MBenzNL UHI phone kits (longish post, some pics)
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Originally Posted by sunman
Scorchie,
when you say the voice activation is not working when in the cradle, I assume that you mean the voice activation feature of the phone itself.
when you say the voice activation is not working when in the cradle, I assume that you mean the voice activation feature of the phone itself.
Originally Posted by sunman
I have the voice activation system VCS installed my car with the steering lever and that works fine with UHI.
Finally, regarding the phone choice - I gave up on waiting for Cingular to release the 6230b, and wasn't keen to pay EBay prices, so settled for the T637. I'm not looking for all the extra gadgets, I just want a good 850/1800/1900 phone with a small form factor. I'd have loved an 850 version of the Nokia 6100. I haven't had the opportunity to compare the 6230 and 637 side-by-side, but from the specs on the web site, the S-E (102mm/43/17) is slightly smaller (especially thinner) than the 6230 (103/44/20). I prefer Nokia's menus and UI, but the S-E is certainly usable (and streets ahead of Motorola).
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Originally Posted by sunman
Scorchie,
when you say the voice activation is not working when in the cradle, I assume that you mean the voice activation feature of the phone itself. I have the voice activation system VCS installed my car with the steering lever and that works fine with UHI. Also, if you hook a bluetooth earpiece to the phone, as soon as you plug it in the cradle, it gets disconnected to divert sound to the cradle and not the earpiece.
when you say the voice activation is not working when in the cradle, I assume that you mean the voice activation feature of the phone itself. I have the voice activation system VCS installed my car with the steering lever and that works fine with UHI. Also, if you hook a bluetooth earpiece to the phone, as soon as you plug it in the cradle, it gets disconnected to divert sound to the cradle and not the earpiece.
The use of a Bluetooth phone with the car kit is apparently phone specific, some phones allow it, some do not.
And a word on the Sony Ericsson phones... I carried around the T637 for a few days as we were doing this testing. I must say that ... it sucks. I don't care for the interface (like how the "hang up" softkey changes to "internet" right after hanging up, so a double press connects you to GPRS), and although the RF performance appears to be much better than the T616 (and naturally the T610/T630 due to 800MHz band), it seems to still be a notch below what we are used to seeing in Nokias--the 6310i and 3650 obviously being much better, but even my "standard carry" 6820 performing better.
My suggestion on phone for people looking for one is to get the Nokia 6200. This phone is pretty full featured, fairly small, a really good performer, and cheap from AT&T. The 6230 has even more "stuff" on it (like camera and MP3 player), but the usefulness of those features might be more suited to someone who takes a lot of mass transit, rather than someone looking for an appropriate phone for a Mercedes car kit. Not to mention, the 6230 is pretty expensive, and many bugs are reported on this model in the forums. Caveats for the 6200 are that it does not have Bluetooth, so to use its EDGE data capabilities with a laptop requires using IR or a cable; and the screen is still passive like the SE T616.
So everyone needs to decide what feature set is important for himself, and make an appropriate decision... but I would assume (possibly incorrectly) that RF performance is high on everyone's list.
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T616 is 850/1800/1900.
T610 is 900/1800/1900.
I like Nokia's better than SE's too... But the T610's FULLY integrated with my powerbook... (besides syncing phone numbers/names, you get caller ID, battery, signal to display on the laptop, also you could make calls from the laptop use the internal microphone/speaker, and also send/receive SMS text message right from the Addressbook program in Apple)
T610 is 900/1800/1900.
I like Nokia's better than SE's too... But the T610's FULLY integrated with my powerbook... (besides syncing phone numbers/names, you get caller ID, battery, signal to display on the laptop, also you could make calls from the laptop use the internal microphone/speaker, and also send/receive SMS text message right from the Addressbook program in Apple)
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Originally Posted by Yang1815
T616 is 850/1800/1900.
T610 is 900/1800/1900.
I like Nokia's better than SE's too... But the T610's FULLY integrated with my powerbook... (besides syncing phone numbers/names, you get caller ID, battery, signal to display on the laptop, also you could make calls from the laptop use the internal microphone/speaker, and also send/receive SMS text message right from the Addressbook program in Apple)
T610 is 900/1800/1900.
I like Nokia's better than SE's too... But the T610's FULLY integrated with my powerbook... (besides syncing phone numbers/names, you get caller ID, battery, signal to display on the laptop, also you could make calls from the laptop use the internal microphone/speaker, and also send/receive SMS text message right from the Addressbook program in Apple)
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im with sunman on this. ive had several motorla phones in the past: V60, V70, T720, V400, V600 as well as several Nokia phones: 5100, 6100, 8100, 8860, 3300, 6560. My avg. timespan of keeping a phone is about 6 months. T720 was only a month and a half.
Motorola phones have wierd bugs in them. My V600 is not the best phone, but much better than the worst ive had, the T720.
Im going to go with the 6230 myself. I've been to NokiaUSA.com and read the specs on both the 6200 and 6230. im more of a gadget freak so the MP3 players for super ringtones and the camera are pretty much a must for me.
Motorola phones have wierd bugs in them. My V600 is not the best phone, but much better than the worst ive had, the T720.
