Has anyone seen this?

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...cYLbFg&cad=rja

Unfortunately these guys are in Australia, so I'm wondering if anyone's tried this in the US.

 

At first I was impressed a bit, but when I saw they did not use any of the stock ***** I figured it could be a nice winter DIY.
From the looks of it the display is so small it's pointless unless stopped. but you could do a take apart and just use an old radio faceplate to cover the hole in the dash and bond the display on the back or inside a gutted radio.

 

It couldn't be that hard to cut the dash to fit a double din in there could it?

 

Sure, you could do that, it's the easy way...but not the cool way. Besides, new Fords dont even come with a CD slot anymore, all we really need is a display these days. I wonder how hard it would be to make a "Heads up display" ?

 

Yeah I think by 2015 Ford was going to make it where all their cars didn't have CD players.

 

we are the US distributor for Parrot, but that radio was nothing more then a dummy screen with the Mki display behind it.

 

Right, they took the guts out of the stock radio and put the MKi9100 screen in there. They ran the Parrot's power through the stock volume ****, so that can turn it on/off.

The display is small, but it also responds to voice commands, so you don't necessarily have to try to read it while driving. The remote is intuitive and can be mounted almost anywhere -- including on the steering wheel.

The main problem is, you still need a radio! The Parrot only provides the 'extra' stuff. You get bluetooth handsfree, as well as adapters for IPod/IPhone, USB, and an aux jack. The unit will work by itself if all you want is that. I have an IPhone, so I could use it as an IPod or stream internet radio/Pandora/etc. But if you want real AM/FM or a CD, you'd have to add that somewhere (e.g. secret audio).

I haven't decided if I want to go with something like this, or put in a CA unit in there. I use my Mustang as a daily driver to get to/from work. The most important thing is handsfree calling -- but I'm not sure I want to go without a normal radio completely (or have the expense of the Parrot AND a secret audio).

 

The way things are going over the air will be gone,I use my usb jack for mp3s daily only time i listen to the radio is on my phone but its stations we don't have here.