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Looks to be just what I'm looking for, Its not going to fit the Titan perfectly but it looks like it would work.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/FM-Transmitter-M...ryZ20336QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
If anyone has one on a Titan please give us a review.
Chris
well i just bought one so i'll review it when i get it.
I'm curious... let me know how this works... Very curious to see if it works good with the Slingbox. If I could run the audio of the TV through my car speakers... I'm buying it soon after!
THANKS!
Well I got the transmitter yesterday and was initially pleased with the size and appearance. My first disappointment was that it will not charge the device while playing music. That was the point of my purchase. I have sent a question to the seller about this. I may have got a faulty transmitter.
Also the sound has static in the lower range. If you play anything with crunch like metallica, it just sounds like distortion... on top of distortion... This can be reduced by turning down the system vol on the titan and jacking up the radio but you have to remember to reduce the vol on the radio after you finish using the transmitter. The cig. adapter and charging cable is small and discreet and works very well to charge the device but when the charging cable is attached to power the transmitter the device receives no power. Also, the design of the transmitter will not allow you to jury rig power with the solid Y adapter. This would not bother me on short drives but my work makes me drive prolonged distances so the phone would be dead by the time I arrived. Also in situations where GPS is needed you would have to disconnect the transmitter and connect the power adapter to keep it functional.
The mic built into the transmitter works on about the same level as the speaker phone mic.
Tested on:
VW/ 8 speaker Monsoon Radio with aftermarket antenna pre-amp. (2x better than stock antenna pre-amp)
just to add to this...never tired to specific one being discussed but i thought i would share the one i am using found here
The Motorola T505 it works great connects to phone using bluetooth and broadcasts any audio from it to an fm frequency. it pairs with my touch every time and so far no disappointment's...it's a little more expensive but i think it's worth it. Come with a card charger 2 and the battery last pretty good.
"The Motorola T505"
Looks good! Do you mind me asking how much $$ it was?
i got it for 99$ on sale at Future Shop it's regular 129.99.
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do somebody can work it??
Yes it works. I'm still using it but not being able to charge the phone while playing music is its down fall. I'm still looking for the ultimate solution.
Chris
Buy one of these socket splitters and use the dual adapter that you should have received with your phone. That should solve your problem. Note: buy extra fuses for the socket splitter. They tend to pop every now and then.
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Splitter-Adapter-Cigarette-Replaceable/dp/B000O1EAXI
Motorola t505
Just wanted to pipe in that I'm using the T505 and love it. Have had it for almost 8-9 months (I believe I got it from Futureshop as well for about $89). I liked it so much that recommended it to my dad and he bought one. I think they're now much cheaper.
Hi all,
First post! I just ordered my Xperia X1i from eBay. I did months and months of research and am sooooooo excited about my new phone. This is my first PDA phone (I do have a Dell X51v though). It will be replacing my X51v, external GPS, CD player in car, etc. etc.
I realize these are not dealbreakers at the prices they're asking for, but I just want to know if there's any quality/dangerous reasons not to buy these.
Basically, what I'm planning to buy is:
1) Xperia X1 miniusd wall charger (the X1i comes with foreign adapter I think)
2) Car charger
3) MAYBE a dock.
Case -- I am still up in the air about what the "best" overall case is. I can't seem to find one.
LINK #1:
http://tinyurl.com/ly4mfq
This is the one I'm thinking about getting for the wall-charger + car charger.
LINK #2:
http://tinyurl.com/lvow67
Or I might skip the wall charger and get just the car charger to use my Xperia as my music player in my car.
LINK #3:
http://tinyurl.com/mex9sg
Or I might actually get this for the wall charger + dock, but am unsure of the quality.
Any comments on the quality of either 3 posts OR recommendations for comparably priced objects you know of decent quality are appreciated!
The cradle looks interesting
Because the Xperia uses a mini usb port for charging you can use any generic usb charger, it doesn't have to be Xperia specific.
i.e I use my Kids iPod USB charger in the lounge room, the supplied SE usb wall charger in my bedroom, a USB car charger I already owned in the car and a few of my friends have Nokia Razr's and I use their Nokia mini USB chargers at their place, my laptop USB port at work etc.
I was also lucky that I had 1/2 dozen Usb to mini USB cable lying around when my Xperia arrived.
(When I 1st got the thing, I needed chargers in all those locations too )
stisev said:
Hi all,
First post! I just ordered my Xperia X1i from eBay. I did months and months of research and am sooooooo excited about my new phone. This is my first PDA phone (I do have a Dell X51v though). It will be replacing my X51v, external GPS, CD player in car, etc. etc.
I realize these are not dealbreakers at the prices they're asking for, but I just want to know if there's any quality/dangerous reasons not to buy these.
Basically, what I'm planning to buy is:
1) Xperia X1 miniusd wall charger (the X1i comes with foreign adapter I think)
2) Car charger
3) MAYBE a dock.
Case -- I am still up in the air about what the "best" overall case is. I can't seem to find one.
