Parrot RKi8400 - fully iPhone compatible H/U and hands free
22 February 2011, 12:49 PM
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Parrot RKi8400 - fully iPhone compatible H/U and hands free
I fitted this to my VW Golf, but then sold the car less than 2 months later. The scoob came with a good enough stereo, and my engine is way too loud to bother with a handsfree kit, so this has just been gathering dust.
It's an excellent car stereo, as well as being a fully functional, integrated handsfree kit that is fully compatible with the iPhone (not all are).
The removable face houses the 'brain' as it were, and behind it is a nice tray to put your iPhone / iPod or mp3 player. It will charge an iPod / iPhone, then give you full access to your music on the full colour screen (it'll even display album artwork).
As well as being a radio / media player, it's also a fully functional handsfree kit. You can dial from them keypad, or it has a voice recognition system for dialing numbers in your address book (it imports them the first time you connect).
I left the mic in the golf, but this can be bought for £15 from a number of online retailers. This connects with a simple jack into the back of the system.
Bought for over £240, i'm after £160 plus delivery, or collection from Peterborough.
The condition of the unit is excellent fully working order, with not a mark on it.
A little over kill, but here's a nice long list of specs as well:
The Parrot RKi8400 can offer you a new musical experience. Totally integrated into the vehicle's audio system, conversations and music are transmitted via the speakers for maximum listening quality. The RKi8400 has a built-in equaliser and includes sound effects that can be adapted to any style of music. - It can support any musical source you want: i - Pod, i - Phone, USB flash drive, and even SD cards, Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) peripherals or any other analogue player. You can easily browse through your music library and view the playlist and album covers on the colour screen. The very first time you connect the Parrot RKi8400 to your mobile-phone, it automatically copies the contacts in your mobile's phonebook. Alternatively, access the phonebook and listen to the RKi8400 read out the names. Confirm the person you want and dialling begins. To pick up an incoming call, just press the green button. A highly practical storage compartment is located behind the RKi8400's removable front panel, ideal for hiding your phone, MP3 player or USB flash drive. A special cover provides your devices with excellent protection, whatever the circumstances. To access your devices more quickly, use the autoinsert mechanism on the front panel. The insertion process is quick and you only need one hand to do it. The main functions are all accessible via an elegant rotary button, making browsing through the menus more intuitive. Features The RKi8400 is licensed (Works With i - The auto insert function is really innovative and user friendly. The RKi8400 automatically synchronizes its phonebook with your mobiles phonebook. Without touching the keypad pronounce keyword to pick up an incoming call. 100 Bluetooth compatible more than 700 phones tested. The RKi8400 offers a wide range of connectors that allows the user to play musical tunes from any type of digital or analogue sources. Technical Specification: General: Colour: Black. Send or receive call. Accept or reject call. Volume control. Double call. Menu and phonebook management. Settings and options. Play/pause. Forward and backward. Software update via USB flash drive. Removable front panel with rotary button and numeric keypad. 2.4" TFT colour screen - 262 144 colours. Music: Special music cable with connectors for i - Pod (compatible from 5th generation), i - Phone and USB MP3 players. SD card player and line-in. Streaming audio based on any Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) source. Equaliser: 7 equalisation bands. 6 defined presets + 1 user preset. Audio formats supported: MP3 and WMA. - Bass sound effect (boosts bass frequencies). Automatic volume control. Automatic gain control. Radio: AM/FM tuner with RDS. 36 preset radio stations. Telephony: Automatic phonebook synchronisation. Synchronisation: PBAP, Sync, Sync - ML, OPP, Synchro AT, Synchro Nokia. Automatic connection with paired phones. Training-free, multi-user voice recognition. Speech synthesis of names in phonebook (Text-To-Speech). Up to 10 paired phones. Number of contacts: 1,000 per paired phone. Up to 8,000 in total. Audio: 4x50W MOSFET amplifier. Full duplex conversations. Parrot NR 3.0 noise reduction. Echo cancellation. Transmission of conversations and music via vehicle speakers. Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR. Profiles: HFP, HSP, Bluetooth Stereo (A2DP), AVRCP, OPP, PBAP, Pairing: via PIN code
It's an excellent car stereo, as well as being a fully functional, integrated handsfree kit that is fully compatible with the iPhone (not all are).
