Why do people buy iPod kits?

[m4t_lee]

Not a dig or anything. It I see a lot of people fitting cables, USB chargers and alsorts so they can listen to or charge their iPhones etc

I bought a parrot mki9000 from eBay for £90 delivered, 30 mins to plug it all in and not only is it a handsfree carkit but you can play your iPhone through the car speakers via Bluetooth or there is a glovebox cable which you can play iPhone music, charge it or plug in a USB stick or 3.5mm jack for a normal mp3 player, magic!!!

:)

[vwrascal]

Some peoples gotta have OEM only, including me 

[big al]

Does it give full tracklisting and all the other options? I may be tempted by that.

[h4rdy]

Ooooooo looks like things have moved on in the Parrot world I just looked at the MKi9200 so looks like something else for the Xmas list.

Yes Al track listing, full colour screen, phonebook download.

Looks very nice.

http://www.parrot.com/uk/products/hands-free-car-kits

[sub39h]

OEM functionality is better, even if it doesn't have as many features

[h4rdy]

I had a Parrot system installed in my Impreza and it worked perfectly every time.

That was 4 years ago so things must be even better now.

[gulfstream11]

I have an ipod kit in the armrest... Have'nt got an iPod... 

[Jogon]

Want to sell it ?????

[m4t_lee]

The 9200 does look very cool, 9000 is nice tho and works well. Not sure how it would work with the mfsw tho if at all.

[Gene Hunt]

Not a dig or anything. It I see a lot of people fitting cables, USB chargers and alsorts so they can listen to or charge their iPhones etc

I bought a parrot mki9000 from eBay for £90 delivered, 30 mins to plug it all in and not only is it a handsfree carkit but you can play your iPhone through the car speakers via Bluetooth or there is a glovebox cable which you can play iPhone music, charge it or plug in a USB stick or 3.5mm jack for a normal mp3 player, magic!!!

:)

........my Pioneer head unit does all of this plus all track listings on cd's & the radio.Even has an eco graph feature so you can monitor you'r driving !!!!!!!.Never got that very good tho  .

[paul896]

Some peoples gotta have OEM only, including me 

+1! I like the nice, tidy OEM look....well more like OEM+

[Tamiyoman]

I dont own an Ipod or plan to own one, i rarely listen to music in car as its the only peace and quiet i get 

[Betty02]

Not a dig or anything. It I see a lot of people fitting cables, USB chargers and alsorts so they can listen to or charge their iPhones etc

I bought a parrot mki9000 from eBay for £90 delivered, 30 mins to plug it all in and not only is it a handsfree carkit but you can play your iPhone through the car speakers via Bluetooth or there is a glovebox cable which you can play iPhone music, charge it or plug in a USB stick or 3.5mm jack for a normal mp3 player, magic!!!

:)

I have the MKi9200 (going for sale/swap soon for original VW) it is a GREAT bit of kit, as you said can do all sorts, mine also comes with iPod, 3.5mm Jack and USB so all this can be played through my speakers.

The only really problem with using this is -

1) Sound quality isn't as good
2) Gaps between songs - If they are too long the parrot will flip back to the HEad Unit for a split second and then back again
3) If driving can't switch playlists as easy as on the head unit
4) Nothing really beats OEM
5) Having an additional screen and controller to control instead of just 1 unit

Btw I have finally got around to fitting my iPod lead for my armrest adapter and the sound quality is so much better, keeps everything hidden.

Tbh both are a great bit of kit ;)

[vRS_Pagey]

I have the ipod prep in the armrest of the Golf and while it's good, I prefer the AUX cable in the vRS as I can plug any mp3 player in to it, not really fussed about track lists, I just hit shuffle then play. 

[Tamiyoman]

My Ed30 has AUX socket in armrest altho its never likely to get used, unless we decide on a road trip to Ischgl in the Austrian alps again, in which case my mate will likely plug his MP3 into it.

Went 2 years back in my MK4 1.8T, had a good laugh driving over there. 3up with luggage and 3 snowboards on the roofrack and a nice stretch of unrestricted German autobahn at 3am, set cruise control at 125mph, was worried about going faster with snowboards on the roof  

5 weeks tomorrow 8 of us are off to les Deux alpes on our first of 2 snowboard trips this season, second trip in feb to Ischgl again (3rd time been there, great nightlife  crawling out of pascha at 5am