Hi,
some days ago I asked about the Music dock which is sold for around 30$. I bought it and after a week or so I would like do give a brief summary of it.
In principle, it comes with everything necessary, (docking station, AC power adapter with normal USB male plug, USB female to mini-USB cable, 2x 3.5mm Audio cable). Sound quality is for the size of the device ok, I opened it to
a) see what's inside
b) disable the bright blue status LED
The only thing that is not ok: The power adapter has also a status LED which is green when nothing is attached and flashes red when the device is charging. If you do not listen to music, i.e. the amplifier is at stand-by, a popping noise from the charge trigger impulse is audible every other second through the speakers. But if you use another AC adapter (like the one from the wizard), its quiet.
Overall, I can strongly recommend the device for this price.
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Hi,
I see on MobilePlanet they have 2 types of cradles available for the 8525:
- http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=139718
- http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=143228
Which one is better?
What are any differences.
Thanks,
Alan.
One clearly has an extra battery slot.
aw000002 said:
Hi,
I see on MobilePlanet they have 2 types of cradles available for the 8525:
- http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=139718
- http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=143228
Which one is better?
What are any differences.
Thanks,
Alan.
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I don't know anything about the second one, but I have the first one right in front of me. Some information:
- detachable USB cable, which means it can't charge the device if not connected to a PC
- does not come with a power supply. It seems the design allowed for a socket for an external power supply, but the hole is blocked with some plastic part. I would think there's probably a "de luxe" version with an external power supply.
- good build quality and finish
- extremely poor fit for the TyTN's shape. Almost looks like it was intended for another device. There is no "guidance" for the TyTN when you put it in, so it's quite difficult to get the USB connector into the socket. And when it's in, the USB connector carries most of the TyTN's weight, as the bottom of the TyTN does not make contact with the cradle. I fear this will wear out the TyTN's USB connector rather quickly...
Personally, I would not buy it again.
Cheers
Daniel
it will be good to see a landscape crade with audio out (3.5mm). Mr Gadget in australia has a nice jasjam cradle in landscape and it comes with a dedicated stylus in the crade - but no audio out.
Beware of the cradle from BoxWave, I just got one.
It comes with a A/C adapter to mini USB for charging and a std USB for sync. You can use one or the other. I got the version that has the spare battery charge bay. I also purchased the Std Battery replacement for the 8525 from them as well.
The Cradle has a Red/Green Charge light and a Blue Power LED. My Blue LED was blindingly bright for a few minutes, then it began to flicker like a candle. now it's pretty much out. The charge lite seemed OK, it charged the Boxwave battery and went from steady red to green.
The boxwave battery was thicker than stock and caused the rear cover to bulge a little. I'm not happy and am returning it.
The Stock battery, if inserted into the cradle charge bay, causes the charge light to blink a fast red, Fail? Even though the battery is charged and new. So I'm returning the cradle as well. Too Bad....
Got the boxwave one myself and must agree don't bother.
I sent them an e-mail asking if it can AC charge and SYNC at the same time.
THey assured me it could.
It can't.
I also can't seem to get that across to their people... they still assure me it can and mine must be defective.
The binking lights are majorly anyoing, way to bright. And it is a pain to get it to fit right.
Just got one of the Expansys models above, the one with the 2nd battery charge bay. It fits the 8525 perfectly and seems very well made. It has seperate mini-usb connectors on the back for A/C adapter and Sync.
It also has seperate A/C and USB indicator Leds on the left side and a BiColor LED on the right for the extra battery bay. I tried a charger on it and it charges both battery and phone, A/C Led is On, the USB is Off. I tried a USB PC sync cable and it syncs and charges both batteries, the USB Led is On and the A/C Led is Off. I plugged both USB and A/C into the base, and it appears to still work normally, the A/C and USB Leds are both ON.
So it looks like it will work as a sync cradle on the PC and still charge batteries with the PC Off.
It came with no instructions or cables/adapters so I don't know if plugging both A/C and Sync in is completely OK.
It is a nice little base but for $42 I would have liked some accys and instructions.
Just wanted to double check.
You are saying both a USB and AC connect at the same time on the Expansys model (ones in first post?)
Wanted to make sure before I wasted more money.
Yes, the version that has the 2nd battery bay is what I have;
http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=143228
This model has two rear mini-usb connectors, and I plugged my Cingular 8525 charger into the cradle's mini-usb port labeled as charge.
I also plugged my PC's USB sync cable into the cradle's sync-mini USB port labeled sync.
The cradle seems OK with this. There were no instructions or warning labels telling me "only one at a time", and it's working.
Also I wanted to mention that the charge bay pins are all gold versus the BoxWave which were plain silver. Much nicer quality.
