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Parrot MKi9200 Advanced Color Display Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit

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Amazon.com Product Description The Parrot MKi9200 Advanced Color Display Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit system is a unique range of Bluetooth hands-free car kits which install in every car. It combines the latest communication technologies with a full set of services dedicated to music--A full system dedicated to conversation and music in car.

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Parrot MKi9100 kit comes with everything you need to be connected and entertained.

The Parrot MKi9200 is a Bluetooth hands-free system with a 2.4-inch high-resolution TFT color screen. A wireless remote control can be positioned on the steering wheel or dashboard and allows the driver to control all the functions of the MKi9200.

In addition to conventional telephony functions - pick up, hang up, dual calls - the Parrot MKi9200 boasts cutting-edge telephony functions: automatic phonebook synchronization, training-free multi-speaker voice recognition, speech synthesis of the names in the phonebook, contact management (up to 2 000 per phone), call records, and so on.

Its color screen displays the phonebook, caller ID and photo, phone information and user settings. The menus and phonebook are also audible for easier, more intuitive use.

Listen to your digital music in the car
The Parrot MKi9200 is also gifted for music. Supplied with a specific cable, it is compatible with all music sources, such as iPods, iPhones, USB flash drives, Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) phones, MP3 players and any other analogue players. The Parrot MKi9200 also features an SDHC-compatible SD card reader on the side of the screen.

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Connectors to use your favorite music player are provided.

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Mounts right on your dashboard.

The MKi9200 displays the full playlist along with the name of the artist, the title and even the corresponding album cover in color when available on the iPod, iPhone or USB flash drive.

Music is delivered through all the car's speakers, giving the driver and passengers exceptional sound quality and the breathtaking Virtual SuperBass effect.

The Parrot MKi9200 kit connect to your car audio system and deliver hi-quality conversations whatever the conditions are. Each MKi kit is delivered with it independent RF remote control. Positioned on the steering wheel or placed wherever is convenient, the remote control gives you the total control you need right at your fingertips. The Parrot MKi kits propose an incredibly efficient combination of an external double microphone and new software which eliminate environmental and in-car noises with full-duplex and zero-echo crystal clear conversations. Another unique feature of the MKi9200 is that its screen is detachable from its support when you leave your vehicle, for ultimate security.

Once paired with your Bluetooth mobile phone, the MKi enables you to establish in a few seconds any phone conversations in your vehicle without needing to handle the telephone, even leaving it in your pocket. Connection with your mobile is madein a completely transparent way.

The user-independent voice recognition and voice synthesis are now integrated in all MKi car kits, which dramatically ease the way of using them in every situation. And all the connectors for any type of music are provided with each MKi hands-free kit: iPod, iPhone, iTouch, USB keys, USB MP3 players, Bluetooth Stereo devices, CD players, MiniDisc.

What's in the Box
Detachable screen, External adjustable double microphone, Six buttons RF remote control keypad, Parrot universal 'mute' BlueBox, Music cable with iPod/iPhone and USB and Line-In, Steering wheel mounting kit for remote control keypad, Dashboard mounting kit for screen, Screen cable, Mute / 12V cable with ISO connectors, USB / mini-USB cable, Set of accessories, Quick Start Guide

About Parrot
Parrot, a global leader in wireless devices for mobile phones, stands on the cutting edge of innovation. The company was founded in 1994 by Henri Seydoux as part of his determination to drive the inevitable breakthrough of mobile phones into everyday life by creating high-quality, user-friendly wireless devices for easy living. Parrot has developed the most extensive range of hands-free kits on the market for cars, motorbikes and scooters, including wireless multimedia products geared towards audiovisual applications. In 2008, Parrot launched a new prestige line of high-end products bearing the hallmark of renowned artists. Parrot, headquartered in Paris, currently employs 500 people worldwide and generates 85% of its sales overseas. Parrot is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris since 2006.

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Full system dedicated to keeping connected and entertained in your car
2.4-inch high-resolution TFT color screen lets you see who is calling
Double microphone technology eliminates background and surrounding noise, including noise from inside the car
Listen to your digital music in the car: compatible with all music sources, such as iPods, iPhones, and more
Cutting-edge telephony functions like automatic phonebook synchronization, training-free multi-speaker voice recognition, and more

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Self Installed MKi9200

Review Date: December 8, 2008

Reviewer: Todd S. Harris,

I finally installed a hard wired bluetooth hands free system in my car after using an earpiece for months/years. The MKi9200 is OUTSTANDING; I wish I had installed one a long time ago. The installation for my 2006 Trailblazer required a wiring harness from one of the Parrot vendors listed on their website which costs an extra $75. Regardless, the voice recognition feature is perfect and the radio mute feature works seamlessly with my factory stereo. The calls are crystal clear and everyone can hear me without any difficulties. I found the installation fairly easy and would recommend this product to anyone who is tired of charging, turning on/off, and finding, your blue tooth ear piece.