The removable face houses the 'brain' as it were, and behind it is a nice tray to put your iPhone / iPod or mp3 player. It will charge an iPod / iPhone, then give you full access to your music on the full colour screen (it'll even display album artwork).
As well as being a radio / media player, it's also a fully functional handsfree kit. You can dial from them keypad, or it has a voice recognition system for dialing numbers in your address book (it imports them the first time you connect).
I left the mic in the golf, but this can be bought for £15 from a number of online retailers. This connects with a simple jack into the back of the system.
Bought for over £240, i'm after £160 plus delivery, or collection from Peterborough.
The condition of the unit is excellent fully working order, with not a mark on it.
A little over kill, but here's a nice long list of specs as well:
The Parrot RKi8400 can offer you a new musical experience. Totally integrated into the vehicle's audio system, conversations and music are transmitted via the speakers for maximum listening quality. The RKi8400 has a built-in equaliser and includes sound effects that can be adapted to any style of music. - It can support any musical source you want: i - Pod, i - Phone, USB flash drive, and even SD cards, Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) peripherals or any other analogue player. You can easily browse through your music library and view the playlist and album covers on the colour screen. The very first time you connect the Parrot RKi8400 to your mobile-phone, it automatically copies the contacts in your mobile's phonebook. Alternatively, access the phonebook and listen to the RKi8400 read out the names. Confirm the person you want and dialling begins. To pick up an incoming call, just press the green button. A highly practical storage compartment is located behind the RKi8400's removable front panel, ideal for hiding your phone, MP3 player or USB flash drive. A special cover provides your devices with excellent protection, whatever the circumstances. To access your devices more quickly, use the autoinsert mechanism on the front panel. The insertion process is quick and you only need one hand to do it. The main functions are all accessible via an elegant rotary button, making browsing through the menus more intuitive. Features The RKi8400 is licensed (Works With i - The auto insert function is really innovative and user friendly. The RKi8400 automatically synchronizes its phonebook with your mobiles phonebook. Without touching the keypad pronounce keyword to pick up an incoming call. 100 Bluetooth compatible more than 700 phones tested. The RKi8400 offers a wide range of connectors that allows the user to play musical tunes from any type of digital or analogue sources. Technical Specification: General: Colour: Black. Send or receive call. Accept or reject call. Volume control. Double call. Menu and phonebook management. Settings and options. Play/pause. Forward and backward. Software update via USB flash drive. Removable front panel with rotary button and numeric keypad. 2.4" TFT colour screen - 262 144 colours. Music: Special music cable with connectors for i - Pod (compatible from 5th generation), i - Phone and USB MP3 players. SD card player and line-in. Streaming audio based on any Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) source. Equaliser: 7 equalisation bands. 6 defined presets + 1 user preset. Audio formats supported: MP3 and WMA. - Bass sound effect (boosts bass frequencies). Automatic volume control. Automatic gain control. Radio: AM/FM tuner with RDS. 36 preset radio stations. Telephony: Automatic phonebook synchronisation. Synchronisation: PBAP, Sync, Sync - ML, OPP, Synchro AT, Synchro Nokia. Automatic connection with paired phones. Training-free, multi-user voice recognition. Speech synthesis of names in phonebook (Text-To-Speech). Up to 10 paired phones. Number of contacts: 1,000 per paired phone. Up to 8,000 in total. Audio: 4x50W MOSFET amplifier. Full duplex conversations. Parrot NR 3.0 noise reduction. Echo cancellation. Transmission of conversations and music via vehicle speakers. Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR. Profiles: HFP, HSP, Bluetooth Stereo (A2DP), AVRCP, OPP, PBAP, Pairing: via PIN code
22 February 2011, 03:36 PM
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You could hear them, but they wouldn't hear you. The mic can easily be bought online from a number of retailers, or even the lovely eBay for about a tenner 
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