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First off I didn't get this for free, like some others. I paid the full $24,99 Didn't want to go with the FM transmitters since I did not want to deal with FM tuning and noise, hiss etc and because I have an aux+charger in the arm rest. IF you don't have aux input you cannot use this thing. Recently bought a used Subaru Outback 2010 with no BT. But it did have an aux and charger in the arm rest. I was looking at a lot of other models that are cheaper, more expensive. Bought this because one of the reoccurring complaints with many BT car kits in the Amazon and Youtube reviews is the noise that comes from the car motor and the need for a ground loop isolator. I looked at the loop isolators separately and they cost around $5-$7 so assuming I would have the same problem many others did I chose this item which had the best value as a combo that also had BT version 4.1. I just wanted to assume 4.1 would be better at handling 2 phones simultaneously connected to the unit. I will not give a detailed explanation on how to install since it is pretty straight forward but here are some notes from last weekend: 1- Connects to 2 phones with ease and delivers calls from both and muting music if on one phone to allow other phone to ring through the BT. I needed this since I have a company phone and personal 2- Call quality is good. Pestered my wife who swears she could hear me perfectly on my many trial calls. It was clear with both one and 2 phones connected. 3- Music quality is GREAT. No motor sound even when music paused in my 2010 Outback. 4- There were some complaints about other units not having an on/off button. Long press the phone icon and this thing turns off and long press again it turns on. 5- All 12v ports on my car turn off when car is off. Upon first entry into my car and turning the ignition and waiting for the engine lights to turn off, the phone pairs automatically. But further turning on ignition to start the car turns off the Bluetooth unit. I was worried I would have to pull the charger out and place it back to restart every time I entered the car. No need. Just press the blue phone icon on the unit and it turns on and pairs. So essentially this means every time I drive I have to turn the unit on, but I don't have to pull it off the charger. 6- My Moto X has a hands free "Hello Google" option that I turned on. Now I can tell the car to "navigate me to the nearest Dairy Queen". This works without long pressing the FW button which also turns this function (Siri I guess for iphones) on but sometimes it doesn't work without pressing and sometimes it doesn't work at all. I think this is more due to my phone being old, rather than the function on the unit. 7- All the FF and RW buttons etc work fine. 8- Also skyped parents and no complaints there either. 9- Pretty long cables. After where aux and charger ends Y split on the cable the aux end (may be the charger end though) is even longer. I set the magnet a little higher than my knee level on the dash board and have more than half the cables in the arm rest unused. Be careful with some units that have very short cables. Apart from that a BT car unit is a pretty basic thing but with an important function, for me at least. I go on long business trips and sometimes drive for 10-15 hours and I need all of these to work. It looks like it will do the job. Only been 2-3 days so I don't know if the thing will last. We'll see. Will update if it craps out on me.
January 2017 · Electronics · verified purchase
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