Fitted My Parrot Hands Free With I-Pod

Had a little bit of free time this afternoon so I decided to fit my Parrot Handsfree kit,

I followed the usefull guide on here on how to remove the Radio & then it was just a case of plugging the Autoleads SOT-085 into the Radio & connecting the Parrot loom,

No issues at all, Probably the most difficult part was deciding where to mount the I-Pod & USB controller, At first it was going to be in the glove box but when I was removing the centre console I thought it would be good to have it run into the arm rest area,

Couple of pics

Stripped Down



Microphone mounted



Armrest Drilled & Loom Fitted Through



Tidied up at the back of armrest



Armrest fitted & USB Stick Plugged In



Built Back UP & Screen Mounted



Controll Pannel Mounted



All Working



Everything works perfectly & so far I have put 10 albums on the Memory stick, Its all controlled through the little wireless pannel that I put next to the clocks & within easy reach,

Eventually I plan to make a docking station so I can plug my I-phone in & charge it with the cable aswell.

iv had a parrott 9200i kit in mine for a year now would not drive with out one

ex GF had a parrot. noisy smelly potty mouthed fooking fing. Dun't kno where it learnt to swear or say "Mochen Cymraeg" (Welsh Pig)

I have a parrot too. He likes chippies.

Well you wouldn't have anything that didn't like chippies would you?

I got a parrot asteroid off eBay thinking it'd be better than their really good phone kits! Suitably unimpressed, should've got a kit instead.

Diesel Do said:

I got a parrot asteroid off eBay thinking it'd be better than their really good phone kits! Suitably unimpressed, should've got a kit instead.

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Got my kit for £85 delivered, Always had a Parrot kit in my cars. Impressed with the sound quality of the music streaming.

Chrisr45 said:

Got my kit for £85 delivered, Always had a Parrot kit in my cars. Impressed with the sound quality of the music streaming.

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I've always been really impressed with their car kits, but their stereo is a dissapointment it works really well when it works, it just crashes a lot

Diesel Do said:

I've always been really impressed with their car kits, but their stereo is a dissapointment it works really well when it works, it just crashes a lot

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Glad a saw this as I was looking to get an Asteroid - like you I thought it would be a good idea and at least as good as the other Parrot kit out there.

When you say it crashes, has it got up to date software & firmware ? Are other people having the similar problems ?

Is there anything else better out there that would fit easily enough ?

Andy

andymac1966 said:

Glad a saw this as I was looking to get an Asteroid - like you I thought it would be a good idea and at least as good as the other Parrot kit out there.

When you say it crashes, has it got up to date software & firmware ? Are other people having the similar problems ?

Is there anything else better out there that would fit easily enough ?

Andy

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To be fair to it, it's a great stereo. Looks lovely. It's just the crashing usually when you make a call that lets it down. Updating it is on my list of things to try. The phone is really good. 75% of the time the apps seem pointless tho?!?! Must update it and report back

I looked at equivalents and there isn't much that gimmicky if you like toys

Parrot asteroid now updated! Will report back after I've lived with it for a few days, but so far so good!

Cool - looking forward to the update

Definitely better but not used the phone much yet which was the big issue. Still testing. If you plug an iPod or iPhone in to it for music (or USB) it's brilliant, the voice recognition is amazing for finding music. Bluetooth music control is a bit pants by comparison

Lived with it for a while now. It still crashes occasionally but not often which is a huge improvement. It's a computer not a stereo and as long as you think about it like that, it's oditties aren't too bad. It has to boot up when you turn it on for instance, it doesn't go to the source it was last on automatically. Apart from daft stuff like that it's a great stereo and I'm now thinking of trying to find a second hand one for my freelander. Cos it is much better than my iPod pioneer one that I used to think was great W