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Comment on UK Bargain Kenwood KDC-BT50U Built-In Bluetooth with Music Streaming CD Receiver with Front AUX / USB-iPod / iPhone Direct Control Lowest Price by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:16:57 +0000

Very good product, 19 April 2011

This review is from: Kenwood KDC-BT50U Built-In Bluetooth with Music Streaming CD Receiver with Front AUX / USB-iPod / iPhone Direct Control (Electronics)

Im very glad I choose this product after looking at similar ones for a long time. It is very easy to use once you have read the instructions because it's simple format. The sound quality is exceptional. The best features I think are being able to listen to your ipod and when one of your mates phones you it's as simple as pressing one button to use the hands free which obviously comes out over the car speakers. I dont have a microphone for it because you dont need one and people seem to be able to hear me well without having to shout a bit. I would recommend this item.

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Comment on UK Bargain Kenwood KDC-BT50U Built-In Bluetooth with Music Streaming CD Receiver with Front AUX / USB-iPod / iPhone Direct Control Lowest Price by Egor

Egor — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:22:07 +0000

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Top stuff!, 15 Dec 2010

Egor -

This review is from: Kenwood KDC-BT50U Built-In Bluetooth with Music Streaming CD Receiver with Front AUX / USB-iPod / iPhone Direct Control (Electronics)

I purchased this for my BMW Coupe. I used an adaptor (also sold on amazon_ and it works very well. Blue tooth is paired with my iphone 4 and works all the time with decent audio. the USB port is also very useful . I simply plug my USB pendrive in and I've got 16 gigs worth of music, all streaming perfectly. The Tex function tells me whats on and it just works brilliantly.I never use the CD, but have tested it and the quality is sound.

For the money you cant go wrong, good quality, versatile and definatly a good buy!

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Comment on UK Bargain Kenwood KDC-BT50U Built-In Bluetooth with Music Streaming CD Receiver with Front AUX / USB-iPod / iPhone Direct Control Lowest Price by Simon

Simon — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:17:47 +0000

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Infuriating, 5 Dec 2010

Simon -

This head unit is, without a doubt, the most infuriating object I have ever owned. The music-playing aspect is flawless - the sound is great and there are numerous ways to tweak it. The ability to play MP3s from a USB stick is awesome. But part of the reason for buying this unit is for the bluetooth phone connection. And this is where it all starts to go horribly wrong...

At first, everything seems fine. Pairing the phone to the head unit is simple, and after that every time you get in the car the two connect automatically. The phonebook contents are transferred, you can make calls, and receive them. You can even stream music from the phone to the stereo.

Then the errors start. "HF error 68" to be precise. HF error 68 means that the stereo has some sort of communication problem with the phone. The exact nature of the problem is unclear, because the phone is perfectly happy with the communication situation. The stereo, though, is not. The phone and stereo remain connected, but the stereo won't make calls or receive calls.

No problem though - HF error 68 is such a common occurence that the chaps at Kenwood thoughtfully added a passage in the manual describing how to fix it. You just turn the stereo off and then on again. One might expect a bluetooth reset button or something, but no, Kenwood would prefer you to have a moment of music-free silence to respect the HF error 68. Only it's not just a moment. Recall that the phone is completely oblivious to the mysterious communication problem. So you need to leave the stereo off long enough for the phone to drop the bluetooth connection. About two minutes usually does the trick.

So after a couple of minutes you switch the stereo back on and the stereo re-connects to the phone. And if you get another HF error 68, which happens quite a lot, you just turn the stereo off for another two minutes. In fact, sometimes you arrive at your destination having spent the entire journey doing this.

After about a week of this behaviour the HF errors 68 stop. The stereo simply won't connect to the phone at all. When you go into the stereo's bluetooth menu to try and connect manually, you find a "device full" message, indicating that more than 5 phones have been paired. When you go to delete some of these extra pairings, you find that no phones at all are paired.

The only cure for this strange condition is to remove the stereo's faceplate and use the paperclip reset hole. This fixes the bluetooth connection, but also resets all your settings back to default. All your display settings are gone. Your CD starts again from the beginning. The bluetooth auto-answer switches back on. Etc, etc. And, of course, the HF errors 68 start up again.

Updating the firmware makes everything work beautifully, for about two weeks. Then the errors come back. Incidentally, the bluetooth firmware can only be updated via bluetooth from a windows laptop. You might think that a device with both a CD drive and USB port would be updatable by one of those means, but no. This aspect is really the final straw. If you could leave a USB stick in the glovebox with the firmware on it, you could put up with reloading it every couple of weeks, but having to borrow a bluetooth-capable windows laptop makes this process a real pain.

