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Multimedia Dock

The accessory I am most looking forward to for the HTC Thunderbolt is the multimedia dock.
I love my desktop dock for the Nexus One and will definitely be getting the multimedia dock when it is released.
Does anyone know the timeline for release for the dock?

I will believe it exists when I see it. IIRC, there was supposed to be a dock for the incredible too. No links for sale at VZW, Amazon, or Best Buy. With the usb on the side, this is a much needed accessory and is keeping me on the sidelines. Oh, that and root/S-OFF. And it appears the battery life is still an issue. My incredible gets me through the day, but was about 4-6 hours when it was new/stock. Hopefully the thunderbolt will only get better.

filovirus said:
I will believe it exists when I see it. IIRC, there was supposed to be a dock for the incredible too. No links for sale at VZW, Amazon, or Best Buy. With the usb on the side, this is a much needed accessory and is keeping me on the sidelines. Oh, that and root/S-OFF.
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Its listed in the accessories section of the Verizon website. Well, it was listed on my corporate discount page anyway.

Not seeing it on vzw.com in accessories or via search.
Search for: thunderbolt dock
No results found for your search.
Can anyone post a screen shot of it from their corporate purchasing site? This phone has been coming soon for months, so it really doesn't make much sense not to sell the dock on the release date.

http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-thunderbolt-desktop-charging-dock.html
its on htcpedia but not available yet. I want this bad boy also!

No screenshots just yet. Still at work. $60 regular price. $45 for me with discount.

Called vzw today to order my extended battery, but they said they don't have the docks in stock
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lol damn some1 beat me to the link first

still waiting... ugh. this is the one accessory I want!
(lets hope they leave a bit of wiggle room so you can leave your case on)

bmcclure937 said:
still waiting... ugh. this is the one accessory I want!
(lets hope they leave a bit of wiggle room so you can leave your case on)
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same here, local storeS lol, yes stores are outta the extended battery and never got media docks!
havent found anywhere to get the dock yet.

when I got the og droid they had combo pack with car dock and mutimedia dock all for 50 bucks hope they do that with the thunderbolt

Doubt that will happen considering the price for the Dock by itself is more than $50.

I got the car dock for free along with one of those double cases, screen protectors and cleaning wipes, and a car charger when I got my TB..
bought a dock for my og droid and barely used it tho...never used the car mount either. wont be getting a dock for the TB..

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So they just gave you $50 in accessories for free?
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I'm wondering about the connectivity options for this Multimedia Dock - can it provide a TV out connection for example?
It's not easy to find out and I have tried to search high and low to find something about the connectivity - the name Dock implies that it also offers the possibility to hook it up to an external stereo or TV set etc.
It would be greatly appreciated if someone has a link to more information about this product.

That would be great

lordv8r said:
So they just gave you $50 in accessories for free?
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No, they gave me like $100 worth of free stuff...

MYxdaUSERNAME said:
No, they gave me like $100 worth of free stuff...
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anything in that $100 a media dock? LOL! annoying that there not available yet. VW by me when i asked for an extended battery said we dont have them and tried selling me the carry along charger and i was like no thanks and magically he found an extended battery lol. unfortunately that didnt work to get a media dock

any word on this media dock yet?

Question on Car Dock Swivel mount

I just picked up a new (to me) vehicle and am going insane with nothing but AM/FM/CD. I need Sirius/MP3/Phone connectivity!!!
Anyway, while I am tearing the dash apart I was thinking of doing a more "integrated" install with the car dock. I am planning on hard wiring the USB charger and instead of the suction cup mount was looking at vehicle specific mounts.
Crutchfield sells mounts from a company called Pro Fit, and here are their adapters:
http://www.pro-fit-intl.com/shopholders.htm
I was wondering if their swivel mounts for the Garmin Nuvi or the Mio/Navman would work with the socket on the motorola car dock. Does anyone happen to have both that can try popping the dock off it's stem and trying the swivel from one of the navigation units?
Alternately does anyone know of a vehicle specific, solid mount that would be compatible with the Atrix Dock?
Thanks in advance!
P.S. I'd try and check it myself but don't have the dock yet to play with.

For clarification...
Like this, but with the Atrix dock:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...icle-mount-garmin-ball-mount-2.html#post31187

Yes it does. I use a ProClip car mount with a Garmin-type ball and it works like a charm.
Laurent
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Fantastic! Thanks for your quick response!

