Just bought an official samaung navigation kit but did not receive the sticky cup mount seen in YouTube unboxing videos which enables you to mount on the dashboard.
Are we getting ripped off in Australia or is this no longer included?
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HI everyone, been reading th eforum for a while now, and the questions if car kits keeps comming up.
I managed to find one today online, looks ok, but needs professional installation.
here is the link ( and no, before you ask, I am nothing to do with the company, just came across it while looking for accessories for my new XDA)
http://www.directmobileaccessories.com/product_info.php/cPath/161_162/products_id/585
hope it's good!
Thanks
John
Product not found!
Sorry about that, if you look under O2 in the same page you will see it. Ever so sorry about that.
damn links!!
This is the O2 xda car kit
I ordered the kit from directmobileaccesories.com and it arrived yesterday, it is an O2 boxed xda car kit.
Everything works fine - except - I removed my old Nokia 9110 car kit which had a radio mute kit that feeds the phone through the car speakers, and tried to connect the radio mute from the O2 kit to the radio mute lead used by the Nokia car kit. When I place the xda in the cradle it immediately cuts over from the radio to the phone, even before the phone part of the xda is activated.
I have a radio mute on the steering console so I have temporarily disconnected the mute lead and fitted the speaker that came with the xda car kit.
Any suggestions why the radio mute cuts over straight away ?
Try making a call
Hi,
I have seen the same behaviour, it looks like the mute works reversed. If you make a call the radio will swotch on.
If this is your problem it should be easy to fix by using a small relay or something similiar.
Francois
the problem has resolved itself
the problem I had with the radio muting all the time has resolved itself, it now works perfectly.
I am looking for info / help on Car Kits.
I have a TomTom Navigator SatNav System and am trying to decide whether or not to by an O2 Car Kit or Start modifying what I allready have to do the same job.
1. Does the O2 Car kit have voice cancellation Circuitry to reduce bounce back to my caller.
2. Does anyone have any circuit diagrams that will create the Radio Mute function on audio output from the XDA (I also want the radio to mute on voice navigation prompts)
3. Does the O2 Car Kit have a socket to enable me to attach my TomTom GPS Reciever or will i have to modify the Car Kit if i decide to buy rather than make.
4. Whats the cheapest place in the UK to buy the car kit from.
5. Does anyone have any other advice on this topic as it would be very usefull to me.
roycruse said:
I am looking for info / help on Car Kits.
I have a TomTom Navigator SatNav System and am trying to decide whether or not to by an O2 Car Kit or Start modifying what I allready have to do the same job.
1. Does the O2 Car kit have voice cancellation Circuitry to reduce bounce back to my caller.
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I think, the Car kit does include such a system. The "voice quality" is quiet good, like on other car kits....
roycruse said:
2. Does anyone have any circuit diagrams that will create the Radio Mute function on audio output from the XDA (I also want the radio to mute on voice navigation prompts)
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This is the same function like the original Car kit do. It does mute the radio on all audio ouputs from the xda. There is no difference if the audio output is either from a calling, nor from the Navisystem, nor if the mediaplayer is used. But this is also a little problem. It turns off radio too, when you tap on the startmenu and get the "tap-beep"....
roycruse said:
3. Does the O2 Car Kit have a socket to enable me to attach my TomTom GPS Reciever or will i have to modify the Car Kit if i decide to buy rather than make.
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You have to modify it a little bit. Most of the GPS Recievers have a PS2 Connector to attach it to the XDA. The Car kit have an other Connector (don't know what it is..). i change the connectors of the Car kit to PS2 and it works fine....
roycruse said:
4. Whats the cheapest place in the UK to buy the car kit from.
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I buyed my Car Kit at Ebay for 149.- €uro. This was the cheapiest place i found... (I live in Germany)
roycruse said:
5. Does anyone have any other advice on this topic as it would be very usefull to me.
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There is a thread about FVH an he has also a review of the original car kit.
Search here in the forum...
Regards
Stefan
One more question
I notice the O2 car kit claims to require professional installation and an external antenea
I presume the external antenea is optional and not required.
What is actually involved in connecting it all up - both electrically and physically.
In every car kit, there is a hint, to go to an "professional" to install it.
But you can do it yourself, when you're able to do some basic "electrical an pysical" installations.
You need to connect it to circuit of the car and to your radio and you have to install the speaker and the microphone. That's all.
The external antena is optional and not required. The same thing with the gps-receiver.
At the car kit are connectors for:
battery +
battery -
icognition or also battery +
Radio mute
2 x speaker output
microphone
external antena
gps
That's all...
I recently got an AT&T Tilt and am looking for a good, reliable bluetooth kit for my 2005 Toyota 4Runner. I found two different kits that look good, and I want to know if any of you have any experience with these:
Parrot 3200 LS Color:
http://reviews.cnet.com/car-audio/parrot-3200-ls-color/4505-3425_7-32138918.html
THB Bury Comfort Compact 9060:
http://yourwirelesssource.com/buy/accessories/cat/1005/accessory/301883?eventGroup=4&eventPage=1
I just want a good kit that wires into the vehicle and uses the car speakers. Any suggestions on other kits are welcome.
