Car kits

Trampas

Looking to change my mobile shortly and will probably require a new car kit.

Do you need to change the complete kit or just the holder for the phone.

If i need to change the complete kit you would think they would come out with a universal car kit now but then again they would make less money

neacy69

dont know if its much use to ya but the carphone warehouse sell/used to sell adapters for the differant phone to fit into existing carkits the one i seen was to make a nokia 6230 fit into the cradle for a nokia 6310/6310i or u can check with carkits.ie to see what phones are compatible with your current carkit and upgrade to one of those phones

Henry Ford III

I use a bluetooth headset and it's better than any car kit imho. You can hear, speak, answer, refuse, voice dial etc. without any bother.

Mine is a Sony ericsson HBH 602 btw.

I think the Jabra BT250 is supposed to be excellent too.

Plumbed in car kits devalue your car btw. and fitting is costly.

Gary ITR

Henry Ford III wrote:

Plumbed in car kits devalue your car btw. and fitting is costly.

There's a new clip available for the nokia kits now where they don't have to drill holes in your car. It comes out from the side of the radio

drdre

just get a bluetooth car kit ,try www.carkits.ie
they are good.

Kermitt

I assume its a car kit for an old nokia 6310i you have. You can do 3 things.

1.. buy a cradle adaptor (spurious) for €59 and pop it in the cradle and it'll work for about a month

2.. Buy a CA-55 loom and an MBC-15s cradle from any decent mobile shop and switch the cradle only (about €120 all in)

3.. Buy a new car kit (Nokia 7w or the like) and change the whole lot. (about €220 all in) this kit is as universal as they get.. its a bluetooth kit and cradle kit in one. cradle can be changed to suit phone

If you want any more info pm me. (I install this stuff as a part time number)

as for devaluing your car, thats nonsense.. they can be removed in about 10 min from any car if you want. Installation isn't too difficult either.

Henry Ford III

Kermitt wrote:

as for devaluing your car, thats nonsense.. they can be removed in about 10 min from any car if you want. Installation isn't too difficult either.

An extra aerial and holes in the trim do devalue a car.

A bluetooth headset is the mutts nuts. No wires, no holes, and no pointless installations/removals.

Kermitt

If its installed correctly there's no need for holes in dash (have had 3 cars with kits- no holes and at least half i fit into other cars don't need holes - use a €10 bracket that slips in beside radio no evidence once removed) and aerial is also removable with no fuss. IMO headsets are a bit cumbersome but depends on individual preference. also depends on the car, for instance the small fords ka/fiesta/puma 96-01 dont take car kits terribly well cos of the dash shape.

fletch

I have a Parrot CK3000 Evolution Bluetooth Carkiet installed in my car...didn't need to drill one single hole...the microphone clips on to the roof lining of the car. The button to control calls simply sticks onto the dash....I could take the entire system out in about 5 mins with no evidence that it was there before.

Trampas

Thanks for all the replies lads.

I'll decide when i decide which phone I get

colm_mcm

Henry Ford III wrote:

An extra aerial and holes in the trim do devalue a car.

The aeriel used in a car kit is stuck onto the inside of the windscreen and can be simply peeled back off, If the installer has taken the time to use a bracket, there won't be any extra holes in the dash