Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Carkit Question

viking

I'm looking to purchase the SE HCB-300 carkit:

http://www.expansys.ie/product.asp?code=HCB-300

Its mentioned that the "Sony Ericsson HCE-16 Advanced Music Mute" (http://www.expansys.ie/product.asp?code=AMM) should be purchased also in order to "automatically turn off sound coming from the car stereo when a call is received or made and channels sound through your car speakers instead of the seperate speaker supplied with Sony Ericsson car kits".

I'm just wondering if its necessary to purchase the HCE-16 in order to achieve the same results? Has anyone got this carkit and managed to mute radio sound and loop phone sound through speakers?

Thanks,

Viking

sharkman

Sorry , I'm a bit confused by your post .

You need the HCE-16 to channel the sound through the speakers on your stereo . Otherwise you use the single speaker supplied with the car kit .

I think you have answered your own question .

viking

sharkman wrote:

Sorry , I'm a bit confused by your post .

You need the HCE-16 to channel the sound through the speakers on your stereo . Otherwise you use the single speaker supplied with the car kit .

I think you have answered your own question .

Yeah, I pretty much did but I'm hoping to try and avoid the €48.95 (+ delivery) charge for the HCE-16 and I was wondering if anyone managed to achieve the same results (DIY) without purchasing the cable?

sharkman

I did search before I purchased the car kit but diddnt dind anything ..

The kit itself is quality and works very well with many BT phones .

sharkman

Youll pick one up on E-bay ..

viking

Yeah, I especially like the way you can pair up multiple phones.

Did you purchase the HCE-16? Do you get much echo when the phone sound is channelled through the car speakers?

sharkman

viking wrote:

Yeah, I especially like the way you can pair up multiple phones.

Did you purchase the HCE-16? Do you get much echo when the phone sound is channelled through the car speakers?

Yeah , I got mine from expansys , No echo , go get it !

viking

sharkman wrote:

Yeah , I got mine from expansys , No echo , go get it !

Do'h the mute cable is out of stock ("Due Sunday 25th September").

Bugger it, will try ebay.

Thanks Sharkman

Pataman

Try the parrot ck3100 car kit, its the biz.

sharkman

Pataman wrote:

Try the parrot ck3100 car kit, its the biz.

Yeah thats cool if you want a display , or you could go for the HCB-700