basic bluetooth

[Poltroon]

Hi, I'm about to buy (I hope !) my first Skoda -- a Scout. I've become totally confused by a zillion posts about various options for integrating a Bluetooth phone. The options all seem much more sophisticated than I need. My need is really basic ... all I want to be able to do is to hands-free answer an incoming call in a reasonably easy way.

What's the best option ?

I don't need to make outgoing calls, or do SMS, or play with my contacts list. So there is surely a cheap and cheerful way to do this.

[K1W1]

Depending on the phone you have you should be able to do it with just a cradle to hold the phone.
Most phones have the ability to have voice activated answering or at worst auto answer after x number of rings. If the phone is in a cradle I believe that it's still legal to answer it just by pushing the answer key anyway.
Check your phone user manual.

If you really want Bluetooth (and it seems to me that you have no real use for it) one of the sun visor mounted kits from BlueAnt or similar would be ideal. Most phone shops have several types to choose from.

[schneller]

If you want something simple then one of the Parrot Systems would be best.

We also have a 2006 Golf (so very similar technology) and I have a CK3000 + CanBus adapter so you can use the steering wheel phone button to answer phone calls.

Over the 4yrs we have had the system it works well.

[dodgey]

I had one of those in my old GTI too. Still working today.

If it is a Scout then it will be a manual, so it means no steering wheel buttons, so there's no real requirement to have everything integrated. My suggestion would be similar to K1W1's Just get a Blueant Supertooth or something similar. It'll cost you anything between $40-$150 and it will do fine. I've got it in the top storage space and it sits there happily. I've got a bit of velcro there so I can stick it to the top cover and I leave it open.

That's what I have in my car at the moment while I work out what kit to put into mine. I do have steering wheel buttons and would like everything integrated.

If you want something simple then one of the Parrot Systems would be best.

We also have a 2006 Golf (so very similar technology) and I have a CK3000 + CanBus adapter so you can use the steering wheel phone button to answer phone calls.

Over the 4yrs we have had the system it works well.

[Inego]

If it is a Scout then it will be a manual, so it means no steering wheel buttons

No flappy paddles, sure. But the wheel does have scroll wheel and volume controls for audio on LHS and scroll wheel and controls for MFD on RHS - I can see why you'd want integration....

[dodgey]

No flappy paddles, sure. But the wheel does have scroll wheel and volume controls for audio on LHS and scroll wheel and controls for MFD on RHS - I can see why you'd want integration....

Ah in that case, the Parrot kit would help (Sorry, forgot already)

[selurs]

No flappy paddles, sure. But the wheel does have scroll wheel and volume controls for audio on LHS and scroll wheel and controls for MFD on RHS - I can see why you'd want integration....

I had the standard VW dealer kit (can't remember...I think it's a VW branded parrot?) - microphone quality is good, uses the in-built microphone, works with the steering-wheel "answer" button. As Poltroon is describing, I only use it for answering calls (I'm one of those people who can't resist answering a ringing phone, so it is saving me a possible fine, and that's what it's for), and being built in, I never have to think about it.