http://www.jenneth.info/archives/000267.html
while not a true XDA accessories
it's a pretty cool portable speaker system for playing
mp3 with better sound quality then the normal pda speaker
perfect for cramped spaces like
trunk of a mobsters car
coffin
ISS (international space station)
small airplane toilet while entering the 20K miles club
Well, the most important thing is to get a stereo jack adaptor, with 2.5mm male to 3.5mm female.
Once you plug it in the headset socket of the XDA/Qtek, you can connect it to any system with the usual 3.5mm stereo jack.
yep and maybe a mono jack for a mic if you will be using karaoke
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Ok, the xda as a 4 pin jack, correct?
It has the ground, the in, and the out.
So, can we amplify the signal from the out to a speaker?
And can we switch a microphone at the in pin?
Thats just an ideia!
Thanks... Ricardo Gomes
i believe that making a converter which takes 1 stereo jack for sound out
and 1 mono jack for sound in is easy to do
if you cant find connectors you can always canabilize a working headset
and cut it's wires and solder them to a female stereo mini jack and a mono minijack
Rudegar said:
i believe that making a converter which takes 1 stereo jack for sound out
and 1 mono jack for sound in is easy to do
if you cant find connectors you can always canabilize a working headset
and cut it's wires and solder them to a female stereo mini jack and a mono minijack
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yes, I know, but how can i amplify the sound for the speaker?
If you want an external speaker for use in your car, which amplifies the sound from your XDA, you could consider to buy one of these:
http://www.arkon.com/CM530.html
Of course, it would not give you the satisfaction of making something on your own, and it can't be used other places than in your car.
you could use a car tape deck and just solver the wires from the pda on the place where the tape connects to it's amp it's all AUX signals
i have also seen a tape looking device with a minijack wire out of it if you convert the mini jack to the pda's strange jack it would also work
the tape looking device
http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/shop/_templates/item_main_Rio.asp?model=69&cat=16
it should work with other devices then the sonic blue rio but there are also others who makes them
Hi guys,
Wonder if one can just buy one of those car cassette adapters and a 3.5 to 2.5 mm pin adapter to use the car stereo system as an amplifier and play mp3 music?
Cheers
Vic
Yes, but I dont have cassete in my car, I have a radio with frontCD. What I want is just a system that conects to the jack on the xda to speak into a micro and listen in a speaker. I dont need to plug it to the sound car system.
Me again
I am looking to purchase an adapter to plug into my Qtek 2020i so that I can plug a FM transmitter into allowing me to play the MP3's to the car stereo.
I don't really fancy the idea of a 3.5mm to 2.5mm all in one unit, high change of breaking the 2.5 in the phone.
I have read around and there are adapters available that are a 2.5mm plug with a cable then the 3.5mm socket, but there seems to be problems with some of them not being connected correctly and thus, not stereo, not working etc.
I'm not bothered about bringing the microphone out, I have bluetooth and otherwise I'd be using the internal mic.
Any thoughts guidance anyone?
Tom
tomsimmons said:
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Hey Tom
Me too, if you find some information, please post it here.
Well what I do know is that Expansys stock such an item. However its in the £7-9 bracket, which strikes me as stupid. For that much I can go and buy an inline socket, a plug and a mile of wire and make it myself!
Infact for that much I'd look at buying a stack of inline sockets and plugs and make and sell the buggers!
Tom
I bought an inline 2.5mm-3.5mm adapter, and I had to cut away most of the plastic surround at the 2.5mm end to get it to fit. It was a bit dodgy anyway, might've broken the socket, so I got a 2.5mm right-angle jack to 3.5mm socket (along a short cable, just enough to run up the inside of my case and out the top) for a few quid. Still had to cut off the extra plastic on the 2.5mm end to make it fit though.
Not sure if this disables the internal mic, since I only use it for listening to music, and then unplug it when making/receiving a call.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006J6IJ/026-9357951-2118020?_encoding=UTF8
Strange, I bought mine for about £2.50.
Hi,
I bought a 3.5mm FM transmitter powered by AAA batteries or Car adapter for $11 on Ebay.
