Interested in getting a car dock for my I777 anybody know of one that works well but allows the use of cases?
I bought Arkon SM410 dashboard dock through amazon prime. a vent mount comes a long with it, but it doesn't work too well on my truck. The mount is universal so you can fit on other phones as well. I like this mount because i can still because the camera lens is not obstructed. I can take camera shots or video record.
I picked a generic mount out at Wal Mart for like 6 bucks, had to rip off some little styrophome things to fit my phone in, but it worked great for my Captivate and my GS2. Only works in portrait mode though.
All-in-one FM Transmitter Hands-free Car Kit For Blackberry Phone
http://www.ebay.com/itm/All-in-one-...ccessories&hash=item43aa70ecc6#ht_2575wt_1139
It works for me...
I just pulled one of the rubber on the side to make space for the case lol.
it comes with a micro usb and mini usb cable for charging phone.. it is universal.
I found this youtube video where the guy uses his Garman Dock along with a case to mount his GSII, I just happen to have a old Garman mount at home just like the on he uses so when I get home from work I'll have to give this a try
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcFOYdKZpo8
BUT honestly I'd rather find one that is not HUGE as most I have seen, I'd like it to be able to charge the phone and has a AUX out built in to work with my car's sound system, luckily my car's sound system has hands-free bluetooth built in which works quite well with our GSIIs..
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Anyone got one of these ?
How do you rate it?
Are they any good?
Seen them for sale on ebay at a very good price considering what you get with them.
Powered PDA Mount for XDA III
FOR
XDA III aka XDA 2S
imate PDA2K
Included in all packages:
1 Powered PDA Mount Cradle
1 9" Windshield Swivel Pedestal
1 XDA III charging and data serial cable
1 3' Bluetooth GPS charging cable
More info here http://www.arkon.com/bluetoothgps.html#xdaiii-bt
if you dont already have a seperate GPS receiver then this one is good:
http://www.totalpda.com/Holux-Powered-GPS-PDA-Mount-for-XDA-Series-I-Mate-Q-Tec-2020.aspx
a friend has one and it works great. everything in one unit.
However i have had warning from someone saying the GPS signal is interupted if you have a heated windscreen, due to the wires. my mates works great tho.
HPJ
(i should get commission for the amount of time i've recommended this unit!!!!!!!)
The link you posted doesnt appear to be compatible with the blue angel series.
http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/viewprod.php?product_id=2545&max_cat_id=14&vt=grid
This product does support the blue angel, however, I've heard mixed reports about how well it operates while the phone is changing nodes.
Cheers
numanoids said:
The link you posted doesnt appear to be compatible with the blue angel series.
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Yes I thought that so i gave them a call to ask.......the person on the phone said it is compatible with blue angel.....however as in all similar situations always good to keep box and receipt if purchasing and advice is wrong..... :wink:
Fair enough!!
I stand happily corrected. they're in glasgow so might swing past today and pick one up!
cool...let us know how you get on if you do get one
HPJ
Anyone got one of these ?
How do you rate it?
Are they any good?
Seen them for sale on ebay at a very good price considering what you get with them.
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I am biased but ....
Have a look at www.brodit.com - find this product '849612'
Then find a bracket to mount this in your car.
May be more expensive but won't look out of place!
You can use your existing cable to charge the PDA in the car.
When I've finished developing my car kit connection cable, you can then have full hands free car kit including wired GPS, power, mic, sound of phone and nav through the car speakers - just plug my cable into the bottom of this holder and connect it to the car kit!
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hi s93ncer,
how you planning on getting sound from phone and nav out of your car speakers?
yes I agree, brodit is an excellent choice for cradles
Best Buy in the US sells an RF modulator that will take a standard audio in and transmit to an FM car radio. All you have to do is wire it into the bottom connector of the phone.
how you planning on getting sound from phone and nav out of your car speakers?
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I'm nearly there, just 1 little thing to sort out this morning.
I have tested it and it does work with phone and nav audio - just used the pin outs for speakers and connect pin 19 to ground through a 10K resistor
I'll post more information when I have finished testing.
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paulmc said:
Best Buy in the US sells an RF modulator that will take a standard audio in and transmit to an FM car radio. All you have to do is wire it into the bottom connector of the phone.
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IMO, RF modulators are pretty crappy. The audio is mediocre at best and the frequency tends to drift so you're constantly needing to retune.
If you have a stereo that has a plug on the back for controlling a CD changer (most OEM stereos have this nowdays), you can most likely find an adapter that will let you add aux audio-in to your car stereo. I bought one from www.blitzsafe.com for my Toyota Celica. I used this to hook up the audio from a computer that I installed in the car.
