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I know someone was going to beat me putting the nookcolor as a car stereo if I didn't hurry to do it but much respect for the guy that did this first . I worked on my Nookcolor, installing it as a car stereo this weekend on my 2004 Gmc envoy and still modifying my dash to make it blend in. Running Nookie Froyo.Now to work on developing a car stereo app will be great with build in FM radio and visualizer and equalizer. I'm barely learning how to develop apps reading some books on android app development and Java to make my app come to life but I do not have a lot of time, with school and work one tends to get a bit frustrated and tired. I'm hoping some one can help me out with my idea of an app if its not yet on the works. I was inspired byAndroid and everyone here in the XDA community to try and make some great ideas come to life. Android 100% right here
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First video preview of set up running Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 sorry i recorded this at night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mHQphUtmYs
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Until an actual interface adapter is made to bypass sound and volume control from the vehicle wiring to just a plain rca cable with 3.5mm Jack, I intend to use my tab as is. I will come up with new ideas tho.
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NOOKCOLOR Indash Stereo
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Test in dash v2.2
Rom: NookieFroyo 0.6.8(reverted to NookieFroyo for livewallpaper and video support since PhiremodCM7 does not have it yet)
Apps:
Pandora Radio
mVideoPlayer(im having issues with this app, sometimes video shows normally then next time video gets slow)
Button Savior(I replaced Softkeys with ButtonSavior)
Media Volume Bar Widget
WidgetLocker Lockscreen
ADWLauncher EX
Beautiful Widgets
Gauge Battery Widget
MortPlayer
PowerAMP
museek
StayAwake
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Test in dash v2.1(overclocked)
Still same as v2 just added a couple more apps to make feel a bit more like indash stereo.
Apps Added:
Stayawake(this works great so far on phiremodCM7 plug in USB cable and screen stays on, very stereo like feeling, better yet it dims out to save battery but still stays awake)
Last FM(working so far)
ADW Ex launcher
Miren browser(Browser of Choice)
Apps removed:
TuneIn radio(The app started giving me trouble and forcing close, worked for a while tho.)
Apps not working so far:
YouTube or flash( Flash and video playback does not work as stated before but I'm pretty sure it will soon. I tried watching transformers 2 to see how it looked and did not work on phiremod CM7 yet.)
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Test in dash v2
Changed Nook Rom to:
Phiremod CM7 (looks great very responsive, hotspot data connectivity way faster with my HTC EVO on 3g not on 4g. Will test on 4g to see how much faster it connects but no youtube)
Apps Using and still testing:
TuneIn Radio for local stations(since no bluetooth)
PowerAmp (using this app because has build in EQ and song can be change with finger swipe)
Pandora(running 100%)
MortPlayer (still sounds good but prefer PowerAmp because of the look and EQ ) "DSP Manger still doesnt work"
I still need to add volume and mute widgets.
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Test in dash v1
Nookie Froyo 6.7 (Did not test 6.8 yet)
Using PowerAmp app as main choice for stereo. It includes EQ settings.
MortPlayer Installed
Pandora Installed, works great if connected to phone hotspot.
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Apps that I'm trying to develop.
IndashStereo App.
With Navigation compatibility.
YouTube video compatibility.
Bluetooth compatibility if tab comes with it. Probably all tabs will for now on.
Facebook and tweeter song share buttons.
Meaby traffic updates.
IndashStereo Remote
This is another app I want to develop which I will need Bluetooth.
Should have Bluetooth compatibility to connect your Android Phone to connect to Indash Stereo app on the tab so you can share music and use the phone as remote control for app.
Suggestions and opinions are welcome.
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I tend to like doubletwist. May want to give that a try. I know it isn't exactly what you are looking for.
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FM radio might be a dead end for you, I'm pretty sure hardware investigations revealed that the FM chip isn't equipped with a antenna or wired to the headphones for use as an antenna. Perhaps once bluetooth is working you could pair it with some sort of bluetooth radio?
Looks nice though, have you thought of applying a black theme to make look even more smooth with your car?
It sucks no FM. I'm hoping someone does get Bluetooth working FM and navigation would work with that, it would be great. A black theme would look nice, I'm still exploring a lot of things with the nook like cm7 and honeycomb see how everything would work with that. I did this as a prototype I say. Later on I might change the nookcolor for something else but same size. I still want to develop an app for car stereo and such for any tab. I know it wount be easy but nothing is impossible specially here in XDA
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Syco54645 said:
I tend to like doubletwist. May want to give that a try. I know it isn't exactly what you are looking for.
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Its not that hard to do you just need time. Took me a whole Saturday to do this and I'm not done yet. Lol but seems to work and sounds great. I'm always open to suggestions and better ideas.
SuperHTCEvo
Apps that I'm trying to develop.
IndashStereo App.
With Navigation compability.
YouTube video compability.
Bluetooth compability if tab comes with it. Probably all tabs will for now on.
Facebook and tweeter song share buttons.
Meaby traffic updates.
IndashStereo Remote
This is another app I want to develop which I will need Bluetooth.
Should have Bluetooth compability to connect your Android Phone to connect to Indash Stereo app on the tab so you can share music and use the phone as remote control for app.
Suggestions and opinions are welcome.
SuperHTCEvo
I'm happy to see this thread, thanks for taking the time to share your work, JCAndroid.
I had a carpc for a few years; after getting fed up with FluxMedia's treatment of the hobbyist community as well as some issues due to outdated hardware, I returned to the stock radio when I got my Droid. The Droid provided most of the functionality of the carpc, however, I do occasionally miss having a carpc though, and I have thought about using the NC in the same manner.
The main drawback for me at this time is lack of navigation. If Bluetooth was usable, then this would obviously be a moot point as the navigation could be achieved using BT GPS.
