Parrot BT system
 

I am looking for the parrot hands free kit that allows you to use the BMW steering wheel buttons for an aftermarket system. I have read that the parrot system leaves alot to be desired....so I bought the Motorola IHF100 sytem which is VERY impressive. I hooked it up behind the glove box to an unused relay socket..... what'ya know all the wires were right there except for the radio mute which I had to run to the rear and connect to the wht/brm wire (pin 8) in the X400 connector. works like a champ. So now I looking to use the parrot kit to make my buttons on the steering wheel work. Does any one out there have one for sale? Thanks

i think you may have to buy from the online stores and i am assuming you mean the wiring harness since you already have bluetooth on the ihf100.

do you have any pics of where you hooked it all up??

this sounds like a great diy

i bought my car second hand equipped with parrot bluetooth. I personally am frustrated with it. It never turns on. I am not sure if it is due to faulty equipment or poor installation. I lean towards the latter. Wish i had done it myself. I believe it was the newest and greatest about a year ago when the previous owner had it installed. I could get the number.

Anyway, I am looking into pulling it out and in which case i could sell it to you. Or if you are familiar with how these are installed where is does it tap the power because thats the issue i believe. The Parrot does not override the car audio, does not work with any BMW controls, and has its own microphone.

I looked at the parrot before I purchased the motorola IHF1000. I could only find a few satisfied customers etc..... I have the IHF 1000 in My Z3 and my hoopty, the Motorola was a breeze to hook up in the X5.

I removed the glove box, removed the 4 trox screws holding the fuse box in, on the back side was an unused relay socket that had +12v, a Ground and a switched +12v. I crimped some spade terminals on the wires from the IHF1000 and plugged them in. I tucked the control box and the speaker in the plastic mounts I discovered behind the fuse box. I removed the interior light by prying gently on the rear edge and then removed the 4 screws holding the garage door module/headliner. I popped out the stock microphone cover and RTV'ed the IHF1000 microphone to the back side, and reinstalled the mic cover in the headliner. I used the double sided tape to attach the Motorola control box to the blanking cover beside the microphone cover (I had to notch out about 1/8” so the cord would feed into the interior) I ran the wires for it and the microphone along the front of the windshield tucking them in. I removed the A pillar cover and ran the wires down and beside the dash. There’s not enough cord to reach the control box easily so make the connections to the control box at this point. Gently pull the wires back up towards the windshield until you can tape it to the A pillar. Reinstall the A pillar cover. I extended the IHF1000 yellow wire (radio mute) along the pass side under the door sills into the cargo area all the way to the rear hatch, across the rear to the drivers side where I tapped into the Wht/Brn wire at connection X400. X400 is a white connector and is attached to the lower front side of the bracket where the OEM Bluetooth mounts.

Fired up the juice and everything worked..... so back went the fuse box and glove box. It works very well!