This one is good, to ne honest the speaker on the XDA2s is loud enough and if using bluetooth (as most XDA 2 users do) then this mount may be better:
http://www.pdamods.com/products.asp?cat=23
Just ordered this:
http://www.totalpda.com/Holux-Powered-GPS-PDA-Mount-for-XDA-Series-I-Mate-Q-Tec-2020.aspx
Should be here next week......I'll let y'all know!
HPJ
There is so much wrong with this product I cant even begin..
1) The vent mounts are useless. They can barely support the weight of the unit on its own. Once the PDA is in it then you can forget trying to get it to face any direction other than down. It just rattles around. I have tried it in my merecedes, a VW golf and an Audi A4 so it's nothing to do with my vents either.
2) The speaker on the powered unit picks up all kinds of crackles and noise. If I make or receive a phone call the noise it makes is unbelievable. Basically I have to keep the speaker turned to the lowest voulme (there is no off switch) the whole time and even then I can still hear a really annoying sound when I use the phone. (You know the sound I mean, it's the one you sometimes get if your phone is near unsheilded speakers just before it's about to ring).
3) The cable that connects the PDA headphone socket to the mount unit does not work. If is is fully plugged in there is no sound at all. If I pull it out slightly the sound works but then it cuts off the external microphone on my PDA so I cant use the voice command/voice dial options.
4) When I plug the charge cable into the bottom of the PDA the PDA tries to connect to a host via ActiveSync...there isn't one there of course so ActiveSync just hangs if I don't hit cancel in time. This does not happen if I use my normal charge cable.
Ozy...are you refering to the powered GPS mount that I have ordered (see above) from Holux, through Total PDA?? I hope not....
However it does sound as though maybe you've just got a faulty one...try sending it back...??
HPJ
No. I am refering to the original Arkon product in the title of the thread.
I suspect it may indeed be faulty but to an extent that ruins any confidence I may have had in Arkon's products. I will be sending it back and I will try to get a Brodit or something else instead.
Cheers.
Actually, I quite liked the look of that Holux but there is no indication if it works with the Blue Angel.
Looks like Holux do one for the Blue Angel available from HandNav :
http://www.handnav.co.uk/product_details.php?id=308
Only £99 inluding VAT and delivery.
Might give that a go.
The Arkon mount was never meant to be used with gsm phones, they just added a lead and hoped for the best when used with xda etc, it is an atrocious piece of kit, I launched mine out on the road when driving on the M5, if anybody in the factory had tested it they would have known right away that it wasnt fit for the purpose, regardless of that they are still selling it as compatable, it is also a great bulky lummox of a thing and looked much better bouncing down the hard shoulder.
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Actually, I quite liked the look of that Holux but there is no indication if it works with the Blue Angel.
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I thought that, and called them. It works fine apparently...I'll let u know when it arrives
HPJ
Hi
I use my wizard in the car, and have an adapter (ebay,£3) that goes from the headset out to a microphone and has a 3.5 socket - this then plugs into the mp3 input on my car stereo to give me a full hands-free solution - works great, but I have to unplug the headset connector to use TomTom, otherwise I can't use my stereo while I'm driving!
Anyhow, I've seen a car mount with built in charger and speaker on ebay and at http://www.pdamods.co.uk/products.asp?cat=125 - I was wondering if anyone else had got one and what they thought of it.
My main question is whether it has a built in microphone so that you can use the phone when its in the mount, or does it render the phone useless while it's in there?
** BTW, if anyone want's an easy to install copy of TT6, mail me!
No, that mount does not have a built in microphone. But it works well in combination with a BT handsfree.
That looks a lot like the i.Trek mount offered by Semsons. That mount has a microphone mounted in-line on the cable connecting the Wizard speaker to the mount's powered speaker. It's not shown in the photo but it's on the right side of the mount.
Now if they only made one that powers it and connects an external antenna in one step!
I really wonder if engineers who design stuff like this never get out or get to play with equipment they develop?
I have had a Nokia 6340i for many years and had the handsfree cradle in my vehicles and they were absolutely the best thing since sliced bread! Now however, the newer Nokia's aren't compatible with that kit, so I couldn't upgrade the phone. I was forced to finally buy a new phone and got a Cingular 8125, but now I see there's no powered cradle with antenna connection!
It's really a shame they don't think designs through to the end users needs! I also bought the Pioneer DEH-9800BT stereo, but it doesn't look like it's going to be worth it since I have to tell it to connect evertime I get in the vehicle, which means I have to remove it from my belt case and dork with it to get it connected. The radio also has a limit of 350 contacts for the primary user and I have in excess of 600 and growing so I guess it's going back.
