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***originally posted in P800 forum by mistake - sorry!***
I bought a generic ($40) bluetooth car kit (speaker plugs into cigarette lighter) and although the BT and speakerphone work great with my T68i, the person on the other end of the line complains of a bad echo. I tried it myself and the echo is intolerable.
Encouraged by how well the bluetooth functionality works, and on the theory of you get what you pay for, I'm planning to buy either the SE HCB-30 kit or the motorolla BT car kit and get it installed in my car, however I'm now nervous about dropping $400 to get the kit and installation only to find that the echo problem will be present with these kits.
Can anyone with an Ericsson car kit (BT or with cradle) tell me if the car kits have echo cancellation, and how well does it work?
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Posted: 2003-03-28 18:26:00
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I have the Bluetooth carkit HCB-30 and nobody has ever complained. the more expensive kits normally have echo and noise cancelation!
So you are correct, that you get what you pay for.
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Posted: 2003-03-30 20:44:00
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Why does anyone need a bluetooth hands free in the car? I use the Advanced Vehicle Kit HCA-20, it installed neatly and the sound is excellent on both ends. The phone pops into it's cradle and automatically sets the profile to hands free. Works great!
When in rentals or other cars I use the Jabra bluetooth.
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Posted: 2003-03-31 17:27:00
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Thanks for the input. I figured that the better quality kits would have better quality echo cancellation...
I wired a remote speaker to the cheapo kit and put it in the passenger footwell where there are less reflecting surfaces. This reduced the echo considerably, but it's still there.
A bluetooth kit suits me better since it will also work seamlessly with my T68i and my wife's Nokia. Battery life is so good on cell phones these days that they don't need constant charging from a cradle, and besides, there is no good place for a cradle in my car (Audi TT).
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Posted: 2003-03-31 18:45:00
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On 2003-03-31 17:27, leqc wrote:
Why does anyone need a bluetooth hands free in the car?
Because like @ Lewmar says some people have different make phones!
I for one used to have a Nokia 6210 and car kit!
I now have a P800 and the Nokia Kit is useless to me and i dont want to have to buy a new car kit again in the future if i change phone!
Even if i stuck with Nokia (god forbid) they are notorious for changing the interface at the bottom of the phone.
[ This Message was edited by: Strangely on 2003-04-01 00:07 ]
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Posted: 2003-03-31 19:17:00
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What did you pay to get your car kit installed? Or did you do it yourself? How long did it take?
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Posted: 2003-03-31 20:11:00
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I did it myself, it's quite straight forward, it took me about 2 hours.
It should be quite easy if you can identify the wires that you will be connecting to. There are about 3 or 4 to connect and the best way to do it is to use scotch block connectors to ur car stereo harness.
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Posted: 2003-04-01 01:06:00
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Do you have it mute the stereo and use the stereo speakers? If so, did you use the advanced music mute cable?
Do you have any photos of the finished installation?
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Posted: 2003-04-01 02:01:00
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On 2003-03-31 20:11, Lewmar wrote:
What did you pay to get your car kit installed? Or did you do it yourself? How long did it take?
$50 and it took them less than an hour. Well worth the price.
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Posted: 2003-04-01 02:16:00
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Yes i also bought the Advanced mute kit as i don't like these small speakers quality wise and also clutter wise in the car!
I could take some pictures for you but you wouldn't see much apart from controll button mounting.
To be honest the rest of it anyway is all literally stuffed behind the dashboard.
The advanced mute kit works well but the only problem with it is that it completly mutes the audio.
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Posted: 2003-04-01 19:58:00
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