Im going to go with the 6230 myself. I've been to NokiaUSA.com and read the specs on both the 6200 and 6230. im more of a gadget freak so the MP3 players for super ringtones and the camera are pretty much a must for me.
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Originally Posted by scorchie
I wrote that the T637 RF is better than the T616, and it is naturally better than the T610/T630 due to the 800MHz band being on the T637. It seems you are just repeating it, or am I missing something?
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Question....
Do the phone's ringtones come through the car's system when the UHI is installed?
Or is there a generic ring tone that sounds off?
Thanks, Bill
Do the phone's ringtones come through the car's system when the UHI is installed?
Or is there a generic ring tone that sounds off?
Thanks, Bill
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Originally Posted by wblynch
Question....
Do the phone's ringtones come through the car's system when the UHI is installed?
Or is there a generic ring tone that sounds off?
Thanks, Bill
Do the phone's ringtones come through the car's system when the UHI is installed?
Or is there a generic ring tone that sounds off?
Thanks, Bill
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Originally Posted by scorchie
The phone's ringtones come through the car's system, depending on the phone you are using. Also note that the phone ringtones often can be set for a "car" profile, which MAY differ from the other profiles used.
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I went to the MBenzNL site but there still is no information about preordering this kit or the pricing.
I thought I read above that the pricing had been posted..
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Originally Posted by wblynch
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I went to the MBenzNL site but there still is no information about preordering this kit or the pricing.
I thought I read above that the pricing had been posted..
I went to the MBenzNL site but there still is no information about preordering this kit or the pricing.
I thought I read above that the pricing had been posted..
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Originally Posted by scorchie
Hate to state the obvious, but if it is not on the site, it has not been posted yet.
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Originally Posted by sunman
The price is already posted and he stated around 850 dollars. The v600 and Cingular are fine but as he said, "You are on your own with this combo" There are too many issues with the v600 phone. I have used them in the past and they are too buggy. The t610 works fine with the same cradle pictured with the t637.
Thanks.
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Sure... I guess this posting had lead me to belive that it had...
Perhaps ridicule is the tone of the day around here?
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Perhaps ridicule is the tone of the day around here?
Thanks.
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Will UHI be available at some point for W211's?
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Originally Posted by sunman
the new 211's may come with TELEAID low cost version which will be a seperate unit than the phone PSE. Time will tell.
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Originally Posted by scorchie
The phone's ringtones come through the car's system, depending on the phone you are using. Also note that the phone ringtones often can be set for a "car" profile, which MAY differ from the other profiles used.
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The matrix is way too complicated to list all the possible combinations (I noticed that some ringtones did not come through the Sony Ericsson UHI kit).
So, if this is REAL important to you, you will need to research it yourself. Otherwise... live with what you get.
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Without research, you should probably assume that the ring will be "ring ring" unless you have empirical evidence to suggest otherwise.
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Will the Ericsson kit available for T610/T630 not fit the P900 ,as the standard house chargers etc are all universal & my son can charge his T630 with any of my P900 chargers.If these are available can you put me in the right direction appreciate any help.
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No, the sony ericsson kit is for the t610/t616/t630/t637. I don't believe there is any plan to introduce a kit for the p900 phone. Benz has to do a feasability study and there just aren't enough users.
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Two questions:
1. Anyone how a ROUGH idea what the price might be for the UHI kit for a R230 (SL500 - 2003) ? I know Scorchie has said to wait for the official pricing -- which Steve will post at some point on his website.
2. I am not technically inclined (at least as far as this stuff goes) ... so can any place that does stereo type work install this stuff easily or do I / should I wait till Steve comes back to the east coast ?
Thanks for any input.
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1. Anyone how a ROUGH idea what the price might be for the UHI kit for a R230 (SL500 - 2003) ? I know Scorchie has said to wait for the official pricing -- which Steve will post at some point on his website.
2. I am not technically inclined (at least as far as this stuff goes) ... so can any place that does stereo type work install this stuff easily or do I / should I wait till Steve comes back to the east coast ?
Thanks for any input.
regards
- rajs
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Originally Posted by RajS
Two questions:
1. Anyone how a ROUGH idea what the price might be for the UHI kit for a R230 (SL500 - 2003) ? I know Scorchie has said to wait for the official pricing -- which Steve will post at some point on his website.
2. I am not technically inclined (at least as far as this stuff goes) ... so can any place that does stereo type work install this stuff easily or do I / should I wait till Steve comes back to the east coast ?
Thanks for any input.
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- rajs
1. Anyone how a ROUGH idea what the price might be for the UHI kit for a R230 (SL500 - 2003) ? I know Scorchie has said to wait for the official pricing -- which Steve will post at some point on his website.
2. I am not technically inclined (at least as far as this stuff goes) ... so can any place that does stereo type work install this stuff easily or do I / should I wait till Steve comes back to the east coast ?
Thanks for any input.
regards
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As far as installation goes, you may wish to look at the install bulletins for your car on Paul's website at http://home.earthlink.net/~phdwebsite/ and see what you think of it. Although this is for the Motorola kit and some things will change (such as installation of the UHI clip, or the PSE being differently sized, and the omission of the compensator), it gives you an idea of the component locations and how difficult it is to get to them (easy on R230 actually, plus the center armrest is pretty easy to work with as well with no exposed wiring).
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