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Offline fab5freddy

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6630 on: June 11, 2014, 07:03:32 pm »
^^^ Good job Tommy, that looks great  :happy2:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6631 on: June 11, 2014, 07:22:56 pm »
Well after a dilema of how to get bluetooth into my car I finally settled on a Parrot Asteriod Mini.

I originally had a Pioneer AVX3500DAB fitted and my wife absolutely hated it so I had it taken out. Plus the radio reception was shocking too.

Anyway we had a Parrot MKI9200 in the last car and she liked that as the voice dialling worked great, as well as having full ipod control too.

I went to get one of those fitted today and then spotted the Asteroid Mini before I pulled the trigger. They gave me a demo of it and I was sold on it so I gave the go ahead on that, especially when they said they could do it now.

I really wasn't sure where to have the screen and the control buttons installed as there are very few places on the MK5 dash for things like this to go without it looking terrible. I borrowed the screen and showed them where I wanted it to see if it would work there and it did. It sits quite out of the way and only obscures 0-1000 revs which I'm really not bothered about seeing anyway.

So far the system has performed really well and the speech recognition is fantastic, especially as I can tell it to find a track out of the thousands on my ipod and it will just play it.

What do you guys think?









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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6632 on: June 11, 2014, 08:00:22 pm »
looks like a nice bit of kit buuuut what if you get a warning light come up on the dash, you may not see it.  :scared:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6633 on: June 11, 2014, 08:20:06 pm »
Now that would PROPER annoy me no end where it is. ETTO though and fair play for trying something other than the OEM Bluetooth and RNS setup.

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6634 on: June 11, 2014, 08:25:36 pm »
even if you could still see all/ if any warning lights behind that section I would feel paranoid still :signLOL:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6635 on: June 11, 2014, 08:29:52 pm »
can you mount it above the instrument cluster dash panel section? like just above the edge? shouldn't obscure view

or even just to the left of where you have it now, depending on how its secured, clips? tape?
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6636 on: June 11, 2014, 09:31:10 pm »
It wouldn't be possible to mount it at the top as there is a wire at the bottom of the screen.

I'll take the chance on a warning light. It's looked after so I'm not too worried.  :wink:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6637 on: June 11, 2014, 09:55:55 pm »
looks great still  :happy2: just don't put your hand through the steering wheel to use it  :signLOL: ive done that once trying to wipe something off and had to turn the wheel and my hand almost went with it. epic fail
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6638 on: June 11, 2014, 10:13:43 pm »
Quote from: h45gti on June 11, 2014, 09:55:55 pm
looks great still  :happy2: just don't put your hand through the steering wheel to use it  :signLOL: ive done that once trying to wipe something off and had to turn the wheel and my hand almost went with it. epic fail

He he, thankfully it's not touch screen, it's controlled by the buttons in front of the gearstick I've photographed too.
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6639 on: June 11, 2014, 10:42:28 pm »
Sorry to sound stupid but I'm assuming this connects to your iPod via Bluetooth and plays through the car speakers ?
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6640 on: June 11, 2014, 10:48:00 pm »
Quote from: Liam0205 on June 11, 2014, 10:42:28 pm
Sorry to sound stupid but I'm assuming this connects to your iPod via Bluetooth and plays through the car speakers ?

It does loads of stuff. I have my ipod classic connected to it for playing music but you can stream via bluetooth if you prefer. It does play through the speakers too yes.
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6641 on: June 11, 2014, 10:57:32 pm »
How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking?
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6642 on: June 11, 2014, 10:59:08 pm »
Quote from: Liam0205 on June 11, 2014, 10:57:32 pm
How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking?

It should have been £350.00 fitted but I paid £325.00 as I'm a cheeky Yorkshireman LOL!!!
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6643 on: June 11, 2014, 11:03:27 pm »
Quote from: Carbon Goodies on June 11, 2014, 10:59:08 pm
Quote from: Liam0205 on June 11, 2014, 10:57:32 pm
How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking?

It should have been £350.00 fitted but I paid £325.00 as I'm a cheeky Yorkshireman LOL!!!

Thank you  :happy2:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #6644 on: June 12, 2014, 08:24:38 am »
Quote from: tommy2478 on June 11, 2014, 04:42:55 pm
Applied another few coats of tint too the rear lights today and took some shots.





Looks a lot better now mate! :happy2:
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