth option but still continue. I use in the car radio, dasaita px3 and 7.1.2 Android version. v2.95 mcu version.
Hello, I have the same problem as described by you...
Did you find a solution?
solved with new update. I am using the beta version.
Hi guys, hoping you can assist...I've had an Xtrons unit installed in my Audi TT for about a year now. One day as I was driving, I was listening to music from my phone via A2DP. Midway I switched my phone to my bluetooth headphones so I could listen on those in one ear. It seems the phone stayed paired to the head unit but the music was coming through the earpiece fine, no sound off the headunit.
Ever since that day, I've had no sound coming out of the head unit at all. I've done a factory reset, unpaired any bluetooth devices, and just tried listening to radio, but no sound comes out at all. I thought maybe the amp fuse was blown so checked that and it isnt that. I've pulled the unit forward and no cables are loose
I've contacted Xtrons to try and see if there's a new firmware in the hope that will fix it. My current build is shown below.
px5-userdebug 8.0.0 OPR5.170623.007 eng.hct.20181206.171300 test-keys
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm hoping its a software issue and something didnt blow inside the unit itself. Everything else works fine, just no sound
Here you are a complete repository for mtcd units.
Select px5 and android 8 (oreo). Select any manufacturer (all rom are compatible)
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Perhaps you need to upgrade your mcu as well.
Check on the repository or on xda forum for your specific manufacturer mcu upgrade