Parrot Wire Harness

[mhwo]

I have a Parrot 3100 for my 2004 Titan LE with 6 cd Rockford stereo. I purchased an interface harness from Quick Connect Products for it and although the functions work, there is a very loud disturbing POP when the phone goes on or off.

Anyone know of another harness manufacturer? Appreciate any input.

[40-Dan]

Just installed the exact same setup in the exact same truck, and I've got the same problem. Not sure whether it's because of the harness or the kit.

I have a separate speaker that's a hold-over from the Nokia CK-7W that I just removed (not entirely compatible w/ my AT&T tilt). This weekend, I will try tapping the wires to hook up to it rather than the stereo speaker to see if that helps. Next option is to re-wire to the relay I had installed w/ the Nokia kit that simply killed power to the amp for the "mute" function. I'm not entirely certain how the Parrot kit/harness is doing the muting, but I've got a pretty good feeling that's what's causing the pop.

Will post again here w/ results as well as pics of the install.

mhwo, where did you mount the display? I'm not sure where I want mine yet. I'm leaning to the inside of the open compartment just to the rear of the shifter.

Dan

[40-Dan]

A few days bring clarity to the situation.

The pop is definitely a product of the harness - not the Parrot. The way it performs the "mute" function in the Titan is that the black-box on the harness actually switches the signal going to the amp from the HU to the Parrot and back again. As I'm sure everyone knows, amps that have a signal started/stopped when they are powered up will pop. That's the reason they have a delay in their circuitry tied to the turn-on wire.

I will give the guys at parrotkits.com / Quick Connect Products props - they responded to my customer service e-mail within about 20 minutes (at 7:00 PM their time on a Friday nite, even). Their e-mail confirmed the problem described above, and offered me a full refund on my harness (which cost more than the Parrot, BTW) without me having to ask. I am going to take them up on it, but I will also suggest to them that they modify their circuit to cut amp power during the switch to alleviate this problem. Their harness hits the turn-on lead, so it should be possible.

Other than the annoying pop, they have a great product - it truly was plug and play when installing. For anyone interested, they also have a blank harness that fits the Parrot connectors for custom wiring without having to tap the Parrot harness. I was going to get one, but just decided to tap the one I had while I had the dash apart today.

As promised above, will post pics later of the install showing location of the Parrot controller, but I'm waiting on a mounting bracket for my phone that's coming from Panavise, and I wanted to do it all together.

Hope this was helpful for someone.

Dan