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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] dafunky:
Up for this interesting question, or any other feedback concerning this MK6000. I'm planning to buy one for my car (unless you know something better, anything having no LCD)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] sonica:
I have the Parrott and really do not like it. I haven't tried the IO mentioned above but it sounds better than the Parrott.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] dafunky:
THank you for your feedback. In the meantime, I've looked for a mki9x00 and this feedback is very welcome. For now I've ordered the ISO connector. I'm waiting for a good price for a parrot, and I was wondering which model I wanted. As the 9200 is only 15€ more expensive than the 9000 one, I was wondering if I could take a 9200 or 9100 and remove the screen if I finally consider it to be useless : is it "backward" compatible?

I just want a good streamed connexion between phone and car, I don't care a big color screen. But maybe I don't know the real use of these goodies.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] BennTech:
Screens are optional

You don't have to use the screens of either the MKi9100 or MKi9200. They both attach to a small wired mount, but the screens themselves are removable--you're supposed to store them when not in use because extensive sunlight exposure degrades the screen.

As I said before, the menu prompts are good, so you don't need the screens, but they do make it faster. I've only got the MKi9100, which just displays menus, connection status, current song, etc., but I think the MKi9200 displays more things like album covers and has a memory card slot.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] dafunky:
Thank you for your precious help, I just ordered a 9100 (70 euros boxed, why bother?). I already received the SOT cable last week, and I'll decide afterwards whether I buy a Unika or not.

I've seen some feedbacks saying that the built in parrot amplifier gives a bad sound. People recommand using the car "AUX line in" jack input when available. But I hardly understand how we can keep auto mute, auto source switching and so on while using this jack option. Have you tried something like this?

EDIT : looks like it's possible to combine "parrot amplifier" and "line in" : http://forum.parrot.com/usa/viewtopic.php?id=4824
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] BennTech:
Parrot "standard" wiring is crap!

Yes, the Parrot speaker output is total crap. Their 20W "amp" sucks. (Does 20W really qualify as an amp? And I think that's 20W total, which means only 5W per channel.) :eek: That wouldn't be an issue except that there is no pre-amp output! Seriously, WTF is Parrot thinking? People who buy an MK6000/MKi9x00 are spending the extra money because it streams music. Do they really think those same customers are going to be happy with Parrot's underpowered 20W? Even my cheap factory car stereo includes a 200W amp. And don't forget that the "standard" wiring outputs phone calls to the front speakers only, i.e., only 10W. And on the MK6000 (I don't know about the MKi9x00), the Parrot does not internally mute audio from the headunit, so if you have no mute (or an incompatible mute), you have to manually turn your headunit down/off. OK...enough rant. Let me get back to your question. :)

I got lucky with my setup that allows me to setup the best possible wiring, IMHO.

My headunit (Honda Element 2004 factory radio with downstream amp) has an Aux input with a connect/disconnect detection circuit. That circuit automatically switches my headunit to Aux if something is plugged into the Aux jack. Thus, I connected the Parrot output to the Aux input and patched the Parrot's mute wire to the Aux detect circuit. With this setup, whenever I receive a call or stream music over my Parrot, my headunit automatically switches to the Aux input. Furthermore, calls and music are both played on all speakers, not just the front like calls using the standard wiring.

The key element is the connect/disconnect detection circuit. Without it, the Parrot cannot automatically switch your headunit to the Aux input to notify you of calls.

Be sure to read my review of the MK6000 earlier in this thread, particularly the section on installation. The wiring is basically identical to the MKi9x00--I didn't have to change anything to replace my MK6000 with the MKi9100.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] dafunky:
Thank you for such a detailed answer. You're solving problems I hadn't started to imagine, so thanks. I think I'll manage to get things working like on your setup. I'll connect the 9100 to a BMW E90 having an aux input. I'm gonna check wether the car does automatically switch to this input when something is pluged in, this is a good start I think. More to come soon...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] BennTech:
Be sure to get a noise filter

Something I forgot to emphasize is that you should install a noise filter on the Parrot's continuous power.

