Bought a 2.5mm male to 3.5mm female (right angle Adaptor) and from there installed a double boom parrot mic! That's all you need to do!!! Now I have all the great features of the Z110BT and fixed the only issue I had. This works, I just did it yesterday.
What's the point of the double mic? The parrot double mic requires a stereo input (3 conductor instead of two on the plug). Only one of the microphones would work.
Either way, glad to hear it solved your issue. Cheers!
By double mic. I meant it's one mic. it's the mic. that goes with a parrot stand alone unit I'd previously bought. I'm using only one mic. The point is people on the other end hear me crystal clear and many on this site have complained.
Yes I know what the mic looks like. You are still only using one of the two microphones on that unit. The 2.5mm plug on that mic is a stereo plug. The Z110 only has a mono input (as far as I know).
Has anyone tried a parrot single mic and had good luck? I prefer the single mic since the double mic is pretty ugly.
Either way, fink. If the OP finds he has better quality with the Parrot mic then good for him.
I tried the single Garmin mic from Fry's that others have had success with, and it made absolutely no difference. I ended up turning off the Bluetooth on the Z110BT and just using the Acadia's built-in Bluetooth.
I tried the single Garmin mic from Fry's that others have had success with, and it made absolutely no difference. I ended up turning off the Bluetooth on the Z110BT and just using the Acadia's built-in Bluetooth.
Yeah, the Garmin Mic didn't work for me either. I tried it w/o and w/ electrical tape around the sides of it. People can't understand me unless I turn the call volume way down. Then I can barely hear them. If the call volume is low enough, then it is okay but not great. My factory stereo's UConnect Bluetooth worked perfectly and was crystal clear on the other end. People couldn't tell I was on a speakerphone. The Pioneer's Bluetooth is garbage so far. Pairing problems, bugs, and horrible audio quality.
The mic is nowhere near the vents, but maybe it is in a direct path of one of the speakers. I may try moving it down off of the A-Pillar. (I have speakers up on the top of the dash.)
My Parrot Mic just came in. I'll be trying it here in the next couple days hopefully. It may "just work". That would be nice!
The other thing I haven't had a chance to try is some of the Bluetooth registry settings on my phone. With Windows Mobile, I can change the bitrate and some other parameters to see if they make any difference. It would be nice if it was "phone" dependent.
I used to have an AVIC-D3, and reused that mic and have had no issues.
quarky42- Any luck with the new mic?
Have you updated your Z110BT to the newest mapping? There's a Bluetooth file update included with the map update.
I also bought a Garmin mic at Fry's hoping it would improve. Didn't do jack.
Could somebody PLEASE post a link to the Parrot microphone they purchased? I've asked this like 3 times now!
Could somebody PLEASE post a link to the Parrot microphone they purchased? I've asked this like 3 times now!
Could somebody PLEASE post a link to the Parrot microphone they purchased? I've asked this like 3 times now!
CaptainInsane, thanks for the smart reply. I've already Googled it and perhaps I'm dense, but I'm still not sure which microphone people are talking about. How difficult is it for someone to post a link and say "This is the microphone I purchased?"
Could somebody PLEASE post a link to the Parrot microphone they purchased? I've asked this like 3 times now!
CaptainInsane, thanks for the smart reply. I've already Googled it and perhaps I'm dense, but I'm still not sure which microphone people are talking about. How difficult is it for someone to post a link and say "This is the microphone I purchased?"
I found several links to it on the first page with the LMGTFY link, Cap'n gave you the right search phrase in case you had not already tried that combination.
I give his link a thumbs up
Maybe I'm slow, but Captain that was the funniest shit I've ever seen on the forum. I'm still laughing!
Could somebody PLEASE post a link to the Parrot microphone they purchased? I've asked this like 3 times now!
CaptainInsane, thanks for the smart reply. I've already Googled it and perhaps I'm dense, but I'm still not sure which microphone people are talking about. How difficult is it for someone to post a link and say "This is the microphone I purchased?"
It's not hard to figure out. That search I gave you brings up a bunch of sites with the mic on them (read: THE VERY FIRST LINK). All you have to do is find a picture that looks like the one in this thread, and then look at what they say the model number is. Perhaps you ARE dense (hey, YOU said it first).
CaptainInsane, thanks for the smart reply. I've already Googled it and perhaps I'm dense, but I'm still not sure which microphone people are talking about. How difficult is it for someone to post a link and say "This is the microphone I purchased?"
Well if we give you all the answers without requiring you to do a little to help yourself, you might start asking us to change your diaper for you next.
@Captain, the funniest from you so far. 
Gotta love internet forums....easy to be a jerk behind a keyboard and monitor.
Anyway, my question was and still is the same. "WHICH MIC ARE PEOPLE PURCHASING THAT WORKS BETTER THAN THE PIONEER MIC?" People say "I purchased a dual boom mic from Parrot." WHICH one?
Seriously? How many different parrot dual mics did you find?
Gotta love internet forums....easy to be a jerk behind a keyboard and monitor.
Anyway, my question was and still is the same. "WHICH MIC ARE PEOPLE PURCHASING THAT WORKS BETTER THAN THE PIONEER MIC?" People say "I purchased a dual boom mic from Parrot." WHICH one?
Except people are not being arrogant to you, we may be a bit flip, but forums aren't all about "take take take" as many new members seem to think, it's about give AND take, we were all new once, but we listened and learned.
If all you want to do is take and not give, then google is the right place for you, if you're also willing to give, then a forum will be a good home.
Quarky, did you get the single Parrot mic installed and if so, is the quality any better than the Pioneer mic?