XDA IIs custom mount / kit for tomtom 5 - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General

http://www.pdamods.com/products.asp?cat=23 have a custom mount for the XDA IIs this works with the wired GPS receiver from tomtom with rj11 cable
However I think the Vodaphone VPA connector is different and I have found it is a different connector, can someone confirm this ?

jashry said:
http://www.pdamods.com/products.asp?cat=23 have a custom mount for the XDA IIs this works with the wired GPS receiver from tomtom with rj11 cable
However I think the Vodaphone VPA connector is different and I have found it is a different connector, can someone confirm this ?
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Can't say, but I do have that cradle from pdamods with my XDAIIs and it works a treat. It needs a little bit of self-adhesive velcro (the soft side) stuck on the inside to stop the PDA from rattling, but otherwise it's great.
I'd be amazed if the VPA is any different as they are all basically the same unit, but it would be worth trying. Sadly, I had a VPA on my desk until last week when I sent it back to Vodafone, but I never tried it in this cradle
Side-by-side pics:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/10/vodafone_vpa_iii/

I do not think it works, does anyone have a Vodaphone VPA that can confirm, please ??? They seem to have changed the socket

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XDAII powered car mount Arkon CM532

t'ello all....
I have just bought an arkon CM532 with xda2 adaptor. This seems to do the job as a hands free kit, with the usual bugs of noisy GPRS feedback etc, but I can live with that....BUT - I need a GPS ariel that will plug into the cradle and thus the xda2.....I have tomtom software ready to go, but I dont really want a bluetooth GPS, as we all know, bluetooth and xda = hell.
Any ideas?????
Would this work from ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3730&item=5134905894&rd=1
No idea where you got the idea that BlueTooth GPS and the XDA2 are incompatible - mine worked fine after the first O2 update was applied...
As long as you get the right cable it should be fine.
Bluetooth is more convenient, as you only need the adaptor for charging, and most journeys take less than the GPS battery life.
I use a Pretec Bluetooth GPS I bought from eBay,
works fine.
its not so much the bluetooth that puts me off, more the fact that the arkon has the ability to charge a gps receiver that is connected to it via the RJ11 socket, and I want to know which gps reciever has this RJ11 connector. Otherwise, if I go the bluetooth route, I will have 2 cigarette adapators, and only 1 cigrette lighter socket! Plus, ill forget to charge the receiver too.....
Are you sure you have a Arkon CM532 - mine has no RJ11 sockets anywhere!
What it does have are two power-only USB ports on the base - either side of the regular 5v input socket - and a 5v output on the side which feeds my Socket GPS.
I can also recommend sticky-backed velcro as a fastening medium for attaching the GPS to the side-arm of the Akron.
That said, I really dislike the Arkon - I'd much rather a dedicated until like the one made by CarComm. However, the only UK distributor are idiots.
xda2 cradle for sale
CMPC-15 Mobile PDA Cradle for XDA II / MDA II / Qtek 2020 / i-Mate
Cradle for the XDA II / MDA II / Qtek 2020 / i-Mate with original bottom connector and steady fitting for the XXDA II / MDA II / Qtek 2020 / i-Mate. Specially designed for mobile use.Charging pcb is build-in the cradle. RS-232 and PS/2 connections for connecting the PDA to for example an GPS Receiver. Also with power input connections.
Just got my new Imate PDA2K and it does not fit
£30+p+p
phone holder4
hi guys
i have this and its crap you cant hear on the speaker because of the interference from the phone i use it without the electrics.
regards kevin :evil:
its works fine as a holder and charger. as it was designed not a hands free kit
its works fine tomtom bluetooth gps sony ericsson headset
thanks all....ive gone for the tomtom 3 gps receiver.im assured that it has the relevant RJ11 connector...Ill let you all know how it goes!
On the side issue of the car kit thing, this arkon kit is pretty good I have to say, but I was always aware that it was not really a hands free car phone like those by nokia etc, and will probably jump the bluetooth headset way soon....any ideas which?