LaurentR said:
Yes it does. I use a ProClip car mount with a Garmin-type ball and it works like a charm.
Laurent
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Notacop said:
I just picked up a new (to me) vehicle and am going insane with nothing but AM/FM/CD. I need Sirius/MP3/Phone connectivity!!!
Anyway, while I am tearing the dash apart I was thinking of doing a more "integrated" install with the car dock. I am planning on hard wiring the USB charger and instead of the suction cup mount was looking at vehicle specific mounts.
Crutchfield sells mounts from a company called Pro Fit, and here are their adapters:
http://www.pro-fit-intl.com/shopholders.htm
I was wondering if their swivel mounts for the Garmin Nuvi or the Mio/Navman would work with the socket on the motorola car dock. Does anyone happen to have both that can try popping the dock off it's stem and trying the swivel from one of the navigation units?
Alternately does anyone know of a vehicle specific, solid mount that would be compatible with the Atrix Dock?
Thanks in advance!
P.S. I'd try and check it myself but don't have the dock yet to play with.
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To both of you, THANKS! I was wondering this for a while since I am using profit mounts for god knows how long.
By the way, where did you get your car docks? It sells for $54 everywhere I looked, is there any place cheaper?

Note that for the Garmin mount, I had a ProClip one which I threw away a while back (don't ask...) and, not wanting to give them another $29 for it (seriously!), I found a much cheaper ($9.45), compatible one on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ACP2FY
As for the dock, I bought it for $39 from my local AT&T store That's the standard price. I had to call around to find one, but then, that was the day the phone came out. Not sure now.
Laurent

LaurentR said:
Note that for the Garmin mount, I had a ProClip one which I threw away a while back (don't ask...) and, not wanting to give them another $29 for it (seriously!), I found a much cheaper ($9.45), compatible one on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ACP2FY
As for the dock, I bought it for $39 from my local AT&T store That's the standard price. I had to call around to find one, but then, that was the day the phone came out. Not sure now.
Laurent
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I owe you a beer you good good sir!
PS: For the life of me I cannot find any AT&T store that has the car dock in stock in Northern VA area.

AT&T seem to have the car dock at $39 in stock on their online store.
Laurent

25% off
Go through att.com/discount and you'll get it for $29.99

blehke said:
Go through att.com/discount and you'll get it for $29.99
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Ok, I owe you a beer too! Ordered one through the link for $29.9 + tax, free shipping.

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Go through att.com/discount and you'll get it for $29.99
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Thanks for the link. I just ordered one for $29 with free shipping.

Got one also with the discount...THANKS! Been trying to find one. Everyone in the AT&T stores I've been going to, as soon as I say the word dock, they think I'm talking about the laptop dock and it's hell trying to explain that's not what I want.

LaurentR said:
Note that for the Garmin mount, I had a ProClip one which I threw away a while back (don't ask...) and, not wanting to give them another $29 for it (seriously!), I found a much cheaper ($9.45), compatible one on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ACP2FY
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Thanks! purchased one of these from Amazon (UK version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002ACP2FY/ref=oss_product) and a vehicle specific brodit proclip. Much better solution than having it stuck to my windscreen and either in my way or too far away due to the slope of the screen!

50% off Motorola Store Accessories

I looked, but didn't see a thread for this. But you can get 50% off Motorola Accessories if you feel this out - Simple and quick.
https://motorola-global-portal.cust...ers-Half-off-Accessories-promo&WT.mc_ev=click
They posted it on their Facebook wall.
Or you may just need this code w/o having to fill it out: XOOMAC50

HOT - thanks!

Too bad the speaker dock is over priced (compared to Amazon). After tax, shipping, and 50% off, it comes out to $73.28.

Sistum Id said:
Too bad the speaker dock is over priced (compared to Amazon). After tax, shipping, and 50% off, it comes out to $73.28.
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Too bad they don't have the keyboard case either. Makes me wish THAT was a motorola product.
I was also confused about the shipping since when you add the item to the cart it says you can get free two day shipping and to select that option at checkout, but it still charges you for it.

cool, still worked, but not many accessories. Such as car charger, other gel case colors, etc. But otherwise I will try at a STD dock to hack and a keyboard for that price.

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Too bad they don't have the keyboard case either. Makes me wish THAT was a motorola product.
I was also confused about the shipping since when you add the item to the cart it says you can get free two day shipping and to select that option at checkout, but it still charges you for it.
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I was hoping for that too. But I just went with the original keyboard instead. They also have 50% off bluetooth accessories.

