Would an MV6 Omega have this facilty Dave?
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Y reg.
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Many top end cars have this. I've been in Jag, Volvos and BMWs with built in car phones. All have different methods of dealing with the SIM card issue though.
One solution would be bluetooth built in and a way of charging the phone at the same time, but that sort of defeats the purpose.
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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and a way of charging the phone at the same time,
Just buy a charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter.
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One solution would be bluetooth built in and a way of charging the phone at the same time, but that sort of defeats the purpose.
The Nokia kit CK - 7W kit with the cradle MBC - 15S. The kit is also a bluetooth device, so the option of either bluetooth or hardwired can be used. And there is an external aerial fitting option for the cradle.
So the best of all options for users with the right Nokia handsets.
Pity other 'phone maufacturers have not copied.
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Would an MV6 Omega have this facilty Dave?
No idea Adam.
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No probs Dave.
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I received my O2Blue headset last week free from 02 (long story involving some awful customer service) and I'm very *very* impressed.
My work phone is Nokia, and my own phone is a Sony, so having a kit wired into the car would only have solved half the problem, and I agree with NW that the way some are mounted are a bit of a safety risk if you're thrown forwards into the cradle.
Contrary to advice I was given on here a few weeks back, I have been able to pair my headset with two phones at once - you can choose which one takes priority, so I just switch them around when I finish work. Bluetooth on all the time does drain the batteries, so I only turn it on when I'm in the car. You also have to remember to charge the headset but mine came with a cigarette lighter attachment.
No problems so far, and a big vote in favour of bluetooth.
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No the advice you got was right, you can pair a phone or a headset with lots of things. They just cant all be "active" at the same time. So the advice was right - you can only operate one phone at a time.
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Jabra BT200. MOst reviews say its the most comfortable device to wear, and I agree.
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Jabra BT200. MOst reviews say its the most comfortable device to wear, and I agree.
I have a Jabra BT200, which I bought second-hand. It seems to lose charge though, even when switched off. Since you seem to own one, do you have any idea whether that's a general thing? Or have I bought a duff one.
Bit annoying, as the plan was to leave it in the car all the time switched off, and only use as necessary. (not often, not one ever calls me :( )
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Cant say I have noticed that problem, but then my useage pattern may not show it up.
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Er.. no.
For example,
Both phones are paired with the headset and switched on. I'm talking on phone 1 and phone 2 rings, which I hear in the headset. I can decide whether to end the call on phone 1 and take phone 2, or reject phone 2 and carry on with phone 1.
So both phones are active.
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Not if you have to kill the conversation on one of the phones they are not.
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"a bit of a safety risk if you're thrown forwards into the cradle."
I agree, turning up in court with Nokia written in mirror writing on your forehead would look as a half hearted sponsorship deal...
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"a bit of a safety risk if you're thrown forwards into the cradle." I agree, turning up in court with Nokia written in mirror writing on your forehead would look as a half hearted sponsorship deal...
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I was thinking more about being a passenger and turning up in hospital with a cradle implanted in your right knee.
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I agree, turning up in court with Nokia written in mirror writing on your forehead would look as a half hearted sponsorship deal...
But some of us are well-enough behaved that we don't end up in court very often ;-)
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No probs Dave.
Adam, forgot to mention,
If the stereo has 10 preset station buttons instead of the usual 6, then it should take a phone's SIM card.
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I think vodafone can do two sims on the same number. Don't think any of the other networks do it (might be wrong).
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oops - I meant to quote the message RE: being able to put a SIM into a vauxhall stereo but it being a pain to keep swapping them above my last message!
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Going back to the original question:-
Bluetooth or usual handsfree?
I have made this point before, so please exscuse me. The bog standard wired handsfree is effective and very good value, it costs about £5 from Teco - more if you buy the Nokia version.
Have it set to auto-answer, have the earpiece end either in your ear or in the top pocket of your shirt or jacket.
A very simple answer to what can be a difficult question.
