Motorola IHF1000 Bluetooth Car Kit
- Professional installation is required
- Works with any Bluetooth enabled phone – Bluetooth 1.2 wireless technology
- Duplex echo cancellation noise reduction technology
- You connect automatically and stay connected when you turn your car off
- Entertainment Mute – Automatically mutes the stereo for incoming and outgoing calls
Product Description
Get ready to communicate on the go like never before.Motorola’s blnc IHF1000 car kit is an innovativeBluetooth solution which will change the way you talkwhile you are in your car. Using your compatibleBluetooth Hands-Free Profile enabled mobile phone1with the blnc IHF1000 car kit, your in-vehiclecommunication experience is about to go to thenext level.Amazon.com Product Description
For the ultimate in no-compromises, totally-integrated mobile communications, look no further than the Motorola IHF1000 Bluetooth Car Kit. When used with a compatible Bluetooth-enabled phone, this device allows you to enjoy hands-free communication in your vehicle with a minimum of fuss. Plus, you’ll get tons of great functionality that will keep you talking wherever you go. The main feature of the IHF1000 is a robust voice recognition system. Just touch the blue button in the center of the control unit and the car kit will listen to your commands and make calls for… More >>
Motorola IHF1000 Bluetooth Car Kit
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5 comments
Peter Cook on December 10, 2009 at 12:32 am
The car kit works well, took a while to install, but Amozon completely screwed up the order and sent the wrong item. Then they told me I could get the correct item for a higher price, since the ones at the price I bought had since sold out. I bought it from someone else. I have still not received the credit from Amazon to my crdit card bill. Needless to say, it was not a rewarding customer experience.
frogger90 on December 10, 2009 at 1:32 am
1) People I call occasionally complain of the low volume of my voice.
Talking louder doesn’t seem to help, but changing the orientation of
where I set the phone might… almost like it is still partially using
the Mic on the mpx220.
2) People I call occasionally cannot hear some words. The entire word
gets cut out.. for example. “How — are you doing?” — No static,
nothing.. just dead blank spot. Mic is located drivers side, near the
windshield/drivers window on the side-wall, almost to the ceiling. Have
it oriented per instructions to face me from the front-side. I think
the word thing has something to do with the noise cancellation routine
on the device, but still very odd. Talking louder does not seem to help
at all and the same words get cut out each time you repeat! Very
frustrating. LOL
3) Does not seem to automatically connect with my mpx220 Smartphone.
(Have to manually tell it to connect to make calls) When a call is
received, it seems to automatically connect and route the call properly, however. Ironically, when receiving the first call, it announces through the speaker “Call Disconnected”, then allows me to talk with the person after a short (5 second) delay.
4) After the connection is established (I answer or they answer), nobody can hear me for about 5-7 seconds. This causes them to think that it is a dead line because of the long delay.
5) Sometimes have prolems hanging up the phone and the Call and blue button do not function at all while in calls. This means that you cannot mute or pause the current call to make another for a teleconference.
6) Problems switching the volume from between the phone and the car kit and back. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
7) The voice dialing is horrible. If there is a decent amount of road noise, it doesn’t understand any commands. Also, the voice dialing with the phones phonebook does not function at all with Smartphones. The device only stores 20 numbers, of which have to be programmed in manually so they can be recalled by name.
This is definitely not a HAND-FREE device because of the extra interaction that is required for connecting and making phone calls. Overall, I am very dissatisfied with the overall QA testing Motorolla put into this device. The basic functionality is lacking or buggy, which leaves a horrible impression. Next time, I hope to buy a Parrot kit as those actually function as advertised.
C.O. on December 10, 2009 at 1:57 am
I just bought a new Blackberry and needed a hands free option. I heard great things about this Bluetooth kit and they are all true. Anyone who is complaining is a tech nerd. I had Verizon install it. It’s easy to program and easy to use. I found a nice holder for my phone and I’m in business. Worth every penny!
Matthew R. Crook on December 10, 2009 at 2:05 am
This is a well designed product overal. It worked well with my cell phone (Blackberry) and my wifes (Motorolla Razr). It always worked and it connected automatically when you start the car. No extra buttons to push on the phone or car, just start the ignition and it powers up detects your phone, connects, and works every time.
A word of advice — you need, absoultely must mount the microphone on the visor pointed toward the driver, in order for people on the other end to hear you well, and for the voice commands to work well when you are driving.
The bad — the only bad thing about this is the little wimpy speaker was just too underpowered. If I was on the freeway, I really just couldn’t hear other people well and I was constantly asking people to repeat themselves. This was really, really anoying. What’s worse is that my car is realatively quite on the freeway compaired to most. (Honda Accord V6) So if you have a small 4-cyl car you’ll never be able to hear people on the freeway.
If it were built to interface with the built in car speakers that would’ve been a much better solution.
T. Eisenstat on December 10, 2009 at 3:10 am
This model is much better than their earlier cheaper version. I’ve installed one in each of our two cars and bought this one for my daughter. Good price on amazon. Should be comfortable with basic automobile electrical systems for installation. I used the included speaker, which is easier than buying a harness and routing through the radio audio. Easy to use, voice commands.