I have an extra on of these that I'd sell if anyone is interested. It takes a bluetooth stereo signal, translates it into a FM signal for your car. plugs into a cigarette lighter & doesn't needs any cables to or from it - totally stand alone.
so you can play music from your phone on your stereo, then when someone calls it transfers the call to your stereo (mutes the music) & uses the built-in mic.
It's made by satechi .... it's absolutely brand new in the box....
$100 + shipping
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I'm looking at getting this carcomm cradle as my in car solution for my XDA2 : http://www.totalpda.co.uk/product4740_0.aspx
As i understand it, assuming I correctly wire the cradle kit to my headunit's telemute cable, when a call comes in, my stereo will be muted/paused and the cradle's speakers & mic will kick in. I gather TOMTOM instructions will work the same way.
I also have a Sony headunit with an Aux in. I'd like to use the stereo headset jack to play all that MP3 goodness into my stereo. This should reduce the amount i spend on CDR's
My question is whether having the headphone jack plugged in will stop the car kit from getting the phone call audio when a call comes in. Will the XDA try to take mic in from the headset jack or the car kit. Or will it end up dazed and confused, and slump in the footwell of my car nibbling it's toenails and rocking slowly backwards and forwards? Come to that, will I?
Hope this makes sense
I can't help you, but I enjoyed the question...
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I have roughly the same setup you have, except the car cradle is only used for charging. I have all audio (TomTom, MP3 and phone) from the headset jack, including mic.
Works like a charm, you don't really need a carkit as you can feed all audio to the car stereo
I had a look at that carcomm set. It looks like the cradle blocks the headset jack of the XDA !
For mp3 audio and phone audio, I use a very cheap device called "car baby". This consists of a small clip on device with led and on/off switch. The device is rechargable and comes with lighter plug. Basically you just go to a blank preset on your in car radio, play audio on your xda 2, then tune radio to pick up the audio, the volume on the xda 2 needs to be pretty low to prevent distortion, once setup all audio is routed through the radio allowing very reasonable hands free phone calls and mp3 playback. It also comes with a nice little mount for a phone which has suction or vent mount adaptors, this isnt big enough for xda 2 but it looks very neat and will work with lots of normal size phones. I think it works on fm frequency around 106mhz.
Thanks for your feedback guys.
@ pleun - I was planning on 'modifying' the cradle to either present me with access to the jack socket or to actually plug in a jack, but this would have to be fairly flexible as the jack is obviously at an unhelpful angle.
@cruisin-thru & pleun (again) - thanks for the ideas, My only concern is that I don't really want to have to switch the headunit to a FM channel or the Aux channel when a call comes in - too much distraction when driving. It would be fine if i was only going to be playing MP3's but i will want to continue to use the CD or radio from time to time!
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Does anyone know of a solution where I can plug my phone in, play music on the car stereo and then make/take calls?
Would be nice if it was all integrated - i.e. that the stereo would pause or so when I'm on the phone, and the phone goes through the stereo speakers etc.
Need to get a new stereo anyway, so need the whole lot!
Cheers,
Ferg.
This is not a new stereo but works perfect for me. look up the Motorola t505. It is bluetooth handsfree and transmits wirelessly to your car stereo with built in fm transmitter. very strong fm transmitter. Music streamed to car stereo will paus when you make or get a call and the call even comes through the car stereo. Battery is very good too. Google it
That looks quite a decent solution, thanks hotrod.
I'm a little suspicious of BT though generally, not least because of my succession of HTC devices. I wonder if there's anything that just plugs in using old fashioned wires.
Well I am using the t505 with my HTC Touch Elf and it is the best thing that I have used in my car for transmitting music, since my factory stereo doesn't have aux in jack. I have tried using a regular fm transmitter directly from the phone but you get way too much distortion and feedback and radio interferance that way. I aslo do not have a tape deck in my car so that option wasn't available. For me I had to decide - Get a new car stereo with Aux Jack in or Built in Bluetooth, get the Parrot Bluetooth ( has to be professionally installed) or the T505. The cheapest was the T505 for me and it works better for me than I had ever hoped.
