iphone/bt and microphone placement
04-15-2012, 11:38 AM
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iphone/bt and microphone placement
I just picked up my 2006 yesterday and I need bluetooth, I would like ipod also, but if I do ipod it would live in the car. Anyway it seems the unit from isimple is nice and can be used with the bt module, but from what I understand I can only answer my phone if the unit is set to the BT mode, which means I would have to listen to music via BT from my phone, not from the ipod which would be hooked to the other aux port. This is a problem for me as it will run down my iphone battery unless I plug it into a charger, which most of the time I am too lazy to do.
Option 2 is to run a parrot system, which is what I am leaning twords.
Is it feasable to run the ipod conector from isimple, and still run the parrot? This seems that it would give me the best of both worlds.
Where do most people mount their mic? Anyone have a picture of it mounted? Is there a more discreet mic available? The one that came with my uconnect for my truck is more of a flat mount and really unobtrusive, I am considering trying to splice on into the parrot
Option 2 is to run a parrot system, which is what I am leaning twords.
Is it feasable to run the ipod conector from isimple, and still run the parrot? This seems that it would give me the best of both worlds.
Where do most people mount their mic? Anyone have a picture of it mounted? Is there a more discreet mic available? The one that came with my uconnect for my truck is more of a flat mount and really unobtrusive, I am considering trying to splice on into the parrot
04-15-2012, 02:42 PM
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I am also considering just running the Parrot and not using an ipod just running mp3 cds as I can get alot of songs on a cd in mp3 format, I just do not get the song names. Has anyone had any issues running the mp3 cds?
04-15-2012, 05:22 PM
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I went a different route but I think I got all of what you want...blue tooth, ipod/iphone connection, etc. I bought a Pioneer 930 nav head unit, it came with blue tooth. I have so many ways to listen to music with that head unit it is ridiculous. I can use an Ipod with a cord I ran in my glove box, my iphone via the same cord, my iphone via bluetooth (which is great), a usb memory stick or the micro sd card in the front of the head unit.
Anyway, back to your question, my microphone for the bluetooth is attached to the left side of the drivers sun visor and it works great there. The mic is black so it blends with the visor color.
Anyway, back to your question, my microphone for the bluetooth is attached to the left side of the drivers sun visor and it works great there. The mic is black so it blends with the visor color.
