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Does anyone have the Car Kit sold on the Expansys site ? (see below)
Can I have your feedback on it ?
It's on preorder.... !!!
How can anyone have it allready...
jpiek said:
It's on preorder.... !!!
How can anyone have it allready...
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It's on preorder on Expansys, but maybe not elsewhere ...
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=109748
External speaker? Does it have any way to plug the audio into the car stereo?? 3.5mm audio jack would be nice while the microphone continues to function on the Car kit.
I really want to know if this one has a GPS connection, so I don't have to swap my Holux GM 210 for a BT mouse......
Is this for the XDA or the XDA II?
their connector is suppose to be the same so it should work on both of them
Give this one a try it will be out end of this month as they said for the I-mate
and here is the specs :
Item
Seidio G2500 GPS Ready Mount
Power input 12V-24 V DC
Input Power cord - Detachable cigarette lighter cord
- Detachable cable for hardwiring
PDA charging 5.2V, 1200 mAH DC
DC output 5.4 V, 600 mAH DC
4.0 mm DC jack
Receiver connection RJ-11
Speaker 2.0 Watts
Volume control Yes
Audio In: 2.5 mm Jack
Available Color Silver and Dark Grey
Size Cradle Size: 5 in (L) x 3.5 in (W) x 0.7 in (H) (Notes: Height: Exclude height of the PDA holder)
: 128 mm (L) x 82 mm (W) x 18 mm (H)
Weight 4.5 oz
Additional Features Hands Free Speakerphone
PS2 GPS cable adaptors available
Blue Tooth Receiver Charging
Available Models Dell X5
iPAQ 2200 Series
iPAQ 1900/4100 Series
iPAQ 3800/3900/5000 Series
Garmin iQUE 3600
Palm Tungsten T/T2/T3
Treo 600
XDA2/I-MATE/Q-TEK2020
What is in the Box
1 Seidio G2500 GPS Ready Powered cradle with detachable DC power cord.
1 8" Super Strong Suction Windshield Pedestal
1 Slide and Lock Air Vent Pedestal
1 360 Degree Swivel Adaptor
1 Audio Cable (used to enable the speaker)
2 GPS wired receiver adaptor cables (allows to use with most of the wired receivers)
http://www.seidio.com/company/Product/Navigation.htm
How do you order one ?
re
http://www.seidioonline.com/
not sure the xda 2 model is availabe yet though ?
cheers, shire
Doesn't sound like that one has audio out for playing music through the car stereo. I want audio out from the XDA 2 serial port on a car kit!
called expansys today and they said their product will be on pre order till march 16th o4!!!!!!!!
Expansys Now have them in stock mines just arrived not fitted it yet but it looks to be excellent
heres the link if u want one
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=109748
AJL said:
Expansys Now have them in stock mines just arrived not fitted it yet but it looks to be excellent
heres the link if u want one
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=109748
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Can you confirm it works with the XDA II?
How does it connect to the XDA II headphone jack?
Does it have an external headphone jack?
(Asking this because I'm currently using an iSound FM transmitter to play MP3 from my XDA II through my car stereo.)
Thanks.
Ed
yes its for the xda2 and has an external headfone jack and gps socket
james
Is this a professionally fitted car kit, hard wired into the power and radio system of the car ?
Also can you tell me what sort of GPS socket it has, I have a Holux GM 210 which has a PS2 type connector??
Cheers
Nick
Anybody can hel with professional car kit
Hey everybody,
I purchased the Prfessional car kit from Expansys for the XDA II and I'm having a few problem I hope someone can help me out.
When I inserte the Pda in the car kit this ared the problems I have fvind:
1 No sound from car kit or pda when screen is tap.
2 No sound from car kit or pda.
3 When the Tom Tom Navigator is saying the ruote non sound from Car kit or PDA
4 When an incomingb call is received swound is hear trought pda notg car kit, whedn you answer the call the car kit start working only to receive call.
5 I've noticed that if i put the headset in the 2.5mm jack at the bottom of the cradle the sound is hear throught the headset and it disconnect the car kit.
Any help would be very helpful.
Send already 2 email to expansys no reply call the they say that I can only contact support by email or forum now I'm stuck do no if it is a fault unit or the car kit work in this manner if it does it is useless.
Regards
Gigi
eXpansis Proffesional car kit
I just had the kit installed and it looks ok. The problem is that the audio is only present when I'm on a call and it's only phone audio. What I need is a way to get the PDA audio (i.e. the navigation speaking) to come through either the car speakers or the speaker included with the kit. The fact that call audio comes through both makes me think there are two problems.