Then I bought an INSTEN 3.5mm to 2.5mm stereo adapter with Mic and answer button for $7
This way while listening to music on my car stereo, if a call comes in I just press the mic button on the adapter and I can answer the call by hearing the caller on my car speakers and talking into the omni-directional mic on the adapter. My total cost = $18
It avoids the hassle of unpluging from your PDA phone...which could down the road cause problems with your PDA.
Look on ebay for these deals.
Thanks
Being a deaf old git (not totally but my hearing is not as good as I would like), I want to add a pair of apmlified speakers to the PDA so I can hear the voices in my Tom Tom on the Apline clearer since the socket is a 2.5 stero type plug does anyone know which is which on the connections please?
you should read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1526625#post1526625
I presume your referring to the Garmin 2.5mm to 3.5mm Jack Adaptor?
nice but not what I was really after
I have found a small set of speakers with a 3.5 jack on the end all that concerns me is the standard headset that comes with the IIi is headset and mic I presumed that a common return (usually the last outer connection and I imagine one of the terminals is for sound and one for mic if so it means only mono sound which is different to what I have been lead to believe just need to know which is the sound out connections on the plug so I can buy a 2.5 plug and wire them up.
The other thing I suppose is I could get a bluetooth headset if the sound from the Tom Tom comes over that but that is a unknown also
i was not talking about the post i made in that thread but more about the DIY stuff people were doing
more about the connector wiring here
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Connectors
that would have been exactly what I wanted only thing it wasn't for the Apline unfortunately
Audio connections on himilaya and alpine are identical.
then one of us is wrong as the connections shown are on a FOUR pin connector my Alpine has a working THREE pin connector
not sure about alpine but i had no probs using my old wallaby headset and cradle on alpines sibling called himalaya
Well I seem to be a blind old git because I just noticed there is a inset on the plug and it is a four connection job sorry guys I only recently got given this thing and a quick glace it looks like three connections but one is inset behind the shield
The 2.5mm connector on BOTH Alpine & Himalaya can accomodate either a stereo or a 4-pin 2.5mm connector.
If the PDA detects a 4-pin plug inserted, it assumes the standard wired earphones and mic are connected, and bypasses the internal mic and routes stereo audio to the earphones.
When a normally-wired 2.5mm stereo plug (or adapter to 3.5mm socket) is connected to the PDA, it just outputs stereo audio.
I use a small 2.5mm stereo plug to 3.5mm socket adapter (having shaved away some plastic to enable it to fit, the socket is inset slightly) - to connect up a standard set of ipod-type speakers to the PDA, and it works a treat.
In short, either obtain a small adaptor to standard 3.5mm socket adaptor or if you get a 2.5mm stereo plug that fits nicely (Maplins, Radio Spares etc) and you want to solder it up yourself, it follows the same wiring cnventions as it's bigger 3.5mm brother, so a wiring diagram is just a google away.
Joe
I was looking around the phone and can't find any jack to plug any audio headphone. do i need a special wires headphone for the tilt?
There was a usb-headphone supplied with my Kaiser (audio headphones with a small usb-jack).
You can buy an extra adapter that allows 2.5mm audio jacks, like this one: picture.
It may be easier to get some Bluetooth Headphones...
Just recently started a new job as a truck driver again and it requires me to be in contact with customers fairly often, I hate the feel of earbuds in my ear and with the truck running I sometimes cannot hear the speakerphone. So I picked up a set of headphones with a wand style mic. My issue is that there are 2 separate plugs ( one for earphones and one for mic) and our phones only have one socket, can I just purchase a 2 into 1 jack and make the headphones and mic function properly?
Technically yes. But you need to make sure the input on the adapter states microphone. Those type of headsets are for computers and telephones.
Something like this.
HTTX 3.5mm Male to Female Headset Splitter Adapter for Headphones With Two separate Headphone / Microphone plugs- 3.5mm 4 position Male to Dual 3 position Female Plugs M/F https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAVSPOY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OHyFzbW9WK1PS
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Technically yes. But you need to make sure the input on the adapter states microphone. Those type of headsets are for computers and telephones.
Something like this.
HTTX 3.5mm Male to Female Headset Splitter Adapter for Headphones With Two separate Headphone / Microphone plugs- 3.5mm 4 position Male to Dual 3 position Female Plugs M/F https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAVSPOY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OHyFzbW9WK1PS
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Yes it does have indicators on it showing a microphone on one plug and a speaker on the other plug.