denison 500

[colinmartin]

2003 cayenne turbo pcm cd based

hi guys i recentley installed a denison 500 in the car so i could listen to my usb stick, its a bit of a pain going through the folders on the pcm screen a bit slow loading information but its all i can do without changing the whole system which from what i have been reading is not easy , but i would like to have bluetooth phone as this is the 21st century, they say i can buy a dension BTA bluetooth hands free adapter . my questions are has anyone got this installed? does it work? my unit is installed in the cd changer location .it has a microphone will the cable be long enough to reach the front?

thanks in advance

[deilenberger]

The GW500/BTA1500 combo works fine for me. I don't know if the microphone cable will be long enough, I mounted my GW500/BTA1500 up under the dash up front (I retained the CD changer with the extra fiber cables.) Be worth calling the vendor you're going to buy it from, or Dension and asking them.

Mine works fine with a HTC Droid phone. I've tried it with an iPhone, and it also seemed to work. There are some tricks involved in getting the volume correct, there are some slightly confusing writeups on the Dension website. Changing the microphone sensitivity involves sending one set of codes to the BTA/phone, changing the speaker volume another set. When you get them right, there is no problem with echo (I have the microphone mounted just to the side of the upper center console in the headliner, clipped to the edge of the headliner, pointed toward the driver.

I also have USB memory sticks with music on them, but I found the interface is easier to use if you hook up an iPod. I found a 4th generation one that needed a slight repair (I did it myself) for $20.. and I particularly like the playlist feature, since you can create these on the iPod, or on your computer and upload it to the iPod. I very rarely listen to anything else now. The iPod lives in the center console where I ran the cables, and hasn't been touched in months.