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NathanR 07-21-2013 12:58 AM

Does anyone use Bluetooth to place calls in a 911?
 
I'm planning on getting a new head unit (HU) for my 3.2 Carerra soon.

It would be slick to be able to place calls through the head unit. But I wonder if the acoustic environment in my car isn't just too damn noisy to allow this.

Is anyone out there using a BT HU to place calls, and are people able to understand you?

thanks,
Nathan

blucille 07-21-2013 02:42 AM

No problems in my 911's. both are pretty loud but my parrot asteroid radios handle the noise cancellation pretty well.

froggert 07-21-2013 03:02 AM

i'm using an alpine head unit with remote mic and it seems to be okay. no one has complained yet, at least.

phone is held in place with this. works well, easy to see and use the phone. only downside is it blocks view of the vent panel.

montauk 07-21-2013 03:18 AM

I recently installed a Sony radio, can't remember which one. My car is too loud to use the mic when it's clipped to the visor so I just keep it clipped to the shifter lever. When I want to use it, I just hold the mic up to my mouth. It's not a great solution but it works.

Sox Fan 07-21-2013 03:29 AM

installed a Kenwood unit in mine a few months back. It seems they can hear me fine. Only issue is hearing them, particularly on warm days with the windows down.

hbueno 07-21-2013 05:59 AM

My suggestion is to never accept or make a call while the car is rolling. All handsfree does is make sure you have both hands on the wheel when you hit the car in front of you.

Hugo

poorsha 07-21-2013 06:24 AM

P driving time is my time.
"Sorry, the person you are trying to contact is unavailable" :)

atc_marty 07-21-2013 06:27 AM

That's silly; there was no Bluetooth in 1987!

theclaw 07-21-2013 06:40 AM

"WAIT! You're calling me from the Porsche? I can't hear you!"

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1374417334.jpg

tirwin 07-21-2013 07:58 AM

Put in a new head unit a year ago. Kewood model that came with BT. I figured I'd give it a try. Windows up you can have a conversation but people say "what is the noise in the background???" Windows down is hopeless. I did find it has an annoying default "feature" where it auto-answers.

I agree with the sentiment that 911 time is my time. I decided to leave the mic installed just in the off chance that I might need to answer the phone if someone REALLY needs me.

Hey, does this happen to anyone else? Wife tells me I should never answer the phone while driving (even with hands free) but then doesn't understand why I won't won't answer her repeated calls when I'm driving? It's like some kind of sick test! :D

Driver_X 07-21-2013 08:42 AM

I use it to answer the call, and politely ask if I can call them back in a few minutes. For $150 installed it was totally worth it.

awhnry 07-21-2013 08:47 AM

Tried BT in my Elise and it worked great when the car was sitting still. Figure the same dynamics would be in effect for the 911. They can call me when I am in the GTO.

Sox Fan 07-21-2013 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hbueno (Post 7561185)
My suggestion is to never accept or make a call while the car is rolling. All handsfree does is make sure you have both hands on the wheel when you hit the car in front of you.

Hugo

Do you also refuse to speak to passengers while driving? Too dangerous?

DRACO A5OG 07-21-2013 09:14 AM

Yeap, even with top off :D just make sure your mic has the foam filter, it helps cut the ambient noise down for the reciever of your call.

lateapex911 07-21-2013 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tirwin (Post 7561317)
Put in a new head unit a year ago. Kewood model that came with BT. I figured I'd give it a try. Windows up you can have a conversation but people say "what is the noise in the background???" Windows down is hopeless. I did find it has an annoying default "feature" where it auto-answers.

I agree with the sentiment that 911 time is my time. I decided to leave the mic installed just in the off chance that I might need to answer the phone if someone REALLY needs me.

Hey, does this happen to anyone else? Wife tells me I should never answer the phone while driving (even with hands free) but then doesn't understand why I won't won't answer her repeated calls when I'm driving? It's like marriage/women are kind of sick test! :D

I wrote what you really meant, LOL

NathanR 07-21-2013 09:50 AM

Thanks for the feedback, and words of wisdom. I don't like talking on the phone at all, even less when driving. Where I live now its forbidden (verboten) and completely impossible anyway.