Hi,
In my 2 different make vehicles if I plug the HD2 into the Aux Input of the stereo and then into the car charger the phone instantly restarts (in one of the vehicles) or gets an instant red, blue, green, white screen which takes a couple of battery removals and restarts to cure in the other vehicle.
Does anybody have any idea why this happens?
All is fine if I only plug into the Aux Input but any attempt to charge the phone as well kills it instantly?
Tried a genuine car charger and a cheap Chinese knock off, both do the same thing.
Appreciate any suggestions as to why this may be so, would a diode in the charger line help?
Thanks.
Wow thats kinda wild. The only thing I would say is never start the vehicle with the phone plugged in. Most Chargers are supposed to regulate the volt/amps but if the charger is messed up even a little it could fry your phone. On a side note I had a car EQ in a PC one time and if you cut the EQ on while the PC was on it would restart the PC. So we always cut the EQ on First. With that said perhaps your problem is the order of operations.
Hey all,
I am thinking about getting the official Samsung car dock but had a few questions before I bought it:
1) In my youth, I heard that plugging and unplugging a device shortened the battery life. I am afraid that would be the case when I would charge my phone on the way home from work, when it's only like 40% still. Do these new batteries still have the shortened battery life problem when the charge cycle does not get complete? The same question applies to an alarm clock with phone dock that I am thinking about purchasing (know any good ones?).
2) I have a custom stereo with a USB input. Would it just work to go straight from the mini-USB to the stereo USB, and not need to use both the AUX output from the dock as well as the cigarette lighter? I guess using the AUX option I could bypass the issue in #1 above, since AUX doesn't charge it (mini-USB to USB does charge the phone), but I still prefer mini-USB to USB for audio quality.
3) This is a general question. My car originally had a two-din stereo, and I bought a 1-din with a compartment for the other din. Has anyone seen something that could go in the din to help hold the dock?
Thanks for any help!
The car dock sticks to your windshield or it comes with a plastic dics that you can permanently stick to the dashboard.
The dock comes with a cigarette/micro usb cord the connects to the dock. And for audio unless your stereo has bluetooth audio you will need to use a auxiliary 3.5m jack from phone to car.. That's how I have it set up on my car
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Lekerstein said:
Hey all,
I am thinking about getting the official Samsung car dock but had a few questions before I bought it:
1) In my youth, I heard that plugging and unplugging a device shortened the battery life. I am afraid that would be the case when I would charge my phone on the way home from work, when it's only like 40% still. Do these new batteries still have the shortened battery life problem when the charge cycle does not get complete? The same question applies to an alarm clock with phone dock that I am thinking about purchasing (know any good ones?).
2) I have a custom stereo with a USB input. Would it just work to go straight from the mini-USB to the stereo USB, and not need to use both the AUX output from the dock as well as the cigarette lighter? I guess using the AUX option I could bypass the issue in #1 above, since AUX doesn't charge it (mini-USB to USB does charge the phone), but I still prefer mini-USB to USB for audio quality.
3) This is a general question. My car originally had a two-din stereo, and I bought a 1-din with a compartment for the other din. Has anyone seen something that could go in the din to help hold the dock?
Thanks for any help!
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The car dock will not allow a USB connection to the USB port - it is changed to an analog audio output when docked.
As to 1) - That's an old rule from the days of ****ty timed chargers that would start charging a battery for a set period of time when you turned it on. No phone sold on the market today is set up like this - they all have intelligent battery charging circuits that can handle almost any plugging/unplugging pattern.
Started today. When ever I plug the charger in I get a buzzing noise from my left ear phone. Take the charge out and the noise is gone. I am using the fast charge with a 56k vootech cable which I've had not had any problems with before. I have tested the headphone in another device whilst that was charging and there was noise In There
Heres what I've done so far: used both stock cables - didn't help..switched EU to UK adapters - didn't help. Charged a tablet with a USB micro cable in elephone fast charge - here the sound was detected, on the stock tablet charger it was not present. Now I have flashed 20160608 Rom and will test again..I know its not the headphone or the headphone jack as it is only present with the fast charger whilst not playing any music. Updated ota - didn't work. Tried a different wall charger and that fixed it
Hey guys, I love this Device! but it sucks that you can't listen to music while charging (with "normal" headphones)
so I ordered this https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B071FW86RV
Ist's a pack of two, why not
Build quality is kinda solid, thick cable, won't break any soon
And it charges at 1,46 amps! ( see in Attachment of ampere)
shure that's not nearly as fast as dash Charge
but ist's kinda normal charging, phone gets full in 2h.
and the cables don't get warm at all (while plugged in with the dash charger)
And music is perfectly fine, it's digital and the same as the one that's included with the phone!
they work for 3 days now with no problems at all!
just wanted to share because I saw a thread, the adapter didn't work in charging
PS: you can safely ignore those bad reviews in amazon, a lot usb c only phones only have analog headphones and digital ones don't work, but our phone does!!