Need bluetooth, like mp3s, no aux jack, look no further!!

Review Date: April 21, 2009

Reviewer: Jeffrey, Southern, CA USA

This is a very capable bluetooth system. Parrot has made a great product. If self-installing, it is strongly recommend that you utilize the harness recommended by the manufacturer on their website. This could have been a complicated install, but it was actually plug and play. The mki9200 was installed in a 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid with Navigation. Many diagnostic functions of the car are inextricably integrated with the NAV/stereo system, so I was definitely not going to take out the NAV. Furthermore, the Navigation/stereo work great. The problem that needed to be solved was getting a way to play mp3 without using an FM transmitter (FM transmitters are notorious for horrible sound/interference, etc.) and getting bluetooth in this vehicle without replacing the NAV/stereo system. This is where the Parrot Mki9200 answered all these needs. The hardest part of the install was getting to the back of the nav/stereo system, once there, unplugged the nav/stereo, plugged the harness (recommended by parrot) inbetween the unplugged connectors, like a plug sandwich if you will. This way you don't even use the multi-colored spaghetti bundle of wires from parrot, the harness replaces all of those. From the new harness, the middle of the new plug sandwich, it becomes very obvious where each plug then goes, such as to the parrot brain unit, to the display, inputs such as USB, line in, and an IPOD connector. In addition to those options, you can also utilize flash memory cards which plug into the back of the mini display unit. With the ever increasing size and decreasing price of flash memory, this makes this unit very capable of storing a great amount of music, or interfacing with a wide variety of devices, like ipods and such. Was planning to get my wife an ipod, however, the bluetooth audio through the parrot sounds fantastic using a Blackberry. (Make sure to go through the audio setting menu and try different settings, made a huge difference for me, went from mediocre sounding music to crystal clear. Also using the phone bluetooth mode, make sure to adjust the microphone setting if people are not hearing you clearly, I switched ours from automatic to +2db and it works great now. All in all this product has exceeded our expectations. If you do not have an aux jack in your car, need bluetooth, and like music, this system is for you. Keep in mind any music operated through the parrot is controlled via the parrot including the volume and other settings and through the parrot's own amplification which is surprisingly strong and crisp. This product gets the highest endorsement from me.

Excellent product for DROID

Review Date: February 13, 2010

Reviewer: G. Estep, San Diego, CA

Ok. So, I got my MKi9200 today and had Best Buy install it for me and I have the DROID. Here is the low down:
Calls:
-Phone book syncs perfectly (no pictures unless you push them one at a time)
-Phone reception in car = Amazing
-Phone reception on other side = Great
Music:
-Bluetooth audio features are limited and doesn't sound prefect, but still pretty good
-No album art (this is true of any Bluetooth connected phone including the IPhone)
-Back and next track work fine
-Pause button works, but resuming is buggy sometimes it work and mostly it doesn't
Combine Features:
-When a call comes in music pauses, but doesn't resume
Note:
All other goodies work as advertised. I already had an iPod touch and hooked that up the iPod connector in the glove box and get high quality audio, back and forward track, album art, and seamless music to phone call and back to music transitions. This is definitely the way to go. The best part is it is not my phone so I just leave it there hooked up and it is always ready to go.

Hope this helps all you DROID fans!
~G

Fantastic solution

Review Date: April 10, 2010

Reviewer: J. Perry, virginia usa

This unit reminds me of an apple product at its best -- it does exactly what it is supposed to do, elegantly and intuitively.

About a year ago, I installed a USA-Spec solution to play my i-pod through my factory stereo. It had taken a while to find a hard-wired ipod solution which allowed continued use of satellite radio, which was very important. The USA-Spec did the job, but with a number of significant limitations. First, while it displayed track information through the factory stereo display, the limitations of that display (a single line of text) made it less than ideal. Second, I found the control of the ipod through the factory stereo awkward -- it was hard to scroll through artists, albums, tracks, etc., due to frequent lags in loading the information and automatically selecting the displayed menu selection after a few seconds. Basically, this product did provide a hard-wired ipod connection and retained my factory satellite, but the limitations on the interface left me not using it very much.

I stumbled on the Parrot looking for a bluetooth phone selection, and initially assumed it would be another add-on. Based upon other reviews here and elsewhere, though, I decided to give this model a try because it offered both bluetooth and ipod and other inputs for audio

Also based upon other reviews, I purchased both the honda harness and the installcard installation. The parrot arrived next day (thanks, Prime!) from Amazon, the harness second day from Crutchfield. The installcard worked well -- first an email with information about the card, the online selection of installer and preferred date, then a call from installcard to confirm the appointment.