Anyhow, looking forward to seeing your progress and thanks again the thread.
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I'm happy to see this thread, thanks for taking the time to share your work, JCAndroid.
I had a carpc for a few years; after getting fed up with FluxMedia's treatment of the hobbyist community as well as some issues due to outdated hardware, I returned to the stock radio when I got my Droid. The Droid provided most of the functionality of the carpc, however, I do occasionally miss having a carpc though, and I have thought about using the NC in the same manner.
The main drawback for me at this time is lack of navigation. If Bluetooth was usable, then this would obviously be a moot point as the navigation could be achieved using BT GPS.
Anyhow, looking forward to seeing your progress and thanks again the thread.
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I was looking at carpc's also but found it to complecated to do at least for me but it works. When I saw Android tabs were available I saw the chance to do this. I had wanted to this with a galaxy tab but to pricey, but I found my self with the NookColor and once there was a way to rooted I came up with something ofcourse I know other people have put tabs as indash stereos its much easier to use than carpc but would be better with an actual car stereo app. If Bluetooth would work on the Nook we would have more useable stuff I hope someone gets it to work. I'm just trying to come up with something new. Right now I use my Evo 4G as my navigation device. But thanks for the support motivation helps a lot.
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looks cool, might be funny to watch my subs shake the nook to death lol
any update on this?
as of right now, w/out using phone wifi hotspot - i don't see any purpose to this.
it has no line-in for using a media player with more storage.
once it's installed better, you won't have much access to swap out the microsd for updating your music.
there are no applications that compare to anything that a carpc can do.
i would much rather a standard in dash cd player then leave my nook in the car.
i'm having a hard time understanding the point of this... if you have a phone that can do wifi hotspot, then your phone can run pandora and plug into the line in of a standard stereo... and probably sound a whole lot better...
xtravbx said:
i'm having a hard time understanding the point of this... if you have a phone that can do wifi hotspot, then your phone can run pandora and plug into the line in of a standard stereo... and probably sound a whole lot better...
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Don't over think it, it's just cool. A lot of cars nowadays come with a similar sized touch screen that runs the stereo. This is a great idea to do just because we can. Thumbs up to you sir.
rudygetz said:
Don't over think it, it's just cool. A lot of cars nowadays come with a similar sized touch screen that runs the stereo. This is a great idea to do just because we can. Thumbs up to you sir.
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sorry didn't mean to be a downer. Just a crappy day at work and my bad mood is coming up, instead of being supportive.
Let's see what you can make happen with this!
Update Peeps!
Yea you can use a carpc and it can be better but it is just something new to try. You can use your phone but sound has no difference believe me I did a number of test and if your worried about leaving it in the car at night there is no problem it gets pitch dark you can even see it but the point is that you want something portable and cool, that is why i did this mod.
I updated to to Phiremod CM7 and let me tell you hotspot connectivity is way faster but youtube doesnt work. So far so good. Still testing it.
Since. No! Bluetooth im using TuneIn Radio App and works nice on Phiremod CM7 with my HTC Evo hotspot on 3G Not on 4G so it can be much faster but will try.
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looks cool, might be funny to watch my subs shake the nook to death lol
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Lol my does not shake. I have two 12" Kickers with a 700w pioneer amp. It pounds but the Nook stays intact. Well at least with my dock.
Do you have any power management going on? I couldn't tell but I would imagine if you did some sort of modification to the power cord so it would be as flush as possible to the dash and ran it to a USB car charger, you could theoretically make it so all you had to do was slide the Nook in from right to left, thereby connecting it to the charger as it is secured.
I personally have begun to explore the possibilities of using it as a carpc myself. I'm planning a drive down to Florida from New York in April and I'm hoping to use it as a the Nav/Media hub (I have a GPS, Pioneer BT sound system with an amp, and there will be two Dincs in the car but still, you can't beat a 7" version of any of those). I''l either be mounting it in my Civic or my Altima, depending on which we decide to use. The Civic as much better DIY mounting possibilities, and I've already drawn up some ideas. The only thing I'm waiting for is the BT
EDIT: For comparision, here is the link that shows the inside of my Civic, and if you Google the interior to a 2007 Altima, you'll see how theres little to no possibilities for mounting without cutting into anything.
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Do you have any power management going on? I couldn't tell but I would imagine if you did some sort of modification to the power cord so it would be as flush as possible to the dash and ran it to a USB car charger, you could theoretically make it so all you had to do was slide the Nook in from right to left, thereby connecting it to the charger as it is secured.
I personally have begun to explore the possibilities of using it as a carpc myself. I'm planning a drive down to Florida from New York in April and I'm hoping to use it as a the Nav/Media hub (I have a GPS, Pioneer BT sound system with an amp, and there will be two Dincs in the car but still, you can't beat a 7" version of any of those). I''l either be mounting it in my Civic or my Altima, depending on which we decide to use. The Civic as much better DIY mounting possibilities, and I've already drawn up some ideas. The only thing I'm waiting for is the BT
EDIT: For comparision, here is the link that shows the inside of my Civic, and if you Google the interior to a 2007 Altima, you'll see how theres little to no possibilities for mounting without cutting into anything.
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O that's right I never mentioned what I did for power management. I use to have a Kenwood double din stereo with 6.5" screen but took that off. I had to cut and trim in order to put my dock were the stereo was. I used the nookcolor leather case and cur it, I was going to make a dock myself like the way the HTC Evo car dock is but I just wanted to try this like this first. Then I went and bought me a cheaper stereo. The stereo I put it in the passenger compartment box that's y you don't see it on the pics, it is hidden. I modified my compartment box also, I had to cut and trim the back of it to run cables out and to make space for a small computer fan for the the heat of the stereo to be exhausted out. When I dock my Nook I just plug my 3.5mm headphone Jack and USB charger. I'm still trying to modify the connector of the USB charger, I don't like the cable just hanging there. But works great so far.
