Has anyone used this? I just got an ipod and I want to integrate it into my truck via bluetooth so that I can also use my truck speakers for cell phone calls. I'm wondering about how difficult the install is. I just stopped by BB to talk to them and its a $75 install for the parrot plus another $25 for some fm/antenna wiring part that allows the mp3 player to work. Is this antenna part truly needed or is BB scamming as usual making you by parts you dont need and is the parrot install easy to do on your own?

 

when i worked at best buy i installed many of the motorola bluetooth setups. if they are anything like what you have it is a piece of cake....just find a place to put the microphone, and the remote and hook up your power wires and thats it. depending on where the customer wanted it mounted i could usually tie it up in under 45min.

 

i believe both set ups need to tap into your speaker wires, remote (as you said), and i know theres a mute wire that taps in somewhere. Also, im not sure what to do with the antenna adapter that i mentioned since i have an RF modulator. I would love to save the $75 on the install but im afraid to start the project and then find out im in over my head.
It sounds like what you installed was just the motorola unit that acts as its own speaker. what i am going for is using my truck speakers. Any more input would be very helpful though. If this set up gets too expensive im going to have to scrap it and i really am trying not to do that.
($160 for ipod, $125 parrot, $60 motorola blue tooth adapter for ipod, $100 BB install) The $100 install is really pushin me over my limit

 

yeah the motorola i installed had its own speaker that was mounted somewhere under the dash.....

well seems the only difference would be you use those wires to tap into a door speaker instead, should be pretty strait forward...

as far as the antenna adapter, you will need it for the rf modulator if you have the factory radio and will also need a reverse antenna adapter i think but its hard to know without seeing it.......if it plugs into the back or your factory radio then you will need an adapter for it

as for the mute wire, this is the schematic of your radio harness:

Radio 12v orange + radio harness
Radio Ground black/white - radio harness
Radio Ignition (Class 2 Serial Data)
Radio Illumination N/A
Factory Amp Turn-on pink + radio harness
Power Antenna N/A
LF Speaker +/- tan - gray +,- radio harness
Notes: If equipped, the amplifier is under the center console.
RF Speaker +/- lt. green - dk. green +,- radio harness
LR Speaker +/- brown - yellow +,- radio harness
RR Speaker +/- dk. blue - lt. blue +,- radio harness

and i dont see a mute wire in there so that would not be able to be hooked up unless you have an aftermarket radio that has a mute wire.

 

to save you some trouble you could always buy one of the radios that comes with bluetooth built in, that way all you do is put the radio in, mount the mic and it mutes the music and does everything else for you....just another option if this doesnt work out.

 

i think ill weigh the prices to that option vs my original plan for a setup. that has me buying a head unit, 4 speakers (stupid bose), the ipod bluetooth adapter, and uhh....would i have to buy something for the phone to integrate into the truck like the parrot?

 

actually there's a better way.

there's a harness to connect the IPod to the factory radio that allows you to control the ipod from the factory headunit and even read the titles on the display (there's one that just connects it also and doesn't allow control).

I know that there is also a harness that connects the parrot that's pretty much plug and play except the power wires I believe, try googling terms like "parrot GM adapter" and such

 

i scoped out your first option on crutchfield and here are the specifics: you can make 5 playlists that can be controlled on the stock head unit and you can flip through them the same way you would flip through your 'hot keys' for the radio (the 1-6 buttons). what i do not like is that i have musical ADD and flip through bands, songs, genres, etc like every 30 seconds so i would need my ipod out of my glove box and in my hand anyway, therefore, i would have an ugly cable connecting it to somewhere behind the dash. With the bluetooth setup, theres 0 cables. i can pass it to someone sitting in the back to control or even outside of my truck (when parked like for a tailgate or bbq, up to 30'). I do appreciate your recommendation though.

As for your second option..this is something i heard about over on fsc and i cant find the harness...someone said they used it on an obs for a parrot ck3000. ill keep looking. as is, the BB install will be $75 + a $25 antenna harness...i figure theres got to be a way to cut this cost down and the harness you speak of would allow me to do it (cuz i could install myself and may not need the antenna adapter)

 

well if you lived anywhere near me i would put it in for ya cheaper than $75

 

im hearing from some other guys that the sound quality will suck coming from my ipod because bluetooth is no good. have either of you heard a bluetooth setup before?

theres a scoshe unit that integrates ipods via bluetooth. I would need the cd port > aux adapter which crutchfield offers for $70 and then half the scoshe unit plugs into that aux port in the dash and the other half connects to the ipod through the 3.5mm jack (head phone jack). I did not like this set up as much because:
a) it does not integrate the phone in at all
b) rather than a small 'chip' plugging into the bottom of the ipod, you have a decent sized blue tooth 'block' dangling from the ipod via a short cable.

Theres got to be some kind of combination to achieve what im hoping for (cell phone integrated through truck speakers, ipod wirelessly connected to stereo hopefully without dangly bluetooth block)