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Parrot Launches Bluetooth(R) Car Kit with Color LCD for Photo ID at SEMA Auto Show
[November 01, 2005]

Parrot Launches Bluetooth(R) Car Kit with Color LCD for Photo ID at SEMA Auto Show


LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 1, 2005 -- Parrot, the world's first company to produce Bluetooth(R) car kits, has launched the Parrot 3200 LS-COLOR Advanced Car Kit for drivers who want wireless hands-free phone function with an easy-to-read color LCD display. (PHOTO AVAILABLE.)



The 64mmx58mmx20mm dash-mounted color LCD screen displays information including Caller ID for both incoming and outgoing calls, adding Photo ID when photos are programmed into the address portion of either your car kit or phone. The Parrot 3200 LS-COLOR also allows you to browse your phone's address book and provides a visual menu that's easy to see at a glance.

Like all of Parrot's installed Bluetooth car kits, the Parrot 3200 LS-COLOR automatically mutes the vehicle's radio or CD player and uses the speakers for phone audio. Voice recognition and voice activation features allow drivers to make calls, take calls, and access a 150-name address book without taking their hands off the wheel.


"Parrot continues to be first with new innovative Bluetooth products. The color LCD launched with great success in Europe earlier this year, and we expect the same enthusiastic response here in the United States," said Edward Valdez, president of Parrot, Inc.

The Parrot LS 3200 LS-COLOR is compatible with the vast majority of Bluetooth-enabled phones regardless of carrier or manufacturer. With Parrot products, the car kit is automatically ready to go whenever your vehicle is turned on. Just start the engine, drive and talk hands-free.

Benefits and Features of the Parrot 3200 LS-COLOR Bluetooth(R) car kit include:

-- Adjustable, high-resolution, high-contrast LCD color screen for photo images

-- Color LCD screen runs at 160x128 pixels for screen image as good as the one on your mobile phone

-- Caller ID, and display of recent calls

-- Voice command for speed-dialing and other functions

-- Visual display of carrier signal strength

-- Mobile phone address book can be downloaded to the car kit

-- Audio through vehicle speakers automatically mutes the radio or CD player

-- Quality audio (Digital Signal Processing)

-- Recognizes up to 5 different mobile phones

-- Universal compatibility with most Bluetooth phones regardless of carrier or manufacturer

-- No cradle, wire, or headset battery to charge

-- Upgradeable software via download at www.parrot.biz

-- Easy to install - easy to use

-- One-year warranty

-- Available in seven languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese)

The new Parrot 3200 LS-COLOR joins a broad line-up of plug-and-play and professionally installed car kits from Parrot, including EASY-DRIVE (Plug & Play), CK3000 EVOLUTION (with trimline keypad), CK3100 (with LCD), CK3300 (with GPS navigation and a color monitor) and the new Parrot RHYTHM N' BLUE auto stereo with integrated Bluetooth phone function. For more information call 1-877-9-PARROT or visit www.parrot.biz.

About Parrot

Parrot (www.parrot.biz) is the world's first company to develop and manufacture Bluetooth products that enable seamless integration of vehicles, drivers and mobile phones. Parrot produced the first ever Bluetooth hands-free car kit in 2001 and to date has delivered more than one million worldwide. Today, Parrot offers the industry's broadest car kit product line, which is sold online and through retail stores in 35 countries. Parrot also supplies its proprietary technology to the world's automakers and their suppliers for integrated original equipment applications and to the heavy-duty truck market for commercial and fleet management purposes. Parrot's proprietary technology is focused in four key areas: the design of Bluetooth chipsets, integrated circuit design, development of advanced voice digital signal processing, and compatibility testing. Parrot, founded in 1994 by Henri Seydoux, is a global company with offices in 35 countries. The company is headquartered in Paris, France and its U.S. offices are in New York, Detroit and Austin, Texas.

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