Simple $4 filter from PartsExpress (10A Noise Filter, SKU 265-042) eliminated the hugely annoying engine/alternator whine that plagued my MK6000. I don't know if the MKi9000 still has the same problem since I just dropped it in place in my existing filtered wiring, but the filter is so cheap and easy there's no reason not to install it. Be sure to install on the continuous power (power source), not the ignition power (power toggle).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] dafunky:
Thanks for your advice. I'll start by putting a basic tore :

I'll take tores from my computer power supply cemetery and roll the Parrot's wires around. I've read somewhere that isolating the "12v Ignition" can be useful too. All in all, reading this following article reveals that if all is wired correctly whine should be avoided without filters... If I still have whine I'll buy what you show.

http://www.termpro.com/articles/noise.html

By the way, some little questions before I receive the 9100.

- Did you need any additional cable?

- How long is the 3.5mm Jack line out cable?

I'm gonna buy some connectors to steal 12v ignition power on the car harness, as I don't have a "cigarette lighter" near the parrot.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] BennTech:
That's a good article. Unfortunately, I did the everything exactly the opposite. :) The problem was probably patching into 12V ignition, which resulted in a different ground loop than the OEM radio harness.

The cable about 1.5m long. (In case you're wondering, the connector is a 10-pin Molex, fairly common commercially, but a little hard to find for consumers.)

As for wiring, I should say that in the US, we don't have the cool standardized ISO connectors like Europe, so I originally bought a $50 harness to patch the MK6000 into my OEM connections, only to discover that the Parrot doesn't work with amps, hence the harness was useless and required all my custom wiring to patch into the Aux jack. I did a lot of extra wiring that most people don't need to do, like keeping my original Aux operational while allowing the MK6000 to patch in. (The MKi9x00 makes that obsolete now since it has its own Aux jack.)

One of the things I used in my numerous car mods is "Add-A-Circuit" or "Tapa-Circuit". Patches into the fuse box. Here's a picture I have from another project:

The top is the Mini Add-A-Circuit, the bottom is my homemade splitter. The blue and red connectors are standard crimp-on connectors. I use the ones with full sheaths so they don't inadvertently short while buried under the dash. I like this setup better than the splicer you have pictured because these allow me to easily add/remove individual components without cutting/repairing wires.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] dafunky:
All right, that's a good thing that your stuff. I received the MKi today, I'd like to test it before wiring it to the head unit. I've just tried to branch it on a 12v lighter, but it don't work. I guess that there's a trick to do with the ignition cable. Is there a workaround to get it working anyway? I think it's something simple such as merging ignition and battery cables, or something like that.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] BennTech:
The Parrot has 2 power connectors: (1) red 12V constant, and (2) orange 12V ignition. The constant 12V powers the Parrot, but it won't turn on until it sees 12V on the ignition. So, yes, I believe you're correct that you could just short constant/ignition to the same 12V. I can test it on my old MK6000 later today (it's 5AM here and I don't think the rest of my family would appreciate my efforts this early in the morning). :)

For your actual car install, if you use the alternate wiring to connect into your Aux input, then be sure to connect the Parrot's 12V ignition to your headunit's remote power output (if it has one). That way the Parrot turns on/off with the radio since it needs the radio to work. As for the 12V constant, I wired mine to the ignition so it cuts the power to the Parrot every time I turn off the car. The reason I did that is because twice my old MK6000 locked up so bad that didn't register changes to the 12V ignition input telling it to turn off. Once that happens, the only way to reset it is to pull the fuse or disconnect the car battery.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] dafunky:
Don't you lose all your contacts on the parrot if you completely cut power? What are the cons when doing like you, ignition as the main 12v power? On my car there is no easy ignition, I'll have to steal it on the car harness.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] BennTech:
No. Contacts stay, and so do Bluetooth pairings. All that must be stored in non-volatile memory. (Personally, I don't use the Parrot's contacts because my phone has Microsoft Voice Command.)

The only downside I can see is that more frequent power cycles might cause the Parrot to fail SLIGHTLY sooner than normal because the initial burst of power is what causes most electrical components to fail. However, the MKi9x00 will be obsolete long before that should happen.

