So, we here are CellRants.com got our hands on the Parrot 3200 Bluetooth Car Kit.
The Parrot 3200 car kit is a nice little system that should be professionally installed unless you have knowledge of your car’s audio system. I will admit I was a bit intimidated with the installation process and paid my dealership to install it for a cost of $100 USD.
You will need to connect it to your car’s speaker system. In my case, it would require removing the dash board, and being that the car I have is a brand new, not even 2 months old, and my experience installing anything in a car is limited, I was a bit hesitant to do it on my own. So, I paid my dealership 100 bucks, and they got it done in 30 minutes with me watching. It probably would have taken them 15 had I not been watching over the guys shoulder, and probably would of taken me an hour if I done it on my own. The instructions included with the kit were very good, and even the most novice of people can follow it.
Once the Unit is installed in your car, all you really have to do is pair up with your phone, and that is as easy as pairing your phone up to a headset that sits on your ear. You can have up to 5 phones paired to the 3200. It will also sync with the address book on your phone. It also allows for you to set up voice dialing.
After I got everything set up to my liking, I decided to wait for my first phone call. 1 hour passed; 2 hours passed; 5 hours passed, then finally it rang. I was excited; I jumped for joy.
To hear the call through my car’s speakers was really cool, and the clarity was great. I kept the person I was talking to on the phone and drove around with the windows cracked. They said they heard a little wind but it wasn’t bad, and they still could hear me perfectly.
After receiving my first call after 5 hours of waiting, I decided to make a call myself. I already pre-programmed the 3200 with some names and numbers for the voice dialing feature. I tried it out, and it worked. This impressed me because the voice dialing feature on my phone never works on the first try. Needless to say I was pretty stoked.
Just a note, if you are listening to music or the radio in your car and you receive a call, don’t worry, the 3200 will mute out the radio and bring in the call when you answer it. You do not need to manually lower your radio when you answer a call.
The 3200 Kit includes a little LCD screen that will display the picture of the person that is calling you along with their name and number.
Overall the Parrot 3200 is a great little unit. It delivers crystal clear sound over your car’s speakers. It’s easy to install if you are familiar with your cars workings, and if not, I was quoted as little as 50 dollars to install it. (I chose a dealership so I wouldn’t void my car’s warranty). The unit is simply great, and for that, we award it our 5 Star Kick Ass award.
The Parrot 3200 is available from Parrot.com for $250 USD. There is a GPS version available also the Parrot 3400 for $289.99. But can be found over at Amazon.com for much less.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
The Parrot 3200 car kit is a nice little system that should be professionally installed unless you have knowledge of your car’s audio system. I will admit I was a bit intimidated with the installation process and paid my dealership to install it for a cost of $100 USD.
You will need to connect it to your car’s speaker system. In my case, it would require removing the dash board, and being that the car I have is a brand new, not even 2 months old, and my experience installing anything in a car is limited, I was a bit hesitant to do it on my own. So, I paid my dealership 100 bucks, and they got it done in 30 minutes with me watching. It probably would have taken them 15 had I not been watching over the guys shoulder, and probably would of taken me an hour if I done it on my own. The instructions included with the kit were very good, and even the most novice of people can follow it.
Once the Unit is installed in your car, all you really have to do is pair up with your phone, and that is as easy as pairing your phone up to a headset that sits on your ear. You can have up to 5 phones paired to the 3200. It will also sync with the address book on your phone. It also allows for you to set up voice dialing.
After I got everything set up to my liking, I decided to wait for my first phone call. 1 hour passed; 2 hours passed; 5 hours passed, then finally it rang. I was excited; I jumped for joy.
To hear the call through my car’s speakers was really cool, and the clarity was great. I kept the person I was talking to on the phone and drove around with the windows cracked. They said they heard a little wind but it wasn’t bad, and they still could hear me perfectly.
After receiving my first call after 5 hours of waiting, I decided to make a call myself. I already pre-programmed the 3200 with some names and numbers for the voice dialing feature. I tried it out, and it worked. This impressed me because the voice dialing feature on my phone never works on the first try. Needless to say I was pretty stoked.
Just a note, if you are listening to music or the radio in your car and you receive a call, don’t worry, the 3200 will mute out the radio and bring in the call when you answer it. You do not need to manually lower your radio when you answer a call.
The 3200 Kit includes a little LCD screen that will display the picture of the person that is calling you along with their name and number.
The Parrot 3200 is available from Parrot.com for $250 USD. There is a GPS version available also the Parrot 3400 for $289.99. But can be found over at Amazon.com for much less.
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