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Unless it's my only option, I do NOT want to purchase a car charger made specifically for the EVO b/c of the Micro-B connector. I do, however, have plenty of car chargers that have a Mini-B connector. Now, I know I can't use those b/c they won't fit, BUT, I have my old USB "dongle" from my Touch Pro, which has an audio plug plug in it and the audio plug is next to the usb IN. This benefits me greatly b/c the setup in my car makes it a pain to have a charger going into the bottom and the audio going into the top. This way I could plug both, car charger AND audio into the dongle and plug the dongle into my phone. This worked beautifully w/ my Hero but the Hero had a Mini-B so the dongle fit right in.
Now, to make the dongle fit into my EVO, I have a tiny converter plug which has a female Mini-B and a male Micro-B.
So my question is this: since there is so much info on here regarding fast-charging, regular charging, amperage, voltage, etc.; please tell me what specs does my charger need so that it won't ruin the battery.
Like I said, I've got plenty of Mini-B chargers - do I need a 5v, 3v, 1 amp, 0.5 amp?
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Do you actually get sound out doing it this way? I was always under the impression that even with a mini to micro adapter sound still would not come out using the HTC adapter.
If this works for you I need to get a mini to micro...would make my in car setup look so much better! Instead of the whole on plug on top and bottom that I have going on.
Physically impossible.
The Hero had an ExtUSB port, which is a port physically compatible with Mini-USB but has extra pins for audio in addition to the power and data pins.
The Evo has a standard microUSB port, which only has power and data pins. There's no way to get audio out of the microUSB port on the Evo.
The only ways to get audio out are the headphone port, the HDMI port, and Bluetooth.
Anyway, I'm in the same boat. I had a car mount for my Hero that let me just plug the one cable in, and it provided audio, microphone, and power all at once. I just ordered a new car stereo with Bluetooth instead for the Evo.
Dang...I could go the bluetooth route...I just don't like playing with bluetooth, idk why.
My experience in the past is that Bluetooth has been more than a little finicky, but so far with the Evo and two car stereos (a Boss 755DBI and a JVC KD-R810) it's been rock solid. I actually like being able to leave it in my pocket or take it down from the mount without interrupting the audio signal or call.
Yeah, I am thinking about getting the Kensington LiquidAUX, and giving bluetooth a go. My stereo only has a AUX input, so I need to get something if I want bluetooth.
Plus, the remote would allow me to control without having to have the phone out, so I can leave it in my pocket if I feel to lazy to put it in my mount
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=206684059&listingid=65080086&&
I had that thing with my Hero, and it rarely worked at all, let alone well. Maybe it'll be better with the Evo.
Be sure to buy it somewhere you can return it.
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Is that possible to send music to my car audio speakers through an HTC TYTN?
Thanks.
Yes, I use a 1 to 3 USB convertor and then plug a phono to cassette convertor.
yes it is, i done it myself
firstly you need to make one of these
youl need a 3.5mm stereo connector, cut the earphones supplied with your tytn and attach it to the connector
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once you done that you need to get a radio transmitter (£15-£30 check ebay) and plug it into your 3.5mm stereo connector
as you can see there are different ways of doing it. You could also use a bluetooth enabled car radio (very cool)
i beleive my ways the cheapest, you can plug in better earphones into the tytn and get better sound aswell
i used to use one of those but stop'd when i got a car stereo which had SDcard input and usb input
was about 75$ so no biggi
my alpine stereo plays mp3 but playing tunes and even running tomtom thru the car speakers is great
xdaman85 said:
yes it is, i done it myself
firstly you need to make one of these
youl need a 3.5mm stereo connector, cut the earphones supplied with your tytn and attach it to the connector
once you done that you need to get a radio transmitter (£15-£30 check ebay) and plug it into your 3.5mm stereo connector
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can u explain how u did this.. once u cut the usb thing how do u connect it? just chop off a 3.5 thing from another set of ear phones?
have a look part way down this list of Artemis based goodies http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modul...pic&t=48131&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=51 there is an 11 pin mini USB to 3,5MM socket available as an accessory for the HTC devices, much easier than chopping up your headphones for a direct link try http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=6982
While looking for the above link I came accross this though http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=9736 Which looks even more suited to do what you need, having looked again at this last item I cannot believe what you get for less than a tenner, USB audio cable, USB charger cable and an FM transmitter, the whole lot can be used at once so you can charge the PDA and liten to music via FM - great - Mike
Xdaman85 - I've chopped the heads of a set of headphones for an orbit, can you tell me wire goes where in the stereo socket? I know I could buy an adapter but doing it myself is much more fun.