And it's not a big deal to use constant 12V power. The downside to constant 12V is like I said--if the Parrot locks up you have to pull a fuse or disconnect your battery. PITA compared to turning off your ignition. ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] dafunky:
Hello, thanks for your help. Here's my feedback, as I spent 6 hours yesterday in integrating the 9100 as stealthy as possible. Unfortunately is does'nt work like expected :

- Phone call is not really working, I can launch a call using voice recognition but during call, I hardly hear the other people, even with all sound volumes to the max. I can hear huge whine (not surprising). In the same time the other people won't hear me, even if I shout.

- Media playing is working like a charme, even via BT : when the phone plays a mp3, sound is clear, gain is good, no noise, all perfect.

- When playing a blank sound, I can hear that the left channel is lower and more noisy than the right one. I've rewired the parrot line-out to the radio line-in twice, no change. Since the signal/noise ratio is good when playing media stuff, this is not the biggest problem.

What I did :

- Radio SOT Harness to get 12v constant and mute.

- Parrot line-out to car line-in. I wired the radio line-in ground to a car bolt as the parrot don't give explicit ground. It's maybe a mistake, I should remove or change this wire.

- Double microphone under the roof as suggested by parrot

- Ignition stolen on a lighter wire

What I'm not sure to be good :

- line-in ground as said above

- parrot's mute : anyway, I don't see how this cable could be useful, as I doubt the car will switch to the aux input when the mute signal is fired... On the parrot's schema the mute is wired for the "line-in setup", but I wonder how it works.

- AD2P BT : maybe there is an issue coming from my phone, htc desire, so that media streaming is ok but not phoning. I'll have to test with an iPhone to be sure.

As you were talking about ignition, in my case the big problem is that my 12v lighters are powered only when the engine is on, so it's very very annoying to make tests (during first install I used a custom extra wire, but now everything is secured). I'd like to get an ignition coming from the radio, as you suggested.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] BennTech:
It's been 3 years since I wired mine, but let me see if I can help. You didn't mention if you're using the standard European ISO connectors or some proprietary OEM wiring, and didn't mention if your radio has a Aux detection circuit like mine. This would help troubleshooting the wiring configuration.

Your line in ground is absolutely wrong and should be undone immediately. "Ground" is always relative; the audio signal is the relative difference between the positive and negative/ground wires. Connecting to a different ground will result in either louder or quieter audio. Connecting to a random car bolt will definitely add noise and engine whine. It is probably the source of the left/right problem. Worst case is that you're shorting something and going to fry your Parrot.

Just so we're clear, the Parrot line in has 4 wires: a black/red pair and a brown/white pair. Your radio's line in should have either (1) 4 matching inputs, either separately or as a left/right pair of RCA plugs, or (2) only 3 inputs, being a left, right, and shared ground, like you find in an Aux jack or headphones. If you only have 3, then join both L/R grounds from the Parrot (IIRC, the black and the brown) to the radio's line in ground.

The ground for the Parrot's power is a different black wire running along side the red and orange 12V power lines. These 3 wires go from the black male Parrot Molex connector to the gray male power ISO connector. If you're using these standard ISO power connectors, then your Parrot should already grounded. If not, then that's the ground you need. You can connect it to a car bolt, just be sure to remember your article about ground loop. ;)

I have absolutely no idea on this one. If streaming music is working OK, then calls should work, too, especially the mic. The only thing I can think is that pulling the line in to ground is shorting the call/mic circuitry. Fixing line in ground might fix calls.

The yellow mute coming from the Parrot connector is what I used to tie into the Aux connect/disconnect circuit, which automatically switches to Aux for me. I got lucky in that the Parrot mute pulls to ground when active, and so does my detection circuit.