xdaIIs/GPS

I am thinking of purchasing a TOM-TOM3 GPS system has anyone got any experience using the BT ?. Is it as Temperamental as the headset. Would it be better to use a wired GPS.
Thanks
I have wired and bluetooth GPS and would say that most of the time I use the wired GPS because I use it mainly in the car and it charges my MDAIII at the same time.
tomtom 3 and BT is fine on my MDAIII
No problems here with the bluetooth connection to tomtom's own GPS.
Never lost the connection.
Left the MDA's BT on one night and woke up to an empty battery and no data though!
I am using BT TomTom no problems at all with staying connected.. you can get them for under £100 on ebay now, best gadget i've got, except the IIs of course.
Richard
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I am thinking of purchasing a TOM-TOM3 GPS system has anyone got any experience using the BT ?. Is it as Temperamental as the headset. Would it be better to use a wired GPS.
Thanks
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I've been using a TOMTOM BT GPS for a few weeks now and had no problems at all infact as with another post its my best purchase so far.
I have just got my XDA IIs, I have Tomtom 2 (Wired version), is there a cable kit that will allow me to use my existing Tomtom with the XDA IIs?
If so can someone tell me what the part number is and who stocks it?
I've got a powered holder in my car, powers the XDAIIs and the GPS antenna (Holux 210 I think!). The holder also feeds Tx & Rx to the XDA on serial port 1.
I've also used the holder to just power the XDA and BT antenna and it also works fine.
Got it from www.nemesisgb.com - they are the importers
The actual product can be found here
www.brodit.com and type in 970612 into the quicksearch box on the right hand side
...Spence
I have used ToTom 3 with their branded BT GPS for ages now and it works a treat, best accessory I had for my XDA II and it works just as well with my XDA IIs
s93ncer said:
I've got a powered holder in my car, powers the XDAIIs and the GPS antenna (Holux 210 I think!). The holder also feeds Tx & Rx to the XDA on serial port 1.
I've also used the holder to just power the XDA and BT antenna and it also works fine.
Got it from www.nemesisgb.com - they are the importers
The actual product can be found here
www.brodit.com and type in 970612 into the quicksearch box on the right hand side
...Spence
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Thanks for the reply, sorry been a long time before I got a chance to read it, busy christmas. That sounds like just what I need, I have a couple of further questions though.
1. The connections it talks about is a PS2-cable with RX, TX, 5V is this the connection that looks like an RJ11 modem cable or is this the same as a PS2 connection for a PC keyboard/mouse? My cable looks like a modem style RJ11 connector.
2. Does is come with a windscreen suction mount, I couldn't see it in the description and there were no specific pictures?
1. The connections it talks about is a PS2-cable with RX, TX, 5V is this the connection that looks like an RJ11 modem cable or is this the same as a PS2 connection for a PC keyboard/mouse? My cable looks like a modem style RJ11 connector.
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The connection I've got is a PS2 like a Mouse/keyboard.
The antenna you have sounds like a Leadtek which is branded as TomTom - looks like a flat silver square?
As it happens I now work for Nemesis and we are working on a connector to connect your antenna to the holder we supply.
2. Does is come with a windscreen suction mount, I couldn't see it in the description and there were no specific pictures?
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You can get a bracket that fits your vehicle and then you screw the holder to the bracket.
There is another option though.
If you have a lead that plugs into the cigar lighter, powers the antenna and the XDA (I found one at www.handnav.co.uk ) then you can do something different.
Get a bracket for your car
Get holder number 849612 from Brodit
Use the lead to power the holder and the antenna
I have attached pictures of the above config for a XDAII as I had to use the IIs to take the pictures!!!
Hope this helps
..Spence
Thanks again, how soon do you think Nemesis will have a compatible cradle or adapter ready to market?
It might be worth waiting depending on time scales involved?
Or maybe the Tomtom cable, the 1 at the bottom of the pics laid out like a W is already ok, I have one like this to fit my HP Jornada 545 (an old relic from Aug 2000). This cable looks a lot like the cable shown in your pic except for the PDA end, which splits into 2, 1 is for data the other for power. The power part looks similar to a Sony Ericsson telephone charger cable, so again I'm not sure if this will suffice.
I wish there was a shop I could just go into with these things, as it all seems harder to explain when I don't know what all the bits are called. I can't really expect ppl to find a peg for a hole if I can't tell them what shape the hole is, and with hole on my PDA and my GPS receiver it gets doubly confusing!!!!
I'm using Navman 4100 BT GPS, the singal is great and never drop BT connection. It comes with a Y cable that can charge both the IIs and Navman.
But check out the all-in-one solution from Brando... Cheapest alternative I've ever seen.... http://shop.brando.com.hk/universalgpscarholder.php
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I'm using Navman 4100 BT GPS, the singal is great and never drop BT connection. It comes with a Y cable that can charge both the IIs and Navman.
But check out the all-in-one solution from Brando... Cheapest alternative I've ever seen.... http://shop.brando.com.hk/universalgpscarholder.php
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Anyone know where I can get one of these in the UK?

