CARK 91 Q's

"Gazz" <N@_spam_ta_ill_read_replies_on.here> wrote:

>I've got a nokia 6310i and need a decent car kit, fed up of the cheesy
>carphone warehouse ones that last a year then the connectors fail, so i've
>decided to get a genuine nokia kit.

Good plan... Nokia original equipment is much better quality than any
of the after-market stuff I've seen.

>Firstly i recall that nokia haven't officially said the CARK 91 will work
>with the 6310i phone, as you should use the Bluetooth kit, i do not want
>Bluetooth, can't see the point as the whole idea of the car kit for me is so
>it charges the phone, so if i need a lead to the phone, may as well have a
>nice cradle which also makes the other connections.
>but what are the problems with using the CARK 91 with a 6310i phone exactly?

Not sure how you got that impression. Nokia list both the CARK-91
(Advanced HF Car Kit) and CARK-112 (Wireless Car Kit) as being
compatible with the 6310i.

>Anyone know of a place to get them cheaper than £70 all in? that's vat
>included and postage to the uk included, would like new, even on ebay they
>go for 50 quid upwards, for second hand ones, may as well spend a few extra
>quid and get it new.

eBay or maybe car boot sales?

>Now for the real question, the vehicle the kit will be installed in will be
>a motorhome, is it possible to get another phone holder cradle, and connect
>it to the CARK 91 main unit? the idea being so i have 2 places i can use the
>phone, in the cab of the van, and have a second cradle in the living area of
>the van, mainly for charging but also to use the hands free bit in the back
>of the van, i know the speaker and mic will be in the cab, but i have walked
>to the back of the van before on handsfree and it still picked me up, using
>the cheesy kits, so the nokia one's mic should be as sensitive.

The kit doesn't support it, but you could splice the cables to the
cradle, "T" off them and fit an additional MBC-1 holder. Can't see it
causing an problem as long as you don't try to connect two handsets at
the same time.

>I guess i could just use the extra handset that's available for these kits,
>do they have dialing facilities? of it is just an intercom/hand set thing?
>but i would have the problem of having the phone in the cab on display all
>the time when i'm in the back.

The HSU-1 handset only has a speaker and mic.

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> "Gazz" <N@_spam_ta_ill_read_replies_on.here> wrote:
>> >Firstly i recall that nokia haven't officially said the CARK 91 will
work
> >with the 6310i phone, as you should use the Bluetooth kit, i do not want
> >Bluetooth, can't see the point as the whole idea of the car kit for me is
so
> >it charges the phone, so if i need a lead to the phone, may as well have
a
> >nice cradle which also makes the other connections.
> >but what are the problems with using the CARK 91 with a 6310i phone
exactly?

FYI, the BT carkit (CARK-112) can charge the phone (there is a lead to do
this from the handsfree kit). The advantage of the BT is that you don't
*have* to physically connect the phone (a bonus for me as I always forget
and leave the phone in my bag! :-) ).

I've been using a 6310i with a Cark 91 for over a year now. No problems at
all, works perfectly.