Whilst looking on the web for somthing completely unrelated I came across this site -
http://www.seidio-europe.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BD-SMGF1XDAII
They do a mount for the XDA II which according to the site will be available on March 21st. A cut and paste of some of the info on the mount is below (it looks quite good as well) -
G2500 offers the following features:
It is model specific. You can simply slide your PDA into the mount without having to take the time to plug in the additional wires and cables.
It can securely hold and charge your PDA , while also improving the sound output making GPS voice commands and other digital sounds clearly and loudly through the integral speaker.
It is GPS ready meaning you can plug the GPS mouse (wired) receiver directly to the cradle for charging and connecting to PDA. No more messing around with tangled and expensive Y-cables. For blue tooth receiver users, It can charge the blue tooth receiver with the optional charging cable.
It can serve as a hands free speaker phone for cellular phone or PDA phone with optional hands free cable.
With a 360 degree swivel adaptor, maximum driver/passenger readability and viewing is always assured.
It can charge your blue tooth receiver, cellular phone, and additional PDA with optional charging cable.
DC power can be supplied either from the cigarette lighter socket or the unit can be hard wired directly into the car electrical system (12-24 V)
The mounting solutions: With the pedestals included, PDA users can mount their PDA in a variety of ways based on their personal preference or vehicle interior.
Seidio G2500 GPS Ready Powered mount kit includes:
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)
I have an HTC P4000 (Canadian version of Mogul / Titan) but this applies to all phones on here I think as I'm looking for a car mountable solution (and most are compatible with all of these phones). I am wanting my phone to turn into a type of entertainment device in my car. Firstly, what type of cable do I need to hook up my phone to my existing car stereo system? Obviously it needs to be a cable that goes to the (RCA?) input on my deck. But is there such a thing as a cable that goes from mini-USB to RCA or will I need a mini-USB to headphone jack converter first? I also want battery charging capabilities, and a nice easy way to see the screen on my phone for movies, video clips, etc. so a car mount would be nice. I am guessing an all-in-one solution to the functionality I want is pretty common, and if so is there any car mounts that anyone would recommend based on your own use? 360 rotatable would be nice.. Linking straight to eBay would be nice too
Anyway, any advice from anyone with personal experience with these car mounts would be awesome. Do the cables seem clunky with a car mount? Would you go with a windshield mountable or just something that clips to the vents? What do you think is best from personal experience?
Thanks!
I amazed I'm the first one to notice this, so I'm probably not. I took apart my car dock and found the PCB inside is almost identical to the desktop dock (see photos). The upshot here is that I would strongly guess that you could easily solder on parts to either one and add things like:
- An audio out jack to the car dock (!)
- Volume up/down switches to the desktop dock
- Speakers (small ones!) to the desktop dock
- An external mic to the desktop dock
Most of that doesn't seem so great, but adding an audio jack to the car dock would be fantastic.
Pictures 1 & 2 are the desktop dock, 3 & 4 are the car dock.
Notice the unused pads on the car dock PCB (pic #4) for a headphone jack at bottom left.
Notice the pads for the speakers in pic #2 (desktop dock) at the top.
Also in in pic #2 you can see where the volume rocker would connect at bottom left and mic at bottom center.
Finally the tiny circle near my thumb in pic #4 looks to be a micro antenna jack, hard to tell for sure.
JB
That's incredibly lame of google to not put the audio out when it's the same pcb.
James Bell said:
I amazed I'm the first one to notice this, so I'm probably not.
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Good find.
Along a vaguely similar vain, I suggested over here a method of using a Desk Dock as Car AUX input. It has certain benefits over non OEM accessories that do similar. I am in the process if fitting a USB power supply to my car. Once that is done I will fit the Desk Dock semi permanent out of site as a BT AUX in feed.