LINK #1:
http://tinyurl.com/ly4mfq
This is the one I'm thinking about getting for the wall-charger + car charger.
LINK #2:
http://tinyurl.com/lvow67
Or I might skip the wall charger and get just the car charger to use my Xperia as my music player in my car.
LINK #3:
http://tinyurl.com/mex9sg
Or I might actually get this for the wall charger + dock, but am unsure of the quality.
Any comments on the quality of either 3 posts OR recommendations for comparably priced objects you know of decent quality are appreciated!
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Re. your #3, you can see there is a similar one in www.taobao.com
http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-bed655a6d137db61308eaacec76c54d1.jhtml?cm_cat=0
Much cheaper....
I bought a "HTC" branded car charger from Ebay last week.
I got it in the mail today and it seems to be to be built too cheep to be actual HTC brand.
Is there a way to tell what is actual HTC and what is a second hand knock off?
Im not to sure I want to use this charger on my phone for fear it will get damaged.
Was it shipped from China/HongKong? => it is fake
Was it bought on eBay => it is fake
To be honest, I have never seen a HTC HD2 car charger made by HTC(perhaps it is sold with the car holder?). I need such thing but to be honest, I am also a little bit scared about damaging my phone.
Take some images so we can all take a look.
The HTC version of the car charger has the part that lugs in to the cigarette lighter and then a SEPARATE usb wire that connects to it which then connects to the phone, the wire is not permanently attached to the plug. If you bought one of those adapters that say "HTC" on it and glows (for under $10), you bought a fake.
I've got this item:
pearl.fr/automobile/accessoires-12v/station-de-recharge-usb-allume-cigare_PX1093.html add www before because of the silly antispam regulation
with the usb wire it's work well and I can charge 4 device in the same time (hd2/mp3/buetooh car hand free/gps
great and cheap
anyway 5 Volt is 5 volt and it's working !
Thanks for the replies...
yeah its from Ebay and it has the glowing HTC logo on it. wich = fake.
Oh well. glad I didnt spend a lot on it
guess it will be going into the trash with the packaging it came in. I am NOT going to risk my phone for over this piece of garbage.
thanks for the heads up on the "real" HTC car charger. Will search for one of them instead.
wolfee
wolfee said:
yeah its from Ebay and it has the glowing HTC logo on it. wich = fake.
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Huh? The official one has a lit HTC logo...
I have the official car mount and it comes with the car charger + cable. It's flat on the USB end and has a backlit HTC above the USB port.
Also, you can buy them separately.
does it work? if so, whats the big deal?
Like someone has asked, get some pictures up so we can inspect it
Charger
Seriously. I bought a Micro USB cable from the store for like 5.99. Been using the same cigarette USB universal charger for everything from GPS, to Tilt 2, to PSP, to bluetooth headsets using the same adaptor. Never had a single problem for about 3-4 years...
HTC=Taiwan
Taiwan=China (depending on who you want to ask)
Hong Kong =China
Has anyone found a good car charger that they know works with the Focus? My dad's super-paranoid about my phone, and wants me to have a car charger. The problem, as many of you probably know, is that the Focus seems finnicky about what chargers it gets along with. Does anyone have one that they've tried that works?
I went with the Belkin Micro USB car adapter, works great, especially if you need to charge other USB devices.
This is the charger I used. It's made by Motorola but it works great with the Focus. Plus the LED light is a transparent window which looks awesome. It doesn't quite look like the photo. It's also discounted. I'll probably be ordering a couple more to keep in my other car.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875982168
IGO
I use the IGO car charger with the tip for my Samsung Focus. I also have the tip for my wifes Samsung Sync A707. I also had the tip for my FUZE when I was using that. It was nice, we could travel and just bring the additional tip and charge either phone. Works on my Focus very well.
I bought my Focus from Costco and they gave me a free no-name chinese car charger with the phone. I used it only once so far and my phone did not explode or anything, but I don't know if it was actually charging or not. The battery icon had the 'plug' graphic on it, but how can I tell if it was working properly?
I ended up getting a cheap charger off from eBay, it's kind of like the motorola listed that has the USB port. It also came with the USB cable and another house plug-in with the USB port. I travel a lot for the military so I like to have a spare cable and house charger.
i've used a Griffin which has a USB plugin...from my blackberry phone, HTC Tilt2 (winmo 6.5), HTC Aria (android), and will use it on my Focus. but with the battery, i haven't had a need for it yet lol. off the home charger with a full charge at 6:30am...drove to atlanta (well covered 3G area) to Athens (so so 3G) and all the back home down back roads through no name towns (spotty coverage). it's now 5:30 and i'm still showing half a battery gauge. that's with a few calls, plenty of texting, and a lot of web browsing.
damn i love this phone
I use one I got from Costco with my Backflip last year. I figured all micro USB would be fine.
Got a couple Rocketfish ones from Best Buy - work great
IMO, the Belkin is nice because it is low-profile. a very clean looking charging setup. Also can use whatever microusb I have handy rather than some dedicated cable.
