Customer Rating:  
Summary: Buyer Beware!
Comment: Parrot has quite a way with the customer. If you install this and it doesn't work because they had the wrong phone listed as "compatible", tough luck for you. Parrot is so right they're wrong. They will not admit an error and will not give you so much as an apology. I would avoid them at all costs.
Customer Rating:
Summary: easy to install and use
Comment: I made sure to get the fancy adapter harness so that the unit would plug directly in to the stereo (read: no splicing or wiring, just plugging connectors) of a 2005 Toyota Tacoma, unit works like a charm!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Product
Comment: I have 3 of these devices (1 professionally installed and 2 installed personally). All units work very well. The voice dial feature is excellent. I have also had a Motorola bluetooth car kit and the Parrot works much better than the Moto kit. I have these units working with a Blackberry and a Treo with no issues. I would recommend these to anyone. My only issue was the self-install is very complex. I would only recommend self install to those accustomed to car electronics installations.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great product with sound system integration
Comment: I bought this product based on several reviews when I was researching this. My main criteria was good sound quality and ease of installation.
The installation was very straightforward going into our 2009 Toyota Corolla. The wire harnesses it comes with are designed for European cars (mostly VW), so don't expect everything to just plug in. If you want to use the car speakers for sound (and not get an external speaker), you'll have to cut wires on the Parrot and the car radio harness in order to interrupt the speaker inputs going to radio. You'll also need to find the radio mute wire if you want the sound system to mute when the phone rings (for cars that don't have a mute input, you can use a relay to interrupt the accessory to the radio).
The installation took about 3 hours, and the system worked flawlessly. When the phone rings or when I make a call (either through phone or Parrot device), and car stereo sound mutes, and the call goes through the front car speakers and sounds crystal clear. I was so please that I bought another one for our other car, which I haven't installed yet.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Works great with the HTC Touch ... 90% of the time
Comment: If you're anything like me, you've probably been coaxed (or coerced) by you're friendly local law enforcement into buying a bluetooth solution for your car. I've owned bluetooth headsets for about 3 years, but the newest California State law mandates that by July 1, 2008, drivers must be handsfree or they WILL be ticketed (with exceptions of course i.e. emergencies). My habitual forgetfulness, namely me leaving my BT headset at home a couple days a week, led me to insist on a solution that was impossible to forget. Enter the Parrot CK3100.
Be prepared to spend -AT LEAST- $250 for purchase AND installation. And again, if you're anything like me, for the love of god DON'T try this install yourself. Complicated is an understatement.
Professional installation takes about 2 hours. Once complete, ask to sync your phone with the unit BEFORE you leave. Good technicians will have already tested their own BT devices during install. If everything goes well, the unit will sync and download your contacts database and call log. Then just record your "keywords" into the device, and you're off and running.
Calls have never been easier or distraction-free to place while behind the wheel. Simply speak "PHONE", your stereo will mute, then either the Parrot -OR- your phone (depending on your preference -AND- whether your phone supports voice-dialing) will prompt you for a voice-dial entry. Speak, and the device places the call. To hang up, merely speak "HANG UP". Couldn't be easier.
There are, however, a couple of cons with the device.
First, after you startup your car, speak "PHONE" and every time you could be waiting as long as 20 seconds until the unit prompts you for a voice input. I've just gotten used to saying "PHONE" when I get in my car, to activate the unit. Just unnecessary considering how well the unit performs otherwise.
Second, and thankfully NOT in the middle of a call, the unit stalls and then resets ... usually right after I say "PHONE". Irksome.
Third, think of good keywords to use, PLEASE. People start to wonder about you when, at the end of your conversation, you exclaim "HANG UP". ... What? No not you, HANG UP! Why? Why what? No, it's this darn thing I have to talk to it to hang up HANG UP!! Okay!!! NO!!! WHAT!?!?! HANG UP!!!! WHADDYA WANT ME TA DO!!?!?! NO HANG UP!!!!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?!?!! You'll find yourself in the next Abbott and Costello routine.
Save some lives, save your own, save the time it takes to dial a number, and buy yourself a Parrot CK3100. Worth it.
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