Some of may be interested that I have now had my bluetooth carkit for my 6310i installed. For those who don't know the bluetooth conneciton means the phone does not need to be plugged in for the kit to work.
The install is very simple and low impact. With the controll box hidden all that can be seen is a small remote button to answer end or viove dial calls and a microphone. There is also a speaker in the passenger footwell.
This is the best feature of the kit and the reason I purchased it, that said there are a number of downsides over traditional car kits and if low impact does not concern you I would stick with the normal kits.
These reasons are
1 Cannot use external aerial so reception is no better than without kit
2 A separate cigarette socket charger needs to be used to charge the phone as there is no holder.
3 Most annoyingly of all the technology suggests even if the phone is in your bag of briefcase the kit will work but (unless I am missing something in my opperation of the phone) after entering the car and starting the engine a button on the phone needs to be pressed to accept the car kit. To further compound the problem 30-40% of the time the voice dialling fails and the phone needs to be cleared involving pressing various buttons.
All in all I wish I hadn't bothered and had bitten the bullet and gone with a full kit which would have been cheaper and opperated better.
I am a slave to gadgets and technology
Phil
The install is very simple and low impact. With the controll box hidden all that can be seen is a small remote button to answer end or viove dial calls and a microphone. There is also a speaker in the passenger footwell.
This is the best feature of the kit and the reason I purchased it, that said there are a number of downsides over traditional car kits and if low impact does not concern you I would stick with the normal kits.
These reasons are
1 Cannot use external aerial so reception is no better than without kit
2 A separate cigarette socket charger needs to be used to charge the phone as there is no holder.
3 Most annoyingly of all the technology suggests even if the phone is in your bag of briefcase the kit will work but (unless I am missing something in my opperation of the phone) after entering the car and starting the engine a button on the phone needs to be pressed to accept the car kit. To further compound the problem 30-40% of the time the voice dialling fails and the phone needs to be cleared involving pressing various buttons.
All in all I wish I hadn't bothered and had bitten the bullet and gone with a full kit which would have been cheaper and opperated better.
I am a slave to gadgets and technology
Phil