Thanks
Eoin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284512 contains a wiring diagram of the 11 pin mini USB connector, that might be of some use when doing this - Mike
nope this has nothing to do with it.. because once u chop the wire from the headset the heatset only has 1 wire
Actually it does, because when I strip it back it contains all these wires. What I need to know is what is to be connected up in the stereo line socket and where!!
Hello,
I have been searching everywhere on the internet, but I haven't found any good sources of information that can help me convert a 8 wire phone cable to 4 wire min-usb.
In my car I have a Bosch HA G2 Cartel phone, and it' very old. It was connected to the audio system of my car using the folowing wire :
www.sodevrom.net/wire.jpg
Now, I want to convert the 8 wire to a mini usb , so I can connect my HTC phone and listen music directly from the phone.
I found the color scheme of the wires for the mini-usb here:
http://pinouts.ru/Slots/USB_pinout.shtml
Unfortunatly I don't know how to connet the 8 wires so I can make it in 4 wires (for the mini-usb).
I would appreciate a lot if someone could help me.
Thank you
not sure about what the 8pin include but it it's not usb signals then you cant
usb is both an electrical and digital protocol it's serial and 5volts signals
if a device is not made 100% to work with usb it will never work
HHmmm,
I have an audio cassette that has a normal audio jack. I bought an adaptor that switches from audio jack to mini-usb and it worked.
Why woulden't this work ? The mini-usb will send audio to the speakers. It must work, but I need a color scheme for the above cable, or some other methods to do what I need.
I don't want to re-cable my entire car just becouse I can't modify a cable
no htc device ever had miniUSB
no miniUSb device ever carried analog audio
htc devices use extUSB which is miniUSB with extre connectors which carry normal analog
signals like one find in 3.5mm minijack connectors
if you get a extusb connector which got a mini jack 3.5mm in the other end you can
connect any audio souse to that and it will play like a htc headset
but it have nothing to do with usb
I appologise here,
You are correct . Let me explain better.
I have an adapter that connects to my HTC phone and sends out 3 outputs :
-mini-usb
-the other usb you sayed about
-normal audio jack .
I need to connect 1 of those 3 outputs with the car cable (I sowed you in the PIC).
Here is a detailed pic
www.sodevrom.net/ineed.jpg
Thanx
that pic made me actually "lol" i like how it has random pictures to generalize what you are describing
Why do you want it to go through the Phone cord? why not directly into 3.5mm and into your car deck which then feeds it to the speakers?
That would be perfect, I thought that it's easyer to make it go through the cord.
Can you tell me a good solution on how to connect the phone directly ? Should I take out my cassette player (yea, it's old) and get the wires of the speakers ?
And also the cable that connects to my phone has 4 wires :
white, green, red, black.
Should I connect all this 4 wires or only 2 ? And if only 2 , wich ones
Thanx
2 wires are used for audio and one for ground. im not sure what the forth wire is.
I would not suggest directly connecting to your speaker wires, you wouldnt have an amplifier to boost the sound and it would come in very quiet
Hmmm... Than where should I connect it than ?
Sorry for all the questions, and thak you for the help.
Also, I think that the wires I have to connect are White and Green, right ?
http://pinouts.ru/Slots/USB_pinout.shtml
Thanx
sodevrom said:
Hmmm... Than where should I connect it than ?
Sorry for all the questions, and thak you for the help.
Also, I think that the wires I have to connect are White and Green, right ?
http://pinouts.ru/Slots/USB_pinout.shtml
Thanx
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HTC uses extUSB, which is not defined on that link of yours
this is the pinout of extUSB
http://www.tracyandmatt.co.uk/blogs/index.php/2006/09/10/htc_hermes_usb_connector_pin_config
I understand this, but I want to know where to connect the right wires to the car.
