Rating: - Easy to install and use
I installed the IHF1000 in a 2007 Dodge Caliber using a Metra ABTI-CH3 Bluetooth OE intergration kit. It was truely a plug and play kit. Instlation takes about an hour. The Motorola IHF1000 works as advertised.
Rating: - Excellent purchase!
I'm very pleased with the quality of this product. It is just as good as most factory installed bluetooth I've seen and heard on some new model automobiles. The voice recognition has worked great... not a single misdialed number. I had it professionally installed for $50. Be aware that the radio interface only works on newer model automobiles; say the last three years or so. On my older model car, I am relying on the 5 inch speaker which is included in the kit. It works very well. We'll be buying a second kit for my wife's car.
Rating: - Better than most, but speaker not loud enough!
This is a well designed product overal. It worked well with my cell phone (Blackberry) and my wifes (Motorolla Razr). It always worked and it connected automatically when you start the car. No extra buttons to push on the phone or car, just start the ignition and it powers up detects your phone, connects, and works every time.
A word of advice -- you need, absoultely must mount the microphone on the visor pointed toward the driver, in order for people on the other end to hear you well, and for the voice commands to work well when you are driving.
The bad -- the only bad thing about this is the little wimpy speaker was just too underpowered. If I was on the freeway, I really just couldn't hear other people well and I was constantly asking people to repeat themselves. This was really, really anoying. What's worse is that my car is realatively quite on the freeway compaired to most. (Honda Accord V6) So if you have a small 4-cyl car you'll never be able to hear people on the freeway.
If it were built to interface with the built in car speakers that would've been a much better solution.
Rating: - Buy it.
I just bought a new Blackberry and needed a hands free option. I heard great things about this Bluetooth kit and they are all true. Anyone who is complaining is a tech nerd. I had Verizon install it. It's easy to program and easy to use. I found a nice holder for my phone and I'm in business. Worth every penny!
Rating: - Car Kit
we have had 3 or 4 different car kits. this one is the best.