iO Play Music Streaming & Hands Free Kit

[Desmo]

Thought I'd put this in here rather than motors as it's a bit more tech than just a hands free kit


I've been wanting a hands free kit for my car for a while and when I got the iPhone, also wanted something to stream the music to my car stereo. Used an FM transmitter for a while and whilst good, it's not perfect. I couldn't listen to the radio and still hear satnav instructions so made it's use quite limited.

The iO Play handles this perfectly. If your car has ISO standard connectors it's a simple plug and play job, just need to hide the cables and boxes behind the dash and run two cable for the control box and mic. If you don't have ISO connectors, you can buy and adaptor harness for about £10.

It connects to ANY phone via bluetooth and allows you to instantly switch between the car radio or your phone. If your car radio is playing and then phone sends a sound signal, it automatically switches to the phone, then back to the radio again. This makes it ideal for satnav where you can have the radio on but still get voice commands from the phone. It has it's own volume dial which works independently to the stereo volume so phone and car stereo can be set at different levels at any time. Not used it properly for hands free yet.

Halfords sell this for £150, most other places are £99 but if you check Amazon, you can pick it up brand new for £62