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Since DSP manegers EQ does not work I'm going to try and see if the new LifeVibes app works later on.
SuperHTCEvo
what are you using to hold the nook in place around the edges?
i'm thinking of making my own 'case' and just contemplating different types of ways to hold my nook in place.
btw: from one fellow hardware modder to another - very awesome work.
pointless or not somethings are just to cool to not try.
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what are you using to hold the nook in place around the edges?
i'm thinking of making my own 'case' and just contemplating different types of ways to hold my nook in place.
btw: from one fellow hardware modder to another - very awesome work.
pointless or not somethings are just to cool to not try.
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Thanks for the complement.
Before I did the mod I went looking on eBay for case holders but none of them looked as durable as the original NookColor leather case holder, so I bought the the leather case holder for the NookColor it was pricey but I took a chance and used it to incorporate it to my dash. What I did was cut the holder and just use that as the mount dock. So far it has been working really good throughout bumbs and speedhumps it stays intact in its mount holder. I'm still thinking of changing it tho to a better looking angle or adding angle adjustments.
SuperHTCEvo
I imagine if done well such a mod would be an excellent complement to any dash while garnering many compliments from passengers (even would be thieves).
Ok, so I have already done my searches on here and tried finding users of the TF that are using Bluetooth audio receivers and had no luck. I was wondering if anyone on here has been able to stream music from their tablet to their stereo and if so what are you using and what is the best range you have gotten out of the product.
I will be streaming music from about 30 feet away with a direct line of site.
Any help would be great seeing as I have not had any luck here on the forum finding someone that shares my common interest in Bluetooth for the TF.
Any help would be great! Thanks in advance!
Scott
Nothing?!?!?!
Hello,
I hope I can help you, even if I'm quite new in this tablet stuff...
I just got my TF101 and one of the first things to do was to use my AudioPro RadioOne as speaker by Bluetooth.
I just simply activated BT in the Transformer, searched for visible BT to couple with it and once found, I entered the code given in the radio's manual. Immediately the sound switched to the radios speakers (and was cut from Transformer whilw I used the radio). The sound is as good as it can be and much better than with a cable.
I could go on listening being ~10m (30ft, I guess) away in an other room with the Transformer.
The Transformer works easily on BT, you might need to find out your receivers configuration and code, normally given in the owners manual.
Hope this helps you a little bit =)
P.S. Sorry for my English...
receiver
I got one of these for my phone but havent tried with the tablet yet.... My phone and table pair, and my phone pairs with this, i assume it would pair with the receiver no problemo!
http://www.cellpower.com/products/NoiseHush-N550-Stereo-Bluetooth-and-3.5mm-Audio-Jack.html
gives you a nice 3.5 jack to use so its pretty versitile.
30 ft is pushing it though....i think that is right around bluetooth's limit.
One drawback to the product above is that you cant use whil charging
(Note: I am in no way associated with the site selling the above product, just happened to find they had the best price!)
I just ordered the Belkin BT. I will let you know how that goes.
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For very good noiseless audio and MUCH further transmission than bluetooth, I use Audio Engine W1. The only thing it does require USB power. Should work with dock but I haven't gotten it to work yet; need straight power only pins out. A battery powered USB port should work. (plugged in to USB power) worked great at a presentation I did this past weekend.
Bluetooth should be straight forward. I use some sony bluetooth headphones that work great.
I'm still looking for a quality solution for using your own headphones. Bluetooth is not good enough really. Ideally I would like a usb transmitter and a wireless reciever I can plug my headphones into and can run for around 6 hours. Q-Bean-ST is the only thing I have found but they look like junk and the battery life is a bit crap.
This thing has been working well for both the phone and the tablet but I have only really used it for about 10 feet or so. Quality is good enough for me (admittedly not an audiophile, just streaming during parties and such). http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038MA11U
Reviews of the belkin "plug in" model have said people have used it when the transmitting device all over the house.
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I'm still looking for a quality solution for using your own headphones. Bluetooth is not good enough really. Ideally I would like a usb transmitter and a wireless reciever I can plug my headphones into and can run for around 6 hours. Q-Bean-ST is the only thing I have found but they look like junk and the battery life is a bit crap.
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Youre barking up the wrong tree. Bluetooth is "good enough." Where it isnt people are running audio to $400 IEMs and no wireless solution would be satisfactory. So, using that logic nobody develops it.
Maybe I just had a bad experience using a SE HBH-DS970. It constantly drops out and cannot go more than a few feet from the transmitter.
A lot of it has to do with the transmitter. My phone, for instance, seems to only get about 10 feet with line of site. The laptop can be in other rooms no problem. The TF, I just tested it, can only go one room over, once you get a few walls in the way it cuts out occasionaly.
This is all using the thumb sized receiver posted above, the amazon reviews make it sound like the powered belkin model has better range but I never pulled the trigger because if I am using it I am either in the car or in the living room having it play over the sound system attached to my dish/bd player/tv so I am no more than a dozen feet away at any given time.
I use the Voiis bluetooth audio receiver, works great! Good audio quality.
Well, the Nokia AD42W works great with my Transformer to listen to anything through my stereo. I got it very cheap in a local shop, it's possible that the product is discontinued...
Of course, there's the problem of delay. You have to forgive the lack of lip-sync when playing through BT, but it's a bit annoying at times. Audio quality is great, of course not as good as a direct connection.
I have tried it with my Sony system, lg tv, Samsung tv and Sony tv, b-tube speaker,
All worked fine,
Do have a slight issue with the Sony,
I can stream music through bt to the tv once paired,
But to send a picture to the tv I have to un-paire first
I use a Kenwood KDC-BT945U with an A2DP profile and it works great.
