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The Parrot CK3100 hands-off car phone kit is not the coolest-looking gadget around. It just works.
Form lags function in this case, but the function is so good that you hardly notice.
Countless pedestrians have had their lives spared by the installation of one of these little dudes in my car and another in my truck. Now I spend my road hours yackin’ away for business, family, and pleasure, redeeming countless hours for productive purposes whilst allowing innocent bystanders to get on with their lives without the tire tracks across their extremities that would certainly have resulted if I’d kept dialing and speaking through my cell phone.
Most customers will want to have their Parrot 3100 installed by a professional. Many more will find the owners manual moderately maddening. Some may be driven to become axe murderers as a result of their unsuccessful efforts to make sense of the instructions.
Fortunately, the little gizmo is pretty self-explanatory, so homicide rates will likely continue their steady decline in spite of Parrot’s growing market share in the hands-off cellphone sector.
I get good sound flowing out and coming in. Customers with a more negative experience likely have their installer to blame. For effective use, the Parrot needs to be installed where the noise of wind and vibration are at a minimum, something that is true of any gadget in its class. If this is done well—my two were installed by Indianapolis’ Auto Outfitters—the Parrot should give you good sound.
An incoming call automatically mutes the stereo. Voice recognition is a staple. The really cool feature is how BlueTooth technology synchs up your PDA—including all your contacts—with the Parrot when you enter the car so that you can dial from your electronic address book.
It looks a little dorky, but some things you can overlook for the sake of getting the job done.
The Parrot 3100 certainly manages that.
Parrot CK3100 is a marvelous bluetooth car kit indeed! It is very easy to operate and install. The echo cancellation funcation is also pretty useful making audio quality perfect.