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I had my deck installed at best buy... these were one of the required parts... I believe they charged me $20 bucks for the part which is well overpriced.... take your receipt to customer service and have them price match amazon and get it for a fraction of the cost... I believe my price match was 7.99 at the time... do note that the item needs to be sold and fulfilled by amazon directly to get the pricematch
Alpine Car Stereo Receiver: Accept hands-free calls and stream music in your vehicle by connecting this car stereo receiver to your cell phone or MP3 player via Bluetooth. You can even play your CD collection.Geek Squad® installation is strongly recommended for this product. Please visit your local Best Buy store for details.
This user is a My Best Buy® Elite Plus Member, who has spent $3,500 on eligible purchases and is now getting 1.25 points per dollar. They may have received My Best Buy® bonus points for submitting reviews. They may have also participated in an invitation-only program that provides My Best Buy® Elite Plus Members with manufacturer-supplied products for the purpose of writing honest, unbiased and usage-based reviews.
I bought this deck primarily for the bluetooth capabilities here are some notes:
- Out of the box settings the bluetooth mic works great. When on the phone everyone can hear me, and they can also reasonably hear me well despite road noice - Bluetooth mic has an adjustable gain. Which means you can adjust the sensitivity of the mic. - I use an android device (S3) via bluetooth and it plays everything I throw at it: stock music player, pandora, spotify and will play gps navigation directions - When using my phone you can use the head unit to skip songs forward and back - The deck is very simple... when I say simple the layout and navigation of the deck is very intuitive... you probably wont need to read the owners manual on how to use it... except possibly the first time you sync your phone to it - One downside of this deck is that sometimes when I try to play music when the phone is connected there is no sound.... the fix I found was to cycle through the sources aux, turner, usb back to bluetooth and then the sound is restored.... a minor gripe but its hard to tell if this is the fault of the phone or the deck
- I did look at the pioneer and the kenwood in the same price point... i found the pioneer's lights to be too "loud" and "flashy" and i found the kenwood to have a rather dull display (plus it was a little more expensive)
I like this product a lot and do not regret my purchase...
My Best Buy number: 0551090376
My Best Buy number: 0551090376
What's not so great: Sometimes my phone doesn't sync