Parrot RKi8400 Bluetooth Car Stereo for Digital Music and Hands-Free Driving
Parrot RKi8400 Bluetooth Car Stereo for Digital Music and Hands-Free Driving
- Hands-free phone book access and conversations
- Instant access to your music. Thanks to all your digital music The Parrot RKi8400 also provides instant access to your music.
- For mobile phone, for PDA, smartphone, for MP3 player, for USB devices, for analogue music players, for SD and SD/HC cards
- 4×50W MOSFET amplifier
- Profiles: HFP, HSP, Bluetooth Stereo, (A2DP), AVRCP, OPP, PBAP,
Equipped with a 200 W MOFSET amplifier, the Parrot RKi8400 can offer you a new musical experience. Totally integrated into the vehicle’s audio system, conversations and music are transmitted via the speakers for maximum listening quality. To make the experience even more enjoyable, the RKi8400 has a built-in equaliser and includes sound effects that can be adapted to any style of music. The Parrot RKi8400 also provides instant access to your music. Thanks to its special cables, it can support
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(out of 8 reviews)
List Price: $ 449.99
Price: $ 310.63
Review by J. Teeples for Parrot RKi8400 Bluetooth Car Stereo for Digital Music and Hands-Free Driving
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I had done all my research on stereos that work with the iPhone. I thought this one would be perfect. Here is what I have found:
1. the buttons feel very cheap
2. my iPhone barely fits in the compartment behind the face.
3. a 4gb SD card takes about a minute to initialize every time I start my car
4. did not come with a face cover to car the face around or store in.
5. the voice that talks to you when someone calls, etc cannot pronounce anything — even the basic features of the device (let alone someone’s name!)
6. the speakerphone does not pickup my voice very well at all in my car (have tried several different locations
7. having my iPhone stored behind the face is annoying and barely used — as you have no access to your phone and you have to shut down the stereo if you need to pull it out.
Review by Larry E. Huhn for Parrot RKi8400 Bluetooth Car Stereo for Digital Music and Hands-Free Driving
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I just installed my new RKi8400 and I am impressed so far. I was concerned about the installation because I have read reviews talking about the oversize face (?) and other installation problems. The actual installation could not have been easier. I had my old one out and the new RKi8400 in my VW Eurovan in about 15 minutes. It does stick out from the face of the dash a little more than the previous unit but I don’t that as a problem.
Review by Victor J. Garcia for Parrot RKi8400 Bluetooth Car Stereo for Digital Music and Hands-Free Driving
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I agree with earlier reviews that mention the odd size and cheap buttons. I bit the bullet and had an installer alter my console. I can also add that the interface isn’t terribly intuitive. To shuffle my entire library take 5 or 6 clicks. Bluetooth with my unit has never worked flawlessly – audio keeps cutting out intermittently for a half second at a time. Customer support is terrible, I’ve emailed and called about these problems and no one has ever tried to contact me.
Maybe they can work out the bugs, but if you buy this product now – you’re an alpha tester.
Review by George Gadgethead for Parrot RKi8400 Bluetooth Car Stereo for Digital Music and Hands-Free Driving
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The unit looks and sounds good and build quality is pretty decent.
But beware if you want to use a USB device such as a small hard drive with this unit. Each time you start the car, the RKi8400 will scan your complete MP3 collection, even if nothing was changed, which can well take 20 minutes with a 100 GB drive. It will not play music until the initialization process is finished which renders the unit pretty much unusable for me.
Review by little chair for Parrot RKi8400 Bluetooth Car Stereo for Digital Music and Hands-Free Driving
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I can’t honestly say I’ve tried this product. The problem is that although I bought one and it’s sitting next to me right now, it will not fit into any of the 3 cars that I own. The face is significantly wider than a standard single-DIN head unit. I’m not sure how that simple fact made it past Parrot’s Quality Control department or the myriad reviewers that I’ve read. It would have been nice to know this before ordering. Parrot’s website makes a vague mention of various adapters you might need. Well, to fit it into any of the cars I own, I either need a new dash panel, or in the case of one of them, an entirely new and wider dash/console.
I called several Parrot-certified installers in the area, and not only did they not have any experience with the RKi8400, they didn’t seem at all interested in helping me solve my problem.
Too bad. This thing claims to have all the features I need and none of the features I don’t. It’s perfect for me. But I’ll be sending it back to Amazon unless Parrot comes up with some answers fast.