Member Since: 06 Feb 2006
Location: East Yorks
Posts: 16
Dealer fit bluetooth kit
I have a 2005 MY V8 HSE D3 which does not have the bluetooth phone integration fitted. I see a bluetooth accessory kit can be fitted by the dealer but I can't find out what it includes.
I would prefer the LR kit rather than a 3rd party kit so long as it meets my needs. I only need to call back to the office or receive calls from them when I am driving. I don't need to access the phone's contact book but it would help if I could use the radio buttons to manually type in a number from time to time. I need full hands free and caller ID would be usefull but not essential. External aerial is important too.
Does any one know what the dealer fit kit includes or if ther is a LR spec sheet?
Any help would be much appreciated.
8th Feb 2006 8:41 am
MVS
Member Since: 18 Jul 2005
Location: People's Republic of Yorkshire
Posts: 419
Dealer fit bluetooth gives you pick up and hand up buttons on side of steering wheel. and voice control for dialing, / & cars phone book entries, oh and stereo auto mute.
On an 'S' with no sat nav the numeric keypad cannot be used for dialing, I assume this is the same in an SE & HSE. However you may be able to dial from the sat nav screen depending on the phone. Winger or one of the other guys I'm sure will be able to check this.
I am fairly certain your phones, phone book entries cannot be accessd unless the phone is in the cradle, (not bluetoothed) but the car voice control allows it's own phne book entries.
Hope this helps, my 'S' dealer PTI kit worked OK and is invisible as far as fit is concerned, the factory fit is better, and cheaper as dealer fit is approx£400 + labour, comes out upwards of £5-600, so a parrot kit is as good & a lot cheaper if a bit more obvious.
8th Feb 2006 8:54 am
grommet
Member Since: 15 Feb 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 331
MVS wrote:
However you may be able to dial from the sat nav screen depending on the phone. Winger or one of the other guys I'm sure will be able to check this.
You can never dial from the Navigation screen. It's not a feature, even with factory PTI. (Unless you mean dialing a phone number stored for a Navigation Point of Interest.)
8th Feb 2006 10:40 pm
Paul Lisseter
Member Since: 06 Feb 2006
Location: East Yorks
Posts: 16
Will Try
Thanks for the advice. I actually found a new Nokia 6230. Will give the dealer fit a try.
10th Feb 2006 9:02 pm
Winger Site Moderator
Member Since: 15 Feb 2005
Location: UK
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I missed this one, and I seem to be implicated. Anything I can add?
10th Feb 2006 10:12 pm
andyb
Member Since: 22 Mar 2005
Location: Bolton, Lancashire
Posts: 22
My dealer has quoted me £299 plus vat to have the bluetooth kit fitted. He doesn't seem to know what functionality that this will give. As I seem to understand it from various posts is that you get a red and green button on the steering wheel, the stereo is auto muted and the volume can be controlled from the steering wheel. What I am unsure about is that when you receive an incoming call do you have to have sight of your phones screen to see who is calling. To make calls how do you enter the number. I beleive that you can enter numbers into the cars voice activation system and use this to make calls. Does anyone know how reliable this is ? Hopefully somebody knows the definitive answers to these points. Many ThanksTDV6 HSE Java Black
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11th Feb 2006 11:40 am
MVS
Member Since: 18 Jul 2005
Location: People's Republic of Yorkshire
Posts: 419
Yes you do need sight of your phone to see who is calling in.
You can dial numbers on your phone directly (if it is in a holder).
Or the whole point of the kit is voice dialling, either numbers directly, or by pre storing them in the cars memory, you simply ask it to dial the name directly.
As to reliability the voice dialling works well for most people, sometines it is less reliable depending on the kit the voice is set to use, as a womans voice on the kit seems to work better for a male driver, and visa versa. My wife had a job getting it to respond to her but it was 99% reliable for me.
11th Feb 2006 12:03 pm
10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
the incoming 'phone number comes up on the radio display on mine....
Factory fit BT kit though - might make a difference
11th Feb 2006 12:11 pm
MVS
Member Since: 18 Jul 2005
Location: People's Republic of Yorkshire
Posts: 419
Yup and mine was only in an 05' 'S' so different stereo and no nav screen.I currently have the factory kit in my new one & a 6230 in the cradle.
11th Feb 2006 12:23 pm
wazza
Member Since: 07 Dec 2005
Location: West Mids
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Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
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Wazza, that kit looks really good. Does it fit the D3 ok as the power socket is awkwardly placed ? Also where did you buy the kit and how much was it ?Disco 4 TDV6HSE
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14th Feb 2006 9:36 pm
BrianX
Member Since: 11 Dec 2005
Location: Bolton UK - it may be 'grim up north' but at least you get gravy on yer' chips.
Posts: 217
If you're going to have the LR dealer fit a bluetooth kit, make sure it's the LR one they're fitting. A week after getting my D3, I had the local dealer fit a handsfree (for £425!!!) and on collection it was the biggest load of crap I ever had ('Parrot' or something). I delivered the system back to the dealer three days later, nicely packaged in a somerfield carrier bag, and demanded a full refund. Because it was not LR, none of the proper fittings were used, instead the wires had been wrapped around things and insulated with various ancient bits of selotape and masking tape - an absolute discrace to say the least. I then went and bought the proper Nokia kit, with cradle (not bluetooth) for £125 and fitted it myself - took about 2 hours to fit the 4 or 5 wires. System now works a dream, and charges the phone up just by plonking it into the cradle. To finish the job off, I bought a custom fit bracket for D3s to hold the cradle from www.dashmount.co.uk which did the job a treat. System mutes the radio, uses the radio speakers for sound output etc. Jobs a gooden''
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22nd Feb 2006 12:27 am
Paul Lisseter
Member Since: 06 Feb 2006
Location: East Yorks
Posts: 16
Got it fitted
Finally got the LR kit fitted by the local dealer.
Kit comprised a bluetooth kit and a voice control module. So far it works very well. There is no chance of using a cradle or the screens/buttons but so far the voice control works perfectly. It mutes the audio when call made or received, provides the call answer and call end buttons on the steering wheel. It allows voice dialling by speaking the number to dial and also allows a voice operated phone book to be built up so that a number can be assigned a name and dialled by commanding the name. the whole voice thing works very well indeed. So far no problems hearing me and understanding instructions. Have demonstrated this extensively to wife and four daughters
Best solution so far seems to be to put phone in left central cup holder to see phone screen as necessary.
Generally the kit seems good if expensive. Seems silly not to have the dealer kit include all features of the factory kit though.
Thanks everyone who replied
22nd Feb 2006 7:39 am
BrianX
Member Since: 11 Dec 2005
Location: Bolton UK - it may be 'grim up north' but at least you get gravy on yer' chips.
Posts: 217
Let us know how good the voice control is when you have the whole screaming family in the car with added road noise! ....get used to those immortal words - "command not recognised, please try again...."'
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22nd Feb 2006 10:38 am
Mossy
Member Since: 01 Jul 2005
Location: Hollyoaks, UK
Posts: 2687
Dealer wouldnt even consider retrofitting the LR version on mine.
Instead I have an SE unit - voice dial is over the handset via mike near mirror rather than the LR, and the the phone anounces the caller by voice when someone rings if the number has been pre-regsitered.
It's a solution...
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