Has anyone seen a photo of the base connector for the new XDA, it would be kind of nice if it fits my existing car kit ( Not much chance of that)
Can anyone help
Thank you
Paul Jones
Not the photo. I have tried to connect xdaII (dummy) to my car kit! it works just fine.
Thanks for the feedback Andrej, maybe I wont have to junk my carkit at the moment !! :lol:
Regards
Paul Jones
I am very sure that the Xda II will use a different carkit to the existing Xda - someone at O2 told me this.
I am in a similar situation - I think I will try to sell my Xda carkit now!
Hi
I do nit have a car Kit but I suspect as the XDA II has and SDIO slot and the XDA does not, then whilst they may 'fit' they may not function correctly.
Cheers
Ric
It will not be compatibel!
There will be a new Car Kit for MDA II
Is that going to be the same for other accessories? E,g GPS, keyboard etc?
If the socket is the same then maybe there is a possibility of a rewire to match up the io interface.
Parrot CK-3000 V3.00 Works Well With XDA II
I tested Parrot CK-3000 Works well with XDA II
The XDA II works fine in an XDA Full Carkit with the following exceptions:
The phone does not automatically switch on when you insert it into the cradle (the XDA did).
The phone is a slightly tighter fit in the cradle (its thicker) but still fits fine. The top clip of the cradle does not come all the way down but rests on the top of the XDAII, which is also fine.
I use it daily and have no problems.
As a point, all my XDA peripherals work with my XDA II including my Foldable Keyboard.
I can second this.......just received my MDA II and everything works fine with the carkit: Handsfree phone, GPS, Power.......
It is a bit tight, but I heated up the bottom of the carkit with a blower till it became soft and then put in the MDA II and let it cool down. Now it is quite workable without having to buy a new carkit........
xda II car kit has plugin for gps devices, so is slightly different. Got this from the blurb on www.o2.co.uk/xda
Carkit
To use your device in the car - or truck - you need to install a fully wired and properly mounted carkit, as mandated by recent UK Legislation.
These units are not provided with aerial kits - these are separately provided by the carkit installer and are appropriate to your vehicle.
These carkit's are especially designed to fit Xda and Xda II respectively, and is built to integrate with most modern car connectors. In addition, the Xda II carkit supports direct connection of a GPS unit - such as that provide by TomTom Navigator - allowing you to use Xda as a navigation system.
Xda Carkit - AHTXDAKN - £176.50
We have not seen ANY existing XDA II carkits yet, so we cannot judge to soon.
At the moment all the photo's referring to the carkit from the providers are the XDA I carkit.
This carkit always had the GPS external connection, I have been using it for almost a year now with TomTom and a Holux GM 210 mouse. I have cut the XDA connector and connected the appropriate wires to the GPS mouse......works like a charm, also with the New MDA II.
Look at my review I wrote almost a year ago (It's in Dutch, but you can throw a webtranslator over it if you want to):
http://www.pocketpc-club.nl/content.php?id=1319
Re: Parrot CK-3000 V3.00 Works Well With XDA II
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I tested Parrot CK-3000 Works well with XDA II
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Hi
I am thinking about buying a CK3000 but was worried that there may be a Bluetooth compatibility issue (like there is with some Bluetooth GPS systems at the moment Tom Tom + Navman apparently). Is your CK3000 working fully with the XDA 11 via Bluetooth as a Handsfree System i.e. sound through your car speakers, mute the stereo when a call comes in etc? Do you know of a supplier who will also install/configure it?
What else would I need besides the CK3000 - A XDA 11 Passive Holder and a Cigar lighter Charger?
Any help advice you can give me is very much appreciated.
Steve Grunnill
The parrot CK3000 has a Handsfree and a headset profile.
The XDA/MDA 2 only has a headset profile.
So as long as the carkit has a headsetprofile also, it will work...
Why not use the XDA II with the speaker phone enabled ??
Have you tried it ?
it's hard to quickly enable, and it's not loud enough...
