Thanks for your input spardo and everybody, but trying to avoid the dreaded “ear worm” although it’s the best solution.
I’ve tried the little speaker type, not enough volume .
Keep on trucking (silently)
Jim
JFC999:
Thanks for your input spardo and everybody, but trying to avoid the dreaded “ear worm” although it’s the best solution.
I’ve tried the little speaker type, not enough volume .
Keep on trucking (silently)
Jim
Just checked, Jim, and no, the speaker in the Avantree does not work on its own, except to tell me to switch the radio on. But, my radio does not have the Bluetooth symbol on it, I only found out by trial and error that it is one. So, it is possible that many of the modern wagons that you drive do have Bluetooth radios fitted, but it may be a matter of forking out the 30 odd quid for an Avantree on the chance that they do. .
Best of Luck. 
Somebody needs to lend me one to try on my ancient shed then !
Don’t all rush at once !
Jim
I am after a new holder for my phone either dash or window mounted, want somthing as small as possible, using different trucks now so ideally needs to be portable, not a big cradle type thing