Comments on: iPhone your MINI: The Shure Music Phone Adaptor Reviewed

By: alex

alex — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:42:32 +0000

My FM system works ok, but as with my direct connect XM radio box, the volume is very quiet. When I had XM installed, the installer alleged it was due to the HK system and what it did to the input. Anyone else have this problem or figure out how to improve the volume without replacing the head unit?

By: zm

zm — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:55:59 +0000

gotcha. my treo will play the audio out of the speakers while i'm talking to it on speakerphone--so, i'm sure that's the echo probs.

same opinion on the fm. the venturi does have a line out, so it'd at least make the phone side wireless (a2dp & hands free). still waiting to hear from someone that's tried it, though.

By: Nathaniel Salzman

Nathaniel Salzman — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:47:40 +0000

Oddly enough, the only echo complaints I've ever gotten were from when I'd call my wife's mobile. I think a lot of it has to do with how loud the volume is. I don't use the speakerphone on the iPhone because it's really not that loud. I keep my iPhone headphones in a little pouch in my pocket, so given the choice, I'd just use those in the car before the speakerphone, which I've done on many occasions.

Looking at the Venturi, the immediate problem I see is that it's an FM transmitter, which is notoriously awful to the point of not working at all in the MINI. Good idea in general, but probably a bad fit for the MINI specifically.

By: zm

zm — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:01:24 +0000

i’ve been doing this for a while w/ my treo 750, but had been answering w/ the built in speakerphone. i reverted back to the BT headset to answer calls b/c of ppl complaining about echo.

can anyone that’s using the MPA comment on if their echo problems have changed, vs just using the phone’s speakerphone?

thanks.

also have been wanting a wireless solution for all this. was checking this out: http://www.myventuri.com/home.aspx

anyone else gone wireless?