Car charger seems ok...
I immediately tried my xda car charger in my xda II and it fits and seems to work in that the orange charging light comes on.
But could I be doing some damage that I am unaware of? (Incidentally some people refer to a cradle: my car charger is not a cradle...)
No the pinlayout of the XDA and MDA/XDA 2 are the same...
Has anyone found a car cradle for the XDA II (hardwired not BT). I have searched several sites an I cannot find anything. Surely there must be enough users for a company to warrant the development
hi...
i already have the Magellan gps 315 and wanted to know if its possible to connect to the XDA II. what cables would i need etc.... it is NMEA 2.1 compliant...
thanks for any help or suggestions
maxd
I assume the Magellan communicate with a serial port?
The simple way is to get hold of a serial sync cable and a "crossover gender bender" (that is what I have for my Garmin GPS 35 at least).
This won't get your XDA II charged though... but I think there is a serial sync and power cable available.
Best regards,
Ørjan Sandland
hi
thanks,
there is a cable, one with bare wires for wiring yourself or a serial i think...
how do i connect it to the XDA II though...
cheers
maxd
What do you mean? The serial sync cable attaches to your XDA sync port in one end, and has a female serial connector in the other end.
Then you get a serial cable for your GPS, which will probably leave you with a female serial in the "open" end too.
This is where the "crossover gender bender" comes into action, as you'll need a male-male adapter that have some of the pins crossed (any decent computershop should be able to sell you a serial crossover cable or an adapter).
Ørjan
hi...
no there is a cable from magellan that attaches to the GPS and the other end there are bare wires for your own use...
could i connect to the xDA II with these wires...
thanks for all you help so far...
maxd
Yes max, you will need a plug that fits the xda though, might be an idea to also input power for the xda through the same plug.
thanks again..
where can i get a connector for the XDAII and what wires go where...
cheers
maxd
I have now purchased the above GPS system and with the Tom Tom Nav2 BT/XDA II fix (dowloadable off the TT website) have it working absolutely fine....wow at last!!
Question, before I blow something. If anyone has the TT Navigator 2 Wireless kit (and possibly the wired too), it comes with a Cigar lighter charger that powers the GPS unit and this device/lead has an "extension power connector" piggy backed on it so it can connect to a PDA also. It comes with a connector for the Ipaq, not suitable for the XDA II. However, with the XDA II supplied acessories comes a small plug in connector for connecting to the XDA II AC power lead, so that you can charge the XDA II outside of its USB cradle, and this connector fits the piggy back type connection. I am obviously wanting to use this in lieu of the supplied Ipaq connector to enable charging of the GPS and my XDA II simultaneously. Anyone know if this is OK? Logically, it seems to be the answer to charging both devices from one Cigar lighter? Don't want to blow anything. Comments welcomed, thank you. Steve
i use the xda adapter with the cigar lighter charger and it works fine
Hi Steve,
I use XDA II connector with the cigar lighter, no problem.
Hi Steve
The same here , I have used it for 2 weeks no problems.
Regards
JoseF
Hey guys. I just ordered an XDA2 and now I have to worry about how many of the components I bought for my original XDA 1 will work with XDA 2. For example, I bought a travel charger - a cable with a USB port on one side and an XDA 1 sync cable on the other which I use to sync my XDA1 with my laptop when I'm on the field. My question is this - will the XDA1's cable work with the XDA2?
Good day to all
As many others I read this forum very often and find most of the discussions very helpful. Now it's my turn to make my first post :lol:
I have XDA II and Garmin eTrex Vista GPS receiver. I would like to connect those and to use them in my car. For this purpose I'm looking for a serial Y-cable for XDA II (not I!) that is capable to charge the PDA from the cigarette power plug in the car.
Somewhere I saw Y-cable that was a combination between Serial and USB cable, but it was AFAIR for XDA I and I think that it was mentioned that it cannot charge XDA II.
So, where can I get such a cable? I live in Germany.