THB Car Kit XDA Orbit HTC3300 Artemis

Things are almost perfect. I'm in love with my Orbit. I've downloaded TomTom 6 to it and works great. I've also discovered that on the back of the phone, not only is there a socket for an external GPS but on the other side there is socket for I assume an external car aerial I have been using the Take n Talk car kit from THB with their modular cradles for some time now. Having an external aerial and a fully wired car kit is ace. Now all I want is the cradle for the Orbit for perfection!! If you haven't used a proper car kit you should check out the THB range. If like me you use a THB kit now please please please lobby them to produce the take and talk cradle for the Artemis, orbit HTC3300 etc. The contact page is: http://www.bury.com/technologies/GB/company/2/contact
and the main site is: http://www.bury.com/technologies/GB Don't forget in the UK fines will increase if you're not using a handfree car kit!!
Well, I got the above installed and had some questions,
1. How did you connect using the external aerial?
2. The camera button always comes on when I put the phone on the cradle. What a pain.
3. The cradle does not have any support at the base - phone would fall off when brakes are applied.
Did anyone else had this problem. I am using the Take and talk BT cradle with this car kit?
Thanks.
I also used THB for my previous phones . I had the same car kit in both our cars so we could swop cradles and when I upgraded my phone I simply bought a new cradle. I spoke several times to THB and theywill not produce the cradles for P3300 or P3600!...shame!
I have found a better solution I have a blue tooth car kit with its own sim card & aerial and I can couple up to 4 different bluetooth phones!......this way I now carry 2 phones in the car!
here is the web address the model I have is Audio com
http://www.funkwerkdabendorf.de
http://www.funkwerkdabendorf.de/con...?ID=4608&dbc=606ff437b7de9f08c473f7c0574d371b
regards
Rafiki
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Hi. check out this site www.ishoppe.co.uk. Mobile phone accessories are available at cheap prices. may be you get your desire product from there.

3 in 1 USB Adapter HTC TyTn P3300 etc...

There is such interesting device:
HTC 3-in-1 USB Adapter
Features:
11pins to 11pins HTC adapter, with USB port and 3.5mm Stereo Head Jack, you can connect to your own headphone or amplifier for audio and the USB port, you are able to charge the device via USB cable at the same time.
Support :
HTC P4350/HTC Herald/Dopod C800/Dopod C858
HTC Trinity/HTC P3600/Qtek P3600/Orange SPV M700/Dopod D810/Dopod CHT9100
O2 XDA Orbit/HTC P3300/HTC Artemis/Qtek G200/Dopod P800W/Dopod M700/T-Mobile MDA Compact III/Orange SPV M650
O2 Xda Cosmo/HTC Excalibur/HTC S620/T-Mobile Dash/Dopod C720W
HTC S310/HTC Oxygen/Orange SPV C100/Qtek 7200
O2 XDA Trion/MDA Vario II/Cingular 8525/i-mate JASJAM/Qtek 9600/HTC TyTN/Dopod CHT9000/Orange SPV M3100/Vodafone 1605/Dopod 838Pro
HTC MTeoR/HTC Breeze/Dopod 595/Qtek 8600
Of course I can not say if it's working flawlesly with all listed devices, but with my HTC P3300 (Artemis) it works great.
I received one extra adapter as a present, so if you are in the Netherlands and interested to have it, I can sell my second adapter for 10 EUR. Please PM me with the suggestions
What do they charge for this?
RalphLauren said:
There is such interesting device:
HTC 3-in-1 USB Adapter
Features:
11pins to 11pins HTC adapter, with USB port and 3.5mm Stereo Head Jack, you can connect to your own headphone or amplifier for audio and the USB port, you are able to charge the device via USB cable at the same time.
Support :
HTC P4350/HTC Herald/Dopod C800/Dopod C858
HTC Trinity/HTC P3600/Qtek P3600/Orange SPV M700/Dopod D810/Dopod CHT9100
O2 XDA Orbit/HTC P3300/HTC Artemis/Qtek G200/Dopod P800W/Dopod M700/T-Mobile MDA Compact III/Orange SPV M650
O2 Xda Cosmo/HTC Excalibur/HTC S620/T-Mobile Dash/Dopod C720W
HTC S310/HTC Oxygen/Orange SPV C100/Qtek 7200
O2 XDA Trion/MDA Vario II/Cingular 8525/i-mate JASJAM/Qtek 9600/HTC TyTN/Dopod CHT9000/Orange SPV M3100/Vodafone 1605/Dopod 838Pro
HTC MTeoR/HTC Breeze/Dopod 595/Qtek 8600
Of course I can not say if it's working flawlesly with all listed devices, but with my HTC P3300 (Artemis) it works great.
I received one extra adapter as a present, so if you are in the Netherlands and interested to have it, I can sell my second adapter for 10 EUR. Please PM me with the suggestions
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Can you point me where to get one?
No answer .... That would be a very usefull accesory to my mobile
So... Anyone else can tell us where to find such things?
Later edit:
I've found them on goolge @ 17$
http://www.google.ro/search?q=HTC+3-in-1+USB+Adapter&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a
nice one, i did wonder if you could use headphones and charge at the same time
does anyone know if it will work with mains charger or is it just the USB charge from a PC ?
Thanks
PayableOnDeath said:
nice one, i did wonder
1) if you could use headphones and charge at the same time
2)does anyone know if it will work with mains charger or is it just the USB charge from a PC ?
Thanks
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1) YES
2) YES
Nice find
I found it on an auction site for 16.99 US. This will do nicely!
kenshin_himura said:
No answer .... That would be a very usefull accesory to my mobile
So... Anyone else can tell us where to find such things?
Later edit:
I've found them on goolge @ 17$
http://www.google.ro/search?q=HTC+3-in-1+USB+Adapter&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a
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you can find it here too http://www.expansys.com/
FM radio?
3 in 1 USB Adapter HTC TyTn P3300 etc...
Nice tool, will be useful for my mobil
If connect it with HTC and 3,5 jack headset will FM radio work?
Well if you have a Hermes, no amount of adapters will make the FM radio work... Doesn't have an FM radio chip onboard.
Artemis has radio but if you plug in the headphones via an addapter like the one shown above it doesn't work, neither does it work if you use the mini USB to 3,5MM socket version, great for normal headphones but forget using the radio with these - Mike
Yes, I have Artemis with FM on board.
Thanks for an answer,
I thought that adater includes piece of wire that can be uses as FM antenna.
The addapter does not contain the correct conections to enable the Artemis to use it as an aerial so you get no reception when doing this. The only other way I know of is to cut your plug off the supplied headset and solder up a 3,5MM socket to it (there are some wiring diagrams of how to do this in the Artemis section of this forum) - Mike