Thank You for the help.
Motorola T605. I'm looking at getting that one now and it looks pretty good. I would link to it, but I'm tired, I've been drinking, and I will be asleep in about 117 seconds from now.
www.safewireless.com
Visit www.safewireless.com and check out the car kit demos on the parrot car kits, this will give you a real feel of the kits. Also they have car kit and harness bundles.
If you have any questions, call them and they will tell you evrything you need to know about Parrot car kits.
greenhead said:
I recently got an AT&T Tilt and am looking for a good, reliable bluetooth kit for my 2005 Toyota 4Runner. I found two different kits that look good, and I want to know if any of you have any experience with these:
Parrot 3200 LS Color:
http://reviews.cnet.com/car-audio/parrot-3200-ls-color/4505-3425_7-32138918.html
THB Bury Comfort Compact 9060:
http://yourwirelesssource.com/buy/accessories/cat/1005/accessory/301883?eventGroup=4&eventPage=1
I just want a good kit that wires into the vehicle and uses the car speakers. Any suggestions on other kits are welcome.
Thank You for the help.
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I got this last night and its great http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=390945
I was specifically looking for a wire free audio streaming soloution, but the hands free profile stuff works great.
Hi I have used a parrot ck3100 for years now (for the last 4 phones I have had) cant fault it updated the software through Bluetooth each time and still working today, easiest way I found to fix in to the car to mute radio and put call through speakers is to get a conversion lead form a dealer, (£20.00 ish in the uk) this fits between your radio and the car kit.
I have the parrot kit installed in my subaru. my tilt and my wifes samsung are paired to it and the friggin thing works great. i suggestthat if you have the original radio in your veichle, then get the wiring adaptor for that car. this way no wires have to be cut. if needed, i will post a link here for the website were i got the adaptor for my subaru.
I also have the CK3100. It USUALLY works great, but I have had some issues w/ my Tilt. Occaisionally, it will phantom dial when I first start the vehicle. When that particular glitch occurs, it will continue to randomly mute the stereo for a couple of seconds every few minutes.
A recent firmware update to the Parrot seemed to fix the problem, but it started again after a week. I just got a new Tilt (warranty replacement) and haven't had the problem again, but it's only been a couple of days. It was a week after that firmware update before the issue recurred.
If you go w/ the Parrot, I highly recommend www.parrotkits.com for a wiring harness. I'll say that I did not like the way it functioned in my Nissan Titan due to the way the factory stereo is configured - it caused a loud pop in the amp when switching between the stereo and phone. In most other vehicles, this should not be a problem. It sure did make the install a breeze.
Dan
I am thinking about replacing my car stereo with an android head unit.
I have been reading the forum but do have some open questions:
1. How good are these head units?
2. Most head units seem to run older versions of android so I am concerned that the playstore and apps are not going to be supported for much longer. Which headunits are somewhat modern (good specs) with good developer support. I assume there are no treble supported headunits yet?
3. My primary use case for an android headunit are:
- listen to podcasts (PocketCasts?)
- GPS navigations (Google Maps or Waze)
- see my reverse camera when backing up
- listen to music (Pandora, Spotify, youtube, or stored music)
- listen to the radio (probably nice to have)
4. I am planning to get a dashcam and I saw that some headunits integrate with dashcam + reversing camera
5. Would be nice to be able to use a Bluetooth or something remote on the steering wheel. Ideally something discreet/small that can be glued to the back of the steering wheel ...
6. I am not planning to install a separate SIM card in the head unit (thanks ridiculous carrier prices in the US). How successful have people been getting their headunit to rely on Wifi at home and tethering to the phone when driving.
7. I saw some threads about headunits "sleeping" when the car is off - I drive an electric car, so I definitely want the unit to be OFF when the car is off. Don't care if it takes 10-30 seconds to boot.
8. Any recommendations for single DIN headunits that match the above requirements/use case? Don't need or want a gigantic screen and certainly do not want a motorized screen ... there seem to be some nice headunits where a 7" screen is mounted to a single DIN unit and the screen can be moved up and down depending on where you need it in the car.
You are actually considering an Android head unit, not Android Auto.
This is Android Auto:
https://www.android.com/auto/
Android headunits have several dedicated sections here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/android-head-units
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/mtcb-android-head-units-qa - for older units running Android 4.4 or 5.1
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/mtcd-discussion-questions-development - for newer units
Since you do not seem familiar with Android headunits and their specifics I strongly advise against gambling on Chinese units. Getting an Android Auto/Car Play compatible unit from an established manufacturer (the Sony XAV AX-100 seems pretty popular) would be a much safer option at similar price.
I have installed the ossuret android 10 head unit in my car and its ok but the DAB isn't great I have a dab+ box and have installed the app for it I just wondered if there was a way to update the software or install a better radio player as on the fm player built in its meant to have RDS but all I get is the name of the station no description etc I have an external DAB aerial so I think that's the best I can do unless anyone can recommend a better one as I found the supplied windscreen aerial crap
Install DAB Z from the playstore