Anyone have good experience using the Pioneer CD-VM1 microphone, or is there a better one to use?
My unit may be mounted low on the console so I dont think the built in one will do the trick & the Pioneer microphone seems to be discontinued, so not sure it's a good one...
Any suggestions & info appreciated, thank you!
Anyone have input?
I would love to know this also.
I have On-star in my truck? Is there any way to patch into the wire and avoid having two microphones in my vehicle?
Sure you can, it is really easy if Onstar uses like a 1/8th in jack. You can just get a splitter at Radioshack. Or you can just split the hot and ground wires yourself. Run one set to Onstar and another set to the AVIC. 
Sure you can, it is really easy if Onstar uses like a 1/8th in jack. You can just get a splitter at Radioshack. Or you can just split the hot and ground wires yourself. Run one set to Onstar and another set to the AVIC.
Have you actualy done this yourself Retell ? the reason I ask is that these are Electret Condenser Mics and have a voltage up the centre conductor to power the Mic electronics, connecting the two units together without some kind of DC decoupling on one of them could damage one or both units.
I use a Nokia MP-2 microphone
http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/a ... ssory-mp-2
Which is easily velcro'd or taped to the roof lining as the bottom of it is flat.
K.
Thanks for the input! I'll check it out.
I use the CK3200 parrot mic in mine. Far better than the stock mic.
Anyone know where I can buy one of these Parrot mics?
Sure you can, it is really easy if Onstar uses like a 1/8th in jack. You can just get a splitter at Radioshack. Or you can just split the hot and ground wires yourself. Run one set to Onstar and another set to the AVIC.
Have you actualy done this yourself Retell ? the reason I ask is that these are Electret Condenser Mics and have a voltage up the centre conductor to power the Mic electronics, connecting the two units together without some kind of DC decoupling on one of them could damage one or both units.
Thanks Brian for your comment. I almost tried it. Has anyone figured out any way to tap in?
Anyone know where I can buy one of these Parrot mics?
Which Parrot mic are you looking for? The basic one that they include with their lower-end models is also sold by Garmin for use with their GPS units. I bought one of those at Fry's Electronics for $12.00 or so. It works great and looks much better than the stock microphone.
Anyone know where I can buy one of these Parrot mics?Which Parrot mic are you looking for? The basic one that they include with their lower-end models is also sold by Garmin for use with their GPS units. I bought one of those at Fry's Electronics for $12.00 or so. It works great and looks much better than the stock microphone.
Do you have a model number?
Do you have a model number?
PR2626
I just bought one off ebay from the UK. Will update when it arrives.
Do you have a model number?PR2626
I just bought one off ebay from the UK. Will update when it arrives.
Dude .. I bought the "PR2627 Parrot Twin Mic Microphone MKi9100, MKi9200" from a english firm on eBay also .. received it roughly 10 days later .. and I tell you what .. its the greatest thing. Far better than the stock mic (I have an AVIC-F700BT) .. here is the link to the UK company that is selling these on eBay ..
get the garmin mic. i got it on ebay for 15 bucks. it is the same mic as the parrots (single mic, not dual). it GREATLY improved sound quality on the other end
Do you have a model number?PR2626
I just bought one off ebay from the UK. Will update when it arrives.
Dude .. I bought the "PR2627 Parrot Twin Mic Microphone MKi9100, MKi9200" from a english firm on eBay also .. received it roughly 10 days later .. and I tell you what .. its the greatest thing. Far better than the stock mic (I have an AVIC-F700BT) .. here is the link to the UK company that is selling these on eBay ..
I had actually called Parrot and asked about that mic, they told me the unit had to be built to use the dual mic specifically, so I forgot about it. Is it a standard plug or two or what? Are both mic's working or just one? Have you tried any other mic's to compare it to?
Thanks
I bought the Garmin and its awesome, I would recommend it for sure.
I was going to buy the double mic but couldn't find out what kind of plug it used.