Any other choices anyone can suggest for a Cingular subscriber? I really just want a hands free method for using the phone in the vehicle without having to meddle with the phone or the HF device and also be able to pick up external antenna connection like the Nokia car kit provided for many years of reliable service!
Thanks for any help!
ITADMIN
anyone know where I can get this in Canada?
http://www.pdamods.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=A111UCRIJAMMNT&cat=125
Thanks!
So I'm thinking about turning my old Touch Pro 2 into a GPS for rental cars. That way I can save a few bucks because all the car rental companies charge extra for GPS.
I was thinking there has to be something like this already, and just hoping someone could point me in the right direction for the best one.
Something like a car mount that is not permanent, but sturdy. So I won't have to screw it in or anything, and can easily remove it when I am done with the rental car, but don't have to worry about it falling when I am driving.
It would ideally charge the phone (and connect to the cigarette lighter for power) and also have a built in amplified speaker. That way I could actually hear it when it tells me to turn.
Possibly have an external GPS antenna to connect to it also.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I have a generic mount that attaches via suction cup to the windshield. It has a gooseneck with a mount on the end that will hold anything the approximate size of the TP2.
I purchased it at Microcenter in Dallas a couple of years ago.
Take a look here: http://www.macally.com/EN/Product/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=290
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I have a generic mount that attaches via suction cup to the windshield. It has a gooseneck with a mount on the end that will hold anything the approximate size of the TP2.
I purchased it at Microcenter in Dallas a couple of years ago.
Take a look here: http://www.macally.com/EN/Product/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=290
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Yeah, I've seen these in stores before too. I was looking for something that will charge the phone though and also has an amplified speaker so I can hear the GPS prompts.
Well.. not sure if there is anything like that that is specifically made JUST for our phones... what I have done in my truck though is use a goose neck mount similar to that above. Then I simply have a charger plugged in to keep the phone charged... obviously..
I actually ran a converter box under my seat... the AC/DC converter boxes, and ran that from the charging outlet in the back of the truck for the people in the back (screw them they dont need that). From there I used a regular wall charger cause they seem to be way longer. That runs under my floor mat and up along the drivers side wall and up to my phone. That would clearly be a bit of a hassle to do if you rent cars all the time. I just cant stand wires all over the place and didnt want to have a car charger stretched across the dash. Now granted trucks are much bigger then trucks so this may not be an issue in a car, especially if you put the gooseneck in the middle of the windshield where most people do. For me I keep my phone off to the far left.
I have tomtom on my phone and use it daily so the GPS thing for me is key.
All my audio is routed right into the car stereo via a bluetooth A2DP car adapter, again... cant stand wires!
When I call comes in I can talk and then hear the people over the stereo using car kit feature.. when voice promts come over the phone its routed to the stereo.... when I'm listening to pandora or slacker radio or even music off the phone in general.. everything over the car stereo. I use the MS voice command all the time while in the car too so I just press the button on the phone.. wait for the "beep" to come over the car stereo and then say "call so and so and the phone repeats it back... I say yes.. and it dials then I'm connected. Another pet peeve is driving around seeing people with their cells up to their ears while they are driving 80 mph on the 75
Here's something similar here NEW A2DP Bluetooth Handsfree Car Kit +Mic+FM+MP3 Player
Or even cheaper here: Bluetooth MP3 FM Transmitter Handsfree A2DP
Cant say why the cheap one so cheap. I do know I myself got a mid range one and when there is no audio coming from the phone there is a slight weird pitch that gets transfered from the fm transmitter to the stereo for some reason. I've actually had 2 of these and they both did it... from different companies so. I dont know! The next one I get will be a more expensive one in hopes that that goes away.
Bascially I've got it set up so that it all works like the microsoft sync they put in new cars. I just bought the truck the other year but didnt feel like dishing out 3 grand for the sync stuff to be put in haha.
Looking for the best car dock for the 7.7. I normally carry the tab without a case, so that's not an issue. Looking for a charger, and audio out.
Any suggestions?
I have the original car dok samsung but it has no audio out... so i dont think you can find one with audio out...
I'm using one of these:
...ok, apparently I can't post links because I'm a noob but go google dealextreme, go there and then search for sku 80640
I bought it for my original 7" Galaxy Tab but it still works with my 7.7. It pretty much frees you up to use any car mount you want.
I have this one. Quite happy with it and its cheap
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e1103...tem=190624760702&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:GB:1123
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CELLY FLEX9 is universal (phones, tablets) and very very good....just take care about a litter fragile paw.....but if you are careful you don't have any problem
if you use a standard mount with no audio out, consider this for BT audio out. i have used one for 2-3 years and love it
http://www.scosche.com/consumer-tech/product/1919
My car didn't come w/ Bluetooth, so i bought 2 things: 1. the iPhone/iPod 30-pin auxiliary adapter for my head unit 2. a Sprint FIPO Anycom Bluetooth to 30-pin adapter.
