Forum-Gallery-Shop-Sponsors

« Advertise on Freel2.com

Home > Maintenance & Modifications > Fitting a bletooth car kit
Post Reply  Down to end
Page 1 of 1
Print this entire topic · 
markconnor33



Member Since: 16 Mar 2007
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Posts: 118

United Kingdom 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Baltic Blue
Fitting a bletooth car kit

Hello

Just looking at getting a FL2, but cant justify the extra £2K for an XS over a GS, just to get a bluetooth kit and a few other incidentals.

Have any of you fitted an aftermarket phonekit eg Parrot 3100?

Will probably go down this route, but would be interested if any extra cables etc are needed.


Cheers
Mark

Post #2030 16th Mar 2007 9:57 pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
gd



Member Since: 03 May 2007
Location: Wales
Posts: 6

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Sumatra Black

hi - have the same issue. Have you managed to retro fit a phone kit yet and what type?

Post #2834 3rd May 2007 10:41 am
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
markconnor33



Member Since: 16 Mar 2007
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Posts: 118

United Kingdom 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Baltic Blue

Yes sorted out now, managed to persude my employer to supply/fit me a fitted Bluetooth Parrot car kit.

Unfortunately the company who fitted it fitted it with the telemute adapter lead for the old freelander, therefore the radio controls were affected. Radio wouldn't switch on without engine running, and radio once switched on, went straight to CD play, instead of radio.

Got them back today, to sort out, but the guy couldn't (or wouldn't) sort it, so removed the adapter lead, and wired in an independant speaker until they can get hold of the correct lead.

I'll get/post the full details of the correct lead ref and supplier when they come back to fit it.

Apart from the radio problem, the parrot kit works great, and sounded loud and clear from the cars speakers. Not quite as good as factory fit kit, but then again didn't cost extra £2k.

Cheers
Mark Freelander 2
TD4 GS
Shiney fantastic Baltic Blue
Detachable Witter Towbar

Post #2836 3rd May 2007 4:33 pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
markconnor33



Member Since: 16 Mar 2007
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Posts: 118

United Kingdom 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Baltic Blue

All sorted now.

Bluetooth Parrot 3400 LS GPS kit now fitted and working great after the fitters fitted the correct telemute lead.

Works seemlessly through the cars speakers, automuting radio when talking.

Easy to take off afterwards also to put on another car, as no cuts to trim/screws etc.

Recommend to anyone else too tight to pay extra for XS over GS model!!

Mark Freelander 2
TD4 GS
Shiney fantastic Baltic Blue
Detachable Witter Towbar

Post #3137 17th May 2007 9:03 pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
Jez



Member Since: 02 May 2007
Location: Somerset, UK
Posts: 7

United Kingdom 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Sumatra Black
Parrot LS3200 fitting

I am trying to get an ISO adaptor cable to fit the Parrot LS 3200 LCD bluetooth car kit without cutting any cables. Does anyone know where I can get this as the old freelander leads are wrong? Thanks

Post #4913 27th Jul 2007 12:20 pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
Jez



Member Since: 02 May 2007
Location: Somerset, UK
Posts: 7

United Kingdom 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Sumatra Black
Parrot 3200

Bought a Parrot 3200 LCD from a well known online auction site Wink . I have the Freelander 2 GS with standard audio which does not have ISO adaptors on the back.

I got a lead from my local ICE (In Car Entertainment) specialist which connects between the parrot and the stereo. The lead was from a company at www.celsusice.co.uk and as not freelander 2 lead is available yet it is actually the one for the Jaguar X-Type (AST1525) presumably because both vehicles come out of the same factory.

The only problem I found with the lead was that there does not appear to be a live wire which is switched by the ignition feeding the stereo. Therefore I had to patch a wire inside the centre console to pick up the live (ignition switched) feed from the lighter socket between the front seats. Theres an access panel on the rear of the centre console and I connected to the yellow wire giving me ignition switched power.

There isn't much room directly behind the stereo to fit all the cables but with a little jiggling it does all go in.
I then fed the cable for the control unit into the back of the tray (where the satnav would normally be) and put a mount on the dash. This means there's no unsightlly wires and also I can unhook and place the control module at the back of the tray when not in use which should make it a little less obvious to Censored theives.

So far the parrot unit has performed very well with pictures and complete handsfree voice tag dialing etc. at a much lower cost than the factory fit option (which incidentally wasn't even avaialble for the GS).

I checked all leads with a multi-tester before connecting and obviously can't guarantee it will be the same in all freelander 2's but hopefully this will be helpfull to anyone attempting the same. Thumbs Up

Post #4981 31st Jul 2007 11:39 am
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
RogB



Member Since: 16 Dec 2014
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 3867

England 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Santorini Black

I am currently trying to get Hellfords to fit a parrot bluetooth kit in my standard GS.

They have so far tried 2 different interconnect cables (SOT-982 and an autoleads one) with no success. The connectors were a different shape on the 982 cable compared to the car harness, and the pins on the autoleads cable didnt match up with the pins on the harness.

Hellfords fitter has spoken to autoleads and is ordering a SOT-082 lead in to be hopefully fitted this weekend.

Post #245333 17th Dec 2014 2:18 pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
RogB



Member Since: 16 Dec 2014
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 3867

England 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Santorini Black

Finally got the parrot kit fitted by Hellfords after a couple of hiccups, they even upgraded me from the mk9100 to the mki9200 v3 at no extra cost. All in all very happy with it so far and apart from the 2.4" screen mounted on the right side of the LR head unit its all neatly tucked away out of sight.

Post #245711 20th Dec 2014 5:12 pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Post Reply
Post Reply  Back to top
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT

Jump to  
Previous Topic | Next Topic >
Posting Rules
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum



Site Copyright © 2006-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
Freel2.com RSS Feed - All Forums


Switch to Mobile site