Does anyone know of a car stereo out there that can connect to the dash as a bluetooth headset and play the music out the speakers?
check this out go to ebay and type in (motorola motorokr t505 bluetooth), i got it from radio shack it was $100us works great on my dash and car radio so you can use your fm on your car radio via your dash music comes out clear and calls, ebay has it for less $40us so i took it back and well be getting it from ebay,dont need to get a new radio just use the one you got in your car,
Sony MEX-BT2500
I picked one of these up at Bestbuy for $100 CDN last year. It was discontinued because of the mic being lousy for phone calls, but since I rarely take calls on the road, I didn't care. It works great with HTC DASH (I have Ricky /Stylez 1.7 ROM loaded) to play music. If you watch for sales sony makes a great car stereo and they are cheap because they are not that popular. At least they are cheap here in the great white north.
Looks like Amazon stil has them for around $130US. It was a complete fluke I got mine for so cheap.
Looks like the Sony MEX-BT2600 is the new one.
It pairs with the dash automatically when you start your car, as long as you have bluetooth enabled before you power up the stereo. As for the house I have 3 Motorola DC800 strategically placed (one on each floor). Got them for $35US on Ebay.
Love my bluetooth music.
Any Bluetooth Car Stereo Will Work
I used my dash on my Bluetooth Portable GPS unit until I installed a bluetooth touchscreen stereo in my car. Any stereo with bluetooth capabilities will work. I use my dash to stream SiriusWM5 into my car stereo speakers. The quality is better on rainy days than if I were to use the portable sirius receiver that I bought. Here's where I got my touchscreen bluetooth stereo:
http://www.tradestead.com/wholesale/car-video-players/car-dvd-players/car-dvd-player-p-3505.html
For $170...it's hard to beat! You will need BTaudio installed on your Dash if you are having difficulties getting it to sync with your stereo as handsfree wireless stereo.
I've got the car dock, which works great, but I don't have a 3.5mm jack to my car's audio system. Anyone know of a good fm transmitter that works well with the atrix's car dock?
Just get a tape adapter if you can.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
I have the Jabra Cruiser II. It is both BT and FM so it will work as a speakerphone for you as well. On short rides I just use the speaker on the cruiser, for longer I use the fm for my radio.
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I've got the car dock, which works great, but I don't have a 3.5mm jack to my car's audio system. Anyone know of a good fm transmitter that works well with the atrix's car dock?
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Search amazon for "GoGroove Flexsmart II"
It's $55 as of 3/24/11.
EDIT: you can also search newegg.com
What myself, my girlfriend, and my dad are all using. It's a little more expensive than some options, but it's worth it.
3.5mm in, 3.5mm out, bluetooth, fm transmitter, usb port for charging (not sure about the amps on it), play/pause next previous buttons, fm/volume adjustment knob. Works great. Phone sync within 5 seconds of car power on and bluetooth on.
I want to use my Droid Charge to beam audio through Bluetooth to a car adapter receiver that plugs into my cigarette lighter.. then this same adapter will send the audio via FM or whatever wireless into my car stereo's built in head unit...
is there such a device made?
how does the sound quality sound?
I can't rip out my stock head unit in the car... and I do NOT have an AUX input jack on the stock headunit.. so I want to do this all wirelessly if possible..
Great idea! Never heard of such a device but if one exists I'd buy it, if not someone should make it!
Soldering an AUX input with minijack that you plug to your phone sounds like HELL LOT easier and HELL LOT cheaper than any such device you want.
The best solution for what you want is the Motorola t505.
If not you could install a auxiliary input from these guys.
www.pie.net/
I bought one for my car for $45 and it works great.
You can also checkout dealextreme for some cheap deals bit it takes a few weeks to get here from china.
I've got a Jabra SP700 that is great for the job.
It recieves audio/calls from the phone over bluetooth and has a built in FM transmitter for the radio.
Sound quality on both ends of the conversation is excellent (even when using it's built in speaker), as is audio streaming.
It just clips to your sun visor but is small enough to slip into the glove box/door tray out of sight, and has the same micro usb charing port that my phone uses so no need for a second charger in the car, and battery life is great.
It automatically turns the FM transmitter off if it recieves no audio for 10 minutes, and turns itself off completely if not connected via bluetooth for 10 minutes.
Changing FM frequency to find a clear spot is dead easy, as is pairing/answering a call.
It reads out the phone number when someone calls you.
I think this may be what you are looking for. Its called a venturi mini. I though about bying one last year but bought a headunit with bluetooth instead.
http://www.amazon.com/Venturi-FNVMS4001-Mini-Bluetooth-Transmitter/dp/B00133BOAI