Choosing the right Parrot Car Kit

Why Parrot?  

Parrot is the world’s leading brand of wireless devices for mobiles and offers the most extensive range of hands-free car kits.  With unparalleled expertise in Bluetooth® technology, voice recognition and sound processing, Parrot car kits offer clear conversations, despite the noise particularly inherent in driving and integrates seamlessly into your car for real audio quality.

Marketing intelligence firm GfK released market share data in December 2009 announcing that Parrot’s market share of Bluetooth hands free kits in Europe is 88% and worldwide is 70%.  Parrot is successful in this area because of the technological and research and development focus it puts into its car kit development.

The challenge of ensuring compatibility between the thousands of phones that are released every year and Parrot’s car kits is a significant investment in itself, let alone the added functionality that the Parrot kits have which include playing music, noise and echo cancellation and Text to Speech (TTS) technology.

Choosing the right Parrot Bluetooth car kit

Parrot has 3 ranges to choose from – Parrot Minikit Slim, Parrot CK Range and the Parrot Mki Range.

Parrot Minikit Slim – A small and lightweight design that attaches to the car’s sun visor and can be easily slipped into your pocket.  It is simple and easy to use with automatic voice recognition and Text to Speech technology.

Parrot CK range – 2 Parrot CK models are available and all come with the new Parrot universal mute cable that has an additional adapter for any car brand.  

Parrot CK3000 – Entry level car kit with spoken menus – no screen required 

Parrot CK3100 – Small LCD screen displays your mobile phone’s information (can be installed in the dashboard for optimized viewing angle.

Parrot MKi  range – Use your phone without taking your hands off the wheel and travel with all your favourite music on the road.  All MKi are approved by Apple for use with iPod and iPhone with the latest technology including wireless remote, automatic voice recognition and like all Parrot car kits compatible with all mobile phones.  There are 3 MKi models available.

MKi9000 – Offers a voice menu for accessing its functions – no need for a screen

MKi9100 – Has a removable blue OLED 2 line screen to display phonebook, caller ID, phone information and user settings

MKi9200 – Has a removable colour TFT 2.4” screen to display the phonebook, caller ID, and music information.