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
ronlkh said:
I tested Parrot CK-3000 Works well with XDA II
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
I have done some searching and there seems to be a lot of confusion on the fact if an XDA2 fits in a Tom Tom Car kit or not.
I am planning to use a Bluetooth carkit for the phone functions, but need a Tom Tom carkit to charge the unit and connect the GPS mouse.
So my question is: is anyone succesfully using the Tom Tom XDA carkit in combination with an XDA2/MDA2 etc ?
Also I would like to know if the Tom Tom carkit has a audio output.
Thanks,
Taco
Coonections are OK, XDA and XDA/MDA II are the same....
The Tomtom Carkit doesn't have audio-out.
On a 'normal' GPS cable you could connect Pin 2 (ground) and 3 & 4 (audio-out R/L) and short Pin 19 to groound for audio out....
But afaik has te Tomtomcarkit a connector build-in, so it wil be hard to open and/or solder wires to the pins...
IT WONT FIT !!!
Hi M8tes,
I have the TOMTOM carkit with GPS for my old XDA and my new XDA II or Qtek 2020 WONT FIT !!! The connection is the same, but the craddle is 2 Small... on the www.expansys.com website you can PRE-Order the new Qtek2020-XDA II Carkit... And I belief it alse works with the old GPS TOM TOM mouse...
Regards,
Kermit
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 everyone,
received today the professional car kit for the XDA II from Expansys.
Testing the car kit and compared with the XDA I car kit that I'm using with the XDA II.
With the XDA I car kit only problem is the charging and the tightness of the cradle.
I use the Tom Tom Navigator with no problem sound commes throught the car kit.
The professional car kit fvor the XDA II has a few problems.
No more sound throught the car kit when you ared using TOm Tom navigator.
When the XDA II ring the sound comes out throught thed XDA own speaker not the car kit.
I could listen to MP3 file trought the car kit of the XDA I but notg wwith the professiobnal car kit.
The professional car kit has a GPS connector which is located under the cradle it looks like an RJ11 connector next to that connecttor the is a 2.5 phone connector for the headset.
Now I need to find out whic h gps to use on this professional car kit and well the instruction come out throught the car kit speakers like the XDA I car kit.
Anybody that needs more information for this car kit feel free tho email me.
Regards
Gigi
Hi all.
Found this via kelkoo.
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/3345.htm
Thought it might have been somebody OEM'ing the original o2 accesory but when I look on the o2 site there is no integrated cradle car kit listed!
I'm looking for a kit that will:-
Mute the standard stereo for calls
Allow audio from the XDA2 so I can use it as a car stereo
Charge the XDA2
Allow connection to a Tom-Tom nav unit.
This item would appear to do the business. However I suspect it may be a kit avialable somewhere else and have been discussed here already.
Any hints/comments appreciated.
Thanks All.
hi
i have seen a gps ready car kit with those functions on o2s site
jim
There's this stuff below listed for XDA2 which one do you mean.
Looks like bluetooth + GPS stuff and the like to me. My focus is on audio from wired connectivity but with an option for GPS. Bluetooth isn't a factor for me. Did you mean one of the below? If you mean somewhere else can you supply a URL? Thanks. Vent mount is no good either.
Cheers.
Safe2Talk Xda II car kit - AORXD2KN
£44.99
You can fit it in seconds with power from your cigar lighter socket - and it's only £44.99.
Bluetooth Safe2Talk Xda II car kit - AORSBLKN
£54.99
Simple to fit and no trailing wires.
Integrated Bluetooth car kit compatible with the Xda IIs - using the Sony Ericsson HCB-300 Bluetooth Car Kit. Features a compact design with a high quality external microphone with speaker volume control. Professional installation needed.
Sony Ericsson HCB-300 Bluetooth Car Kit ASEZ60KN
£159.99
A complete in-car navigation package using your Xda II and one of Europe's leading satellite navigation systems, TomTom Navigator 3TM. You'll get everything you need to get started straightaway; TomTom software to load on to your Xda II, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver plus a connection cable and vent-mounted car cradle for your Xda II. We have pre-loaded the mainland Great Britain maps on a memory card for you, which slots in to the top of your Xda II. And there's no monthly subscription for this service, just buy the system follow the simple set-up instructions and you're away.
There are two for you to choose from:
Bluetooth TomTom Navigator 3 - AORBTT3N
£270.00
The GPS receiver uses the latest Bluetooth technology and does not need wires to connect to the Xda II, so you can choose where you want to install the receiver in your car.
Also comes with an AC adapter so you can recharge the GPS receiver outside your car.
Wired TomTom Navigator 3 - AORWTT3N
£230.00
The GPS receiver is connected to the Xda II with the cable supplied.
Keep your Xda II charged whilst you are out and about with the in car charger. - AHTXDALN
£19.99