Fiscon + iPhone + RCD510 Muting Query

[AlanH]

Bloody hell, you lot are fussy.

Correct - about £400 worth of fussy.

[p3asa]

Bloody hell, you lot are fussy.

Correct - about £400 worth of fussy.

Wow, you were conned. They have been doing them for £100 less if you ask them nicely.

EDIT: Sorry just re-red that and it sounds cheeky, didn't mean it to come across like that.

[p3eps]

£300 for an integrated hands free kit isn't expensive.
You can buy a £100 parrot, but then you have a naff little box sitting on your dash somewhere - that you need to fiddle with when you want to make calls! 

I'm not saying its perfect - I have a fault with my HTC HD2 that if I get in the car with it set to VIBRATE only - I get out of the car, and its on total silence.  The solution is just to keep the phone permanently on the lowest volume...and I have no problem.

spenny_b... if your missus gives you grief for not replying to text messages, then bin her!!!  I had a totally possessive girlfriend that would be furious if I didn't reply within 20 minutes - psycho!

On another note... has anyone contacted Fiscon / Kufatec about the problem?
When I had a Parrot kit, people used to post their complaints on their forum, and they'd fix them in new FW updates.

[AlanH]

On another note... has anyone contacted Fiscon / Kufatec about the problem?
When I had a Parrot kit, people used to post their complaints on their forum, and they'd fix them in new FW updates.

The annoying thing for me is that when I had Fiscon fitted I was using a Sony Ericsson phone that integrated perfectly. However, three months later I moved to an iPhone and soon afterwards the lack of integration became apparent. Often the keypad is unresponsive when answering or making a call; I can't use the keypad during a call (for example when calling voicemail) and call lists aren't imported unlike the Sony Ericsson. I emailed the UK importer and after several responses back and forward I was told  Just confirmed, both call lists/keypad work well on 3.1.1, had a couple of reports of the new 3.1.2 software being slight patchy, which will hopefully be cured when new software for the parrot chip is released. I'm now on iPhone OS 3.1.3!

[gossa]

When using my tomtom app I have it paired to the cradle so no interruption but no calls through the Fiscon either.

My sense of what is acceptable is obviously lower than others! I see what you are saying though if it's not as integrated as others phones.

[p3eps]

I don't know why bluetooth is so problematic in the first place?  Its supposed to be a standard thing - so I don't get why different phone brands work in different ways!  Its the same on my fiancee's BMW, her dads Merc, her mums Saab and my mums Lexus.  Different phones have different compatibility levels, and its pretty annoying!!  They offer XX amount of features, but some phones get more or less than others.

The UK importer are simple that - an importer / re-seller.
If you want proper answers then you'll have to contact Kufatec - as they made it!

I have also noticed that if I hang up using the OK button on the wheel, the stereo remains muted like its on a call.  The only way to get it out of this, is to call someone and hang up straight away with the PHONE button on the wheel.
Not a big deal either... just use the PHONE button to hang up in the first place - or wait for the other person to put the phone down!!

[spenny_b]

spenny_b... if your missus gives you grief for not replying to text messages, then bin her!!!

She did...and I did...divorce going though at the moment. (not as a result of tardy SMS responses, I hasten to add!)

On another note... has anyone contacted Fiscon / Kufatec about the problem?
When I had a Parrot kit, people used to post their complaints on their forum, and they'd fix them in new FW updates.

I have indeed, briefly mentioned in Reply#6...deliberately kept brief so not to fall foul of forum rules, but enough to let people know I've raised it rather than just whinge about it on a forum. Hopefully others will add some weight to it by doing the same if they have the same issues.

@AlanH - I've also just noticed the lack of call list syncing...if I make calls whilst driving, then I can access those missed/dialled call numbers whilst the phone is on that connection to the Fiscon...as soon as that BT link is lost (eg., ignition switched off), then the list is flushed. Blackberry's work fine, it syncs the last 10 or 15 numbers in each dial list, each and every time the phone is paired.

Somebody was asking why, for such a "standardised" protocol, the variation in BT quality is so great - I did read that Bluetooth has 25 different services that can be used/implemented....things like A2DP, handsfree, remote control, headset...presumably a lot of scope for ballsing it up.

I also noticed today that even if I switch off the headunit (my 4yr old daughter was asleep in the back) to prevent message alerts coming through the hifi speakers at wakening levels, the bloody iPhone brings the head unit back on and re-pairs itself!! arrgghh! (all brought about because a message DID come through whilst she was asleep, and the poor thing leapt out of her seat, eyes on stalks!)

The Fiscon experience just gets better.

[p3asa]

I also noticed today that even if I switch off the headunit (my 4yr old daughter was asleep in the back) to prevent message alerts coming through the hifi speakers at wakening levels, the bloody iPhone brings the head unit back on and re-pairs itself!! arrgghh! (all brought about because a message DID come through whilst she was asleep, and the poor thing leapt out of her seat, eyes on stalks!)

That would actually be classed as a good feature although not so in your case.

[Sebby]

I think the Fiscon could be better (there are some slightly annoying niggles), but generally it works very well.