On a different, but connected point, I am amazed at the number of drivers, especially professional drivers who are still using hand-held phones. Recently I saw a brewery driver reversing his artic into a space outside a pub, whilst on his hand-held phone. WHY DO THEY DO IT?
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I thought I'd revive this (not least to prove that I had actually done a forum search!) to report that I today entered the world of bluetooth by buying a neat little bluetooth gizmo that you clip to your sun visor which combines a mike and a speaker and has a claimed 15 hours talk time.
I have a redundant Nokia hard wired kit in my car but I'd been holding off getting a headset simply because I think you look like a complete and utter eejit with them on.
This came from the Link for £49.99 and it comes with an in car and a mains charger and if I ever find a valid reason to have a bluetooth loudspeaker device in my home or office I can take it with me.
Pretty neat and seems to be a solution to the conundrum expressed in this thread.
I'm conscious this sounds a bit like an ad masquerading as a posting, but I assure you I have no connection etc, in fact I'm not even going to mention the name of the product (unless you ask me nicely)
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...and the TomTom 700 I bought last week has Bluetooth, so you can download your contact list to it and it works as a hands free phone (mike is built into the mount)
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My new Leon has a bluetooth kit fitted at the factory, it loads the phones contents onto the cars memory and displays the name and number of the caller on the dash. Everything controled via the steering wheel buttons and wiper stalk buttons. I have to say it works very well indeed.
Pro's:
Very neat and tidy, clear display infront of the driver.
Con's:
As mentioned above, the phone isn't being charged, and is using it's own ariel, so there are times when it goes out of signal.
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This came from the Link for £49.99 and it comes with an in car and a mains charger
Is it the same as this one?
www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/3625.htm
LIDL had this exact same one on offer a few weeks ago for £35 IIRC. They had a few left when I was in the shop and kicked myself afterwards for not buying it when I saw the price they were going for at mobilefun.co.uk.
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Nsar, as you plan to use it in your office as well as the car, keep it away from your computer monitor if it's not a flat screen TFT, as the magnet on the back of the bluetooth device that secures it to the sunvisor clip will screw up old crt monitors. Also keep it away from your pc base station as it *may* well wipe data from the hard drive.
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Just bought a Parrot bluetooth kit. It is excellent. Voice controlled and it copies your phone memory into it so no need to touch phone. Controlled from small dash mounted box with LCD display. Plays through front stereo speakers and mutes stereo automatically. Only downside is that phone battery is not being charged and phone aerial may not be ideal position. Cost under £100 from Justcarkits.co.uk
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A little bit off thread maybe but....
For all those of us with a Nokia 6310 phone kit and having been given phone "upgrades" to Nokia 6230i's or similar you can buy a CARK91 kit from most retailers (High St or online) for £30-40 which converts your old cradle to accept the new phone. Basically it's a insert which sits in the old cradle and attaches to your power supply, antenna etc. My kit is wired into the stereo so it cuts out the radio etc. Had to replace my first CARK due to it being faulty - however the new one works fine ( 6 months now) - saves using blue tooth - which is power hungry.
IMO new phones have very poor battery life - probably due to their increased functionality etc. so I find the old fashioned conversion works well for me.
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IMO new phones have very poor battery life - probably due to their increased functionality etc.
straying a bit from the topic, but it's a really silly bit of design, that low battery life. Surely it'd be quite easy to build them with a battery twice as big without making the phone huge?
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you can buy a CARK91 kit from most retailers (High St or online) for £30-40
www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/5134.htm £24.95 + £2.50 p&p.
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Yep - I have one of these adapters. Its OK but find that there is no phone ring in the car, the radio just cuts out and the phone auto-answers as set up to do so.
It does not use the extra aerial with CARK-91, but the phone's internal aerial.
I have gone back to refurbished 6310i, so am very happy with the CARK-91, although I miss the loudspeaker function of the 6230i.
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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I'm going to invest in the Parrot 'rhythm n blue' headunit replacement, with built in bluetooth. seems a good way of getting bluetooth functionality!
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