The installation went fine with one fairly significant exception. When I got in the car at the installer's, everything seemed to work except the microphone. I didn't have time to get the installer to open up the stereo and figure out the problem and took it home. Once I got it home, I opened the stereo (thanks to the information sent by Crutchfield), and realized the microphone problem was an easy one to fix -- the installer hadn't pushed the microphone jack all the way into the port. There is a sort of keyhole in the port and I just lined the jack up with it, inserted all the way, and twisted a quarter turn. With that, the microphone worked like magic.

My basic impressions, after a week with the device:

(1) it takes probably twenty seconds to boot, which is not a problem.
(2) it found and synced with my motorola droid automatically and perfectly.
(3) the voice recognition is perfect -- i can mumble at times and it hasn't missed a voice command yet.
(4) the steering wheel control and video display work perfectly and intuitively. If you have an ipod and can navigate it, you can navigate with this device.
(5) I like that the parrot audibly states where you are when navigating through the menu.
(6) The ipod interface works great -- again, just like an ipod, complete with album art displayed on the screen.
(7) The first two days, I had problems with the device periodically rebooting for no apparent reason. When I updated the firmware (also easy to do), that problem has not recurred.
(8) The integration with the stereo is great -- when you place or receive a call, it automatically cuts out the audio (whether through the factory stereo or the parrot itself). When the call ends, it goes back to the audio.
(9) I have seen some complaints with sound quality in a couple of reviews, and I can't disagree more. While initially had a problem with it not playing audio in all speakers, the firmware update solved that as well. Any audio hardwired (through the 30 pin ipod connection, or the mini jack) is perfect. The bluetooth streaming from the droid sounds good too -- not quite up to the quality of a hard-wired connection, but very close).

A note for Honda users -- after ordering this device but before it arrived, I began to worry about whether I would be able to continue to use the factory satellite. That concern was unfounded as factory stero seems to retain all of its functions. My non-technical perception of this device is that when in use it simply mutes the output from the factory stereo to the speakers, essentially taking over the stereo. When not it use, the parrot simply sits silently in the background, allowing the factory stereo to work as usual.

If you hadn't guessed, I recommend this device whole-heartedly. It would be worth the price for either its handling of the ipod or its bluetooth phone connection. The fact that it does both as nearly perfectly as I can imagine is amazing.

Awesome Products!!!needs prof. install...

Review Date: June 26, 2009

Reviewer: REDFOXXX, Sacramento,Ca USA

I have a hummer h2 with navigation but the nav does not play or have a cd player or changer.The only way to listen to your cd is take out the map navigation dvd and put your own cd....GM...great idea...so i was looking for a rf cd changer but come up with this awesome product ...installed in best buy and took them 5 hours to install it so it is not an easy install but now i am so happy to have this in my car...connect your iphone or anyphone and listen music...stream music over bluetoothe....and it has a sd card slot which i bought a 8 gb sd card and put all my music...so i am a very very happy customer.......definitly a five star product but installation is not easy...

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PARROT DRIVER HEADSET
At last - a Bluetooth headset for drivers
The Parrot DRIVER HEADSET is a wireless headset that has been specially designed for all drivers keen on the headset concept, but who are confronted with the poor battery life offered by most of the models currently available.
Always charged and ready to go
The originality of the Parrot headset lies in its combined cradle that plugs into the 12 V cigar lighter. The cradle is used to both recharge and hold the headset when not in use. The long-life 120 mA battery is therefore always charged.

Hands-free headset kit
Once the kit has been paired with your Bluetooth phone, the cradle reacts to the slightest incoming call and notifies the driver by sounding a ringtone. Answer the call by pressing lightly on the headset to unclip it from the cradle: the call is established so chat away!

Ergonomic and effective
The Parrot headset has been specifically designed for in-car use and does away with the conventional headband and sidepiece, which tend to get in the way when driving. It fits naturally into the auditory canal. The headset weighs a mere 14 grams and offers 4 hours' talk time on a full charge.

Compatible with all Bluetooth phones
The Parrot DRIVER HEADSET features a built-in Bluecore 3 processor and offers complete compatibility with all the Bluetooth phones on the market.

TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL SPECIFICATIONS
Bluetooth wireless headset for drivers
Headset with automatic pick up/hang up
Volume adjustment via two buttons
Button for call management
Ringtone and LED for incoming calls
Bluecore 3 processor
10 mm speaker
3 high-intensity LEDs
NiMH 120 mA battery
Reset controller
4 hours' talk time on a full charge off the cradle

Bluetooth
Built-in Bluetooth receiver
Profiles supported: HSP 1.1 and HFP
Range up to 10 metre

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