If you don't have a similar detection circuit and you're using your radio's line in, then you should not hookup the mute. With the line in wiring, the Parrot uses the radio to play audio, but if radio mutes whenever the Parrot sends it audio... :)

Most modern car radios should have a remote power. Just Google for your radio's wiring diagram.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] dafunky:
Your help is very appreciated. These are the facts :

I use a SOT Harness to connect the parrot to my BMW. The oem stereo radio is self amplified, no extra amp as we can see on some cars. The harness is providing constant power, and one mute cable. No ignition. I connected only the parrot's power plug to this harness, as mentioned in their diagram.

This radio head unit provides a 3.5mm jack stereo input. Using a tester I could locate the specific plug for this jack on the head unit, this plug has three wires : black, yellow and transparent. The yellow appears to be one pin of the jack connector. The transparent another one. But the black one isn't linked to the ground's jack connector. Unfortunetaly I can't access under the jack to see how exacty it is wired. I've cut the cable on the radio side and connected the parrot.

I couldn't find the wiring schema of my head unit, that is Alpine CD73.

This morning I cut the ground as you suggested me, and as a consequence another whine came instead of the first, same strength but another pattern. To sum up, now the black (supposed to be the ground) wire of the head unit "line in" is not connected to anything, and voice is still too low and micro won't work while I'm phoning. In the same time, I can still write SMS using speech recognition, etc.

Two options :

- The head unit switches to another audio source when I receive a call, that would explain the low level voice (on analog amps we can sometimes hear a source from another input). Maybe I used a plug from the parrots I shouldn't.

- The parrot tries to output the sound to it's amplified wires when phoning, and disable "line out" as if it wanted to mute it.

I'll check the voltage to each parrot's line out wires, I think I'm supposed to see about 1.2v RMS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_level

EDIT : I've just read your post again, maybe I should wire the parrot's mute to the black unused "line in" cable I just described.

Here is the original three wire plug for the jack line in :

EDIT2 : Maybe a solution, seems like the above "line in" original plug is not well fitted on the harness, but it would not explain the partial working...

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/gen...ling-parrot-carkit-into-2009-bmw-e90-lci.html
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] Franx3:
Hi there,

I know it's been 14 years, but.... Would anyone have the firmware 1.03a file??

I am trying to find it, Parrot is not providing it in their site anymore.

Thnx in advance
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ron31:
im having this isseu my xperia z2 wont rconize my sim card my sim works fine in my s4 any help would be great i reentered my apn info and saved it rebooted like five times same thing .i have noticed when i rebooted it goes back to select language page and important page .
[HTC One Max] jakelong04:
ive spent several hours searching xda for methods of s-off and root. its been a while since ive been on an htc device. heres a little info on my device.

