Greetings from Prague - I know I should be able to find out the answers here but I'm a bit confused about what's needed. I'm just about to replace my 2001Octavia 1.8T 4x4 L&K Estate which has 200,000km on the clock with a new model .........

I plan to buy a Garmin nuvi 360 satnav system which has bluetooth and a Nokia 6230i telephone.

Do I need in addition a Parrot or other bluetooth device?

I want the system to play through the speakers and mute the radio during a phone call - shouldn't be a problem with the phone - but can it mute the satnav if I'm making a phone call?

I was told that the multifunction steering wheel can only control the telephone if the factory fitted telephone installation is fitted. Is that true or is there any way around it?

How can I see the numbers in my phone book? Only on a device like Parrot? or would the factory fitted telephone and multi-function steering wheel somehow show it on the display?

Thanks in advance for any advice. If there is anyone in Prague reading this, do you know a good independent telephone/satnav fitting company?

If the garmin is like the tomtom units that have bluetooth, then the speaker in the satnav unit is used when making/recieving calls. I dont know of a way of routing that to the stereo.

I looked at the Garmin - very nice especially the size. There is an audio output but no way of muting it. I think I will go with the parrot and not use the bluetooth possibility in the garmin. That way I will always have handsfree available even if I lend the garmin to other family members.

I was told the telephone button on the multi-function steering wheel only works with the factory fitted phone. Anybody know any way round this?

Patrick

2001 Octavia Estate 1.8T 4x4 L&K

If you are planning on buying a "New" Octavia, then if you go for the Jumbo Box, it will come with an AUX input, which you could use with the Nuvi output to direct the sound to the stereo, and then the Nuvi's SatNav, Handsfree and MP3s would come out of the stereo (with the Nuvi handling the auto-muting of the SatNav and the MP3s if you receive a call).

Also, for your information, the Bluetooth within the Nuvi is actually the same Parrot chip as in the Parrot kits, so it's quite similar (to the old mono LCD car kits).

Finally, the Maxidot screen will only work with the Skoda hardware.

Greetings from Prague - I know I should be able to find out the answers here but I'm a bit confused about what's needed. I'm just about to replace my 2001Octavia 1.8T 4x4 L&K Estate which has 200' date='000km on the clock with a new model .........

I plan to buy a Garmin nuvi 360 satnav system which has bluetooth and a Nokia 6230i telephone.

Do I need in addition a Parrot or other bluetooth device?

I want the system to play through the speakers and mute the radio during a phone call - shouldn't be a problem with the phone - but can it mute the satnav if I'm making a phone call?

I was told that the multifunction steering wheel can only control the telephone if the factory fitted telephone installation is fitted. Is that true or is there any way around it?

How can I see the numbers in my phone book? Only on a device like Parrot? or would the factory fitted telephone and multi-function steering wheel somehow show it on the display?

Thanks in advance for any advice. If there is anyone in Prague reading this, do you know a good independent telephone/satnav fitting company?[/quote']

If you spec the handsfree phone option then you can control your phone via the steering wheel controls, browse your phone book on the maxidot display and of course it mutes the radio when making a call and routes your call through the car speakers. I think its bluetooth based but you used to need a phone specific cradle which were only available for selected Nokia, Siemens and Ericsson handsets. You cannot use the steering wheel controls or maxidot in this way with an non-factory fitted hands free kit although you can still route the audio through the head unit.

Using a Parrot kit is the easiest solution and it's basically the same thing as the Skoda kit minus the steering wheel controls.

If you are planning on buying a "New" Octavia' date=' then if you go for the Jumbo Box, it will come with an AUX input, which you could use with the Nuvi output to direct the sound to the stereo, and then the Nuvi's SatNav, Handsfree and MP3s would come out of the stereo (with the Nuvi handling the auto-muting of the SatNav and the MP3s if you receive a call).

Also, for your information, the Bluetooth within the Nuvi is actually the same Parrot chip as in the Parrot kits, so it's quite similar (to the old mono LCD car kits).

Finally, the Maxidot screen will only work with the Skoda hardware.[/quote']

That's interesting ..........sounds like the perfect and most economical option.

But..........

I'm not sure that the nuvi could mute the stereo if listening to radio/CD when a call came in?

Do the satnav instructions come as voice over or does the MP3 mute momentarily if listening to an MP3 on the nuvi? and what about if listening to the radio/CD, would the satnav instructions again come as voice over or how?

That's interesting ..........sounds like the perfect and most economical option.

But..........

I'm not sure that the nuvi could mute the stereo if listening to radio/CD when a call came in?

Do the satnav instructions come as voice over or does the MP3 mute momentarily if listening to an MP3 on the nuvi? and what about if listening to the radio/CD' date=' would the satnav instructions again come as voice over or how?[/quote']

Yes it's ulikely the SatNav has a mute wire and audio out to connect to the radio. These satnav units with built in bluetooth handsfree tend to be an all in one solution without any facility to connect to a car radio. Not sure how you could get it to mute the radio tbh.

Personally speaking I would go for SatNav without the built in hands free and spend the money you save on a Parrot. Where you would run into problems is if you need to use your phone for SatNav traffic updates etc because I don't think you phone model can be paired and communicate with more than one device at a time.

I'm not sure that the nuvi could mute the stereo if listening to radio/CD when a call came in?

No, I was talking about using the Nuvi for all things, and only using the stereo to replay the sound from the Nuvi.

Do the satnav instructions come as voice over or does the MP3 mute momentarily if listening to an MP3 on the nuvi?

The mp3 pauses, and the SatNav / phone call takes over, then the mp3 restarts.

and what about if listening to the radio/CD, would the satnav instructions again come as voice over or how?

No, you would get to sound from the Nuvi if listening to the radio / CD - it cannot cut in, as it has no radio mute connection (more expensive Garmin units do have this).

These satnav units with built in bluetooth handsfree tend to be an all in one solution without any facility to connect to a car radio. Not sure how you could get it to mute the radio tbh.

Except for the Nuvi, which has a headphone socket

Where you would run into problems is if you need to use your phone for SatNav traffic updates etc because I don't think you phone model can be paired and communicate with more than one device at a time.

The Nuvi (and many other Garmin units) use a plug in radio receiver to pick up the RDS-TMC traffic information, ie it doesn't need to connect to a phone for a GPRS (at great cost) connection.