{"id":6275,"date":"2013-08-26T08:01:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=6275"},"modified":"2013-08-26T17:15:03","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T17:15:03","slug":"making-use-of-your-bluetooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/making-use-of-your-bluetooth\/","title":{"rendered":"Making use of your Bluetooth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Bluetooth<\/a><\/p>\n

This week on the garage, Suzanne Keane fills you in on how to retro-fit\u00a0Bluetooth\u00a0hands free\u00a0into your car.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Many new cars come with Bluetooth built in but if your car doesn’t have it included don’t despair – There are plenty of options out there, cheap and expensive to make sure you don’t pick up any unnecessary penalty points!<\/p>\n

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There are 4 main options when it comes to fitting\u00a0Bluetooth\u00a0to your car –<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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1. Earpiece<\/p>\n

The simplest and cheapest option is a bluetooth headset. The advantage of this is that it’s portable so you won’t just be confined to using it in the car. You can get one for as little as \u20ac10 but you may need to spend a bit more for decent sound quality and a battery that lasts.<\/p>\n

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2. Portable car kit<\/p>\n

These usually consist of a phone holder with a built in speaker that mounts to your windscreen or rear view mirror like a sat nav. On the plus side you can move it from car to car but you will usually end up with a wire running down the dashboard where it plugs into the cigarette lighter so it can look a bit messy.<\/p>\n

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3. Standalone car-kit<\/p>\n

We’ve all seen the older versions of this, usually a phone specific holder that was wired to the car speakers (I can remember when a Nokia car kit was a selling point on the second hand car market). In the age of bluetooth these kits tend to consist of a miniature dash mounted display (to show who’s calling etc.) and they are wired through the sound system in the car. Obviously these are a tidier solution than a windscreen mounted kit but if you can’t do the job yourself they may be expensive to install.<\/p>\n

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4. Bluetooth integration<\/p>\n

Possibly the most expensive, a stereo with built in bluetooth isn’t much harder to install than a standard stereo but means you won’t have any loose wires or need to stick anything onto the dashboard. Usually the only difference from a stereo without bluetooth is that you will have to feed a microphone wire down behind the dashboard (usually from the top of the A-Pillar to the back of the stereo.<\/p>\n

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Just remember a bluetooth handsfree kit may be a legal way to use your phone while driving but you should still never allow yourself to be distracted by your phone on the road.<\/p>\n

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Suzanne Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n

26th August 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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