- The first problem seems to be that the kit only passes audio to the speakers when the mute signal is live for the car audio. This wouldn't be the case when listening to pda audio (navigation instructions). This seems more like a problem with the car kit which with a bit of work I could prob. get around.
- The second problem I see is that only phone (call) based audio is passed through the car kit. This problem seems to be more with the XDA. I wonder if there is a registry hack to force all audio to look the same. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS THE CASE? If so I would really appreciate some pointers on this.
I'm using the Navman 4410 BT navigation system BTW.
Thanks,
Lyndon.
i think it is indeed a software problem.
when i first got my xda2 i made my own carkit
1 cable with audio out to carstereo, connection to my gps, connection to the charging unit
sound like mp3 and voice calling was fine
now when i updated the ROM it doesnt work anymore, i know 100% that my carkit is fine.
akira said:
i think it is indeed a software problem.
when i first got my xda2 i made my own carkit
1 cable with audio out to carstereo, connection to my gps, connection to the charging unit
sound like mp3 and voice calling was fine
now when i updated the ROM it doesnt work anymore, i know 100% that my carkit is fine.
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You made your own XDA2 carkit ?
btw. for the Expansys carkit users: Does it have an GPS-connector ? Some dutch guy at expansys said it didn't. But then again, i had to give him the link before he knew they actually sold XDA Carkits
Does anyone know if there is a cable available to use the XDA II with this brand of car kit. I have searched around but cant seem to find any info.
THere are still no connector from Mr. Handsfree so I made my own one !
have a look here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=5676&highlight=handsfree
Nice ! Did you make a 2,5mm to a RJ45 (?) cable ?
If you could please post the pin layout of the Mr. Handsfree, if have some Nokia 8110 headsets i can use the 2,5mm plugs from....
Mr. Handsfree
Here are a .jpg with the pin layout of the converterbox for Mr. Handsfree.
The diagram is not complete, but this is not important as it is only the pin connections which are important.
The right side is the RJ 45 plug's wire colors and the left is the plug for the phone.
If your 8110 has the 2.5mm jack connector then I will guess it is connected to pin 3,4 & 5 on the phone side of the converter.
My Nokia 6210 has a different connector than the 8110.
I dont think it is a good idea to connect the MDA directly to the RJ45 connector as there was some noise generated from the phone. The noise disappered when the MDA was connected on the phone side of the converterbox.
At some point in time there will most likely be an "Original" connector from MR. handsfree with charging capabilities but for now we have to DIY.
BTW. I tried to update my phone with the latest ROM and the sound was lost through the connector, so I am back to version 1.03.00.
Good luck with the project.
xda orbit to nokia 6310 hands free conversion
Hi BOB. I have an xda phone and a nokia 6310 state-of-the-art hands free in my car. I can be your guinea pig for conversion if you are willing to take a guess at the wiring mode. Just remember that xda uses same cable (usb 4 wire) for the hands free. Your help is much appreciated.
Cheers
Marius
Hi all,
I'm new here and I tried to find the answer for my question, but couldn't... That's why I'll ask it.
I'd like to build a 2.5 --> 3.5 mm jack plug adaptor for my MDA II's head-set whole. My only question is: from the 4 pins which 3 are for the stereo headphones? I don't need the microphone, only the headphones as I'd like to connect my MDA to my car's radio to be able to listen to mp3's while in the car.
I hope I could be clear )
Bye,
Tomiki
Have a look here :
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/Connectors
Thanks, man! That site is great help!
Tomiki
Hi there i live in the UK and im looking for spare parts to fix my Broken XDA II. I need to replace the charger / usb port and was wondering if any knows where i can get these parts from so that i can fix it my self. I would rather buy and fix the parts my self than paying some one else to do it for me as this costs me a fortune.
Many thks for your help.
I also need these parts repaired. Oh yes and Proporta can't do it so save yourself £15. Please let me know if you find someone who can!
well ive emailed loads of repair places and they havent got back to me. I am curreenly trying to bid on some broken phones on ebay but ppl just keep going to high on there prices.
maybe ill get lucky.
try www.merconline.co.uk
PDASMART Horror Story
Just make sure not to use PDASMART. They are not reliable at all.
I posted the same question few months ago, and I was told to contact merconline. I wrote them an e-mail, but still haven't received an answer.
If anyone knows where can we purchase that bottom connector, we will be very thankful.
cheers,
[email protected]
Hi everyone,
I just googled a little, and found this web sites that sell spare parts:
http://www.ipaqrepair.co.uk/view_product.php?product=554
This site is for ipaq's but can anyone confirm that we can use this connector for our qtek's/imate's/xda's etc???