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Ok, so I have already done my searches on here and tried finding users of the TF that are using Bluetooth audio receivers and had no luck. I was wondering if anyone on here has been able to stream music from their tablet to their stereo and if so what are you using and what is the best range you have gotten out of the product.
I will be streaming music from about 30 feet away with a direct line of site.
Any help would be great seeing as I have not had any luck here on the forum finding someone that shares my common interest in Bluetooth for the TF.
Any help would be great! Thanks in advance!
Scott
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This one works for me great. I use it on my stereo and in the car.
Was using it to stream my phone music but not i use it with the Transformer....no probs
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038MA11U
So this bluetooth should work fine with eee Transformer, right?
Bluetooth headset should be used as audio device and also as chat device.
I have a stereo one, and it works fine as music listening but microphone doesn't work even if in the parameters it is recognized as phone and audio. we have to say that integrated microphone is so good that it is not necessary to to link to another one (joke)
2 days searching and no fix for that integrated microphone quality problem. the only solution is a (f...) wired headset.
Product links:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Stereo-Clip-On-Bluetooth-Headset/dp/B0057WWK5E
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875982446
High Resolution Image Gallery (Close up of buttons, and dimensions): http://imgur.com/a/b5HyR#0
In short, at half the price of the HTC Stereo Clip, I don't see why you would buy anything else. (A simple male to male adapter and it'll plug into your head unit just the same.)
Audio Quality: It's great! The new APT-X codec(?) is awesome. It would take a double blind hearing test for me to tell the difference between the Samsung and a wire. Can you tell? Maybe, but requiring a double blind test is good enough for me in my car.
Note: I have the bluetooth feeding directly into an amplifier that feeds my speakers. I no longer have a headunit.
For me, there are so many benefits of this unit vs the Stereo Clip.
Less than half the cost ! ($30 vs $70 for HTC Clip)
I can plug ANY set of headphones into the bluetooth and have "wireless" headphones
Has a built in mic, so I can answer calls with it in the car or out
Great battery life
Comes with a nice pair of short corded ear buds that have decent sound isolation as well
A minor gripe: If you look at the photos, the buttons are really small with no tactile differentiation. I always have to look at it to figure out what side I'm going push. It would have been so easy to make one side have some tactile difference.
Nice review!!! I just received mine yesterday and I love it as well. Definitely worth 30 bucks. Agree with everything you posted!
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Ordered mine earlier today! Looks like I made a good choice....now I got to go set up some new Tasker profiles
can you pair two devices to this thing (i.e. ELTE for me and 4S for my wife)?
I'm looking for an a2dp adapter to do a fixed install inside my car. Can I leave this hooked up to a usb power source constantly and hide the reciever in my armrest? Also is there any problem using these for a2dp only and using my car's built in hands free?
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I'm looking for an a2dp adapter to do a fixed install inside my car. Can I leave this hooked up to a usb power source constantly and hide the reciever in my armrest? Also is there any problem using these for a2dp only and using my car's built in hands free?
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I would be interested to know if it would automatically power on or stay on for a fix car install. If you just want a2dp fixed install, check out the isimple isfm21. It does hard wired fm modulation or rca line out and has an Android app to change fm frequency.
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can you pair two devices to this thing (i.e. ELTE for me and 4S for my wife)?
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I don't see why not. In fact, it supports two simultaneous connections as well (if the devices support it).
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I'm looking for an a2dp adapter to do a fixed install inside my car. Can I leave this hooked up to a usb power source constantly and hide the reciever in my armrest?
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I would be interested to know if it would automatically power on or stay on for a fix car install.
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I have mine hooked up in a sort of fixed install. I have a USB and 3.5 mm cord running through my dash up to my sun visor where the Adapter sits, I was also going to do a totally fixed hidden install, but that would have hidden the built-in mic negating the hands free calling functionality. As long as your armrest isn't surrounded in metal (blocking the bluetooth signal), you should be fine. I briefly had it in my center console to test and it worked fine, then I realized, hey I won't be able to use the mic if I do that.
My USB is hooked up to a secondary cigarette socket I installed that is only live when the ignition is on. You definitely could leave it hooked up to a constant power source, but I don't know what that would do to the battery over time (the bluetooth battery and your car battery). I've decided to play it safe and not kill the battery. Having said that, if it's permanent, it shouldn't be an issue even if the bluetooth battery stops taking a charge. I've seen laptops that have dead batteries, but ppl are able to still use them plugged in.
It doesn't turn on and off automatically, so here it may be different from the StereoClip (I don't have a StereoClip so I don't know). It does work while hooked up to power so you could leave it on all the time as mentioned above. I turn mine off although I did forget one time and left it on, no biggie since it's connected to power. I'm going to set up a tasker profile to remind me to turn it off.
Also is there any problem using these for a2dp only and using my car's built in hands free?
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I don't know. I do know that it supports a2dp, and it supports two simultaneous bluetooth connections if the devices support it to play music, but I'm not sure how that works with calls and whether or not it would try to play the music through your car's hands free system and whatever you have plugged.
I've never had a car built in hands free system so I don't know how that works. There's a small section in the manual about simultaneous bluetooth connections if you want to try and find the manual online.
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I don't see why not. In fact, it supports two simultaneous connections as well (if the devices support it).
I have mine hooked up in a sort of fixed install. I have a USB and 3.5 mm cord running through my dash up to my sun visor where the Adapter sits, I was also going to do a totally fixed hidden install, but that would have hidden the built-in mic negating the hands free calling functionality. As long as your armrest isn't surrounded in metal (blocking the bluetooth signal), you should be fine. I briefly had it in my center console to test and it worked fine, then I realized, hey I won't be able to use the mic if I do that.
