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Car Kit - Radio Mutes for far too long...

hi,
bought a Carcomm i-mate PDA2K Handsfree DSP Car Kit from Expansys:
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=122685
Had it professionally fitted at the weekend and the problem is that whenever there is audio out, the stereo gets muted for about ten seconds. So, during a normal Tom Tom experience with multiple turns and speed camera warnings, this basically renders the stereo useless.
Is there a way to change the amount of time the stereo is muted for?
Many many thanks
FB.

Anyone....?

Did the installer use the mute cable as supplied or did they use any sort of 'intelligent' mute system such as from Elan?

Hi, thanks for the reply.
no other kit was involved, I just gave them this:
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=122685
and they fittted it -- any ideas on how I can get around it? Whats this intelligent mute you speak of?
Cheers

FM radio performance...Anygood?

Really interested in the artemis due to its fm radio and Gps....what's the Radio like?...Is it anygood?
I tried the radio on the o2 atom and found it rubbish is the artemis any better?
Also does anyone have any screenshots of the radio app in action
Cheers

FM Radio
Just got my P3300. I have to say after 7 PPC Phones this is by far the best. In regards to your question, the FM Radio is great. Very sensitive and sounds good through the speaker. However, the biggest downfall is that you have to have the headphones plugged in to the USBExt port on the phone. They apparently hold the antenna. The app won't even start unless they are plugged in. This is a major limitation I hope someone finds a work around. Apparently there is a USBExt to 3.5mm jack adapter but I don't know if this will trick the FM Radio software into starting with out the supplied headphones.
Anyway, hope that helps.
JBW

Ahhh thats good to know ...even more tempted now
You dot happen to have any screenshots of the radio app in action at all do you?
Thanks

The Radio performance is quite good, one thing I really like is the ability to set the radio going on the channel you want, switch off the Artemis and carry on listening - certainly a power saving feature. If you need to look at a screen shot try see the image below, there are other features such as sleep timer etc, but this really isn't a purchase decision to be honest - Mike

Does it come with 2.5mm or 3.5mm or others for the audio?

Neither, see bwallis post above! the audio is routed through the mini USB OR A2DP Bluetooth, this works very well, but the radio still needs the earphones plugged in as they are the aerial - Mike

mikealder said:
Neither, see bwallis post above! the audio is routed through the mini USB OR A2DP Bluetooth, this works very well, but the radeo still needs the earphones plugged in as they are the aerial - Mike
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Thanks for your information. Can I use BT headset to enjoy the radio instead of the wired headphone?

I don't think so - I have tried the radio running with the device conected via A2DP to the cars system, the Artemis Radio plays through the wired headset while any other noise is routed over bluetooth through the car deck. Even if you managed to get the audio routed to a BT headset you will still need the wired phones plugged in to get the radio program to actually work - Mike

Yep.. if I'm not wrong, the software BlueCast can transfer ALL sounds (incl ones from your TomTom and Radio) through A2DP. But in order for the Radio to work, physically plugging in something into the miniUSB port is a must.
Anyways, does the package come with a mini-USB to 2.5mm jack? or is it 3.5mm? I'm currently using a 2.5mm cable with mic.. and was hoping to use back the same if I were to get this Artemis..
Thanks

FYI, the 3.5 to USB adapter does not work to allow FM radio with your own headphones. It pops an error that you need the headphones plugged in to use the radio. Until a hack is found, you must plug in the supplied headphones.
db

erm do you actually need the headphones to be plugged in, in order to get the RDS/TMC info traffic for GPS softs like Destinator6?

Don't think it does RDS/TMC

is there any register hack that will start de fm-radio program ??

Hi fellas.. Just realised from one of the reviews that the mini-USB connector is shaped differently than the standard symmetrical one. Are they compatible?
Thanks

I confirm ... They are compatible !!!

rionuj said:
I confirm ... They are compatible !!!
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Thanks bro. What a relief!

