Reviews for Belkin Aircast Bluetooth In-car Adapter

To all of you who have stated that track skip does not work, the trick is to not double press to go forward too quickly. If you press DA_DA rather than d-da, so a small gap in between, it will work. Trust me, I use this method all the time.

No issues with my unit either, but placing circular receiver carefully will pay dividends for interference avoidance on phone calls. Some modern cars have electronics in the cabin which will interefere with the bluetooth bandwidth. Take your walkabout landline in the car, turn down the car stereo and listen to your cellphone through the landline phone, moving receiver to optimum position for accessibility and interference.

Music over A2DP Bluetooth in Volvo C30 High Performance Audio is very acceptable indeed.
Hope this all helps.

I bought this because I'm sick of plugging in to a wired auxiliary connection. I can't tell a difference in the audio quality (wired vs this Bluetooth), and I'd say I have pretty good taste in audio. I saw a review from an audio engineer who recommended this product; I'd say his was a very good review. I put off buying this for a year because I was worried it would sound like the old FM transmitters. Thankfully, it sounds like its plugged straight in. Pairing seems easy enough, setup was fine (I have an RCA aux input on my Pioneer CD Player), plenty of extra wire which I just tucked away. I haven't tried the skip and other features, or attempted a phone call using this device. But I have a Bluetooth headset, so I'm not really concerned about the possibility of hearing an echo on a phone call (which seems pretty likely, but again, untested with this device.)

In short: it does what it says and it does it very well. I can barely fault it.

I'm using with an iphone 4S, IOS 5.0.1. Here's a longer run down of what it does an how it does it:
(I've put in a bit of detail because the instructions for use aren't great)

Pairing - no problems. very simple instructions
Connecting - Need to press Aircast button to pair after switching on the car. Pairing is quick.
Music - Short press to get last track to play/pause. Short press + 2 second press to go to next track. The sound quality for music is much better than I expected. I've tried other Bluetooth and FM adapters for music and have always been disappointed by the quality.
Siri - 2 second press to fire up Siri and ask her whatever stupid request you've got.
Calls - Use Siri or phone controls to dial. Call quality was very good at both ends.

Cons:
- Siri volume is too loud, and a little distorted. I'd say this is a phone issue though.
- I need to speak louder for Siri to register than I do for calls
- RRP $ is a bit too much.

Tips:
- make sure your iphone volume is all the way up. adjust using car stereo volume.
- the wires for the aircast are really thin which makes it easy to squeeze into joins/cracks of the dash or hide how you like. Included extension cable is handy, if you need it.

The product concept is great, however it does not work well. After the setup, which went 1-2-3 with the 4S, I made a call and all you could here was an echo on the receiving end. I was able to hear everything fine, but it was so unbearable on the other end that we had to end the call. Tried calling two other number(land line and cell) and still had the same issue. Had the volume on my phone all the way up. Not sure if there is a fix for this issue, but I just picked this up yesterday, and will be bringing it back today. Highly disappointing after seeing all the good reviews, and I do hope that there is a fix.

This device works great for me. It is very simple to use, does what I need it to do, and does not distract me away from driving my car. It works like this: I get into my car, press the button once to pair the Aircast to my iPhone, and it pairs up in 2 seconds. I then press the button again and my music starts streaming from my Pandora station right where it left off from my last trip... awesome! Calls come through clear with no complaints from the other caller, and the music quality is pretty good too. Some people think that double-clicking for skipping a song does not work, but it does in fact work. You just have to double-click the button like you are giving CPR or to the rhythm of the song "Stayin' Alive". I was nervous about the aux cord reaching from the power source to the jack, and I was relieved to find a aux extension cable in the box, so you don't need to worry about that. This device is probably better than a factory installed Bluetooth hands free calling system, because it is so simple to use. I would give it 5 stars if it consistently picked up my music immediately after pairing with my phone. For some reason it played immediately for me the first few times I used it, then it stopped... but pressing the button again is honestly not that difficult, and in some circumstances is much better than blasting your partner with the music from your last car ride. :-)

After trying a $20 adapter from Monoprice for this purpose (which failed miserably), I bit the bullet and bought this for my '94 Accord (with an upgraded system). The sound quality is nearly flawless for music. Highs and lows come through great, but I feel like it's compressing a bit in the loud parts. Still, amazing sound.

Quality in Voice Control is MUCH lower, but that's because Voice Control falls back to HSP/HFP Bluetooth profiles for this, and doesn't use A2DP. Voice quality was fine for me, and the device recognized my speech well. Voice Control can be used to specify an album, or ask the time, which are handy features.

Voice Control DOES work by pushing the button for two seconds. Pushing longer will unpair the phone, so just push for two seconds and release, and it'll work.

Bluetooth pairing is easy as can be... AND it remembers more than one device. I connected my iPhone and iPad (in that order), then took the iPad away from the car. Pushing the main button made it connect to the iPhone.

Added features: included magnetic mount, and USB port for charging on the 12v plug.

My Alpine receiver is showing it's age (2004), and after trying their proprietary Bluetooth enabler with negative results, I gave this guy a try. Within 15 minutes I was up and running (Using a Monster RCA-1/8" jack coming from the AUX port). My friends are impressed with the sound quality and I am happy with the price.

The only downfall is the mic. It's horrid. I don't even attempt to answer calls with the Aircast anymore.

That's what my Bose Bluetooth earpiece is for :)

I love being able to play music in my car through the Aux connection without plugging in my iPhone 5.

Perfect tool for my car, neat and makes the use of my iPhone super easy