My wife just bought me the BlueAnt S4 and what I wanted was to get the Car Dock to replace my GPS, so I was wondering if I got the Car Dock would I need the S4? Or is it just a nice to have for better sound quality as well as the mic of the S4?
Thanks for the feedback!
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Hi,
I just bought an official car holder for my Note and plugged the charger + 3.5mm audio jack in to my radio, my problem is that the car holder does send my music nor navigation sound nor phone calls through the car speakers, instead it goes on the Note's speaker and i don't want that! Anyone have a solution?
I had the same problem, go to Settings -> Dock and enable "Audio output mode".
I find the sound quality to be very good.
Thanks a lot!! My previous sgs 2 worked from the start thats why i didnt know what whas going on
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Hi, I've had this dock a few weeks now and I think it's almost perfect. It has excellent build quality and the ease and power of the suction cup is fantastic.
My only gripe is when I set the phone to external mode for the audio it works great with music and videos, even ringtones and notifications but calls only come out of the speaker or the phone itself as opposed to the car stereo system as would be ideal.
Does anyone know how to fix this as it makes receiving and making calls almost impossible and that's one of the main reasons I bought the dock in the first place.
Just want to bump this thread, really hoping someone can help me out
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Any recommendations for a good speaker dock? Looking for something I can use to stream Google music or Sirius XM from my phone through while outdoors/traveling.
I haven't really seen anything that I can actually set/dock the E4GT in with a speaker but I have a 3.5 mm adapter I can use to plug in with. Curious as to what you guys are using. Thanks!
Got cash? They have BT and 3.5mm audio in. I'm not sure if they support audio over the micro-usb connection. Seems rather overpriced IMO.
I personally use a cheap mini-speaker with 3.5mm in, similar to the Scosche Boomcan. Fits in my computer bag and under $20. I have yet to find a compact universal speaker dock, with an adjustible/universal micro-usb port. Please post if you discover one.
Edit: This one is interesting, but no bluetooth for $99? No thanks.
I use this. I sale these as well. Me, my gf, and several friends I've sold them to love them! why worry about a dock when you can use Bluetooth
Thanks for the responses guys.. I am really digging that Philips speaker dock, esp if they have it at my local Best Buy but @ 135 dang!
I use a jawbone jambox and love it
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What do you guys think is the best car dock for an older vehicle. Mostly want it for streaming of music off the galaxy s3. I would kinda like a non FM transmitter one but that might be my only option.
Thoughts?
Official accessories still seem to have limited availability. So I suppose you could choose any generic dock that would fit your vehicle. I prefer windscreen suction mounts my self. I have always in the past select the official accessory dock but it seems the Samsung dock for the GS3 will no longer have the built in USB power that the one from the GS2 or Galaxy Note had.
You mentioned streaming as I have an older Jeep and for long trips like listening to audio books I use the Satechi SoundFly to broadcast the sound to the car radio.
Hello guys,
I am planning to use this http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Bluetooth-Hands-Free-BlackBerry-Smartphones/dp/B004EHZUYG
Now the bluetooth receiver will connect directly to my aux port in my car.
The Note 2 has an awesome sound chip which I really like as opposed to my old Dell Streak 5, but once it is paired with the bluetooth receiver, will it be bypassing the audio hardware, and thus the audio quality will be reduced as opposed to connecting it directly to the aux port?
One of the most striking diffrences between the Note 1 and 2 is the sound of the bluetooth audio.
It is way way better than it used to be.I don't know how it compares to direct, but I love it!
It's so good I just went and bought bluetooth headphones for nearly £300.
The Note has the latest bluetooth codec and so do the headphones
Apt-X Head Units
universil said:
One of the most striking diffrences between the Note 1 and 2 is the sound of the bluetooth audio.
It is way way better than it used to be.I don't know how it compares to direct, but I love it!
It's so good I just went and bought bluetooth headphones for nearly £300.
The Note has the latest bluetooth codec and so do the headphones
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It will be better still when Apt-X enabled head units start shipping. Apt-X is a Bluetooth protocol which sounds nearly as good as a wire (some would say it's indistinguishable), and the Note 2 supports it. As far as I know, no currently available car head units support it, but CSR, the company that makes it (and the Bt chips in the Note 2) started shipping chips intended for car head units over the summer, so you should be able to get one real soon. I'm holding out on a new head unit now.
The headphones I got are apt-X, should get them in a couple of days
I got the other version of this Belkin BT handsfree, the one with buttons to change stations and scan, etc. Anyways, I was extremely amazed at the sound quality over the bluetooth. Prior to Note 2, I had iPhone 4 and the music sound so bad, very flat and crappy and I assumed it was because of the bluetooth. But when I switched to Note 2, I was stunned by the music quality, it sounds a whole lot better and so clear.
But be aware that by using the Note 2 stock music player, the sounds will be just as terrible as the iPhone 4. The best sounds I got was from playing music over PowerAmp, the differences were crazily huge.
So there you have it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I am
EDIT: this is the model I got, http://www.megabuy.com.au/belkin-caraudio-connect-fm-bluetooth-p310046.html
Griffin Technologies Blue Trip Aux
I got it from Amazon here
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004KPLS7K/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1353312494&sr=8-1&pi=SL75
I was surprised at how great my music sounded. I especially like how it turns on and off with the car.
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Hey everyone, I've been searching for a cheaper alternative to the expensive desktop dock samsung sells. It will mostly be used as a clean audio out for speakers and headphones, charging and sync would be a plus. Does anyone know of a good alternative out there? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
im no pro at this, but it seems like the best kinda thing is gonna have to use the 3 mm audio jack as a trick to do it.
as an example, if you ebay "Loud Stereo Dock Station Speaker for iPod iPhone 3G/4 4S MP3 Android Phone 3.5MM"
I have a digital AV Receiver with HDMI inputs and bought the HDMI dock from Samsung for less then 15€. The digital audio signal via HDMI can be used even without video output.
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im no pro at this, but it seems like the best kinda thing is gonna have to use the 3 mm audio jack as a trick to do it.
as an example, if you ebay "Loud Stereo Dock Station Speaker for iPod iPhone 3G/4 4S MP3 Android Phone 3.5MM"
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Yea that's basically what I'm looking for, a dock with 3.5mm audio out and has the ability to charge + sync would be nice. I actually found a cheap 10$ one on ebay and a 30$ one on amazon from samsung themselves which isn't too bad, both that claim to do just that, so we'll see. I would post links but the forum wont let me until l I have 10 posts. Apparently there's an app that will allow me to use the usb audio out function straight from the phone which would be awesome, then I can bring in a DAC and amp into the mix.
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I have a digital AV Receiver with HDMI inputs and bought the HDMI dock from Samsung for less then 15€. The digital audio signal via HDMI can be used even without video output.
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Yea I thought of that as well, and I may get one of those too to hook up to my hdtv but as for speakers and headphones the 3.5mm audio out would be key