I would have to agree with Göran. Nokia is NOT the only phone you can install. If that is what SaabUSA says, they are mistaken. Perhaps their information is not up to date.

As long as the phone in question has an ability to externally send the voice and mic signals, and charge itself from 12V it can be used. If it has ANY external means of signaling and incoming call, it can be made to work with the negative ground trigger in the Saab. The install really can not be simpler. Incompatibility is not Saab's fault, but that of the phone manufacuter. The negative ground trigger has been standard for quite some time. I can remember installing aftermarket Pioneer radios in friends cars in the mid ninetys and wondering who the hell was using that funny cell phone mute wire (a neg trigger sensing wre)

To use the kit, their are two wires that replace the speaker, two that replace the mic. (these could be picked up from a regular "handsfree" kit, if a car kit is not available.) Their is a 12V+ and a ground wire that could be picked up from a car charger if the manufacturer does not make a car kit. The very last thing (that is really why the car kit is needed) is a signal wire that tells the SID the phone wants its attention. As long as the phone has some means of doing this, it could easily be converted to a ground signal. If a phone manufacturer makes a "car kit", it would cover at least the speaker, mic, power and ground integrated. It may or may not have a signal wire. If it does the install is cake, if not the install will not be fully integrated.

Nokia is not the only manufacturer to offer a car kit that sends a signal to the audio system. If I read the posts correctly, there are at least three other manufacturers mentioned in this series of posts that do (Ericsson, Samsung, Qualcom)

-Joe

• Only Nokia and Ericsson work with sound system?, Steve, Sat, 6 Jan 2001 22:50:46
  • Nokia is only phone in the US that will work., James - 9-5 Product Spec., Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:45:34
    • Re: NOT TRUE: Nokia is NOT the only phone that will work., Jay Bailey, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:17:36
    • Re: Nokia is only phone in the US that will work., Göran Larsson, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:37:28
      • With all due respect, James, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:14:16
        • Re: With all due respect, Göran Larsson, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:49:22
          • Goran, I think you're missing the point., Eddy Plant, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:13:40
            • No, I think you're missing the point., Göran Larsson, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:47:18
              • To end the debate, go to Ericsson's web site &..., Mr. Know-it-all, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:09:03
                • Re: To end the debate, go to Ericsson's web site &..., 2Slow, Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:45:29
              • Göran, you're talking in circles...., Let it go!, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:17:35
                • Re: Göran, you're talking in circles...., 2Slow, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:57:12 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Only Nokia and Ericsson work with sound system?, Chris M, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:10:25
  • Only Nokia will work, Ji,,y, Sat, 6 Jan 2001 23:11:03
    • Re: Only Nokia will work - Nope Qualcomm works too., Jay Bailey, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:19:04
      • What model Qualcomm? Sound through speakers, too?, Cindy, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:22:14
        • Re: I use an 820, but any Qualcomm will work that has a handsfree, Jay Bailey, Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:21:48
    • Not true., Göran Larsson, Sun, 7 Jan 2001 05:24:33
      • Goran, I don't live in Europe - Nokia only MFR here!, Jimmy, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:29:34
        • Well, I live in the US, and sorry, you are just plain wrong., Jay Bailey, Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:47:47
        • Also Ericsson. Probably many other as well., Göran Larsson, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:54:55
          • Re: Also Ericsson. Probably many other as well., Chris M, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:03:02
      • Re: Not true., Steve, Sun, 7 Jan 2001 11:37:12
        • Saab "Customer" Service reps, Jimmy, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:33:47
        • Re: Not true., Göran Larsson, Sun, 7 Jan 2001 15:16:32
          • Re: Not true., Steve, Sun, 7 Jan 2001 20:14:49
            • Re: Not True: Göran is right...., Jay Bailey, Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:22:32

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