Android version - 4.4.2

htc sense version - 6.0

software number - 3.09.605.2

baseband - 1.36.60.0520

build number - 3.09.605.2 cl333209

t6wl pvt ship s-on rh

hboot - -2.49.0000

radio - 1.36.60.0520

from my understanding, i need to get s-off in order to obtain root right? ive tried several methods. all-in-one tools, firewater, temproot, adb, rumrunner, weaksauce, etc.... nothing is working for me. i noticed there was an app called "sunshine" and it seems like it may be the only way but its $25. i wanted to see if i was doing this correctly or not. am i capable of s-off and root with my software on the device? can someone guide me in the right direction please? thanks
[HTC One Max] dottat:
If you tried all of the above and didn't get root then yes sunshine is required. That Will turn s off and unlock for you. Then you need to fastboot flash twrp and then flash the latest supersu.zip.
[HTC One Max] reebok_I_3:
I was hoping that there was another solution besides sunshine. Are there any other devs working on a different method? Just curious though, am I incapable of obtaining s-off on my phone because I'm on 4.4.2
[HTC One Max] jakelong04:
update: im still trying to learn more about why i cant s-off. if i am understanding correctly, since my phone is on 4.4.2, i cannot unlock the bootloader yet. thats why i cant obtain s-off. ive tried with htcdev to unlock the bootloader but thats not working on verizon one max's. is there another way to do so?
[HTC One Max] dottat:
What error did you you get with firewater?
[HTC One Max] reebok_I_3:
I don't remember but from I understand , I can't s-off unless my boot loader is unlocked right?
[HTC One Max] dottat:
For firewater on vzw you use it to do both. You can't unlock prior.
[HTC One Max] reebok_I_3:
I'll try it again tonight and I'll let you know the results. Does my firmware have anything to do with me having issues on my attempts?
[HTC One Max] dottat:
Yes...iirc you can't be on anything newer than 4.4.2 and if you get a whelp message your phone is a newer hardware variant that won't work.
[HTC One Max] reebok_I_3:
Yeah from what I've been reading, only sunshine can s-off and unlock the boot loader for now. I'm hoping some other dev can come up with a different solution. I don't have a problem paying the $25 to the sunshine developer but I'm a tinkerer. I enjoy tinkering because I get the most out of my phone at no cost. (typically, unless a donation is made.)
[HTC One Max] markawashington:
flash Viperrom for Verizon then run firewater s-off
[HTC One Max] reebok_I_3:
How would I be able to flash the rom if I can't get s-off and root?
[HTC One Max] bdiddled:
I'm not sure how different or not Verizon is to Sprint, but here is a guideline that worked for me when I rooted, s-off, unlocked, and everything else. It is by no means perfect, but you should be able to piece it together from the guideline: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2550559
[HTC One Max] markawashington:
you dont need s-off to root your device ... s-off is an added privledge to an unlocked bootloader .... 1. Unlock bootloader through HTC dev then you can flash any rom you want ... 2. Recommend to viperrom to get s-off 3. To flash a rom you need to replace your recovery mode from stock to a custome recovery for example clockworkmod or TWRP
[G3 General] leoftwx:
I was extremely surprised that my G3 didnt inculde headphones . even some of the lower class LG's include headphones . why doesnt their flagship phone include them ? Sent an email and tweet to lg . no response . even called to complain.
[G3 General] bedberkut:
Probably depends on the country, i had some with it but they are pretty bad anyway so i never use them -.-
[G3 General] oracleoftruth:
The international version d855 had headphones. It's not lg, it's your carrier.
[G3 General] crzygrmn:
Yup its up to the carrier, I got no earphones and no qi charging.

PMA only.
[G3 General] leoftwx:
I went with Tmobile so maybe i should complain to them . im pretty sure the headphones suck its just the principle
[G3 General] if4ct0r:
The international version has the earphones bundled. Its not really about the quality, sometimes you just need to make a handsfree call and they come in handy.

For what it's worth, I personally feel the ones that were bundled with my G3 are way better in quality as compared to the ones I got with my previous Samsung Note 2 and HTC Desire HD. Both better build and sound quality.
[G3 General] KaliKot:
The LG Quadbeat 2 bundled with the G2 and G3 are considered THE best sounding bundled headsets by alot of the audio community
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] mourui313:
over
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] imyangmo:
回帖不看帖系列。

别把国内论坛坏习惯带到这里来。
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] tewilove:
Hi, I can confirm that even you have it UICC unlocked, it won't work with China Mobile/Unicom/Telecom.

Service status will be SEARCHING always.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] legendluislim:
解锁成功了吗求方法
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] wuyiL:
You'd better do some research before your purchase

Sprint could unlock the phone for oversea use only for their customer and the phone need to be activated with Sprint at least 30 days. I am afraid we couldn't help you.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Dave E:
Sprint Unlock

I tried to contact sprint customer service, They told even their phone is unlocked, they still can not use other carrier's sim card. BUT as we can see sprint iphone 6 and 6+ are oversea unlocked in China, and supporting China Mobile TD-LTE bands( Band 38 ,41).

Let's see this phone, when I got into the hidden menu, I figured out that 306sh is support TD-LTE band 41, That's means if it is oversea unlocked (like iPhone 6 example). It is possible that 306sh also is oversea unlocked, the best carrier for support 306sh is China Mobile (TD-LTE), China Telecom (CDMA 1X, CDMA ev-do REV A, TDD-LTE, FDD -LTE), Softbank (Japan FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, HSPA+).

I ll try take it to have a oversea test. Let's wait.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] wuyiL:
According to your saying, technically we could unlock it to use in China and Japan.