Hands free
car kits
Professionally installed to
MPT 1362 specifications
Fully fitted installation
workshops Phone (01392) 270780
will show your
contacts and allow you to make and receive calls without having to looking at
your
phone, it
connects to your phone via the cordless bluetooth connection so your phone will
need to be
bluetooth to work
with this kit.
handsfree car kit and again a bluetooth only
connection. The main difference between the CK3200
and the Nokia CK-15W
is the way its installed into your car. This kit is dependant upon using the cars
own radios speakers and may require
an adaptor lead if your car radio is not din compatible.
Bluetooth verses a cradle connection
Once upon a
time the only car kits available were fully installed car kits with a dash
board mounted
cradle to hold
the phone in place.
The
good thing about this was the direct connection to your phone which not only
gave you
Handsfree but also three other useful
things :-
1. The ability to charge
the phone while its in the cradle
2. External antenna to
improve signal strength
3. The ability to drop the phone into a stable
cradle where you could see the display easily
The drawback is that not all cars lend
themselves to cradles being fitted to the dash board and you could be left with
some unsightly scares, also there’s always the problem when it comes to
upgrading your phone and the new one doesn’t fit your car kit and no adaptors
or upgrades
are available….sound familiar..?
The benefit of Bluetooth is that more recently
most bluetooth phones are compatible
with most bluetooth car kits plus a host of
other accessories.
Of course there are the odd unfortunate exceptions
to this rule but generally bluetooth is now
pretty universally compatible . you just have
to make sure the phone has bluetooth!
A Bluetooth connection can provide data and
audio to be sent cordlessly to the car kit
but it cannot provide a cordless charging
facility or a cordless external antenna connection.
Of course the cellular coverage in the UK is generally
good enough to live without an external antenna and put up with the drop out in
signal from time to time, also you can always use a cigar charger to charge the
phone, its not ideal but it’s a compromise.
The biggest benefit more recently in the life
of bluetooth is the immergence of heads-up colour display bluetooth car kits, as
it almost brings the phones display back up in front of you
again, actually its just up-loaded contact
details from the phone that you see in most cases
and not text messages or other display information
from your phone, but its enough to be
able to make and receive calls from your
contact directory without looking at your phone
which is the important thing.