DownbeatClique said:
I went with the Belkin Micro USB car adapter, works great, especially if you need to charge other USB devices.
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Get the OEM charger here. I have had no issue with the MicroUSB connector, unlike my last car charger that just died. Can't beat the price either.
I bought three of these chargers...
I got three of these chargers off amazon. They are oem, but are official motorola and look really nice. They have a translucent window with the M on them that lights up when they are plugged in. They are a steal at less than five dollars. Go here-->http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehicle-Adapter-micro-USB-Charger/dp/B000S5Q9CA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304549428&sr=8-1-spell.
That's what I got too, just through Amazon for prime 2 day.
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I was wondering if anyone has found a car dock yet that's designed for the Nexus 7.
I am mainly looking for something that I can basically set it into and allow it to be hooked up to my car's power while running an aux cable (my car doesn't have bluetooth) but still have bluetooth included anyways.
I'd like to avoid the generic car mounts with charges and such seeing as I don't want to have to put it into the mount, plug in the power, then plug in the aux cable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785899
It is 'generic' but is pretty good. I have used Arkon products for years and have yet let me down.
kpjimmy said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785899
It is 'generic' but is pretty good. I have used Arkon products for years and have yet let me down.
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Yeah, unfortunately not what I'm looking for as that's a mount, I want the whole package together, not separately.
Anyone find a car dock yet for this, I've been looking and so far no luck, just more or less generic car mounts still.
You can wait for brodit. No release date.
Best to wait, nothing official out yet.
That's unfortunate that they didn't bother to launch something like this with the release, or close to it as a lot of people probably want to use this as an in-car gps/entertainment (music) system.
Well it's been a few weeks now, anyone find a Car Dock yet (not a generic mount)
arinoth said:
Well it's been a few weeks now, anyone find a Car Dock yet (not a generic mount)
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Have you checked out RAM Mounts? I can't post a direct link since I don't have 10 posts, but they now have some specific mounts for the N7. I've been using their products for years on my motorcycles and they're top quality products. They have a solution for just about any mounting idea you have.
Just Google RAM Mounts and on their home page, in the center column, third post down, you'll see a link for Google Nexus 7 Mounts.
BartmanJax said:
Have you checked out RAM Mounts? I can't post a direct link since I don't have 10 posts, but they now have some specific mounts for the N7. I've been using their products for years on my motorcycles and they're top quality products. They have a solution for just about any mounting idea you have.
Just Google RAM Mounts and on their home page, in the center column, third post down, you'll see a link for Google Nexus 7 Mounts.
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Yep, again those are just mounts, docks have built into them usb and audio out so you can charge and plug your device into your car.
arinoth said:
That's unfortunate that they didn't bother to launch something like this with the release, or close to it
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Both Brodit and Herbert Richter have a long sad history of being up to six months behind the curve when it
comes to making new holders for the the best devices. When you already have a mount system it's annoying.
I hacked another HR holder to fit my HD2 back in Feb 2010.
Still using it with my HD2 now. Don't hold your breath for a dedicated dock.
Still umming and ahing over buying the S3 in black in October or waiting for the the upcoming 1.7Ghz HTC One X+ Plus
I contacted ProClip USA and they are going to make one, but there's no ETA yet.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
One would really think that some of the bigger tablet makers would give large heads up and almost demand that some car docks be available come their product launch time...
Brodit holder for the Google Nexus 7
chevvy said:
You can wait for brodit. No release date.
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Brodit have released passive holder for the Nexus 7 so far, I'm guessing active holder won't be far behind.
Yep, that's what is called a Mount, as all it does is Mount the device.
A Dock as mentioned before has the connections built into it (usb/aux) so you just slide it in and you're all set to go, no connecting additional wires yourself.
ProClipUSA is shipping, ordered mine today
Custom fit (Brodit I imagine) and uses the USB for power (was hoping someone would use the pogo pins one of these days). Ordered mine today - it helps if you've already made the investment in their excellent car mount systems. I've got them in 3 vehicles with their Move Clip system - I love 'em. See ProclipUSA dot com for details, search under device mounts.
I have a universal phone cradle that somehow expands far enough for my Nexus 7... I'm not sure what brand it is, but I bought it at Radio Shack for about $15.
Johnny, that's a mount then NOT a dock.
Also a little steep for what ProClip is asking, you have to buy their mount + 100$ for the dock itself too
Im trying to mess with an old dock for my gs2. Ive took it apart and it has the perfect shape usb input for a custom dock.
What im thinking though would need some fiberglass work though.
A little harder but something like below with a galaxy 7
http://www.mp3car.com/worklogs/1507...-tablet-install-samsung-galaxy-tab-7-a-2.html
arinoth said:
Johnny, that's a mount then NOT a dock.
Also a little steep for what ProClip is asking, you have to buy their mount + 100$ for the dock itself too
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Yes, it's a mount. I use a USB cigarette adapter which basically turns it into a charging cradle. You really don't need anything fancy or need to spend a bunch of money to get this functionality. Sure, it would be awesome if we could get an official car dock that utilizes the POGO pins...