I've recently fitted a Parrot MKi9100 car kit to my 2010 Clio Dynamique TomTom Sports Tourer. I thought a few brief notes on how I did it might help someone contemplating something similar.
There is a Renault kit, made by Cobra NSV, for retrofitting Bluetooth available from the Renault dealer (part number 7711433745) for about £60, whereas my Parrot kit cost £125 from Halfords. I chose the Parrot kit for the following reasons:
- The Cobra kit has only a single control button which would require drilling a hole in the dash, whereas the Parrot's control is more comprehensive and sticks on.
- The Parrot kit has a display, unlike the Cobra kit.
- The parrot kit has Bluetooth A2DP audio out via separate wires, whereas I'm not sure about the Cobra kit. I have a suspicion it overrides the stereo, which means the steering column volume controls wouldn't work.
- I could find full fitting instructions for the Parrot online before I purchased, whereas the Cobra kit has very little documentation available online.
- The Parrot kit was available off the shelf, whereas my local Renault dealer would have had to order the Cobra kit in. I wanted to fit it that weekend!
My Clio is fitted with the Bosch/Blaupunkt Radiosat Classic head unit. While it has standard ISO connectors (albeit with the battery live in the 'wrong' position), it doesn't have an ignition live on the ISO connector. I used a fuse piggyback
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like this one to tap off the fusebox. I also found it easier to route the microphone cable under the headlining if you prise the central sunvisor mount out first. The display and the remote control I placed above the heater controls.
My Clio has as standard the two phono connectors under the drop-down flap under the centre console. I had a brain-fart and cut the connector off, using junction box connectors to connect the wires to the wires on the Parrot loom. I don't recommend you do this, however.
The Parrot MKi9100 has a line-in and USB cable. What I've done is dismantle the aux-in connector box, remove the circuit board and with a bit of dremel work turned it into a stock-looking socket.
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I used a 3.5mm stereo metal coupler I already had, which fitted in one of the holes with a bit of a push, and secured with Araldite. For the USB socket, I bought a USB plug to panel-mounted USB socket lead from CPC Farnell - order code CS22609. If I'd have thought more, I could have put phono connectors on the Parrot loom and used the circuit board outside of the box wrapped in tape.
Hope this helps.