My USB is hooked up to a secondary cigarette socket I installed that is only live when the ignition is on. You definitely could leave it hooked up to a constant power source, but I don't know what that would do to the battery over time (the bluetooth battery and your car battery). I've decided to play it safe and not kill the battery. Having said that, if it's permanent, it shouldn't be an issue even if the bluetooth battery stops taking a charge. I've seen laptops that have dead batteries, but ppl are able to still use them plugged in.
It doesn't turn on and off automatically, so here it may be different from the StereoClip (I don't have a StereoClip so I don't know). It does work while hooked up to power so you could leave it on all the time as mentioned above. I turn mine off although I did forget one time and left it on, no biggie since it's connected to power. I'm going to set up a tasker profile to remind me to turn it off.
I don't know. I do know that it supports a2dp, and it supports two simultaneous bluetooth connections if the devices support it to play music, but I'm not sure how that works with calls and whether or not it would try to play the music through your car's hands free system and whatever you have plugged.
I've never had a car built in hands free system so I don't know how that works. There's a small section in the manual about simultaneous bluetooth connections if you want to try and find the manual online.
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Sweet man.. I just bought one based on your review. Do you think you can take a picture of your setup?
I purchased one too, along with a whole host of cables to do a permanent hidden installation.
My only fear is leaving it on all of the time, only charging when I am in the vehicle. Hopefully it has a "standby" mode to conserve power when the power switch is on but nothing is connected.
OP, I won't get mine until Tuesday, is there anyway you can test a permanent always-on installation like I'm talking about by seeing how yours does leaving the power switch on for a day or so?
The tech specs list a 130hour standby battery life. Should be more then enough when the car is not moving. my delema is that I cant find any decent Y adapters to split my one usb socket in my car into 2, But that is another story.
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Sweet man.. I just bought one based on your review. Do you think you can take a picture of your setup?
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Sure, will post some tonight
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OP, I won't get mine until Tuesday, is there anyway you can test a permanent always-on installation like I'm talking about by seeing how yours does leaving the power switch on for a day or so?
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Not really, I use it all the time in and out of the car everyday so I'm always charging it to make sure it's topped off. Sorry man.
I did leave it on overnight once and it was fine.
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The tech specs list a 130hour standby battery life. Should be more then enough when the car is not moving. my delema is that I cant find any decent Y adapters to split my one usb socket in my car into 2, But that is another story.
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Right, but does standby mean power switch is off, or power switch is on but nothing connected?
I just bought this little guy to do the splitting and will install it behind my dash where I already have the wires to my dock run.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10307&cs_id=1030702&p_id=6631&seq=1&format=2
I couldn't find a simple y splitter either, that wasn't 32 feet long....
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I just bought this little guy to do the splitting and will install it behind my dash where I already have the wires to my dock run.<br />
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http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10307&cs_id=1030702&p_id=6631&seq=1&format=2<br />
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I couldn't find a simple y splitter either, that wasn't 32 feet long....
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My concern with that is it'll only charge your phone in USB mode which isn't enough when using navigation with the screen on.
I ended up getting a dual USB adapter that charged in AC mode and running two usb cords.
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couragedragon said:
My concern with that is it'll only charge your phone in USB mode which isn't enough when using navigation with the screen on.
I ended up getting a dual USB adapter that charged in AC mode and running two usb cords.
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If you have the car dock, it forces AC mode, as long as your charger has enough current (at least 1A).
My charger is 2.1A, the bluetooth will probably pull 500mA and the phone will pull 1A, so in my case (with the dock) the hub should work fine, and will look a lot cleaner with only one cord running from my cigarette lighter to behind my dash.
But to each their own. I'll take pics of my setup on Tuesday.
Ph33zy said:
Sweet man.. I just bought one based on your review. Do you think you can take a picture of your setup?
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I haven't made it pretty yet. I usually run my stuff for several weeks before I shore up all the wires and hide everything behind the dash properly and make a custom plate to cover up the head unit opening and paint the L Bracket I used black.
http://imgur.com/a/igJgN#6
modplan said:
If you have the car dock, it forces AC mode, as long as your charger has enough current (at least 1A).
My charger is 2.1A, the bluetooth will probably pull 500mA and the phone will pull 1A, so in my case (with the dock) the hub should work fine, and will look a lot cleaner with only one cord running from my cigarette lighter to behind my dash.
But to each their own. I'll take pics of my setup on Tuesday.
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You know what, at first I was like NUH UH! And then I remembered, the first dock I got didn't do that AND it eventually stopped working (charging) and I had to exchange it for another one. So it was probably faulty. Good to know. Thanks for the heads up.
What's the range on this device? Sometimes I don't have good signal in the office so I have to leave it by a window. Usually no more than 20-30 feet away. Wanted to know cause I like to stream Pandora usually all day while I walk around the office.
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dwiz06 said:
What's the range on this device? Sometimes I don't have good signal in the office so I have to leave it by a window. Usually no more than 20-30 feet away. Wanted to know cause I like to stream Pandora usually all day while I walk around the office.
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I've found that the Bluetooth signal is very dependant on a variety of factors. You'll likely be on the edge of its range though.
For example, in my house I've been 20ish feet away and it works fine, but if go in a certain corner with a bunch of appliances it gets crackly.
I've also parked directly in front of a strip mall store and gone inside easily 30 feet with no issues.
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I'm glad to have found this seeing as how the HTC stereoclip does NOT route your phone calls, when a phone call comes in it mites the music and it will use the speaker on the phone nut your car speakers. It only routs music. Which seems incredibly dumb to me. But I suppose HTC has to sell you another blue tooth device to take phone calls.