I have a cassette player in my car, and I am sure it's possible to open the player and connect the htc wires.
it is possible to by a casset with a wire on the end of it to connect to something such as a cd player or mp3 player....
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you could connect this to your extusb to headphone jack. this would allow for you to play your sound through the car AND it to be amplified through the "radio" on the car....
is this what you are asking for or are you wanting a mic also?
If you are wanting a mic you are going to have to go blue tooth.
Edit: one more thing..... if you go messing with the wires of this you can mess up the computer in your car because of security precautions of manufactures.... so if your car is newer, be careful and check things out before you go splicing things
I would like to purchase a new cd head unit for my car and use my Zune Pass on my WP7 device to play all my music via USB.
Why USB and not 3.5mm aux cable?
1 usb cable vs 1 usb cable + 1 aux cable
I would like to be able to charge my WP7 device and control volume/play/pause/etc from the car CD head unit rather than my WP7 device
1. Has anyone tried this or have another method to get this to work?
2. How is the quality of streaming music over bluetooth?
After searching the forums I found this post related to the galaxy s:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726403&highlight=cz509
thanks
you cannot use usb and streaming music on any platform.
When you use a usb connector, then you are using your phone as usb storage device, that is why you control music from the head unit. This is not possible currently on wp7 since you cannot use your phone connected to a computer without zune installed.
The post you linked was for BT audio out, which works the same as the 3.5 jack, not usb.
any comments on the quality of BT audio out?
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any comments on the quality of BT audio out?
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I use the the 3.5 jack.
I thought about BT audio but so many people have had trouble with winmo and Bt that I didn't want to spend 150.00 for the module to find out it didn't work.
3.5 - RCA cable....
Thats the best way to do it... Most car head units have an RCA AUX IN on the back.
Attach the the 3.5 - RCA cable to the head unit via the RCA and plug in a 3.5 - 3.5 cable to the phone.
Thats what I'm doing now....
It's in fact the BEST way to get the most out of the audio decoder as it goes from the phone - amp - speakers/sub, so the phone can be on low imput *best way* and the amp does all the work making it sound wonderful.
here is a pic of the one cable solution...
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or the smaller version i have that i just plug in the extra cable from the glove box when i need it as the end just pops out from under the head unit with no long cables to hide.
bluetooth
bluetooth stereo is the best way to go i've been using it since windows mobile. sound quality is very good i don't notice the difference with aux cable but i have one in my car for my zune. with bluetooth you can control simple actions like you would on your phone like change tracks and volume and mine can also make calls and it shows you the name of the person calling you in the stereo lcd
Pretty awesome we have our own forum for this phone, now I can create a thread just for car docks that are made specifically for the SGSIII and have integrated OR inductive charging built in. I'll explain....
This thread is for car docks that include a MicroUSB connection at the bottom OR have the rumored inductive (read: wireless) charging built in and are made specifically for the Samsung Galaxy S III. That means NO universal car docks, no sticky putty mounts, just Brodit /ProClip docks or the OEM Samsung one that I can't get any legit info on to insure it really comes with inductive charging!
Also, let's figure out where they're in stock at and when they're made available to purchase.... I'm fairly certain they'll release the phone without having these available, but if anyone sees or hears anything, post your finds!
+1
Looks like ookba might be on to something here:
[INFO] Galaxy S3 fits Infuse 4G Car Dock
I have the dock for the D710 already, I'm going to try that and see if it works for the SGSIII when I get it, but the dimensions as I posted are nearly identical, it should work!
I have the Samsung Infuse car dock and tried it out just this morning. Didn't seem to fit too well, but perhaps I wasn't being forceful enough. I'll try it again on my lunch break.
Update...went out during lunch, and whatdoyaknow?? It fits. It's pretty tight. It audibly snaps in and it kind of hard to get out, but it works. Audio out works too.
Do we have confirmation of the S3 OEM dock and USB out?
