• LCD screen displays standard mobile phone information: incoming calls, recent calls, missed calls, voice mail, directory, ect
• Hands-free, unidirectionnal microphone provides voice recognition dialling of up to 150 names, while reducing background noise and ambient echo
• Browser button allows users to scroll through menus and control the volume
• Automatically mutes the radio
• Quality audio (Digital Signal Processing)

• Crimp Tool and Connectors Over 150 pieces
• Crimp Tool and 20 Crimp Caps
• Installation Edge Crimp Caps 100 pieces
• Scosche TK12V Car Stereo Tool Kit The tools you need for a clean and professional car stereo installation
• HS-890 Bluetooth Headset

Parrot is a leader in voice-enabled mobile devices and accessories. After nine years of steady investments developing innovative solutions in digital signal processing, Parrot has gained a core competence in voice-based consumer applications which work in noisy environments.PRODUCT FEATURES: Seamless hands-free use; Comfort and safety while driving; Superior user interface with LCD display; Works with all Bluetooth phones; Automatically mutes the radio; Uses the car speakers; Audio volume control; Quality audio (Digital Signal Processing); Up to fives devices can use the system; No cradle; No wire, no headset; No headset battery to charge; Voice recognition dialer.
With the Parrot CK3100, you will be able to place and receive calls in comfort and safety, without ever touching your mobile phone. At a time when legislation is tightening up to restrict the use of mobile phones in vehicles due to safety concerns, the Parrot CK3100's benefits are not just for the sake of convenience and comfort -- they are fast becoming a real necessity. The Parrot CK3100 wirelessly connects with all Bluetooth phones on the market and is compatible with all brands. The display of the CK3100 provides the same visual information and functions as your mobile phone, such as caller ID, carrier signal strength, or last calls received, in large well-contrasted digits easy to read at a glance on a screen that can be clipped in the ideal position for the driver to see.

Turn on the car engine and the phone connects wirelessly to the Parrot CK3100 Car Kit. The screen unit has easy-to-navigate menu options just like your phone, and your mobile phone book is wirelessly downloaded to the car kit. Calls can be dialed either through the screen, or by using voice-recognition speed dialing. According to your phone's model and firmware, most features are accessible from the hands free console, including one-touch redial, dual call, and auto-answer.

The Parrot CK3100 Bluetooth car kit can be installed in almost any vehicle, and is designed to automatically mute the radio during use. Incorporating high-quality sound, the CK3100 includes both echo cancellation and noise reduction technology. As with all Parrot car-kit devices, the CK3100 Bluetooth car-kit offers the user seamless, hands-free use without the inconvenience of wires, headsets, or cradles. This unit also features user connection priority management for up to five users, up to 200 voice tags for its voice recognition, multi-user use for up to three phones, private conversation mode, and much more.

Please note this car-kit will not work in cars that use optical cabling. Check with your car dealer before ordering. Also, since this car-kit is installed by hard-wiring to the existing car stereo, professional installation is highly recommended.

What's in the Box
The CK3100 electronic control unit, LCD display with buttons and cable, microphone with cable, radio mute cable with line output (ISO cable), power supply cable, and a user guide in 7 languages.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Not so easy install.
Comment: This is a fantastic unit. Easy to operate and sounds great. BUT! Unless you are an automotive electrical expert I wouldn't suggest trying to do the install without ordering the adapter cable set that matches your car and radio. Parrot's instructions are crap. And their web site isn't any help either. With the adapter though it's just plug-n-play. No cutting or splicing ANY wires.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great ... When it Works ...
Comment: My wife and I *really* loved this unit. It looks good, it was relatively easy to install, fit nicely under the dash and it was very easy to use. But we ended up sending it back.

It seems to have an issue with heat. We live in Southern California and it seems that every two to three weeks or so, we'd get the "white screen of death": just a blank white screen, sometimes with an odd warning tone or sometimes completely without the tones you'd normally get when it powers up. And when the ignition was turned off, the unit would stay illuminated and not power down as it should.

The only solution to this (after two calls to Parrot and another to Crutchfield) seems to be to pull apart the dash and reseat all the connections on the main controller, as well as the cable connection on the back of the display. Kind of a pain-in-the-you-know-what in my wife's Honda. Add to that having to enter the security code on the radio (I now have it memorized!) and reset all the stations (those too!). I've now done it at least six times and I'm tired.

We considered getting a replacement unit, but we have read other reports of heat induced failures on the internet and didn't want to go through the replacement process only to have this keep happening. And I hear the 3200 suffers from similar problems.

I also have to say that Parrot support is less than stellar. At one point I had to leave a message because no one was available and I waited for a call back for a week. I sent additional eMails with no response. I finally had to call them again and got an answer to my question. This is not the only lackluster experience I've had with them. We had issues with another underperforming Parrot product as well and had about the same level of service.

So, if you are considering buying this, think about where you live and if it *ever* gets hot - even in the summer. Or, for that matter, if the inside of your car ever gets really hot. You might end up going through what we did. I wish I could say otherwise, because this *seems* to have everything you could possibly want in an aftermarket hands-free device.

But I can't.

MF

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Greate hands free system
Comment: The product works great (would have given five stars, but system would not let me). I like the way it works with five diffrent phones and a GPS. Good system.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: As good as it gets
Comment: I have a new car with built in blue tooth, then I got this for my other car. works just as well. M very happy!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Proud parrot owner
Comment: I had my doubts about the hands free bluetooth technology. I was proven wrong. It sounds great the mic works with clarity. I'm a fan of the volume adjust on the unit, If my windows are down I can turn it up to hear clearly.
It downloaded my phone book into it when I did the initial install, so the screen displays who's calling. the only downfall is accusations of animal cruelty when I say I have a parrot in my car ;)

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