Of course getting an AUX jack in the Car Dock would be much better.
next thing would be prying off the metal cover and see if they have the same circuitry inside. Then if yes all you have to do is solder a 3.5 female jack on it and voila'...
fan or heatsink?
cool beans!
i wonder if you could install a copper backing plate connected to a heatsink (like ones you can buy for ram) instead of the plastic piece to help with the high heat issues some are having...hmm...
seems like there's enough room
Dude, love how you tore the desktop dock apart on your desk and the car dock in your car.
Since the pcb's are the same size, couldn't you swap them out, cut a hole in the case and then you'd have audio out on the car dock?
=D
@muncheese
Yah I think so. Problem is it'd recognize it as the desktop dock...errr and you'd lose the speakers and volume rocker from the car dock.
My motivation to solder on an old headphone jack is low - my '01 325 doesn't have an aux in to plug into it! Maybe I'll do it anyway if I can find the right jack.
@SPAS79
I started to pry off the metal top but ran out of time to fool with it. I want to look up the chips and see if any of their outputs can be used to trigger the mute line on my stereo.
Well the speaker wouldnt matter since it'll be going through the car audio system, same for the volume, just control the car stereo volume. =)
I took off the metal cover on the desktop dock, picture below.
There's a daughtercard called an NF2301. Made by nFore and (poorly) described here:
http://www.nforetek.com/products.htm
Adding an Aux out on the Car Dock will place it on the Dock itself.
Ideally for neatness, it would be on the base near the suction cup. I suppose you could run a short cable along the chrome arm and situate the jack on the base near the USB outlet.
Chrome arm should be hollow as it already has power running through it. Might be enough room to run a small cable through it.
This is very exciting
Keep us updated on what happens with you!
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this is fantastic news. I actually have an audio socket left over from my desk dock audio switch project. If someone wants to buy me another car dock or can prove that soldering on a jack will work then i'd be willing to rip it apart and do what google SHOULD have done in the first place!
I cant wait for some chinese company to make this for the nexus:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19747
I have one currently that I used with my iphone and while it felt cheap.. It did everything:
held my iphone in place in the car
charged and did audio out with single sync cable
audio out can be routed either to the 3.5mm aux line AND the built in FM transmitter
remote (which stopped working after 1 week)
Mostly I like the fact that it mounted/charged/audio-out my iphone all at once with 1 cable and was only $12 shipped.. I would love something similar for my nexus
If all the talk about the 2.2 update enabling the FM transmitter is true. It would explain why the car dock has no audio out.
And if Google keeps the Nexus One updates on the same track it should be arriving next Tuesday.
First Tuesday of every month has had a blog update and the second of update of each month has been on or around the last Wednesday.
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If all the talk about the 2.2 update enabling the FM transmitter is true. It would explain why the car dock has no audio out.
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I have seen no talk of enabling an FM TRANSMITTER. Just rumours of them enabling an FM receiver, which would be no solution for the car dock.
Even if it did have an FM transmitter, I would prefer the audio out on the dock. Less hassle, better sound.
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I have seen no talk of enabling an FM TRANSMITTER. Just rumours of them enabling an FM receiver, which would be no solution for the car dock.
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It's both.
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It's both.
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Thats a fairly vague comment.
Yeah the radio is a transceiver. Thats fairly obvious. It is after all a cellphone.
But are you saying Google will be activating the FM transmitter in such a way as it will transmit audio to a car FM radio? Or are you just saying the FM radio fitted to the phone is a transceiver.
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.
Been doing some research. Since Sammy doesn't sell one, what's a good recommendation for a car charger? PD 3.0, USB C preferred (can have A and C), and BT FM transmitter would be nice (one vehicle doesn't have BT). Some of the ones I've seen are huge!
Is something like this considered too big for you?
Anker Roav Bluetooth Car Adapter and Car Charger, Power IQ 3.0 Type C PD, Bluetooth FM Transmitter for Car, Wireless Calling with Bluetooth 5.0, Noise Cancellation -T2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0813L778N/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_4NQ735G2YYX8SGD6X0DY
I saw that one. It does cover everything. I just have to double check the room I have. The power outlet is almost dead center in front of the shift handle.