help: exec and GPS cradle

Hi, I have recently bought a O2 exec with wm5 and a brand new JASJAR car cradle with a built in GPS receiver. I was told the cradle would work with the exec when i bought it
I have installed TT 5.21. When the exec is in the cradle and i run TT5.21 i am unable to detect the wired gps despite trying the various options. TT5 works when i connect to the BT gps receiver.
The cradle has power and recharges the exec when its cradled.
I have also installed a new rom thinking that it might solve the problem, but it hasnt.
Any help/advise would be appreciated on getting the wired gps receiver to work.
Are you sure it has a GPS built in? Can you give us the details on the cradle and where you bought it?
Psi
PsiDOC said:
Are you sure it has a GPS built in? Can you give us the details on the cradle and where you bought it?
Psi
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Yes I am sure it has gps built in. I bought it from GPSforless...details below
PDA Holder - XDA Exec - T-Mobile MDA Pro - I-MATE JASJAR - Orange SPV M5000 - QTEK 9000 Car kit with inbuilt 20 channel Sirf III GPS receiver. This cradle has high frequency microphone allowing handsfree functionality. The high volume speaker makes it easy to hear your caller while driving.
The rom i installed was the one that you created
Thanks for your help on this
Am not familiar with that cradle and to be honest have always used my trusty Holux Bluetooth gps with the exec.
I am assuming it connects via the USB socket, therefore may require a driver on the exec. What does the documentation say?
If all else fails give the vendor a call tomorrow.
Sorry I cannot be a bit more specific.
Regards,
Psi
Exec Cradle with Powered GPS cradle.
PsiDOC said:
Am not familiar with that cradle and to be honest have always used my trusty Holux Bluetooth gps with the exec.
I am assuming it connects via the USB socket, therefore may require a driver on the exec. What does the documentation say?
If all else fails give the vendor a call tomorrow.
Sorry I cannot be a bit more specific.
Regards,
Psi
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Hi Psi, I have spoken with the vendor and they informed me that the powered gps is bluetooth. It took me less than 5 mins to get the exec working.
Having now used the cradle and gps, I am very impressed with it.
Thanks for your assistance and help.
Nigel

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