Also, this is even better option:
http://www.imate-shop.com/product_info.php?currency=USD&products_id=39
I beleive this is what we need, I wrote them an e-mail, to check if they ship worldwide.
cheers,
[email protected]
This is the IPAQ connector
This is from pinouts.ru
Can moderators confirm that this means the 22-pin connector from the ipaq 3800 can be used in the qtek2020
http://pinouts.ru/data/pda_wallaby_pinout.shtml
Wallaby and Himalaya come with two connectors on the bottom. Also for MDA, XDA, Eurotel DataPhone.
22 pin male Himalaya special connector layout
22 pin male Himalaya special connector at the PDA (keypad up)
The connector pinout
1 CAR_MIC_IN
2 GND / SENSE
3 CAR_AUDIO_R
4 CAR_AUDIO_L
5 ANALOG GND
6 RS232_DCD
7 RS232_CTS
8 RS232_TXD
9 RS232_RTS
10 RS232_RXD
11 RS232_DTR
12 NC
13 USB_VDD
14 UDC+
15 UDC-
16 GND
17 GND
18 GND
19 CAR_ON#
20 V_ADP
21 V_ADP
22 V_ADP
Notes:
CAR_ON# is connected to +6V/+5V on the car charger, it"s not connected in the cradle. +6V/+5V makes the phone go to speaker mode immediately when picked up or dialing. When this pin is connected to ground, the internal mike and speaker are turned off, and audio input is taken from the audio input pin on the connector, for use in real car kits.
Pin 2 GND / SENSE is not necessary. it seems that if it"s grounded, the phone hangs up when placed in a DIY Car-holder for example. - leave it unconnected.
Pin 5 ANALOG GND - connect this to your sound Input/output-GND (Speaker/Microphone) - do not connect this with the other GND"s - it makes a lot of noise on the analog input/outputs. Audio needs to be capacitively coupled in, any DC bias seems to inhibit audio.
If RS232_DCD is pulled to +6V/+5V, the device turns on and ActiveSync is started. The serial port powers down and needs to be reopened after the device goes in power-save mode.
USB power also wakes up the device and starts ActiveSync. UDC+ and UDC- are the USB data connections. One person reported measuring them the other way around.
Cable to plug into computer
This is the cable you need to talk to the Wallaby or Himalaya serially from a computer, such as is needed with our Manipulator program or for using ActiveSync through the serial port. Techies like us call it a "null-modem cable", O2 describes it as a "serial hotsync cable". Optionally, if you wish to be able to power/charge to XDA while using this cable, you could hook up a female connector that mates with the connector on your power adapter between Ground (pins 2,5,etc. on XDA) and pins 20,21 and 22 on the XDA. Make sure the center conductor on the power connector goes to pins 20,21 and 22.
Wallaby /
Himalaya 9-pin connector
(male)
2,5,16,17,18 5 (gnd)
6 (dcd) 4 (dtr)
7 (cts) 7 (rts)
8 (txd) 2 (rxd)
9 (rts) 8 (cts)
10 (rxd) 3 (txd)
11 (dtr) 6,1 (dsr, dcd)
Cable to plug into modem or GPS
This cable will connect to devices which come with a cable to plug into a PC serial port, such as a modem. If you are connecting to a device that only uses RX, TX and GND (such as many GPS receivers), you may only need the wires which connect to pins 2, 3 and 5 on the 9-pin serial connector. And you can, optionally, hook up a charging interface in the same way as described above.
Wallaby /
Himalaya 9-pin connector
(female)
2,5,16,17,18 5 (gnd)
6 (dcd) 1 (dcd)
7 (cts) 8 (cts)
8 (txd) 3 (txd)
9 (rts) 7 (rts)
10 (rxd) 2 (rxd)
11 (dtr) 4 (dtr)
Modifying iPaq accessories
Using the pinout of the XDA connector, you can now modify iPaq accessories to fit the Wallaby or Himalaya.
Wallaby /
Himalaya iPaq
36xx or 37xx iPaq
38xx or newer
2,5,16,17,18 (gnd) 4,10 10,15,22
6 (dcd) 9 6
(or 11, see below)
7 (cts) 5 13
8 (txd) 7 8
9 (rts) 6 12
10 (rxd) 8 7
11 (dtr) 3 9
14 (udc+) 11 19
15 (udc-) 12 21
20,21,22 (power) 1,2 1,2,3,4
ATC
any1 gt any updates on this ?