That said, if BT can make the occasional quick answer (like Driver X describes) less difficult, it might be work a few extra bucks.

tirwin 07-21-2013 10:04 AM

Lateapex911,

Ain't that the dang truth!!!

hbueno 07-21-2013 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sox Fan (Post 7561380)
Do you also refuse to speak to passengers while driving? Too dangerous?

Depending on the situation, yes. What many people fail to realize, and it boggles my mind that they don't, is that having a conversation on the phone while driving is RADICALLY different from having a conversation with a passenger.

Anyone who is honest with themselves will realize and admit that after having a cell phone conversation, they will not have a clear recollection of what was happening around the car while they were on the call. The brain is driving on limited autopilot when you are having a phone conversation.

Hugo

Driver_X 07-21-2013 11:57 AM

That's all I wanted it for. Quick 15 second call with one touch a button. If it's important, I'll pull over & return the call.

Ronnie's.930 07-21-2013 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hbueno (Post 7561545)
Depending on the situation, yes. What many people fail to realize, and it boggles my mind that they don't, is that having a conversation on the phone while driving is RADICALLY different from having a conversation with a passenger.
Anyone who is honest with themselves will realize and admit that after having a cell phone conversation, they will not have a clear recollection of what was happening around the car while they were on the call. The brain is driving on limited autopilot when you are having a phone conversation.

Hugo

This is spot on - I've done both, and there is absolutely no comparison between the two.

dw1 07-21-2013 12:14 PM

When I bought my '87 from the original owner, it had a the dealer-installed telephone option.

This setup included a remote mic located in the dash near the underside of the steering wheel hub. I don't know if the remote mic was original, or was later added. Amusingly, the phone included a handset with coil cord that connected it to the under-seat radiotelephone unit.

Of course, this was not a modern system. But the fact that it was included indicates that hands-free calling in a 911 is possible, even with the lower-tech microphones & noise cancellation that existed at that time. But that was with the original exhaust system, not the Euro premuffler and 2-out sport exhaust I installed.

Btw, I held on to the unit, so I can make the car 100% period original.

My daughter called it a "spy phone" because it looks like Sean Connery era James Bond technology.

bike2ride95 07-21-2013 03:23 PM

IMHO its not worth screwing up my 911 for a phone call unless its
President Obama..:rolleyes:

wayner 07-22-2013 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tirwin (Post 7561317)

Hey, does this happen to anyone else? Wife tells me I should never answer the phone while driving (even with hands free) but then doesn't understand why I won't won't answer her repeated calls when I'm driving? It's like some kind of sick test! :D

I think they go to school for that ;)

Other things that they learn on the course is that we have "stupid cars" and "loser friends" :D

From what I have gathered, those two terms are known internationally from Australia to North America :rolleyes:

pavegeno 07-22-2013 03:43 AM

Pioneer DEH 9500 works great...mic stuck to the windshield right up next to the A pillar. Great interface and works fins windows up or down. With the top down I can hear the caller, but they have a hard time hearing me.

Jesse16 07-22-2013 04:43 AM

With my 87 with the cat bypass and relatively poor AC (meaning the windows are down mostly), any hi tech or hi end sound is essentially worthless. Blue tooth just makes the person who called mad that they can't hear you talking besides the obvious safety issue. A stereo that makes some volume is about all I feel like is needed to get some tunes inside over the noise. I try to use some patience and discipline to pull over and shut it down to make a call.

Bill Jennings 07-22-2013 05:52 AM

I recently bought a decent pioneer headset with bluetooth for my car running through 5" door speakers but the background noise makes it practically unusable to take a call.
I have a C3 coupe with SSI's and a sport exhaust with no sound insulation on the firewall.
I need a better solution!
I have an iPhone 4S any advice appreciated.
I was thinking of trying a Parrot in car kit anyone had success with it?

I appreciate the lack of concentration when talking on the phone debate as fact as I have the speeding tickets to prove it but need a workable phone during working hours.

Cheers
Bill

samourai71 07-22-2013 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronnie's.930 (Post 7561597)
This is spot on - I've done both, and there is absolutely no comparison between the two.

I also agree, and don't forget that a passenger is a second pair of eyes, and the passenger also can quiet down, if the driver is making a difficult maneuver, not like a caller on the other side of the phone call who has no idea what is going on.

samourai71 07-22-2013 07:48 AM

Stay away from any Alpine head units, they always need software updates and they're hard to find and install. Sony always a good bet, install and use. no complications.


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