Comments for Parrot Makes Ultimate Head Unit?

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PapaZed

1:16 AM on 10 June, 2008

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Spotted this in Halfords at the weekend and parted with £180 before being allowed to take it home. Fitting was straightforward but getting my Nokia to pair caused a bit of grief (Nokias fault, not the Parrot). I don't have an iPod but I do have a couple of other MP3 players which I had intended to use (one of which is a 30gb Creative). Unfortunately neither of these fitted in the 'hidden compartment' which stuffed that idea. I did load up an 8gb flash drive and have used that instead. First impressions are not good I'm sorry to say. When in radio mode, using the telephone has lost the station and left a bizzare 6 digit number where the radio frequency was previously. Bit of a nuisance to get your original station back again (actually, that is an understatement!) In MP3 mode, listening to and album led to an uninvited 'guest appearance' before returning to the original album playlist. Screen is neigh on impossible to read (due to glare and not being bright enough - even on max brightness in daylight). I would say that it is more dangerous to try and use the screen to select items whilst on the move. As for sound quality... it just doesn't cut the mustard. I took out a Pioneer head unit, but I reckon that before the week is over the old one will be going back in.