F-series model:f90bt (with update)

Phone make/model: Blackberry Pearl 8100 (TMobile)

Ease of connection: Moderate. It connects eventually, but when the car is first turned on, the f90bt tries to connect with the phone and it fails repeatedly... eventually after 5 to 10 minutes, it ends up connecting successfully on its own.

Phone book transfer: It worked fine after assigning contacts to a "category" and then specifying in the bluetooth menu of the phone to transfer only that category (as opposed to "all entries").

Sound quality: Perfect on both ends.

Comments: Hopefully they will fix the bluetooth handshake process... it is flaky at best, and it contrasts with all the other bluetooth devices i've used with the Pearl without a flaw. I've also noticed that when the F90bt is turned off, it doesn't immediately release the bluetooth connection (it stays powered on for a several seconds), and it prevents the phone from switching to a bluetooth headset when in the middle of a call, or from picking up the call directly.

f900Bt (latest FW)

phone: bberry Curve At&T

It simply doesn't work, it fails to connect every single time, it's really frustrating....someone said Parrot is coming up with a new FW to support it, hope so is soon otherwise it defeats its purpose

F-series model: F90BT

Phone make/model: T-Mobile 8320 "Curve"

Ease of connection: Simple from Phone, Connects Automatically each time

Phone book transfer: Does Not Work At All

Sound quality: Decent

Comments: Bluetooth Connects automatically but has difficulty staying connected. I eventually turned BT off on my phone until the "alleged" update from parot.

F-series model: F90BT

Phone make/model: BB 8703e

Ease of connection: poor

Phone book transfer: easy

Sound quality: good to great

Comments: waiting for the new update

 

 

F-series model: F90BT

Phone make/model: Razor V3m (sprint)

Ease of connection: good

Phone book transfer: easy

Sound quality: good

Comments:

F-series model: F700BT

Phone make/model: Samsung SCH-740 (Alias)

Ease of connection: Connect from Phone, worked perfectly first time after 2.0 update.

Phone book transfer: very easy, about 2-3 mins

Sound quality: sound quality is decent, nothing indistinguishable

Comments: Before the 2.0 firmware my bluetooth did not work at all, this is like freakin christmas as this was one of the HUGE features that got me to buy the unit, and it FINALLY WORKS!!!!!!

F-series model: 700BT

Phone make/model: Samsung i617 (BlackJackII)

Ease of connection: Perfect

Phonebook transfer: Fine, once I enabled serial port service.

Sound quality: Not bad, has a little static.

Comments: The microphone could be a little more sensitive...I have to speak pretty loudly so some people can hear me.

F-series model: F900BT

Phone make/model: enV by LG

Ease of connection: very

Phone book transfer: easy but...

Sound quality: pretty good

Comments: voice dialing is horrible. phone book would be a lot better if it didn't create a new entry for every single phone number. i have up to three numbers for some people and I get three or more icons. I had to download the phonebook, do some surgery (which was actually pretty easy after I found a way to hook into it from my firefox browser!!) and put it back. Mostly happy.

LG VX8300

 

F-series model: F500BT

Phone make/model: LG VX8300

Ease of connection: Had to connect using the navi unit.

Phone book transfer: Easy, transfered all contacts.

Sound quality: Good-Moderate, callers have stated that they hear a slight "echo" in my voice others hear no echo.

 

Comments: At first I struggled to connect the phone though BT b/c I was doing it via my phone and it wasnt recognizing the unit. Once I got into the phone settings of the 500bt unit I was able to activate the BT and sync with my phone.

F-series model: F90BT

Phone make/model: Sony Ericsson W810i

Ease of connection: very

Phone book transfer: easy

Sound quality: very good (or so I am told)

Comments: Unable to call contacts by picking them from the Pioneer. Phone usually connects within the first 1-2 minutes of start up or wont connect at all at which point I turn the phone off and on. The unit fails to recognize that I have pushed the main button to initiate voice commands 95% of the time but when it does work voice dialing is no problem.

 

Irritated by the fact that when ppl call me who are in my phone book and in the navi phone book that they appear as 'unknown'

F-series model: 700BT

Phone make/model: Motorola V551

Ease of connection: easy

Phone book transfer: can't get it to transfer - there is no function from the phone and the unit won't pull them

Sound quality: very good

Comments: aside from the phone book transfer issues, the Pioneer unit is now throwing a Windows error everytime they talk to each other. I have disabled the BT on the phone as this is the only way to prevent the code from coming back.

 

At this point, I would be impressed if I could overcome the error ... until that time, it just sucks!

 

EDIT: I have corrected the Windows error ... someone suggested removing the phone and the unit and re-pairing them. It worked like a charm.

F-series model: 900BT

Phone make/model: Samsung M1

Ease of connection: very easy

Phone book transfer: easy, unit can pull addresses from my phone, I don't think I can send from phone though

Sound quality: very good

Comments: I really wish we could edit the phone book, or even just delete contacts.

 

I had trouble figuring out how to upload the phone book. But I don't even recall what I was doing wrong. Its seems simple now.

 

I haven't played around with voice dialing yet, but I have low expectations.

F-series model: F90BT

 

Phone make/model: UTStarcom 6700

 

Ease of connection: Sometimes it works, othertimes it doesn't. It always discovers my phone, but may not actually connect.

 

Phone book transfer: Using Jetware, takes a long time to transfer all numbers, and I am getting double entries for each number

 

Sound quality: Good enough for me. I hear and I speak.

 

Comments: Not sure how to make my phone discover the stereo. Always tells me no device detected. I want it to be more consistant, just not consistantly bad.

