Hi guys,
I'm looking at getting a car dock for my HTC desire, which docks into the USB on the bottom of the phone then allows me to run a USB cable to my head unit. The closest thing I've found at the moment though is the Brodit Active cradle, which only allows me to charge the phone.
Considering the number of desktop cradles on the market, I would have thought at least one company would have come up with a car dock that allows you to connect to your stereo?!
Thanks
-marxx- said:
Hi guys,
I'm looking at getting a car dock for my HTC desire, which docks into the USB on the bottom of the phone then allows me to run a USB cable to my head unit. The closest thing I've found at the moment though is the Brodit Active cradle, which only allows me to charge the phone.
Considering the number of desktop cradles on the market, I would have thought at least one company would have come up with a car dock that allows you to connect to your stereo?!
Thanks
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Use the aux-in
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Hi there,
I've had a few phones and a few Brodit Car Holders. Not sure why I've stuck with them, but never had a bad experience with them, so why not. The best holder I had was for my iPhone, it had a Pass Through connector so I could plug any device in the bottom and play it through my Parrot Car Kit as it synced with the iTunes on the phone.
As the car kit has a USB device support on it, I'm wanting to get a Car Holder that has a pass through connector at the bottom so when the phone slides into the holder, it always plugs into a Micro USB part, but then I can plug any USB cable into the bottom of it.
Anyone had one of these or knows where I can get one from for the Desire?
Nobody had anything like this? Nobody looking for anything like this? Surely there are some people out there that have...
I couldn't find one either, ended up going for the active brodit. If your wanting the usb for music can you not make do with bluetooth streaming?
martuk said:
I couldn't find one either, ended up going for the active brodit. If your wanting the usb for music can you not make do with bluetooth streaming?
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Yeah, its an option, but the usb part was good as it allowed me to flick through my albums and everything, like it was just playing an iPod.
Might get the passive holder and adapt it myself.
Or I guess if you get the active holder you can just cut off the charger plug and wire up a USB plug instead... so long as all the wires are there.
gw0udm said:
Or I guess if you get the active holder you can just cut off the charger plug and wire up a USB plug instead... so long as all the wires are there.
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I think it only has two wires there though, for power. I used to love it when they made pass through kits with the old Nokia holders.
nevermind, found this one which will do for me, it looks similar to the Nexus One version, but obviously without the dock pins at the bottom...
http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=199788
Hi!
I've been looking around here and there and can't seem to find it, so i figured it's time to ask the guru's
Has anyone found an active carholder for the DHD, which can be mounted either on the windscreen or on the upper side of the dashboard, so it can be used for navigating safely, without taking your eyes of the road?
Thanks!
search in ebay
icematrix said:
search in ebay
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Has only given me passive holders so far, no active ones. Maybe i'm using the wrong search terms :/
http://cgi.ebay.it/Brodit-Active-Ho...s_PDAMounts&hash=item35aea18dda#ht_1382wt_982
You can buy the official HTC Car accessory from their website http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/nl/p_htc_item.aspx?i=205737
it's cheaper then the one on eBay
Aythamie said:
You can buy the official HTC Car accessory from their website http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/nl/p_htc_item.aspx?i=205737
it's cheaper then the one on eBay
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Much more expensive from there.
I order brodit with clips for my 2 cars + move clip to allow moving the unit from one car to the other from here: http://www.dsldevelopments.com/
I placd my order an hour ago so, I cannot give feedback now.
Aythamie said:
You can buy the official HTC Car accessory from their website http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/nl/p_htc_item.aspx?i=205737
it's cheaper then the one on eBay
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But this one is not active
What do you mean by active? That you can move it around, from car, or from its current spot?
Active holders means there is a jack to charge/sync your phone as it's sitting in the dock. This means it will usually have a jack to connect your charger to, or will already have the cables hardwired into it.
Passive holders mean they just hold onto you phone.
I'm also looking for one of these, except i need one that can fit a DHD with an Otterbox case around it
clay420 said:
Active holders means there is a jack to charge/sync your phone as it's sitting in the dock. This means it will usually have a jack to connect your charger to, or will already have the cables hardwired into it.
Passive holders mean they just hold onto you phone.
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ah cheers for that
Does Brodit HTC-DHD active mount activate car panel?
Does the "active" bit also suggest that the 'car panel' app can also be automatically started when the DesireHD is docked ? I'm sure I've seen a setting somewhere within android that can allow this to happen. Does this mount qualify?
I am assuming some pins being pulled high/low etc in the MicroUSB connector when plugged in determine if its a car mount dock or not, so that normal chargers dont trigger the car-panel?
Edit : I've just sent of an email to: [email protected] and asked for clarification. Will advise here when I get an email back from them.
Cheers & Happy New year.
Edit : Response from brodit.se was that the cable does NOT activate the car panel.