Hi there!
Anybody knows if the FM-radio has RDS support??
PK

RDS yes but only for the radio station name, nothing else is used - you get the station name when it is transmitted and your headphone leads can pick-up the data - Mike

Hi!
OK, does this mean that AF (alternative frequency) is not supported?
PK

mikealder said:
RDS yes but only for the radio station name, nothing else is used - you get the station name when it is transmitted and your headphone leads can pick-up the data - Mike
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Does this require any special trick ? In my case I can't see any station names ? (I can see them on normal radio). I am using the standard headphone attached.

Attention registry hackers...

Can anyone help me with this:
I have always used my PPC's in my car connected to an external audio jack via a 3.5mm headphone connection. Not only did I use this for music, but it also allowed me use my car stereo to hear my callers much louder than the speakerphone was capable and still let me to use the built-in mic of the PPC to talk back.
Enter my Artemis and it's proprietary mini-usb audio jack...
I purchased the HTC mini-usb to 3.5mm adapter from expansys so that I could continue to use my in-car 3.5mm connection. Works great for music and TomTom (Austin Powers is scary loud now when he tells me to turn left!) BUT the built-in microphone in the Artemis seems to be disabled whenever the adapter is inserted in the mini-usb jack! I can't use Voicecommand with it inserted and my callers can't hear me until I pull out the adapter - which then takes away my nice loud car stereo to hear them!!!
Presumably, the disabling of the mic is because the mic in the included headset is expected to be used for calls when the audio jack is occupied. I know my configuration is not "standard," but it works (or worked) great for me and I would love to be able to continue to operate this way.
My question is: can anyone tell me which registry values control when the built-in mic is disabled? There must be a value that tells the Artemis to shut off the built-in mic when the headset is plugged in. I would love to change this so that the configuration I described above will work for me again. I have some trepidation about tinkering with my registry too much when I don't have that much experience with it. I hope there is some registry guru out there that will take pity on me and take on this challenge (if it's even possible).
Thanks in advance!

You'll have problems with something like this... I'd assume that it'll work similarly to the headset antenna registry entry, where on connection of the headset a key relating to the FM Radio software is changed from a 0 to a 1 allowing the application to launch.
There are one of 2 outcomes for you though unless you want to get crafty with a button or something to make the changes for you....
1 - Although you'll be able to change the reg setting, plugin in the usb cable or disconnecting it will simply reset the key,
2 - You'll permanently change it and if you want to use anything other than the handset mic you'll need to undo the change.
I'd say more than likely if it a dymanic key though and triggered by connection or disconnection of the usb cable then option 1 will take effect. I'm guessing that you'll need a button (software or hardware assigned) to control this properly.
Good Luck!

I'm too lazy to read.
Check the state and notification broker. Otherwise you'll probably have to directly interface with the audio driver.
V

Me too...?
Hi all,
I too want this fix, using the microphone whilst drawing off the audio feed for my vehicle stereo. Can it not be done with a soldering iron & external mic wired into the dongle adaptor?
Thanks Paul

http://shop.brando.com.hk/htcstereoconverterwithmicrophone.php
Here is an adapter with microphone...

I suggest hacking a handsfree and making your own jack for the car. this is my plan soon!

Hi All,
I have the same problem with my HTC Diamond. Did anyone have a fix for this yet? As i do not mind changing the registry or if someone wanted to make a little program that would do this i would be more then happy to donate for all your troubles.. I'm unable to hack my fm transmitter as it is a holder aswell... see picture

Anyone with a concrete solution?
This seems to be a hot topic! Are we really sure that adapters with mic are not readily available?

If you're au fait with hardware hacking, haret can probably tell you which interrupts are being used and you can write a solution to poll the irqs that way.
V

