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Old 12-08-2008, 06:38 PM
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anyone know of a discreet one that works through the car speakers, needs to be proper discreet though and bluetooth too
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How about one of the Parrot ones?
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they seem to be nailed to the dash when you look at them, id like a general one where i can just hide it away and pair it
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pm shings off here, he used to fit them for a livving, the one he has got in his car is a nokia one thats just a little button theat can be hidden anywhere
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nokia ck7w, just a little button, can be stuck on easy to remove
, speakers hidden
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What car and how discreet do you want it.. also what phone are you going to use it with.
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its for a impreza, ive seen nokia ones and also not a fan of these either ( yes im a fussy cunt)

its for a d500, iphone and some other samsung thing with a 5 megga pixal camera,,, but aint sure what it is

dont wanna take the phone out me pocket but dont want something that looks like its nailed to the dash either
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oh and if i must have a LCD then it MUST have a clock,,,, STI's dont have em due to cup holders and thats anoying me too
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Only eve done 1 impreza in my life.

You're a bit fucked though- you need parrot stuff for those phones- I wouldn't suggest anything else.

And as its an impreza its gonna need a wiring harness to go from stupid jap wiring to iso which is what parrot runs off.

Who's fitting it?? If its you - you can be fussy and clever about where to mount it- on the right of the steering wheel on the dash so no one can see it.
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id just hard wire it rather than iso,, as ive already cut the block out

what do the parrots look like then ?
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Stick Parrot ck3100 into google images, thats quite discreet, cheap too. Or the LS3200 is pretty cool, easily found for about Ł80 too
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ive had a parrot ck3100 and nokia ck7w

the parrot is MILES better than the nokia, i'd reccomend! theres a better one than the ck3100 out too.

i think there's problems if you run an amp for the speakers tho, so look into that...
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I bought the wife a pioneer head unit that connects to the phone works really well
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i've got a radio that is bluetooth
when i switch the car on, the radio kicks in with the phone stuff and all i do is set it to auto anser and job jobbed

tocuhscreen to so just speed dial numbers and away i go, no wires, no messy instals, cuts in and out without any problems either, no worries

on the other hand, i'm sure that there will be a market for some sort of ipod stlye connectors that just plug the phone into the radio and away you go on the marketplace sooner or later
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