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My troubles with the Moto BLNC IHF1000 bluetooth car kit go way back, but I think it's important to notify the good folks in AcurazineLand that I can now, finally, recommend the Motorola IHF1000 BLNC.

The problem I had for the past 6+ months was that people I was talking to through the kit had a very hard time hearing me speak. There was much choppiness, drop-outs, and a very raspy/compressed sound that made people not want to talk to me while using the carkit. I heard the people on the other end just fine.

Well... after a chance double-read of the manual today, I found out that the mic has a specific front and rear to it (the wire comes out of the rear - no surprise).

Once I read that, it dawned on me that the mic was installed such that the front was facing the windshield -- not me.

I've since re-installed the mic, reversing the direction of the mic so that it's facing me (well, it's now facing the center of the car; I'm a just bit to the left of the direction of the mic).

In any case, the voice quality issue is completely resolved. Even the most critical person of my car kit's performance (my brother) thinks it's just fine now -- no problems with quality at all. At all driving speeds. Test subjects tell me that they don't even know when I'm going fast or slow -- they hear no road noise.

So..... for all of those 04/05 TSXers who wish they had the 06 with built-in bluetooth, you can dish out about $200 + installation for the Moto BLNC IHF1000 and get a really good looking, good operating bluetooth car kit for your TSX (and any other non-OEM bluetooth car, for that matter).

Jon

 

wow.. interesting.. i'm happy you got your kit working jon!

 

It's a good feeling when you get it working. I had some issues with people hearing me before too. I ended up moving my mic onto my sun visor, and everyone can hear me just great now!

 

What car kit are you using?

 

I have had the Nokia Bluetooth CARK112 kit in my TSX for about a year now.

I like the kit you have though. Don't you have a display so you know who's calling?

 

 

Actually, that's one of the reasons why I liked this kit so much. I wanted it to look as "OEM" as possible, so any display would definitely look aftermarket.

This kit replaces the need for display with voice notification. If the number of the person calling is in the kit's phonebook, then the kit mutes my stereo and says...

"Call From <voice tag that I recorded into the phonebook>" ie., "Call From Mom and Dad"

If the number is not in the kit's phone book, then it mutes my stereo and days...

"Call from <phone number/caller ID>" ie., "Call From 610-456-2344"

So, it's caller ID without a display. I really do dig how it tells me who's calling.