Just ordered the keyboard.

too bad US only

YUP US only ..........along with 3.1 update, customer support. Even amazon market excludes non US. Yup motorola only interested in US customers as far as I can see. Infact activly excluding the rest of the world. GREAT model for a business. They dont let you know this when you buy thier products.

Awesome deal!
1 of Camera Kit Adapter for MOTOROLA XOOM™
1 of Wireless Keyboard for ATRIX™ and MOTOROLA XOOM™
1 of Speaker Dock for MOTOROLA XOOM™
1 of Car Charger for MOTOROLA XOOM™
Order Total:$83.74

I smell Xoom 2 on the way. Thanks OP.

speaker dock + keyboard = 58.36 ! Cheaper than buying the speaker dock by itself!

jm9843 said:
Awesome deal!
1 of Camera Kit Adapter for MOTOROLA XOOM™
1 of Wireless Keyboard for ATRIX™ and MOTOROLA XOOM™
1 of Speaker Dock for MOTOROLA XOOM™
1 of Car Charger for MOTOROLA XOOM™
Order Total:$83.74
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really ? How can you get that price cause original price for:
keyboard = $70
speaker dock = $130
car charger = $ 30
camera kit = $20
=> total is $250 - 50% off = $125 ( not include tax yet)

they take off an extra 50.00 because the keyboard is a bluetooth accessory

highcee said:
they take off an extra 50.00 because the keyboard is a bluetooth accessory
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thank for pointing that out, this deal is almost 75% off . order mine too

Wow, pretty nice deal. I want another AC adapter so I went to see how much it would be. Check this out:
$29.99 adapter
-$15.00 coupon XOOMAC50
+ $4.00 shipping
+ $1.33 tax
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$20.32 total
Now, if I just go to Amazon and look for the same product I can get it for:
$15.99 adapter
$4.48 shipping
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$20.47 total
... almost the same price. Too bad the coupon code wouldn't work on that one.

I looked around to find out more about the "Camera Kit Adapter". From what I can tell, this is an OTG cable and as long as you have Honeycomb 3.1, you can use it to connect a mouse, keyboard or game controller to your Xoom. However, you will not be able to connect a USB flash drive because the USB Host interface does not have the software support for USB-keys. A rooted Xoom with a custom kernel (I assume... but maybe custom ROM too?) may be able to support flash drives. Motorola may also add it in at a later date too.
Can anyone confirm or deny any of this?
I ordered an OTG cable from eBay, but of course it will be a few weeks before I see it, so I was thinking about ordering this too.

motionblurrr said:
I looked around to find out more about the "Camera Kit Adapter". From what I can tell, this is an OTG cable and as long as you have Honeycomb 3.1, you can use it to connect a mouse, keyboard or game controller to your Xoom. However, you will not be able to connect a USB flash drive because the USB Host interface does not have the software support for USB-keys. A rooted Xoom with a custom kernel (I assume... but maybe custom ROM too?) may be able to support flash drives. Motorola may also add it in at a later date too.
Can anyone confirm or deny any of this?
I ordered an OTG cable from eBay, but of course it will be a few weeks before I see it, so I was thinking about ordering this too.
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I currently use a flash drive on my Xoom. I'm using a custom Tiamet kernel and I'm rooted. It works awesome. I carry my Music and N64 ROM's.

Anyone know how the additional $50 off promotion works? I can only get it to work with the keyboard, but I already have one (which I dont need anymore anyway since I got the verizon folio keyboard case). I tried a set of bluetooth headphones, thinking it might be a "bluetooth" deal, but it didn't work.

gqstatus0685 said:
I currently use a flash drive on my Xoom. I'm using a custom Tiamet kernel and I'm rooted. It works awesome. I carry my Music and N64 ROM's.
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Yeah, that's a feature of Tiamat: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978013
Sounds like it's time my xoom became a man. Time to root..

Bell.ca has Atrix 4G Vehicle Dock and HD Multimedia Dock on clearnce!

Bell.ca has Atrix 4G accessorizes on sale, Vehicle Dock $9.95 and HD Multimedia Dock $14.97! I forgot, free shipping as well even if your not a bell customer unlike AT&T.

Canadian orders only
US need not even look. Thought we had a North American market.

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US need not even look. Thought we had a North American market.
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AT&T wont sell to Canadians so don't feel bad.

True.
BTW, I found a vehicle dock on Amazon for $30 delivered. Not too bad.

The HD Multimedia dock does everything the Standard dock is capable of and them some right? For instance if I don't hook up the HDMI cables to the HD dock it will act like the standard one and display clock+alarm right?