Charger/ usb connector Repair
All,
I had the same problem myself...i had several quotes, and finally went with Expansys ( see PDA repair on their website). It takes about 2-3 weeks although they do say up to 6 weeks. the cost was about £50 in total inc postage and VAT. :lol:
can you provide a link for the repair site on expansys or maybe e-mail conact.
10x
ATC
www.expansys.co.uk
there are links to different countries on this site.
use the site search, and search for pda repair
hope this is of some use
thanks. will check it out
cheers
Hi all, and happy holidays
I finally received the part ordered from ipaqrepairs.co.uk, cost was 10 pounds and then another 10euros for replacement of the connector, but I got my Himalaya now up and running
I guess this is the cheapest way for everyone with this problem, so check it out
My details are:
Qtek 2020
Microsoft Pocket 2003
ROM Version 1.72.00WWE
ROM Date: 03/15/04
Radio Version: 1.14.00
Protocol Versioin: 1337.24
ExtROM Version: 1.72.601
What do you guys think I should upgrade to get a faster, more stable and more reliable device, huh?
Thank for your inputs,
ATC
Hi there... i had the same problem.... my device felt down to the ground...
Could u please take a look at my post and tell me if i can repair my Qtek2020 (Himalaya) buying the piece from ipaq repair???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=42576
Is every electric technician able to solder that connector???
In this case i saved my device i think!!!!
Thanks in advance.... best regards
Mindgap
check your thread
good luck
Sync/Charge Port Repair
Hi,
I need a Sync/Charge Port Repair
If I purchase a new connector from here:
http://www.ipaqrepair.co.uk/view_product.php?product=554
can anyone close to me with the soldering skills and experience
fit it for me?
I am in the North East in Stockton-On-Tees, I'm quite happy to drive right up to Leeds Area (South) or Newcastle Areas (North)
mobile 07968 819209 msn [email protected]
HEEEELLP!
Don't worry man, just order the part and anyone with basic soldering skills can do it. any service repair center can fix it for ya in no time.
good luck
jspasatc said:
Don't worry man, just order the part and anyone with basic soldering skills can do it. any service repair center can fix it for ya in no time.
good luck
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I'd feel better in doing this on my xda 2 if there were some pictures
of taking the thing apart to illustrate rather then working blind.
like what's up with that void sticker under the battery?
Have you got pics or a sync/charge socket replacement repair being done?
What quality of soldering tools do you need? fine?
heellp!
Hi guys,
I bricked my G1 recently and am going to try to Unbrick using the guide on cyanogen's wiki.
One requirement is the debug serial cable, but here in India I haven't been able to get my hands on the ExtUSB breakout. I do have a mini usb breakout. Could I use that instead?
The pins I need are:
1 VCC
2 Ground
3 tx
4 rx
The pins available on the mini usb breakout are:
A +5V
B -Data
C +Data
D N/C
E Ground
Pretty obviously:
1 -> A
2 -> E
Goggling tx and rx, I think they mean data in and out but not sure. Anybody have any advice?
Unbrick guide on cyanogen:
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=JTAG_for_Dream/Magic
ExtUSB breakout:
sparkfun.com/products/9167
Post questions in the questions section!!!
ExtUSB is backwards compatible with mini USB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus
I have several mini USB cables, some with a Type A male connector on the other end, others with a wall plug end, and still some with the cigarette lighter adapter end. They all work with the G1. The 2 extra pins on the ExtUSB are for sound only.
Xsite_01 said:
It's compatible just for charging and file tranfer but for serial interface are not compatible. You are accesing serial interface trough extra audio pins, so you can buy G1 headphones and make htc serial cable. Headphone yes, charger no.
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Ah, when I saw serial I thought, "why is he calling a USB cable by only part of it's name" (universal serial bus). I misunderstood the post and did not think he was talking about an actual serial/RS232 connection.
So as to try to contribute something to OP, have you tried looking at this? http://www.instructables.com/id/Android-G1-Serial-Cable/
I was doing some study connect my serial GPS (gives TTL level serial signals) to HTC P3400 WM. Found out about G1 cable in instructables and other materials that explained how to use serial ports in HTC mobiles. I came across a very cheap "adapter" in a roadside shop in Chennai - one end of this one goes into the mini usb and the other end provides a 3.5mm stereo audio jack. I grabbed one of them and surprised to find that it did not have the moulded rubber connector. I opened the plastic case and found that I can easily solder pins 7,8 and 9. I will be testing this over the week end!
Thanks for the info Xsite_01, i think i can find some headphones to cut up and give it a try.
If smpncrc's adaptor works, i'd love to get my hands on it in delhi.
Thanks for all the info guys