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BMW 3 Series E90 with Radio proffesional with Aux in
Iphone 5
The installation was very easy. Connect the cigarette lighter of the vehicle and the Aux in the radio. The Status LED flashes then red blue Kinivo what the signal means available for pairing with your smartphone. The subsequent coupling with the iPhone 5 took place without problems. The cable of Kinivo are very thin, so care should be taken during installation that will not bend. The cable between the control unit and the power supply is perhaps a little fall short, about 1 m length. Those like me who has his power and Aux in in the center armrest that panel but above will install the dashboard will come up against problems.
The quality of music playback, I feel excellent. I could not tell the difference compared to the direct connection via a phone cable. Even while driving no interference of music, or the Bluetooth streaming were observed. Also here the already often mentioned lack of bass can I not confirm. Even I could not hear background noise, the simultaneous charging of the phone.
The playback of Spotify is no more a problem, as the navigation announcements via mobile phone. The music is slightly dimmed and the announcements are clearly understood.
Siri can also be activated by pressing the multifunction button the Kinivo. The voice Siris is then however much quieter than the music playback. But I want to mention that this is not at the Kinivo. I've found this phenomenon already in other hands-free via Bluetooth in conjunction with Siri.
The quality of the hands-free function, I feel as good, though here as in Siri, the volume is lower than in the music playback. Thus, one is forced to make the radio louder when calling. Here one should not forget to turn them back directly after the call back since then Musikwiedergane automatically continues what can be very loud. A response was not perceived by my interlocutors.
Would automatically to adjust the volume of the music, the device in the use of Siri and the handsfree function there of me 5 stars. Nevertheless, and after sufficient research, I would recommend this product for more than 29 currently recommend and is on any case preferable to the direct competitors Belkin Aircast, which will cost around 20 more but definitely no longer can. Because compared to the Belkin Kinivo can no title to jump back and not to play the music automatically be able to start the vehicle.
Update 22:09:14
The length of the adapter is approximately 5.5 cm. So for me it looks a little out of the box.
I can only positive reports on the charging performance. Despite navigation, anti-speed camera and Spotify Software parallels mode the mobile phone is still charged.