So, that's it. Worst car stereo ever.

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Comment on UK Cheap Parking Reversing 8 Sensors buzzer alarm sensor system – Black In Stock by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:56:44 +0000

Cr*p, 28 Oct 2011

G. Abernethy "qjardine" (Lost in the jungle) -

This review is from: Parking Reversing 8 Sensors buzzer alarm sensor system - Black

Do not touch this product with the proverbial. I bought it in good faith, then spent £200 having it professionally fitted. (It is not a DIY job) Very soon I discovered that the alarm buzzer sounded almost incessantly in normal road use, making my car a nightmare to drive. Worse, in heavy rain it screams incessantly. When I sent a complaint to the manufacturers through Amazon, I received a reply in worse English than a Spanish restaurant menu. The only thing I could understand was a suggestion that I buy an interface, (which would cost as much as the original device) in thehope that it would work.

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Comment on UK Sell Kenwood KDC-W 7044 U Best Price by Mr. S. Griggs "Simon Griggs"

Mr. S. Griggs "Simon Griggs" — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:38:07 +0000

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Great for iPod control., 1 Jan 2010

Mr. S. Griggs "Simon Griggs" (Southampton, UK) -

This review is from: Kenwood KDC-W 7044 U (Electronics)

This is my first purchase of a Head Unit so I can't compare to anything else apart from the old Kenwood tape Head Unit that came out the car. Instillation was easy, Tools and adapter needed was all in the box so really happy as I really didn't want to pay Halfords to fit this for me. The main reason for going for this unit was to have the USB port on the back as I wanted to permanently have my 5th G iPod classic attached. This has worked out great and controlling the iPod from the unit is extremely competent. My only niggle is that using the right knob to select songs etc can sometimes result in you pressing up, down, by mistake. This really is a minor thing and i'm getting used to it quickly. As for sound it sounds great, I don't have third party speakers but this has made a massive difference to the audio quality in the car. The stereo has almost infinite configuration for sound, display and setup. The only thing I noticed is that this is advertised as being multicoloured. This is not the case. It is blue always. According to the instructions the multi coloured lights is a feature of the next model up. Overall I am very happy at Amazons ( car audio direct) price is £ 65 cheaper than Halfords. Highly recommended.

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Comment on UK Low Price Supertooth HD Handsfree Bluetooth Speakerphone Car Kit – Black In Stock by Graeme Stewart "echosnare"

Graeme Stewart "echosnare" — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:04:46 +0000

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Very Interesting, but takes a bit of getting to know, 7 Aug 2011

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This review is from: Supertooth HD Handsfree Bluetooth Speakerphone Car Kit - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

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This is being used by my step-daughter and her partner, as they don't have built in bluetooth in their car, and as she is expecting another child, it is ideal for contacting BF while he is driving without risking 3 points and a £60 fine for using the phone while driving. Getting paired with his phone took a bit of doing, but once that was done, it wasn't too bad. The speaker is very clear, and the mic is very effective, even with engine or traffic noise. I haven't experienced the text system as yet, but it seems to work OK.

It is early days yet, but it does what it is supposed to, and as far as I know, hasn't given any major problems.

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Comment on UK Low Price Supertooth HD Handsfree Bluetooth Speakerphone Car Kit – Black In Stock by Champak "Hundalz"

Champak "Hundalz" — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:26:39 +0000

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

Supertooth- SUPERB and very efficient sleek Kit, 31 July 2011

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This review is from: Supertooth HD Handsfree Bluetooth Speakerphone Car Kit - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

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An amazing, well built, well structured and practical product.
1. Pairing with the phone is almost a doddle. no hassle and amazing thing is everytime phone is close to this kit, it automatically takes over.
2. Making phone call through it is also simple and very quick.
3.simple one touch commands, I specially like the verbal battery charge command.
4. excellent facility to even dictate texts through kit though wont accept certain words and symbols.
5. Magnetic clips are very solid and easy to remove and put it away in glove box

The only bad point could be the size, though it is very slim and sleek and with an excellent built quality but it is much bigger than other alternatives.
On the whole, if u want practical, sturdy and excellent product, this is one for you. u wont be disaapointed... take my word for it.

