I had always been looking for a wireless bluetooth hands free cell phone kit that would connect to the aux in on my head unit, and I finally found one, made by Scosche. I picked it up on ebay for only $35 shipped. Check it out here: http://scosche.com/scosche_bluetooth...22&ItemID=UBRH

It's stupid how they market it though, its a complete cell phone kit but they say "expansion" kit. Its very nice and very simple, it has a wired external mic with a button on it, RCA inputs, and simple power connections. When I get in the car and start it, the receiver turns on and the cell phone automatically connects to it.

Installation went pretty easy until I went to connect the output from the box to the aux in on my alpine deck. The alpine decks don't have a regular RCA in, they have their AI-net stuff, which I didn't realize. It needs an adapter to make it have regular RCA inputs. I ended up having to run out to a car stereo shop a half hour away to pick the stupid thing up, and the shop charged me $25 for it, and it's not even an Alpine piece! Pretty much doubled the cost of the install.

Anyway, enough bitching about that. It works perfectly. The only thing visible on the outside is the mic, see below for a pic. I'm planning on making a new clip for it (or bending the one that's there) because it sticks out too much the way it is.

 

nice, i like it

 

so wait... you have an Alpine deck, but you didnt go with the AiNet bluetooth kit?

 

Interesting - I didn't even realize Alpine had one! I just checked it out on Crutchfield. The one that works with my head unit is pretty much the exact same thing I have (newer head units have a box available that will show caller id and such, which is very nice). The Alpine seems to get mixed reviews - and has a separate remote button and microphone (mine has the button on the mic, which I think is nicer). The alpine also has a mute wire that can be hooked up, which is a little nice I suppose, but doesn't matter much to me.

Besides, the Alpine costs $200, and I picked this thing up for $35 shipped on Ebay. So given the cost difference, I probably would have gone with the Scosche even if I had known Alpine made one.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

coooooooooooool!

 

maybe its me but is that the best place for that with the side airbags?

 

I considered that, but it shouldn't matter, especially since I got rid of the metal clip holding it on and am using a small piece of velcro instead. The wiring is run behind the airbag, and I'm guessing the mic piece is as well (if not, it'll just get knocked off).

I'd actually like to see a pic of the side airbags deployed so I know where they come down from, does anybody have one?

 

im pretty sure they come down from the top... but dont quote me on that