F-series model: F700BT

Phone make/model: Verizon xv6900(HTC TOUCH/VOGUE/xv6900)

Ease of connection: Good

Phone book transfer: Did not happen

Sound quality: unknown

Comments: Phone recognized as a pocket pc. when I try to download the phonebook, I get a message saying not telephone number.

F-series model: 90BT

Phone make/model: Samsung i617 (BlackJackII)

Ease of connection: Works

Phonebook transfer: Worked pre-2.0, works w/ 2.0 (now, see comments)

Sound quality: No complaints.

Comments: Post 2.0 update I had to hard reset the phone and enable serial port service to get the transfer to work. Only ~50% of the contacts made it over, though. Removing SIM contacts and will retry.

 

UPDATE: Removing SIM contacts allowed all contacts to be sync'd, but there's no type indicator ((M) versus (H) versus (W), etc) that others claim to have after syncing.

F-Series Model: F90BT

Phone make/model: Sprint Blackberry 8830

Ease of Connection: Easy (Use the BB to connect to F90BT)

Phonebook Transfer: Works

Sound Quality: Perfect (better then I expected)

 

Comments: As everyone knows pre 2.0 update the Blackberry's would connect and disconnect every 10 secs. But after the update it works perfectly. I put my mic on the driver side visor and it works great there. I had a little echo problem but after turning down the volume a little there is no echo problem now. The calls are clearer then using my Jawbone from both ends of the call.

F-series model: 90BT

 

Phone make/model: Samsung "sync" A707

 

Ease of connection: Very

 

Phone book transfer: No how no way. However, I found a workaround. It seems that even though I could not transfer any contacts, the actual database is on the Flashdrive. I followed the instructions in the "Edit Your Phonebook" thread at http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18248&highlight=phonebook+editor and now I have working "Contacts".

 

Sound quality: Excellent on my end. I'm told I'm slightly muffled on the other end but audible.

 

Comments: Thought I would have to replace my phone to use the "Contacts" function of the unit. Thanks to AVIC411 and all the posters. (and using the SEARCH button really works)

F-series model: 900bt

 

Phone make/model:

LG TU915

sony erricson k790a

LG shine tu720

 

Ease of connection:

VERY easy

 

 

Phone book transfer:

very easy

 

Sound quality:

amazing

 

Comments:

just awsome since they released the update 2.0 no more unit restarts when phone is connected. knock on wood

F-series model: 90BT

Phone make/model: Motorola (MotoRazr) VE20

Ease of connection: Perfect

Phone book transfer: Perfect

Sound quality: Good, so people say "how do I sound"???

 

Comments: I don't kno if this is a wish list item or if this works with anyone else. I'd like to have the call transfer to my phone after I turn off the car. And so forth.

F-series model: F700BT

 

Phone make/model: Motorola Razr V3c with updated firmware on Verizon

 

Ease of connection: Worked like a charm right away. Couldn't be easier.

 

Phone book transfer: Automatic from radio pushed touch screen to transfer contacts, pressed ok, waited a minute and there they were.

 

Sound quality: The same breaks, cracks, pops as with my Motorola ear BT accessory, but the actual voice quality is better so my guess is that this phone's BT just is not that good but the microphone is better than in my Moto BT ear accessory.

 

Comments: Contacts don't distinguish whether they are home, work or mobile, other than that I'm satisfied. Voice dialing never worked with my ear BT device so I'm not missing what I never had.

F-series model: 90BT

Phone make/model: Sony W810i

Ease of connection: Very Easy

Phone book transfer: 150 Contacts with multiple numbers transfered in 5 seconds, update on 90BT after transfer about 30 seconds. After 2.0 now have Cell, Home, Office with names.

Sound quality: After 2.0 Very Good.

Comments: I have used several Bluetooth devices from several different companies and have found that if the critical part is the phone.

F-series model: F700

Phone make/model: Motorola ROKR (z6m)

Ease of connection: Pretty strait forward

Phone book transfer: PB Xfer crashed prior to 2.0. 2.0 simply says "cannot connect"

Sound quality: TOO F'ING LOUD. Unable to turn volume down from either the phone or the HU without muting.

Comments: BT is unusable

F-series model: F900BT (EU, Firmware 1.9, BT-Firmware 3.3)

Phone make/model: Samsung SGH-F480 Vodafone

Ease of connection: very

Phone book transfer: works

Sound quality: pretty good

F-series model: F-90BT (Firmware 2.0 and bluethooth update 3.30 RC3)

Phone make/model: ATT 8525, HTC hermes

Ease of connection: Pretty easy, just make sure you set the phone visible to other devices on the Bluetooth Mode setting tab, so the Avic can locate it when it is searching for new devices. After pairing setting are done the first time, you can turn this off if you want.

Phone book transfer: Perfect

Sound quality: Really good. It got REALLY improved with the lastest update 3.30 RC3 when compared with the 2.90, there is not more hiss or weird interferences.

Comments: Just loving it!

F-series model: F-90BT (Firmware 2.0 and bluethooth update 3.30 RC3)

Phone make/model: Tmobile G1

Ease of connection: Very easy, just had to make the G1 discoverable. Had to redo this after the BT update.

Phone book transfer: Haven't tried this yet

Sound quality: Very good, I have no complaints at all

Comments: Works well, not the slightest issue with it so far in terms of general phone use. Haven't tried the voice dialing or the phone book transfer yet.

F-series model: F900BT

Phone make/model: Alltel LG Rumor

Ease of connection: No problems

Phone book transfer: 170 contacts transfered no problem

Sound quality: Great on my end, every now and then the other person says I sound a tad muffled but can still understand me easily

Comments : Have to answer calls from the phone, cannot answer from unit. Incoming calls do not show caller ID. But have learned that both of these problems are a phone issue as other phones work great.