The Parrot Rhythm ‘N Blue is a car stereo MP3 CD player that uses Bluetooth technology. It is one of the first to do so. It is a stylish looking MP3 CD player and offers functionality that many others just don’t have. It also has some nice features to enhance your convenience and present you with an easy user interface and even a touch of flair. For example, its large LCD screen can be adjusted between seven different backlight colors to match the interior styling of your automobile. It’s no slouch in the audio department, offering 4×45 watt outputs and an RCA pre-out to integrate an external amplifier.
What sets the Parrot Rhythm ‘N Blue apart from the pack, though is its integration of Bluetooth wireless hands-free technology. This allows you listen to CDs, radio, and MP3s, and even make and receive phone calls as a Bluetooth extension of your cell phone, all while your hands are completely free to do the major task at hand, which is driving. Thus Bluetooth isn’t just a flashy feature, it may actually make your drive safer.
The Parrot Rhythm ‘N Blue car stereo also has synchronization features that allow the Parrot head unit to integrate your cell phone’s phonebook to the car stereo. This means you can effortlessly dial numbers, giving you hands free to access your contacts using Parrot’s voice recognition feature. All the driver needs to do is say the name of the contact and it is automatically dialed! You still have the option of dialing numbers manually, however. Parrot is a communications company that grew up creating voice recognition software in the 1990s. They’re good at it. In addition to the Parrot Rhythm ‘N Blue, they also make a variety of clever consumer electronics products that incorporate wireless and voice communications.
MP3 CD players like the Parrot Rhythm ‘N Blue are part of what is known as the head unit. It is the control center of a tape-oriented car stereo system. It’s the brains and connects to the muscle, which consists of amplifiers and loudspeakers. Many people refer to the unit as the deck, receiver or CD player. This term indicates what type of input you would expect to use the head unit with.
Given that your Parrot Rhythm ‘N Blue plays MP3s, you have a wide choice of sources of music. Some people download music and spoken work in MP3 format from the Internet. They typically do this using either torrent sharing peer-to-peer systems or old, obscure parts of the Internet like Usenet. However, this is illegal and immoral. There are many ways to legally buy MP3 files, including Apple’s iTunes, BuyMusic, Yahoo! Music, Napster, Rhapsody, and conventional retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart. EMI and other record companies are starting to allow users to download music without copy protection from iTunes, Amazon and other online stores. Users may also choose to rent content rather than own it from sites like Napster and Rhapsody, for a flat fee.
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