Jabra 100-46000000-02 Freeway Bluetooth in-Car Speakerphone (U.S. Retail Packaging)

This is a review for Jabra FREEWAY Bluetooth Speakerphone I'm not one to take my time to write reviews, but after purchasing three of these speakerphones I thought maybe it would be helpful to tell you why this is the best speakerphone I have ever used. We live in California and, by law, have to have our Cell Phones connected by Bluetooth if we use them in the car. I have probably used 4-5 different brands and configurations in the past 5 years - all with mixed results, until I came across the Jabra FREEWAY Bluetooth Speakerphone. I really dislike using in-ear Bluetooth devices (for many reasons, but mainly because they interfere with hearing and make you look like a . . . . ). Speakerphones I have used in the past (including the less expensive Jabra products) seemed to never clearly pick-up my voice and transmit it to the caller. When I purchased my first Jabra FREEWAY Bluetooth Speakerphone (after reading a glowing CNET Review) I started using it as soon as I charged it for a couple of hours. It is the easiest, most user friendly product I have bought in a long time. Getting up and running requires: 1. Charge unit (USB) 2. Turn on Cell Phone and put in pairing mode 3. Turn on Jabra FREEWAY Bluetooth Speakerphone - it will find the phone and announce "Connected" 4. That's it, your done. Now to use it you only have to do one thing and remember 2 words: 1. Attach the Speakerphone to your visor and turn it on. 2. Remember 2 words when it announces by name an incoming call. a) Answer (connects you to an incoming call) or b) Cancel (phone goes straight to you voice answer message). It really is that easy. There is a lot more that the Speakerphone will do, and there is a one year subscription to a second party company that keeps all your contacts + more so you can call one number and transfer to anyone in your contacts, send text, etc. But you really don't need to know or use any of that. Oh, I forgot, the main reason I like the Jabra FREEWAY Bluetooth Speakerphone is that my clients have no clue that I am even on a Bluetooth device when I talk to them in the car. No extraneous noise, no wind noise, just a clear voice. That, plus the ease of use is why I keep buying more of these and giving them to my wife, children, etc. Did I mention that once you turn the Jabra Freeway on you don't have to touch/recharge it for a month or more (my experience, moderate use). It turns itself on when I get in the car, and turns itself off when I exit (motion detector). Pros: All of the above. Plus, iTune music sounds pretty good through the 3 speakers and podcasts are great (you can also transmit the music/podcast to you FM radio) - the Speakerphone "knows" to to stop the music/podcast if a call comes in. Cons: It takes a couple of minutes for the speakerphone to turn-off automatically when you you leave the car. For a short time, if you are fairly close to the car (in you home or office) the unit still picks-up calls. This has happened to me only once, and my iPhone asks if I want to not use the Bluetooth on the screen, so it really is a minor annoyance.

I've had this for about 3 weeks now, and the functionality with Siri has been spot on. I don't bother with any of the built-in voice commands since Siri does what I need just fine and with no additional learning curve. It's been on for 3 weeks and I'm still around 65% battery (although admittedly I don't spend *lots* of time talking). The motion sensing works great -- I would hate to have to remember to turn it on and off. Other bluetooth auto-off devices rely on your phone being out of range which can be hit or miss when your car is nearby in the garage. This unit has no problem figuring out I'm out of the car. The audio streaming works fine, although I prefer to use the aux in on my car stereo for that. For you iPhone users (mine is a 5s), the good news is that when you get in the car the Freeway says "connected" yet when you plug in the aux cable the phone is smart enough to know that it should play music through your stereo but calls through the Freeway. The auto muting of sounds still works perfectly even though they are getting routed to multiple destinations. This was a pleasant surprise. I believe this is all a function of the phone, though, and not the Freeway so YMMV. Based on my prior experience with Android phones this might not work quite so smoothly, again depending on the particular model of phone. All I can say for sure is that with an iPhone 5s (and I'm guessing any iOS7 device) it works great. I tried the FM transmitter mode and found it to be far less great than just using the built-in speaker. Didn't matter to me so I didn't deduct a star. If I had any complaint it would be that occasionally the full-duplex operation is a little iffy. In other words, if someone is talking to you and you talk over them, the onboard mic stays muted and the other person doesn't hear what you said. This is most noticeable at higher speeds when there is a lot of noise in the car. I suspect the auto-mute detection struggles a bit in that environment. I *almost* deducted a star for this but the rest of the product is so solid that I can't bring myself to do so. I can't comment on the built-in voice commands because as I mentioned earlier I prefer Siri. All in all I have been pleased enough to buy one for my daughter (who loves it too) as well as recommend to my friends. If you don't have a hands-free thing like this for your car and are fumbling around with headsets like I did for years do yourself a favor and buy this thing. If you're like me you'll be kicking yourself for not having done it long ago.

I've been a Jabra user in the past, so I was expecting another good product when I bought the Freeway. What I hadn't expected was how fantastic the product is!? The crystal clarity of sound whether when connected to the phone or when streaming through to the car's stereo over FM; the ease of connectivity & the fact that it seamlessly connects to 2 devices (genius!), the slick looks, voice commands, battery life between charges ... I could go on! All in all, a winning product from Jabra!

Muy útil para no distraerse con el celular al manejar

I bought this to replace a Parrot model that I had been using in my car that no longer held its charge (after about a year or so of use) and was too quiet on motorways to hear. The Jabra was easy to set up, pair with my iPhone 7 Plus and works perfectly. It clips neatly to the sun visor. I'd recommend slipping it onto the right hand driver's side as I noticed that when I put it on the left hand side of the visor, towards the centre of the car thinking it would be better there, the listener could not hear me so well. I think it might be because the microphones appear to be on the left hand side of the unit (there are some holes there) so they would be away from me if placed on the left hand side in the car's centre. The sound quality is excellent. I often listen to audible books on it and everything is crystal clear. It can even transmit the sound to the car's speakers via the FM radio. It turns my old pre-blue tooth car into something capable of working seamlessly with a modern smart phone. The battery lasts a reasonable time and can be charged quickly in the car in the usual way. The range of the bluetooth connection is a long way so be careful when you park up and get out of the car mid-call and transfer to the phone. As the unit will often grab back the call if you are within 30-40 feet of the car! It does mean that the moment you unlock the car, whether the door or the boot, the unit wakes up quickly and pairs with the phone. Of all the various after-market ways of connecting my iPhone to my car (including a quality Garmin navigation unit) this is by far the best and reasonably priced product I have come across.

The speakerphone works a treat in our older cars Easy to set up for our different phones

The sound clarity of this product is amazing, even though the FM connectivity is not the best , it can easily keep up with some of the best FM transmitters in the market.