iO Play - Bluetooth music stream for your vehicle. Also doubles up as a Bluetooth hands free car kit

Description

The iO Play console. This is an easy to use interface to control your music and answer or reject a phone call
packaging for the iO Play. The Bluetooth music streamingkit for your vehicle.

iO PLAY opens up the world of Music streaming & Mobile Phone Hands free possibilities. iO Play is fully installed into your vehicle and integrates into your existing Audio System.

Enjoy your Music on the Move, however you Store it, with Bluetooth and iO Play. Whether you keep your music on an iPod, iPhone, mobile phone, MP3 player or even your Sat Nav, you can now play it through your car’s audio system using iO Play, with great sound quality.

iO Play also acts as a hands free car kit, and can integrate with your sat nav voice instructions too - you control it all from one easy to use console.

iO PLAY is an innovative, in-car audio streaming device that connects and integrates any of your mobile devices simultaneously and wirelessly using Bluetooth® technology. iO PLAY is suitable for all Bluetooth® enabled MP3 players, Mobile Phones and Sat Nav Systems, and can even connect devices that are not Bluetooth® enabled using a universal plug-in Bluetooth adaptor.

Fully compatible with the iPhone and the new iPhone 3G. With iO Play installed you can play all of you iPhone music into your car speakers as well as using iO Play as a fully integrated hands-free car kit to make and receive phone calls.

Main Features

Easily integrate your audio into your existing vehicle speaker by plugging the 3.5mm plug into any 3.5mm headphone socket

Stream Music from any of your portable devices wirelessly into all your existing vehicle speakers using Bluetooth® technology
Plug in the iO Connect lead into the device headphone socket and press play

Simultaneously make and receive phone calls while streaming music from a 2nd portable device
Great sound quality from the iO Class D digital amplifier. Much better quality than a FM transmitter

Make your journey more exciting with excellent sound quality and Performance, using the iO Class D Amplifier technology (60 Watt). This amplifier is very efficient and designed specifically for Music playback and Automotive application
Easy to use iO Play console can be mounted convieniently in your vehicle Easy to use iO PLAY control console, which can be mounted anywhere in your vehicle.
iO Connect will fit any vehicle & does not need to utilise any AUX-in facility

Innovative Design that will easily fit your vehicle and its existing audio system. iO Connect has its own amplification so the installation doesn't have to depend on your vehicle having an AUX-in facility
Pair and connect up 5 portable devices and have them stored in iO Play's memory

Enjoy auto-connect when you enter your vehicle by storing up to 5 portable devices in iO PLAY memory
ASLS - gives you AudioSense technology, which gives you the audio you want when you want it All your connected audio managed the way you need it to be with iO AudioSense Technology. (Patent Pending Technology)
make a non-Bluetooth device Bluetooth with an iO accessory Intensify your wireless experience and make a device Bluetooth® with the iO Bluetooth® Adaptor (Optional Accessories; iPod/ iPhone Bluetooth® Adaptor (p/n: iO-BTAPOD or p/n: iO-BTAPODC ) & 3.5mm Bluetooth® Adaptor (p/n: iO-BTA3-5).

Installation

iO PLAY is an Bluetooth® music streaming kit that is installed into you vehicle. The amplifier and Bluetooth module is installed behind the dash out of sight. The only component visible will be an easy to use iO PLAY console which will positioned on your vehicle dash.

Below is a diagram of a typical installation. iO Play can be installed into any car with any audio system.

iO PLAY Installation example.

We recommend that iO Play is installed by one of our approved installers or you have it installed by Halfords or The Carphone Warehouse.

Specification

Device Connectivity

  • Type: Bluetooth Wireless Connectivity
  • Simultaneously connect 2 devices at once (1x A2DP, Stereo Bluetooth device for music streaming & 1x HFP device for hands free calling)
  • Store 5 devices in memory

Bluetooth

Bluetooth Profiles

  • A2DP – (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) or sometimes called Stereo Bluetooth
  • HFP – (Hands free Profile)
  • HSP – (Headset Profile)
  • AVRCP – (Audio Video Remote Control Profile)

Range

  • Bluetooth range: 5m

Memory

  • Store 5 Bluetooth devices in it's memory (only need to pair up a device once)

Amplifier

  • 60watts RMS
  • Class D Amplifier - Small but very efficient
  • ISO Connection. No need for an AUX-in facility
  • AudioSense technology (Intelligent audio switching between connected devices and original audio source)

Other Technology

  • AudioSense technology (Intelligent audio switching between connected devices and original audio source)
  • ASPR (Audio Sense Priority Resolution) This iO developed technology is made up of two separate technologies MPA (Mute Proceeds Audio) & ASLS (Audio Signal Level Sensing).
  • Full Muting of radio. If an iO Play device is in use the vehicle's radio will be muted and the device's audio will be played into the vehicle's speakers.

Other

  • Illuminated console
  • Adaptive illumination of the console

Dimensions

iO Play Console

  • 70mm x 30mm x 23mm (Length x Width x Height)

iO Play Amplifier

  • 100mm x 81mm x 24mm (Length x Width x Height)

iO Play Bluetooth Module

  • 70mm x 81mm x 24mm (Length x Width x Height)

Contents Of Box

What's In The Box?

  • iO Play console
  • iO Play ISO Harness
  • iO Amplifer
  • iO Play Bluetooth module
  • iO Play microphone
  • Ampilfier & Bluetooth Harness
  • Quick Start Guide, registration card & Installation Guide
  • Retail Orientated Packaging
 iO Play contents of box

Compatible Devices:

Stereo Bluetooth Devices
iO Play is compatible with mobiles that have the A2DP Bluetooth profile for music streaming (Stereo Bluetooth) iO Play is compatibale with All generations of iPod with a 30 pin dock connector Using the iO iPod Bluetooth Adaptor iO Play is compatible with the iPod Classic using the iO iPod Bluetooth adaptor iO Play is compatible with the iPod Touch using the iO iPod Bluetooth adaptor iO Play is compatible with the iPod Nano using the iO iPod Bluetooth adaptor iO Play is compatible with the iPhone. If music streaming you will require the iO ipod/ iPhone Bluetooth adaptor iO Play is compatible with all Bluetooth MP3 Players that have the A2DP Bluetooth profile or if you use the iO 3.5mm Bluetooth adaptor iO Play is compatible with all sat navs that have the A2DP Bluetooth profile or have the "Bluetooth External Speaker" feature
  * * * * ** *** ****

Hands free Bluetooth devices. This is for making and receiving phone calls
iO Play is compatible with all Bluetooth mobile phones for Hands Free Calling (HFP) iO Play is compatible with the iPhone for hands free calling. If music streaming you will require the iO ipod/ iPhone Bluetooth adaptor                
* When used with the iO iPod Bluetooth Adaptor (iO-BTAPOD or iO-BTAPODC)
** When used with the iO Bluetooth Adaptor (iO-BTAPOD or iO-BTAPODC). If using iPhone 3G use iO-BTAPODC
*** With all Bluetooth MP3 Players that have the A2DP Bluetooth profile or if you use the iO 3.5mm Bluetooth adaptor
**** With all sat navs that have the A2DP Bluetooth profile or have the "Bluetooth External Speaker" feature