A standard fit car stereo that will pair with a bluetooth mobile phone enabling handsfree comunication.

Even better cars that come with stereos like this.

The stereo would mute music on incoming calls have a built in microphone. Support auto awnser after a number of rings etc...
-- Porkstone, Dec 04 2003

Car Radio Transmitters http://www.halfbake...adio_20Transmitters
[phoenix, Oct 04 2004]

Car Stereo Adapter http://www.halfbake..._20Stereo_20Adapter
The opposite idea. [phoenix, Oct 04 2004]

Sony Ericsson HCB-30 Bluetooth Car Kit http://www.expansys...uct.asp?code=HCB-30
[benjamin, Oct 04 2004]

You are here: Bluetooth / Bluetooth Car Kits http://l8shop.net/P...etooth-Car-Kits.asp
[benjamin, Oct 04 2004]

Baked by Chrysler: they call it "UConnect" http://jeepin.com/news/uconnect/index.asp
Available as a dealer-installed options on 18 different 2004 models of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep. [krelnik, Oct 04 2004]

Now fully baked https://8comwireles...D=70&Category_ID=10
From a company in the UK (maybe Sparkie1979's), and only $180US [davinic, Jan 09 2005]

Car:Ice?
-- phoenix, Dec 04 2003


There are a bunch of add-on bluetooth car kits (see links) that give you the same functionality, though they're not quite as nice as proper integration into the head unit.
-- benjamin, Dec 04 2003


[phoenix] - perhaps [Porkstone] was thinking of the acronym In Car Entertainment?
-- benjamin, Dec 04 2003


For a while my father had a car phone that could be operated either by handset or through the stereo speakers and a microphone imbeded in the ceiling. Not quite the same as linking your mobile phone to the stereo, but the technology is certainly there.
-- luecke, Dec 05 2003


Chrysler is baking this into their new models, currently as a dealer-installed option, soon to be factory installed. So I'd call this baked.
-- krelnik, Dec 05 2003


I've been dreaming of this exact thing for 3 years now. My next car stereo will have this. I plan to bluetooth my phone, PDA, and GPS into my car audio system. I don't want to have to buy a new car to get this. This market will be huge with states beginning to pass the no dialing laws. My commute will be much more productive.
-- jonperret, Feb 12 2004


baked the idea is kicking arround out there, mainly as it would simplify wiring looms and stuff now i want an entierly bluetooth setup
-- engineer1, Feb 12 2004


I am an engineer at a company in the UK and we are currently working on a in car stereo unit with bluetooth and MP3, I have one in my car and have to say it works well.
-- sparkie1979, Jul 17 2004



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