With these 2 I was able to get the tablet to talk to the head unit via bluetooth, but also got the benefit of the car steering wheel forward/back buttons to control the music player on the tablet.
It's pretty hard to find that Anycom adapter by now, but someone on another thread pointed out a $10 replacement on Dealextreme: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/ultra-...-for-apple-30pin-speaker-white-106950?item=10
Has anyone found a good car dock for the 4g? I want to find something so I can position the phone on the lower console and use Google maps/navigate for my GPS, and have it charging as well. The dock needs to allow access to the headphone jack, as I also plan to connect to car stereo aux input. The beats audio sounds better than the car CD player.
Ideally, the dock should be really easy to put in/take out the phone (without risk of damaging the usb port). Also prefer to not need adhesive to mount it if possible
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Has anyone found a good car dock for the 4g? I want to find something so I can position the phone on the lower console and use Google maps/navigate for my GPS, and have it charging as well. The dock needs to allow access to the headphone jack, as I also plan to connect to car stereo aux input. The beats audio sounds better than the car CD player.
Ideally, the dock should be really easy to put in/take out the phone (without risk of damaging the usb port). Also prefer to not need adhesive to mount it if possible
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Verizon sells a car dock. http://www.verizonwireless.com/ibolt-car-mount.shtml $30
It's the only one I have seen available so far. Interestingly enough it is cheaper through Verizon then on any other site ($35).
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Verizon sells a car dock. http://www.verizonwireless.com/ibolt-car-mount.shtml $30
It's the only one I have seen available so far. Interestingly enough it is cheaper through Verizon then on any other site ($35).
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Thanks. Since the price was actually less at the VZW store, I went in tonight to look at one to see if my phone would fit in the dock with my TPU case on the phone . The phone fit okay - well enough to dock properly without stressing the connector. Since the sales tax would be less than the $5 shipping on Amazon, I went for it. Much to my surprise, I got a $7 discount, making it $25 out the door. Very happy with the dock so far. Now to figure out best mounting location in car and run the cables.
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Thanks. Since the price was actually less at the VZW store, I went in tonight to look at one to see if my phone would fit in the dock with my TPU case on the phone . The phone fit okay - well enough to dock properly without stressing the connector. Since the sales tax would be less than the $5 shipping on Amazon, I went for it. Much to my surprise, I got a $7 discount, making it $25 out the door. Very happy with the dock so far. Now to figure out best mounting location in car and run the cables.
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Cool. I've been thinking about getting one myself. Please let us know your thoughts after using it for a bit as I'm sure it could help others decide to get one or not. Will probably help me as well.
I've got the iBolt dock on the way, which I think is the same one you're talking about. Used one with my Rezound too and it worked well.
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The dock is the Verizon branded iBolt car dock.
My initial impression is still positive despite not finding the perfect spot for it in the car yet. Yesterday, I simply stuck it to the windshield, but I prefer it lower.
Pros
Made just for the Dinc4g. Fits fine with my TPU case, and it also has an insert for using without a case. Also works with the Seideo Active case.
Appears to be of good quality
Power plug in the back with same micro-usb connector
Phone immediately recognizes it is docked and switches to landscape for everything
Automatically switches to Car mode, All icons are big and driving friendly
Can use Google Navigation (I disabled VZNav app)
Google Navigation plays well with Google Music, automatically lowering the volume when turn directions are given
Car app can be set to automatically turn on and connect bluetooth devices when docked (works well)
Cons
Does not come with charger, you must supply your own
Blue power indicator LED is very bright
Car app display is always on (but if you exit the Car app, the screen will time out normally)
Car mode uses their Music app, which is oddly not GPS voice friendly. I have not found a setting to change which music app it will use
No lead in for the in-dock connector. Must be careful when inserting and removing to not bend it
Questions
The HTC Car app does not have a lot of useful settings, mostly bluetooth related
(I am not currently using any bluetooth devices, and am using a patch cord to stereo aux input)
Edit: I am now using the HTC A100 CarClip for streaming audio to stereo. Works great, but doesn't work for phone calls, which is truly annoying.
Gripes unrelated to dock
Google Maps/Navigate at some point removed the separate Nav volume control. With Google Music, the Nav app will automatically lower the volume while the GPS voice talks. However, listening at a normal volume in gMusic, the GPS voice is way too quiet. Using the HTC Car built-in music app, the music does not lower or pause, but the Nav voice is at about the same level. While testing GPS/Music, I got a call and the in-call volume is super quiet and the nav voice does not pause during the call and it's super loud compared to the in-call volume...
I will update the above lists as I find things