Aftermarket Bluetooth kit

[damjanev]

Are there any less fortunate souls (like me) on the forum without the bluetooth option on their audio? Has anybody tried some third party aftermarket bluetooth solutions (i'm referring to ones that integrate with the car audio through the ISO connector like the Parrot products, not those battery powered-integrated-speaker products)?

Can you share some experience about the installation and the usage?
- How easy is the installation?
- How about the usability of the radio-mute-phone-call-through-the-speakers feature? Do the sound go through all four speakers or only to the front pair? Any echo in the other side of the call?
- Any phone compatibility issues? What about support for pairing more than one device at the same time?
- Anyone tried a product with A2DP (bluetooth stereo audio) support? Any thoughts on that?

[Scarfinger]

Having looked into the options I'm going to replace the head unit in mine with a double din integrated bluetooth unit. Simply because its much neater and none of the Parrot type kits give me the level of functionality Im looking for (small screens etc).
Have seen Parrot kits used well but its not the answer for me as I dont really want to be drilling holes in dashboards to mount brackets either.

[Daz Jones]

I have a Bury system and can't sing its praises enough. No need to train it to my voice or program any commands. It just works. Tiny touchscreen mounted on the dash. It eve reads my emails.

[damjanev]

I decided for the simple and approach. I got myself a Sony Ericsson MW600 (30 GBP from Amazon.co.uk including international delivery). I ended up solving multiple problems with this one:
- It's a replacement for my old bluetooth headset (SE HBH PV-703) that died on me couple of months ago.
- It's an ideal handsfree and music player solution while cycling.
- When when used as an AUX source it's a handsfree and iPhone music interface. When paired with an iPhone the song title is shown on the display, as well as the caller name from the address book.

[dubster]

Sounds like a great little gadget Jan, nice find mate & thanks for sharing