Brodit HTC-DHD ... activate nothing at all..only charging :-(
avga said:
Brodit HTC-DHD ... activate nothing at all..only charging :-(
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I think you will have to use an HTC car charger USB cable. The one that comes with S400 brings up the car panel (I use Google's Car Home though) even if it isn't connected to a power source. I think it is the pin config at the micro-usb end of the cable that does the trick.
I'm more than sure than this has been asked before, But I've already looked at the forum and I found so many different models of car holders and blue-tooths that I already don't know which one might be the best one.
I'm looking for something nice hopefully minimalistic in design.
I already have a car charger with a double USB connector port so I'm looking only for the car holder and a good blue tooth device...
Thanks in advance to everyone, I know how annoying can it be to see some one asking something that it might have been answered before, really thanks.
I Hv the genius HTC desire HD car charger set (free with my phone) , it hold the phone well , only down size is I need to remove the TPU case every time I use it ...
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Do you have a link to look at it???
Thanks in advance
I use a brodit passive holder with the the specific pro clip for my car, just looks nice and part of the car. For Bluetooth I connect to the parrot add-on for my kenwood set, 1amp car charger I wired in myself. A bit of work but saves trailing cables over the dash.
The genuine brand HTC Desire HD holder is very capable and secure; Clicky You can use the cable with another 12v socket with USB output; Cable automatically activates the Car Panel, which is useful.
I have a Samsung WEP870 bluetooth headset; Comes with lanyard-equipped stereo headphones which you can plug in to the headset, giving you a solution for music too. Sound quality isn't great, but ok for a walk to the pub.
Thank you all I will take a look
do any of you have problems with the phone not being able to see the cable correct? sometimes mine on car dock see the cable as cable ion car sometimes as connect to pc and sometimes a charger, really weird
I got a universal 1 from Amazon, fits any size. Great purchase.
The Modern-Tech In-Car Dashboard Mount is also very handy to hold the phone on your car's dashboard. It's adhesive, you just have to set the phone on the mat and pull it off later. It's not so great for charging though.
Have you looked into HTC Desire HD Herbert Richter suction mounts?
Where can I look at those???
Here's the link.. Aesthetically, I love the way this particular one looks.
Are the Pogo Pins used for anything besides charging? Can they, for example, be used to output audio from? The main reason I'm asking is I'm curious what type of dock accessories I can expect for our phones in the future (or at least hope for). The current car docks all seem to use the microUSB to charge which is nice since I just need to slide the phone in. I still have to manually connect the aux cord which is the main reason that I would even consider getting a dock though. I rarely need to charge my phone in my car, but I need to connect that cord every single time. Is there any possibility of having the aux output go through the pogo pins the future or are they only for charging through?
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Are the Pogo Pins used for anything besides charging? Can they, for example, be used to output audio from? The main reason I'm asking is I'm curious what type of dock accessories I can expect for our phones in the future (or at least hope for). The current car docks all seem to use the microUSB to charge which is nice since I just need to slide the phone in. I still have to manually connect the aux cord which is the main reason that I would even consider getting a dock though. I rarely need to charge my phone in my car, but I need to connect that cord every single time. Is there any possibility of having the aux output go through the pogo pins the future or are they only for charging through?
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I've read that the pinout is the same as USB
daneren2005 said:
Are the Pogo Pins used for anything besides charging? Can they, for example, be used to output audio from? The main reason I'm asking is I'm curious what type of dock accessories I can expect for our phones in the future (or at least hope for). The current car docks all seem to use the microUSB to charge which is nice since I just need to slide the phone in. I still have to manually connect the aux cord which is the main reason that I would even consider getting a dock though. I rarely need to charge my phone in my car, but I need to connect that cord every single time. Is there any possibility of having the aux output go through the pogo pins the future or are they only for charging through?
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There is a dock for the HTC One X (Intl version) that uses the pogo pins. It charges and outputs audio as well.
Unfortunately it is the only accessory I've seen that makes use of the pogo pins, and we have still yet to hear a thing about them producing a version for the One XL.
As the title says, I'm looking for a dock and wondered if anyone is using something that fits my requirements.
Ideally, I want a single connection to charge and provide line out/audio. I've seen that the Samsung desk dock supports this but can't find a car dock that does both from he usb port.
My car only has a 3.5mm aux in so bluetooth is not an option.
Cheers
Only one I know of is the iBolt xProDock.
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technononsense said:
As the title says, I'm looking for a dock and wondered if anyone is using something that fits my requirements.
Ideally, I want a single connection to charge and provide line out/audio. I've seen that the Samsung desk dock supports this but can't find a car dock that does both from he usb port.
My car only has a 3.5mm aux in so bluetooth is not an option.
Cheers
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Check out this Kickstarter project. The EleMount.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133691350/elemount-the-best-car-and-camera-mount-for-iphone
Use a seperate USB cable to the phone.