56 plate SL 350 phone solution

[geoffd]

Once again my 56 plate SL 350 has technologically challenged me - and won ! I've looked at several threads about phones, but having read them, I'm no wiser.

I've used a Nokia 6310i for many years, and the dealer I bought the car from gave me a cradle for it. It still works but is decidedly battered looking, and frankly, past it.

So I've acquired a new (to me) Sony Ericcson ELM, for which as far as I can see there is no cradle available. So I guess it has to be a bluetooth solution...but which one ?

Am I right in thinking that a Viseeo MBU 1000 will fit into my existing cradle, and that will then allow me to use the Sony Ericcson ? Including the steering wheel buttons, and dialling from the COMAND screen ?

On the other hand, a similar query was answered by NPUK with "you'd be better off getting a MB-2 or MB-3". Why ? What is the difference, and what extra features would it offer ?

And finally, I've been given an iPod. As far as I can see there is no aux input for devices like this (no socket in the glove box), so can I play this via bluetooth too ? And if so how ?

Thanks

Geoff

 

[richard]

Do not put the MBU1000 in the existing UHI cradle, it just doesn't work as-well as having the MB2/MB3/MB4 plugged direct into the port. This is because there are extra layers of software for things to go wrong of course

The phone system is very seperate from the audio system. You could use a MB-3 which would bluetooth stream the music from the phone to the MB-3, which then transmits it on FM to the radio....

The alternative is to add a proper iPod solution that emulates the CD changer, such as the mCar (see Comand Online Ltd and search for mcar) - which sounds superb (but you lose the CD changer if you have it). This is particularly effective on cars without the phone system as it has a built in bluetooth phone system too, but rather than buying a MB2/MB3/MB4 you could use the phone system in the mCar instead.

Cheers

Richard