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Freelancerx said:
I'm glad to have found this seeing as how the HTC stereoclip does NOT route your phone calls, when a phone call comes in it mites the music and it will use the speaker on the phone nut your car speakers. It only routs music. Which seems incredibly dumb to me. But I suppose HTC has to sell you another blue tooth device to take phone calls.
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Probably because they couldn't be bothered to also lower the phone stream's volume and if they had a mic on the device it would just pick up the other person's voice from the car speakers and it would be a whole bucket of echoes without active noise cancellation.
I got mine, and I have to say it sounds fantastic. I have it in my "fixed" install. basically I have it plugged into a cigarette lighter that turns off with the car, and the audio is running under my console to the backside of my radio.
With the HTC car dock, my phone connects to my factory bluetooth handsfree for phone calls, and the Samsung for music, and standard audio, such as nav.
Only problem I have is it stays on when the power is off which means my phone stays connected when I go into my house.
I am considering cutting the battery wire on the inside to solve that issue.
You can skip to the TLDR section if you dont want background and "my story".
BACKGROUND INFO:
As many of you faithful note users know, as of right now there is a HUGE bug with CM, the OEM cardock and the Galaxy Note (and iirc the S2/S3 as well). The USB audio redirection just flat out doesnt work with CM. Yes, I do know that the headphone jack works. However, in my case that simply doesnt work for a couple reasons: 1) The factory dock 3.5mm audio plug is a 90 degree angle plug head. When plugging in the back it makes the appearance smooth, however this angle causes a problem with the headphone jack placement. If you reroute this plug to your headphone hole it will bind on the actual OEM dock. If you have a dock, you know what I am talking about. You end up with shotty sound quality, possibly mono output, and its just overall sketchy. Not to mention a PITA to do in the dark. 2) My dock is routed all through my dash so for me to get enough slack, I have to basically rip my dash apart. With me taking a 300 mile road trip this week, wanting to use CM10.1 was pretty much out of the question as this issue is pretty much a deal breaker....or WAS!
My Story:
I personally drive an Infinity G35, 2006 model. This car is equipped with "hands free Bluetooth" but not the streaming radio Bluetooth. Basically it's a glorified ear bud that redirects calls only, through my speakers in my car over BT. I thought to myself, "hey lets find an app that would trick my car in to thinking Media output is a phone call". So I searched, and found a few apps that did this. Overall impressions were pretty much sketchy in functionality on the first few I tried. Also, the sound quality at best is comparable to a tin can speaker as alot of these types of apps do MONO redirected output only. After trying a few apps I said eff it and was about to give up. I decided to give it one more market search and give one more of these "Bluetooth apps" a shot. By chance, I found one called SoundAbout. That is the link to the free version on the market. I noticed it had a bluetooth out feature and purchased the paid version to check it out. After jacking with the settings I eventually got frustrated again with the bluetooth out and was close to saying eff it again. Before quitting I realized that from "stock" settings of the app, it would decide on how to redirect the audio all by itself. I said, "ahh why not?" and gave the default config settings a spin. I loaded pandora, slapped the phone in the dock, not really expecting anything "new" or any changes but OMFG IT WORKED! I thought to myself, "Are my ears deceiving me? Do I hear HIGH quality audio through my speakers using my car dock and CM10.1!?" Yes, yes I did.
TLDR:
1) Download this app: SoundAbout
2) Launch app, take default settings to "let app decide" how to route audio for media.
3) Launch Pandora/PlayMusic/Apollo/wtfever poison you got to listen to musics.
4) Profit and possibly dance a jig in your car while sporting CM10.1 and the OEM dock
5) This is optional of course, but I thought it was much necessary as this a life saver for me: Donate to the author of the app- buy his "full version" here, it's a $2.99 well spent(or was for me).
Now the next question is how in the hell do we get this guy in touch with a CM dev to see what the hell he did to FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!???? If he can do it with an app, there has to be a way to natively do it as well, right? But again, this is why I'm downloading the app and not making one/doing commits to CM myself.
OK, working with the dev on the app to possibly help other users. Bad thing is now my original install doesn't work. I'll try to figure out how I got it going and will reply back....
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Works with my 09 370z w / Nav. Ty!!!
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Thanks so much for replying and confirming it's good for you too.
I thought I was going crazy yesterday morning when it wouldn't work anymore. Turns out my Bluetooth locked up and jacked my entire system- rebooting fixed it.
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Does it work on release 7? Mine stopped. Are you running 4aces kernel?
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Not sure about release 7? I am running whatever version was released the 25th, I think 6? Running Jamie's kernel that it shipped with.
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Not sure about release 7? I am running whatever version was released the 25th, I think 6? Running Jamie's kernel that it shipped with.
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Does it work without being in the dock or do you have the radio set to iPod?
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Working with Jellybam & Flapppjaxx 3.0.9 kernel.
Thanks.
I am pretty sure it would work without the dock. Its been correctly routing my audio even while playing and undocking. It routes my calls and notifications smoothly too. Haven't tried headphones yet.
As far as my car goes I run an aux in through my factory head unit. That aux runs to the back of the OEM car dock from Samsung.
First time i ran the app, for some reason I had to manually toggle through some of the media routing settings, manually selecting a few options then select back on "let app decide". After that the app seemed to understand my phones audio routing. The only happened two out of the five times I installed and uninstalled. I was clearing app data and cache and rebooting between each uninstall/ reinstall...
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I have found what is a deal breaker for me when SoundAbout is installed and my note is in my OEM Navigation dock.
The Mic is disabled, at least as far as Google Search is concerned. Uninstalling SoundAbout & rebooting returned the mic.
pTeronaut said:
I have found what is a deal breaker for me when SoundAbout is installed and my note is in my OEM Navigation dock.
The Mic is disabled, at least as far as Google Search is concerned. Uninstalling SoundAbout & rebooting returned the mic.
