[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] LaserProUSA:
I have the TMobile MDAII (same as the XDAII) and received my Car Kit Professional (would like to know the significance or difference of professional from the standard?) last week.

Spent a few hours installing the kit myself as it looks like the bulk of the installation is more of mounting. Since it comes with the external speaker that will serve me well until I have the wiring professionally connected. That alone should save me a bundle on the labor since I did everything but the final stereo wiring :)

I have a 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche with XM Radio, Onstar, 6 CD Changer and the AM/FM tuner. With all that I really did not want to attempt to connect the unit to the stereo system myself but rather have a professional installer complete that connection. On my steering wheel I have a button to activate the Onstar but that button is also on the rear view mirror so I think when I have it professionally connected I will route that steering wheel button to the "Car Kit Pro" to mute the radio and activate my MDAII. I will post my results whenever I have the time and locate someone capable of doing this for me.

As for my own experience of mounting the kit. I went rather smooth. Mounted it next to my stereo system as there was a very large open area that allowed my to bolt it in permanently. It is out of the way and the cool swivel allows me to point it to my direction.

Now I use the Emtec Bluetooth GPS receiver and have it stashed under my cup holder with an antenna mounted outside on my hood. Works great and eliminates visible wiring, I highly recommend it.

The antenna for the "Car Kit Pro" is mounted on the roof as far away from the brain of the kit as possible, per the instructions. I've found this has given me outstanding reception. I highly recommend an external antenna also to your car kit, either the supplied one or other alternative as I saw someone else post here earlier.

Now since I did not connect to the car stero system I used the included speaker with velcro mounted to the bracket and that mounted behind my cup holder. Far enough away from the microphone but near enough that I can hear it clearly at low volume. The microphone I mounted to the left side of my drivers visor through the lining and you cannot tell it is there but its position allows normal conversaton as while driving my mouth is pointed in the proper direction.

I've been using it whenever in the car and the only thing I see I need to change is move the speaker so I can easily get to my cup holders and cubby hole slots underneath the stereo, this won't be a big problem and also to reconnect the power of the car kit pro brain to an "always powered" connection. I don't like the key having to be turned to turn on the car kit. Very inconvenient since there are many times I am simply sitting in the vehicle conducting a conversation and really don't need the key in the ignition turned simply to activate the car kit. Again not a big problem and easily rectified. All in all I speak loudly and clearly (I'm in sales and also conduct numerous seminars) so my voice carries well and noone has ever complained about a tunnel sound or wind blowing (microphone is far away from any vents) so I highly recommend the kit.

But, there are a couple of complaints, they are:

1/ Cost. There are alternatives for $50-$100 compared to this overpriced convenience that I paid $247.45 shipped from Expansys-USA.

2/ External speaker use. The fact that I cannot play my audio books, music and GPS via external speaker should be a given for the price

With that said I am pleased with the car kit. It is built specifically for the MDAII/XDAII/i-Mate so it slips in & out easily. Looks good, sounds great and works exactly as advertised. Fix the 2 concerns above and Expansys and others and everyone that has one of these units and travels in any way shape or form will be buying them up.