Last I checked there was no confirmation of it supporting the USB
Can I get a Pebble Blue one
so... the s3 fits in the infuse dock.
I've also heard the skyrocket fits in the infuse dock.
I have a T989 dock, which should be the same as the skyrocket dock.
Let's hope the s3 fits in the T989 dock...
I'll let y'all know tomorrow.
My SIII sitting in my OEM Samsung Infuse dock.
Audio out through the 3.5mm audio jack integrated into the dock works beautiful.
Turn my car off, then back on and the music starts playing again right away.
Wish I could say the same for bluetooth.
USB *might* sound better than bluetooth too, btw.
That thingy on the top is my bluetooth microphone.
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Is it safe to charge the phone using the built in usb port in the car and a microusb cable, or should I wait and buy proprietary adapter?
hyped89 said:
Is it safe to charge the phone using the built in usb port in the car and a microusb cable, or should I wait and buy proprietary adapter?
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Depends on the car, from my experience.... I connected my Skyrocket to a USB port in a car once and it didn't charge well - remember, standard USB charges a phone very slowly, and when you're using GPS, Bluetooth, and running Navigation and Google Music all at the same time, it's quite a drain when you're not getting much juice supplied to it! It also was annoying because the car wanted to look up folders on the device and couldn't find any, I was just looking to charge the phone, not search it for music! Had to battle the car to get it back to AUX input every time I connected it....
You don't need a proprietary adapter though, Samsung chargers aren't even half as powerful as some of the 2.1A USB car chargers I've got, and faster charging means the device will actually charge when running all the the aforementioned connections and apps! Search around Amazon for one that you like, I've got many different styles, ranging from a flexible two-port cig and two-port USB combo, to a single cig input / dual USB output mini connector, all with 2.1A USB outputs - there are a LOT of choices you can make and get more for your money than going with a standard Samsung charger!
It fits in the t989 dock. It's a bit tight, but it works.
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Hi, I have a Galaxy Nexus (GSM) ordered from Google Play with all it's accessories (HDMI Desktop Dock and 3-Pin Vehicle Dock).
I've used the 3-Pin Vehicle Dock with my Nexus without any problems for 5 days but suddenly it stopped to charge my phone and doesn't work anymore, my phone can't even identify the dock.
I did a few tests:
Tested it with another car [not working]
Tested connecting the micro USB charger from the Vehicle Dock directly to the phone [not working]
Tested my HTC micro USB charger with the Vehicle Dock [not working]
(I know the output from the original charger is different, may this can be the reason)
Tested my HTC micro USB charger directly to the phone [working]
I noticed the fact that the micro USB connector from the Vehicle Dock only have 4 contacts, as can be seen in this picture: http://imm.io/D9C0
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Is that correct? Anyone have a official Vehicle Dock bought from Google Play and can take a look on it?
If anyone have another suggestion it would be great too.
Many thanks!
It should work with the desktop charger I believe. I tested it like this before I put it in my car. Also for my car dock I never used the official charger as I didn't like the cable sticking out. Instead I used a standard micro usb to usb cable and ebay 1A usb car charger behind the dashboard so all the wires were hidden.
This suggests to me it should work for you with the normal charger.
What I would expect you to have is either situation 2 or 3 of your suggestions to work, otherwise both the charger and dock would appear to be broken which seems unlikely. Can you double check?
CheesyPeteza said:
It should work with the desktop charger I believe. I tested it like this before I put it in my car.
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This suggests to me it should work for you with the normal charger.
What I would expect you to have is either situation 2 or 3 of your suggestions to work, otherwise both the charger and dock would appear to be broken which seems unlikely. Can you double check?
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Well, I used a HTC micro USB charger with 2A output, not 1A as expected by the dock, and with the normal charger it's working, so there's nothing wrong with the dock itself, probably the charger is broken.
CheesyPeteza said:
Also for my car dock I never used the official charger as I didn't like the cable sticking out. Instead I used a standard micro usb to usb cable and ebay 1A usb car charger behind the dashboard so all the wires were hidden.
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I think it's a good option since my dock is working and I didn't like all the wires too. Do you recommend any specific item from ebay?
Thank you for your help!