Dude .. I bought the "PR2627 Parrot Twin Mic Microphone MKi9100, MKi9200" from a english firm on eBay also .. received it roughly 10 days later .. and I tell you what .. its the greatest thing. Far better than the stock mic (I have an AVIC-F700BT) .. here is the link to the UK company that is selling these on eBay ..
I had actually called Parrot and asked about that mic, they told me the unit had to be built to use the dual mic specifically, so I forgot about it. Is it a standard plug or two or what? Are both mic's working or just one? Have you tried any other mic's to compare it to?
Thanks
Compared to the standard mic that was shipped with the F700 .. I installed this mic in the same place which was right at the top of my A-Arm in a Tahoe .. with the factory mic, I would have to have my face right up to the mic, ALL windows closed and even then people had a hard time hearing me. With the dual-mic from Parrot .. sit back, all windows open, travelling down highway doing 70 (wind noise) .. absolutely no problems .. loud and clear, cancelled out everything around me. The plug on the Parrot mic is the same size as the standard, it has 3 instead of 2 points .. but this has made no difference at all to the operation of the microphone. I would recommend this in a heartbeat.
Dude .. I bought the "PR2627 Parrot Twin Mic Microphone MKi9100, MKi9200" from a english firm on eBay also .. received it roughly 10 days later .. and I tell you what .. its the greatest thing. Far better than the stock mic (I have an AVIC-F700BT) .. here is the link to the UK company that is selling these on eBay ..
I had actually called Parrot and asked about that mic, they told me the unit had to be built to use the dual mic specifically, so I forgot about it. Is it a standard plug or two or what? Are both mic's working or just one? Have you tried any other mic's to compare it to?
Thanks
Compared to the standard mic that was shipped with the F700 .. I installed this mic in the same place which was right at the top of my A-Arm in a Tahoe .. with the factory mic, I would have to have my face right up to the mic, ALL windows closed and even then people had a hard time hearing me. With the dual-mic from Parrot .. sit back, all windows open, travelling down highway doing 70 (wind noise) .. absolutely no problems .. loud and clear, cancelled out everything around me. The plug on the Parrot mic is the same size as the standard, it has 3 instead of 2 points .. but this has made no difference at all to the operation of the microphone. I would recommend this in a heartbeat.
Have you tried to isolate each of the two mics to see if both are taking in sound, I'm pretty sure only one of your two are actually working, since the plug has three poles as opposed to two. I have zero problems with my garmin, it is mounted right in the middle of the headliner right by the rearview mirror.
With the standard mic, the bluetooth is basically worthless for me. People I call can hardly hear me so I need to upgrade. I'm hesitant to spend $30+ and buy from the UK when I'm in the US.
Is this the Garmin that's been mentioned in this thread? Will it help with the complaints of me sounding very distant and "echoy"?
Is this the Garmin that's been mentioned in this thread? Will it help with the complaints of me sounding very distant and "echoy"?
Yep, that's the one.
Sure you can, it is really easy if Onstar uses like a 1/8th in jack. You can just get a splitter at Radioshack. Or you can just split the hot and ground wires yourself. Run one set to Onstar and another set to the AVIC.
Have you actualy done this yourself Retell ? the reason I ask is that these are Electret Condenser Mics and have a voltage up the centre conductor to power the Mic electronics, connecting the two units together without some kind of DC decoupling on one of them could damage one or both units.
Thanks Brian for your comment. I almost tried it. Has anyone figured out any way to tap in?
Have you figured out how to tap into the ONSTAR mic yet. I have an AVIC f700bt and a SAAB 2002 9-3 SE convertible and I can't seem to get it to work.
First, I tried finding the mic by following the wires out of the onstar button, but that got me now where.
Then, I went straight to the A Pillar in my Convertibe (which is where I think the mic is) and we --
got a radioshak 2.5 mm mic and chopped the head off. Then we connected the two wires coming out of our headless radioshack mic to the two wires that we found heading tot the onstar mic... and nothing happen. we even switched the wires... still nothing.
anyone have any input here?
Hi, I've got an F10bt and my microphone is shocking as well. Does anyone know the microphone that comes with this unit? Also would the PRS2625 work with this unit?
Cheers...