There is nothing to do with Registry Hacking or Softwares in your case...
psargent said:
Can anyone help me with this:
I have always used my PPC's in my car connected to an external audio jack via a 3.5mm headphone connection. Not only did I use this for music, but it also allowed me use my car stereo to hear my callers much louder than the speakerphone was capable and still let me to use the built-in mic of the PPC to talk back.
Enter my Artemis and it's proprietary mini-usb audio jack...
I purchased the HTC mini-usb to 3.5mm adapter from expansys so that I could continue to use my in-car 3.5mm connection. Works great for music and TomTom (Austin Powers is scary loud now when he tells me to turn left!) BUT the built-in microphone in the Artemis seems to be disabled whenever the adapter is inserted in the mini-usb jack! I can't use Voicecommand with it inserted and my callers can't hear me until I pull out the adapter - which then takes away my nice loud car stereo to hear them!!!
Presumably, the disabling of the mic is because the mic in the included headset is expected to be used for calls when the audio jack is occupied. I know my configuration is not "standard," but it works (or worked) great for me and I would love to be able to continue to operate this way.
My question is: can anyone tell me which registry values control when the built-in mic is disabled? There must be a value that tells the Artemis to shut off the built-in mic when the headset is plugged in. I would love to change this so that the configuration I described above will work for me again. I have some trepidation about tinkering with my registry too much when I don't have that much experience with it. I hope there is some registry guru out there that will take pity on me and take on this challenge (if it's even possible).
Thanks in advance!
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There is so many ways of soldering of wires (Line IN & Line OUT) using a mini usb to made your PDA more compact...
The built-in microphone in the Artemis or Any other HTC Devices sure have to be disabled whenever the adapter is inserted in the mini-usb jack for the soldering of 2 Line-Out (Audio-Out Left & Right) and 1 Line-In (Audio-In/Microphone) Example: Headset that come with your PDA.
Unless HTC going to make one mini-usb to two cables,one for 3.5mm adapter for headphone and another to Mic.jack or a Microphone itself.
This is quite difficult for HTC to custom a cable or jack for individual need.
I think you have to DIY for your need in this case:
Use the headset that come with your Artemis, the one that have a Mic and mini-usb jack...
Cut away the left & right earphone, soldering the two cables into a 3.5 jack (male or female)
Both this jacks-Male or Female can be found in electronic spare-part shop anywhere.
I'm new in this forum... please cc this Thread to me 'thru Private Messages, so that i can give further help and keep track how the going you guys out there...

o2 Atom headset volume

Dear all,
I just purchased an Atom 02. The headset volume is very low even at it's highest. Any ideas to increase it?
Any help would be highly appreciated.

jaspal9 said:
Dear all,
I just purchased an Atom 02. The headset volume is very low even at it's highest. Any ideas to increase it?
Any help would be highly appreciated.
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yep! same here. the volume ear piece is really low.
any ideas will be much appreciated

try this
Check equalizer settings.. try with different handsfree..!!

Atom headsets
Hi There,
The funny part to the story is that according to O2 sources, the original Atom was released with a ROM that allowed the volume to be set TOO HIGH!! A customer tried to 'go' O2 for hearing loss... So the next ROM went too far in the other direction..
In short, it's a registry setting change that affects all later Atom ROMS. The way everyone gets around it is to get a decent Bluetooth headset.. The QStarz 360 - http://store.pressdigital.com.au/qstarz-bhq360-p-1335.html - has been the most popular with the Atom. There are some notable glitches with the last Atom rom with all Bluetooth headsets though.. To avoid getting a loud squeak from the headset when you pickup a call, you need to pickup the call on the Atom (not headset) then transfer the call to headset (using the pickup button).. This prevents the person at the other end hearing a loud squeak..
Hope this helps!
Cheers
Andy
www.pressdigital.com.au
Press Digital Support Team.
Australia's PDA Specialists.

[Q] Line out question

Hi,
i was wondering - is it possible to make a circuit loop on headset with mic so any audio signal that is coming from line out via minijack will return by microphone ? I want to record audio from game / and / or / to connect external mic to my htc desire by disassembling my current headset and connecting another mic in place of the old one.
Will this work ?

I'm quite technical with AV, IT and android and I still haven't got a clue what you are asking. Can you rephrase the question please?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

We have a minijack 3.55mm with sound output where are 3 signals, A. left and B. right (for stereo sound output), and third for input C. mic.
What i want to do is make from microphone C an line-in slot so i can connect for example external microphone.
Another thing , i need to record "what you hear" from android without loosing quality ( i know i can record from mic ).
So : connect A or B to C
but the voltage right now is to high, i've found this article :
epanorama.net/circuits/line_to_mic.html
will this work ?