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The HD Multimedia dock does everything the Standard dock is capable of and them some right? For instance if I don't hook up the HDMI cables to the HD dock it will act like the standard one and display clock+alarm right?
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Correct, I have a MM dock and when it's not plugged into my pico projector, it displays an option to run the "Widget clock". The included (cheaply made IMHO) IR remote can start/ stop media as well as a few other things. BTW, if you didn't know, HDMI is backwards compatible with DVI, so a passive, inline adapter can connect the MM dock to any modern display. There is an 3.5mm audio output from the MM dock as well.

Thank you! Just one more thing question.
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BTW, if you didn't know, HDMI is backwards compatible with DVI, so a passive, inline adapter can connect the MM dock to any modern display.
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If I understand correctly I can buy some sort of adapter or cable like this:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=98_102&item_id=008244
and it will work?

More along the lines of this.

I like the cable ones as they don't put much stress on the sockets
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Typically, the DVI display connections i use are vertical, so I don't have stress on mine. However, I see your point. Note that you'll need an adapter on the other side of your wire to connect to the phone, though.
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Thank you - thank you - thank you!! I have just ordered one myself I don't know how I'm going to manage to wait the 3-5 days for delivery, even though I went without a dock for MONTHS already. Thanks again.

Be wary if you think you're going to get in on this deal - I received a Standard Dock instead of the Multimedia Dock. Needless to say it's being sent back as item not as described. Gonna hit up a store to grab this, since their warehouse had no idea what they were doing.

I had the same thing happen. Turns out they call the Standard Dock the Multimedia Dock, and the Multimedia Dock is known as the HD Multimedia Dock. If you noticed, this thread says the HD MM dock was $15, but the one you bought was only $10.

I buy three of each and I get my three standard docks. I call bell and they say they want to ship my hd docks this week.
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I cant seem to find the car dock on the bell site, anyone mind posting the link?

Good prices on HD Dock / Entertainment Center

For anyone interested the HD Multimedia Dock is $28 bucks on Amazon right now. If you wanted the whole Entertainment Center it's on sale for $82 (which just got raised from $77 today).

Dude they are much more cheaper of eBay, I bought mine for about £8 including P+P.

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Dude they are much more cheaper of eBay, I bought mine for about £8 including P+P.
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are you sure? isnt it just the standard dock? i have searched before and its more expensive than that.

el_venga said:
are you sure? isnt it just the standard dock? i have searched before and its more expensive than that.
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Well the one I had bought was just the standard dock, but the multimedia ones are selling for £15-£20

Can it be used with some other Motorola phones? Like Droid Razr Maxx?

No, as far as I know, because the dock hold the phone into place using the HDMI and charger ports.

Save your money!!!
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For anyone interested the HD Multimedia Dock is $28 bucks on Amazon right now. If you wanted the whole Entertainment Center it's on sale for $82 (which just got raised from $77 today).
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I just bought a cable from amazon, and is working the same as the Dock (no charging) i have my atrix set up on my TV with a Bluetooth mouse keyboard combo.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Y7E8HG/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00
It was only US $3.15 - I'm very pleased with the results, and the mouse keyboard combo was US $24.00 with the shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Key...d-touchpad/dp/B0042VAXKK/ref=pd_sim_sbs_cps_6
I have for the price of the entertainment dock, the dock replacement (almost) plus a lapdock on my TV. Is not the original stuff, but it does the work.
Peace out!!!

zcucurullo said:
I just bought a cable from amazon, and is working the same as the Dock (no charging) i have my atrix set up on my TV with a Bluetooth mouse keyboard combo.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Y7E8HG/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00
It was only US $3.15 - I'm very pleased with the results, and the mouse keyboard combo was US $24.00 with the shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Key...d-touchpad/dp/B0042VAXKK/ref=pd_sim_sbs_cps_6
I have for the price of the entertainment dock, the dock replacement (almost) plus a lapdock on my TV. Is not the original stuff, but it does the work.
Peace out!!!
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If I was interested in saving my money I would have continued using the hdmi cable that comes with the phone and the wireless keyboard I already own. ($0, beat that! ).
The intent of the post wasn't to see who could come up with the cheapest alternative to a HD dock. It was to let anyone who may be interested in the OEM product know it was on sale for a reasonable price.
That being said, I did end up buying the dock and am very pleased with it. Having it hooked up to my stereo system, coupled with the remote and usb storage, makes it a very nice little setup. I'd always kind of written off the accessories for the phone, but I was pleasantly surprised by how well everything worked.