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Comment on UK Low Price Supertooth HD Handsfree Bluetooth Speakerphone Car Kit – Black In Stock by Lova

Lova — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:15:07 +0000

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

High Quality Performance, 17 Aug 2011

Lova -

This review is from: Supertooth HD Handsfree Bluetooth Speakerphone Car Kit - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

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I've been using this for couple of weeks now so this review is based on my impressions so far,if anything else comes to light I will add an update.
1.PAIRING.
I've paired 2 phones to this Car Kit,an HTC Desire HD and a Sony Ericsson K800.Both phones paired quickly and transfer of each phones phonebook also completed quickly and successfully.This kit allows pairing to 8 phones but will only monitor 2 phones simultaneously.
2.CHARGING AND BATTERY LIFE.
On receipt I fully charged the Kit from my laptop using the usb lead provided.This took about 4 hours.After approx 50 hours use so far (including about 4 hours talk time and 2 hours navigation direction time) the kit announces that the battery charge is still high when turned on.A cigarette lighter charger is also provided to enable in car charging.
3.INSTALLATION.
This is very easy to do as all that is required is to slide the metal clip onto a sunvisor and then attach the magnetic rear of the Supertooth HD to the clip.There is an indentation on both sides of the clip that perfectly fits the magnets so the device feels very secure once located.When using the sunvisor simply remove the device,pull down the sunvisor and reattach to the other side of the clip.
4.CALLS.
When receiving a call the kit will announce the caller if they are in your phonebook.3 vocal commands are available;Answer,Reject or Ignore or if you prefer to answer manually pressing the button in the middle of the volume control answers the call.9 voice command contacts can be made to facilitate handsfree dialling but 4 of these must be Home,Office,Voice mail and Emergency.The other option is to simply manually dial the number from the phone.At town speeds the vocal commands work well but I always use the manual option at motorway speeds as the noise inside the vehicle sometimes seems to interfere with the vocal commands.
The clarity of the speakers is superb for such a small device and even at motorway speeds calls come through loud and clear.Callers have reported that my voice is loud and clear also so the 2 microphones and the Noise/Echo Cancellation device seem to function very well.
A nice bonus of this device is that when using my HTC Desire HD's navigation system the vocal directions are emitted from the Supertooth which makes them a lot easier to hear than when transmitted from the pathetic speaker in the phone.
5.BUILD QUALITY.
The build quality appears to be excellent.A smooth glossy black finish with a contrasting metallic effect front centre panel looks very pleasing.All controls feel positive and function very well.
6.EXTRAS.
Included with the Kit is an activation code for 6 months free subscription to SuperTooth Handsfree Assistant.This enables the user to directly connect to the service and use voice commands to listen to email,send text messages and use social media sites such as Facebook etc.I am unable to comment on this service as it is of no interest to me but prospective purchasers may find it useful.
7.INSTRUCTIONS/WEBSITE.
Included with the kit is a quick start guide which is perfectly adequate to get up a running.Unfortunately the full user guide is not currently available to download on the Supertooth website and none of the tutorial videos shown on the website are available to view either.Hopefully,this will be remedied soon.
In conclusion I can certainly recommend this Car Kit.It functions faultlessly and initial impressions indicate that it will be reliable in the long term.

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Comment on UK Cheap Navman Mio Spirit 575 Satellite Navigation System – Regional UK In Stock by Mrs. S. Layzell

Mrs. S. Layzell — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:23:54 +0000

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

Navman Mio Spirit 575, 6 Feb 2011

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This review is from: Navman Mio Spirit 575 Satellite Navigation System - Regional UK (Electronics)

Its a great product but is let down badly by the web site and custemer support. It took almost7 hrs over 3 days to register the product . But the sat nav works fine.

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Comment on UK Cheap Navman Mio Spirit 575 Satellite Navigation System – Regional UK In Stock by Kaio

Kaio — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:24:49 +0000

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Highly recommended, 8 Sep 2011

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This review is from: Navman Mio Spirit 575 Satellite Navigation System - Regional UK (Electronics)

I got this satnav as a replacement for an aging Navman N60i which was a family favourite. Navman Mio Spirit 575 is, of course, the same pedigree and you will also note improvements over the years, such as the voice prompt now referring to roads/streets by their names (as opposed to simply saying letters and numbers as A123). This can be quite helpful particularly in dense city areas where you see road or street names than alphanumeric codes.

Of course, not all street/road names can be that easily recorded into audio and for this speech synthesis is unavoidable (as for this satnav). The synthesized voice (particularly with long or multiple-word road/street names) at first sounds a bit odd (due to unnatural synthetic speech resulting in wrong syllables, imperfect intonation, etc.) but with time it can be accustomed to. I think the satnav has an option to disable this added feature (which means no street/road names in navigation as in old models) but didn't even bother to disable this. Oh, I just forgot ... I just couldn't get used to Garmin and I had to return it.

The traffic alert is also very useful (but makes me wonder as to what will happen if the traffic alert is commonplace and everybody follows the same advice, say to avoid a certain route).

Excellent build quality, pleasant user interface including the voice prompt (with and without road/street name prompts). Highly recommended.

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