Mobile Phones

[big wheel]

This is just a word of warning to anybody thinking of going to a phone shop and getting a hands free kit fitted. I went to my local car phone shop,they took a look at the Galaxy and said "no problem". It was fitted a few days later and worked well,I liked the way it cut off the music and the voice came out of all the front speakers. So off we went to York for a night out and stayed over night in a pub. Then the fun started. Went to start the car,FLAT BATTERY, R.A.C came out and jump started it and could find no fault. Three days later,FLAT BATTERY, R.A.C. came out,it's a duff battery. Took it to Fords,nothing wrong with battery,you must have left some light on,(like I'm stupid). Four days later,FLAT BATTERY,that was enough for me.So tested it with my amp meter and something was eating my battery. I went back to the phone shop and told him what I had found,"ah it's the modulator",the gizmo that turns turns the music off when the phones on. A new one was fitted and guess what,four days later,a FLAT BATTERY,the speakers are on all night. So back to the shop,this time the boss comes out,ahhh it's got a sat/nav fitted,like the first guy must have been blind when he took it out to fit the wiring. It's got a VW wiring system in that car because of the sat/nav and we put in the Ford one,thick git.

So beware if you are thinking of fitting a phone kit and you have factory fitted sat/nav. That was 12 months ago and all still works well.