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Did you uncheck the "Wired headset microphone" detection button? Only reason I say that is b/c mine was working fine on my road trip back from TX Friday...
I did, but I was on the road at the time, I will give it another go tomorrow.
Just took another trip with a freshly re-installed SoundAbout running on the ROM that must not be named and FJ's 3.0.11 kernel, and Wired Headset Microphone Detection disabled.
Still no joy, sound plays through the audio out of the dock, but Google Now won't hear me.
I cannot say whether the mic will work as a phone, as my Note is primarily a pocketable computer with a phone on the side.
EDIT: Will be driving past Norman in Sept on my road trip from Indiana to Fort Worth.
2nd EDIT: I'm a cheapskate, so will be spending an extra 5 minutes driving 6 miles less to avoid tolls, by driving through Arkansas instead of Oklahoma.
Downloaded. Works like a champ on the OEM Samsung Dock.
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Will be testing this fix on N7000 later today.
Hope it works. :fingers-crossed:
Doesn't work
I've got a Galaxy Note running CM10.1.2 and SoundAbout doesn't fix the audio. If I set media to Wired Headphone, it works perfectly but if I choose Dock or Let app decide audio comes through the phone speaker when it's docked.
Any suggestions>
Unlucky
I'm using samsung galaxy s3 gt-i9300 variant, flashed costum rom pa_i9300-3.65-20130707. Audio was not routing to the dock model EDD-D200BE. I tried dock sound redirector but it's not supported. Soundabout saying redirected to dock but is not routing on the dock. And when I am making a calls, it's muted. I am happy with the rom but it's frustrating because a have a plan on purchasing multimedia dock also. Somebody out there??? Please.. Thnx in advance.
worked well with my galaxy note 2
malfuncion said:
You can skip to the TLDR section if you dont want background and "my story".
BACKGROUND INFO:
As many of you faithful note users know, as of right now there is a HUGE bug with CM, the OEM cardock and the Galaxy Note (and iirc the S2/S3 as well). The USB audio redirection just flat out doesnt work with CM. Yes, I do know that the headphone jack works. However, in my case that simply doesnt work for a couple reasons: 1) The factory dock 3.5mm audio plug is a 90 degree angle plug head. When plugging in the back it makes the appearance smooth, however this angle causes a problem with the headphone jack placement. If you reroute this plug to your headphone hole it will bind on the actual OEM dock. If you have a dock, you know what I am talking about. You end up with shotty sound quality, possibly mono output, and its just overall sketchy. Not to mention a PITA to do in the dark. 2) My dock is routed all through my dash so for me to get enough slack, I have to basically rip my dash apart. With me taking a 300 mile road trip this week, wanting to use CM10.1 was pretty much out of the question as this issue is pretty much a deal breaker....or WAS!
My Story:
I personally drive an Infinity G35, 2006 model. This car is equipped with "hands free Bluetooth" but not the streaming radio Bluetooth. Basically it's a glorified ear bud that redirects calls only, through my speakers in my car over BT. I thought to myself, "hey lets find an app that would trick my car in to thinking Media output is a phone call". So I searched, and found a few apps that did this. Overall impressions were pretty much sketchy in functionality on the first few I tried. Also, the sound quality at best is comparable to a tin can speaker as alot of these types of apps do MONO redirected output only. After trying a few apps I said eff it and was about to give up. I decided to give it one more market search and give one more of these "Bluetooth apps" a shot. By chance, I found one called SoundAbout. That is the link to the free version on the market. I noticed it had a bluetooth out feature and purchased the paid version to check it out. After jacking with the settings I eventually got frustrated again with the bluetooth out and was close to saying eff it again. Before quitting I realized that from "stock" settings of the app, it would decide on how to redirect the audio all by itself. I said, "ahh why not?" and gave the default config settings a spin. I loaded pandora, slapped the phone in the dock, not really expecting anything "new" or any changes but OMFG IT WORKED! I thought to myself, "Are my ears deceiving me? Do I hear HIGH quality audio through my speakers using my car dock and CM10.1!?" Yes, yes I did.
TLDR:
1) Download this app: SoundAbout
2) Launch app, take default settings to "let app decide" how to route audio for media.
3) Launch Pandora/PlayMusic/Apollo/wtfever poison you got to listen to musics.
4) Profit and possibly dance a jig in your car while sporting CM10.1 and the OEM dock
5) This is optional of course, but I thought it was much necessary as this a life saver for me: Donate to the author of the app- buy his "full version" here, it's a $2.99 well spent(or was for me).
Now the next question is how in the hell do we get this guy in touch with a CM dev to see what the hell he did to FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!???? If he can do it with an app, there has to be a way to natively do it as well, right? But again, this is why I'm downloading the app and not making one/doing commits to CM myself.
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I just want to thank you a million times for this post, I purchased the app you recommended and it worked well with my galaxy note 2 with original Samsung dock and smart dock, now all sounds come out of the dock and the phone is not silence when docked, thanks again for adding such a great fix to cyanogenmod. I want to add that I am on cyanogenmod 10.2 nightly running android 4.3 the uodate of 20 sep 2013.
malfuncion said:
You can skip to the TLDR section if you dont want background and "my story".
BACKGROUND INFO:
As many of you faithful note users know, as of right now there is a HUGE bug with CM, the OEM cardock and the Galaxy Note (and iirc the S2/S3 as well). The USB audio redirection just flat out doesnt work with CM. Yes, I do know that the headphone jack works. However, in my case that simply doesnt work for a couple reasons: 1) The factory dock 3.5mm audio plug is a 90 degree angle plug head. When plugging in the back it makes the appearance smooth, however this angle causes a problem with the headphone jack placement. If you reroute this plug to your headphone hole it will bind on the actual OEM dock. If you have a dock, you know what I am talking about. You end up with shotty sound quality, possibly mono output, and its just overall sketchy. Not to mention a PITA to do in the dark. 2) My dock is routed all through my dash so for me to get enough slack, I have to basically rip my dash apart. With me taking a 300 mile road trip this week, wanting to use CM10.1 was pretty much out of the question as this issue is pretty much a deal breaker....or WAS!
