Jabra Cruiser Bluetooth Car Kit, Speakerphone [Retail Packaging]

by Jabra

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 2 x 7.2 inches ; 9.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002PY7P2U
• Item model number: CRUISER
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (203 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,620 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
  • #19 in Cell Phones & Accessories > Accessories > Car Accessories > Car Kits

Product Description

Driving the sound revolution. Jabra CRUISER tackles in-car noise head-on so you can enjoy a clear and hands-free phone converstaion. Jabra CRUISER is the revolutionary Bluetooth in-car Speakerphone that is equipped with Dual Microphone technology. This technology is currently utilised in all of Jabra's high-end headsets and has proven to drastically improve calling quality by eliminating background noise while enhancing voice. Jabra CRUISER has many great additional features such voice announcements, which not only provide pairing instruction and connectivity and battery status information, but also accesses your address book to announce the name of inbound callers. Jabra CRUISER is also equipped with an FM Transmitter so you can play your music and take your calls on your car speakers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

161 of 163 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great so far - other reviewers need to read manual !, January 22, 2010

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H. Burks "Gadgeteer" (SF Bay Area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jabra Cruiser Bluetooth Car Kit, Speakerphone [Retail Packaging] (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Saw the reviews here - many are just plain incorrect, very likely they did not bother to read the manual, which as the quickstart guide says 'the full version is online at jabra'.

A few examples:

Voice dialing: If your phone has this capability - you can voice dial no problem: Record the voiceprint for a number (via your phones feature), preferably while using the speakerphone so its better matched, then to use it 'press' - hold button for approx 1sec - (as opposed to tap, which is means 'quick click") the main answer button then say name - works fine, even with an old moto razr phone.

Power: Again, RTM - to save power (a great feature), the speakerphone sleeps after 10 minutes: To wake up, rather than cycle the less handy power switch, simply tap the main answer button

Bright lights: There is a way to go into night mode: "Press FM and volume up button simultaneously when the speakerphone is on. The light will then turn off. You can turn the lights back on with another press."

C'mon folks, take the two minutes to read the actual manual.

As for the rest - I've only had it a little while - the voice quality seems fine, the FM works great when the convertible top is down (Not often right now, even in CA) and the thing works quite well so far.

Bonus: The charger comes in two pieces so that you can use the USB to micro USB cable with your computer to charge it if you want. Conversely, I can now charge my old razr with by plugging in my USB to mini USB into its lighter adapter. Handy.

No affiliation with jabra - just picky about uninformed reviews

75 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very cool product!, November 4, 2009

By 

John - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Jabra Cruiser Bluetooth Car Kit, Speakerphone [Retail Packaging] (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I love Bluetooth but was never really satisfied with the audio quality of my Bluetooth headset when driving so I thought I would try buying a device that was specifically designed to let you take calls in a vehicle. This is a really cool product! It does all the basic stuff you would expect in terms of taking phone calls but has the added feature of an FM transmitter so you can use your car speakers instead of the smaller built-in speaker. Now incoming call volume level is never an issue. If your car radio has RDS (I forget what it stands for but if you see artist and song title when listening to a radio station then you have it) you can see the incoming phone number on your radio display. Cooler still is that it supports Bluetooth stereo so I can stream music directly from my phone (or iPod Touch) and listen to it on my car speakers. The Cruiser has convenient PLAY/PAUSE and SKIP Forward/Back buttons too. If you are streaming music and you get an incoming call, the music is automatically paused until you hang up. Last but not least, the Cruiser can be connected to two phones AT THE SAME TIME. This is very convenient since I have to carry around my work phone and personal phone all the time. No longer do I need to decide which of my phones to have connected. Nice work Jabra!

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jabra Cruiser Review, October 20, 2009

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rkmvca (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jabra Cruiser Bluetooth Car Kit, Speakerphone [Retail Packaging] (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I've had the Cruiser for less than a week. So far, it's been an excellent experience. I use it paired with an iphone for telephone conversation as well as for listening to music & podcasts in the car. I have it clipped to my visor directly in front of me.

Pluses --

- Voice guided pairing was a snap. I like the voice announcements in general, telling you what mode it is in, etc.
- Very good sound quality and noise rejection, even in a small sports car. It's not perfect, but works at least as well as any BT headset that I've owned. The people I call never complain about my voice quality, and I'd give it about an 8/10 for incoming call sound quality.
- FM transmitter works very well ... as well or better than the dedicated "beamers" I've had. I use it mostly in this mode, listening to calls & music through the car stereo speakers. Music sounds good. It's easy to tune FM frequencies to a blank spot, although you really can't do it while driving.

Minuses --

- none really that I've found

Too early to tell --

- battery life
- haven't tried simultaneously connecting to two devices, as advertised

Thumbs up.