My Story:
I personally drive an Infinity G35, 2006 model. This car is equipped with "hands free Bluetooth" but not the streaming radio Bluetooth. Basically it's a glorified ear bud that redirects calls only, through my speakers in my car over BT. I thought to myself, "hey lets find an app that would trick my car in to thinking Media output is a phone call". So I searched, and found a few apps that did this. Overall impressions were pretty much sketchy in functionality on the first few I tried. Also, the sound quality at best is comparable to a tin can speaker as alot of these types of apps do MONO redirected output only. After trying a few apps I said eff it and was about to give up. I decided to give it one more market search and give one more of these "Bluetooth apps" a shot. By chance, I found one called SoundAbout. That is the link to the free version on the market. I noticed it had a bluetooth out feature and purchased the paid version to check it out. After jacking with the settings I eventually got frustrated again with the bluetooth out and was close to saying eff it again. Before quitting I realized that from "stock" settings of the app, it would decide on how to redirect the audio all by itself. I said, "ahh why not?" and gave the default config settings a spin. I loaded pandora, slapped the phone in the dock, not really expecting anything "new" or any changes but OMFG IT WORKED! I thought to myself, "Are my ears deceiving me? Do I hear HIGH quality audio through my speakers using my car dock and CM10.1!?" Yes, yes I did.
TLDR:
1) Download this app: SoundAbout
2) Launch app, take default settings to "let app decide" how to route audio for media.
3) Launch Pandora/PlayMusic/Apollo/wtfever poison you got to listen to musics.
4) Profit and possibly dance a jig in your car while sporting CM10.1 and the OEM dock
5) This is optional of course, but I thought it was much necessary as this a life saver for me: Donate to the author of the app- buy his "full version" here, it's a $2.99 well spent(or was for me).
Now the next question is how in the hell do we get this guy in touch with a CM dev to see what the hell he did to FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!???? If he can do it with an app, there has to be a way to natively do it as well, right? But again, this is why I'm downloading the app and not making one/doing commits to CM myself.
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Is this resolved in CM now? I can't remember if anyone contacted me after this post back in Feb.
-D. Woods
dmwoods said:
Is this resolved in CM now? I can't remember if anyone contacted me after this post back in Feb.
-D. Woods
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No. I wish.
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Ok, so I have an old evo 4g lte lying around and I have a few ideas for it. One of them is to turn it into a car stereo.
I want to basically make it power on when the car turns on by removing the battery and connecting it directly to vehicle power via USB - and stick it to the dashboard of the car to use as a music player. I would like to be able to use google play music (in conjunction with the wifi hotspot on my new Nexus 4 or possibly just with the onboard music on the 32gb microSD card.)
A few issues I see as potentially problematic - the OS boot times. the headphone jack puts out weak signal so I plan to use a bluetooth connection to the radio. I may want to use the phone in the house. It may get stolen.
Anyway, has anybody done anything like this before? I have an old HP Touchpad that I might like to use for a head unit at some point as well. Android is pretty cool.
It might be feasible using a battery but the issue I've seen with that is that the charge it occasionally gets from the car when it's powered on is not enough to keep the phone always going, hence it will eventually go dead and require removal for charging - limiting mounting options to something where it's easy to remove - which is not a good thing for the Touchpad, as it is too big to just stick somewhere.
I hope this was an OK place to drop this. LMK what you think.
richard head said:
Ok, so I have an old evo 4g lte lying around and I have a few ideas for it. One of them is to turn it into a car stereo.
I want to basically make it power on when the car turns on by removing the battery and connecting it directly to vehicle power via USB - and stick it to the dashboard of the car to use as a music player. I would like to be able to use google play music (in conjunction with the wifi hotspot on my new Nexus 4 or possibly just with the onboard music on the 32gb microSD card.)
A few issues I see as potentially problematic - the OS boot times. the headphone jack puts out weak signal so I plan to use a bluetooth connection to the radio. I may want to use the phone in the house. It may get stolen.
Anyway, has anybody done anything like this before? I have an old HP Touchpad that I might like to use for a head unit at some point as well. Android is pretty cool.
It might be feasible using a battery but the issue I've seen with that is that the charge it occasionally gets from the car when it's powered on is not enough to keep the phone always going, hence it will eventually go dead and require removal for charging - limiting mounting options to something where it's easy to remove - which is not a good thing for the Touchpad, as it is too big to just stick somewhere.
I hope this was an OK place to drop this. LMK what you think.
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Not with an Evo, but below is a link to a build using the Galaxy Tab 7 in a NBS Yukon/Tahoe/Suburban. This can be adapted to fit many vehicles with proper planning. Options to customize/fabricate are endless.
Yukon G Tab 7 Build
By the time u got that all built-up, you could have bought a $40 head unit and used the usb jack to play all your music, etc.
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iandmacdonald said:
By the time u got that all built-up, you could have bought a $40 head unit and used the usb jack to play all your music, etc.
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But the coolness factor wouldn't be there lol
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seconds kershom
I would probably go with a small tab I think they actually make them for double din applications
I was able to go 2 days on one charge with my evo lte. I would think it would be fine. Especially if it's on airplane mode and not syncing in the background all day and night. And I would go from the headphone jack to car stereo amp(s). I have considered this multiple times with the intentions of using an older android tab.
Good point on airplane mode for sure!!