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The i.Trek Powered Cradle Mount with Powered Speaker

I recently purchased the i.Trek Powered Cradle Mount with Powered Speaker from Semsons (http://www.semsons.com/ipocrmowiins18.html). It arrived today and I wanted to jot down my first impressions. By the way, My Sprint Mogul is running the leaked 3.16 ROM and radio. So, I use the internal GPS for navigation. I bought the cradle/mount so that I could use my Mogul like a TomTom / Garmin / etc.
I purchased the cradle with the standard mounting kit and the RJ-11 to 4mm DC cable. It also came with a car adapter. The standard mounting kit includes 1 windshield mount (suction cup and flexible arm), 1 adhesive disc, and 1 vent clip adapter.
The windshield mounting arm seems very stiff and stable. I could not get the suction cup to disconnect from the window without flipping the release switch. I have not tried the vent clip, but it seems like it would attach to most vent configurations as the clips can attach to vertical or horizontal vents.
I was disappointed to see that the car adapter is not a mini-usb connection. You have to plug the car adapter into the cradle and dock the Mogul in the cradle to charge it. On that note, there is a switch on the side of the cradle that turns the charger on and off so that if the Mogul is fully charged, you can still use the speaker without sending power to the mogul's charging port.
The speaker on the cradle seems plenty loud. Unfortunately, there isn't a hardware volume adjustment for the built-in speaker. If you are driving a loud vehicle, you may have a little trouble hearing the speaker, but in my Buick sedan, I had no problems.
The dock has an RJ-11 port that you can use the included cable with to charge a GPS adapter. It also has an audio-in connection, however, the cradle does not come with a cable or microphone for audio-in. I believe this is a serious omission on i.Trek's part.
When docked, my Mogul played all of its audio through the cradle's speaker. As I said before, the volume was very adequate. However, I could not give any voice commands to MS Voice Command and callers could not hear me. I turned on Bluetooth and used my Jaw Bone headset and got the same results. Audio would come through the headset momentarily, switch back to the speaker on the cradle, and the caller could not hear me.
For some reason, plugging the Mogul into the cradle disables all microphones. I can only assume this is because the phone expects something to be plugged into the audio-in port on the cradle. This may become a serious problem for me as I take a lot of calls from the car. I have to undock the phone from the cradle to make or take a phone call. This is annoying, to say the least.
If anyone knows of a registry hack that will play audio through the speaker, but keep my Bluetooth headset active, please post it here or PM me. I would be very grateful.
I have taken some pictures of the dock and will post them soon. I hope this helps you make a decision about your purchase.

Sorry about the poor quality pics. I took them with my phone (kind of ironic, eh?).

so it does have an audio out and audio in. hmmm. i think you can get the clip on mic from seido for about 12 bucks. i may have to order this and an adaptor (stupid aftermarket proprietary plug required) for my radio and give it a shot.
all in all an external mic may be easier than using bluetooth and cause less of a problem <shrug>.
good luck and thanks for the pics.

Is that RJ11 to dc to power the cradle from a phone jack so you could use it as a charger in say a hotel room?

mogul67 said:
Is that RJ11 to dc to power the cradle from a phone jack so you could use it as a charger in say a hotel room?
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No, they use the RJ-11 cable to charge a stand-alone GPS receiver. It has nothing to do with a land-line telephone.

This thing is a piece of crap.
It takes two hands to get the phone in or out. The sound from the audio output is horrible.
Save your money.

rangie said:
This thing is a piece of crap.
It takes two hands to get the phone in or out. The sound from the audio output is horrible.
Save your money.
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Getting the phone into the cradle is definitely a pain in the neck. If you don't get it lined up just right, it won't dock. You would think they could have fit it to the phone a little better.

Bluetooth headset or wired - which is better for battery

Hi
Which is going to be better for the battery - running the HTC headphones direct or using a bluetooth headset with its own battery (SE SBH-200)?
In other words, will using the bluetooth headset draw less charge than using the standard headset?
I'm using pocket player and also pocket tunes to play MP3s.
Thanks, D.

wired headset use less battery,of course

There is a freeware application that let you know draining of your battery in real time. You can use it to discover: acbPowerMeter v1.1.

Sorry but this is pretty obvious that a wired headset would use less power. Running Bluetooth requires battery power. Even bluetooth on but not in use. When I am not using bluetooth I shut it down to save power. This would be the case no matter what phone you have.

Thanks. It was not obvious to me that the wired headphones would draw less power.

[Q] HD7 won't charge from car stereo USB

I just purchased a new car stereo (JVC kd-r730bt). I knew it wouldn't be able to access my HD7's media through the USB, but the salesperson told me that I should still be able to charge through it. (The booklet specifically mentions the usb provides 5V 1a for charging.) But it won't charge when I plug it in. The port itself seems to be working because it will charge my ipod and the HD7 must be getting some juice because it will turn on if it's off when I plug it in, but I don't get the charge indicator and my battery level never goes up.
I thought it might just be my unit or a problem with the install, but I had the same problem when I went and tried it on the display unit in the store. The sales guy was at a loss. The only thing we could think of was maybe the unit doesn't have the right volts or amps for the phone? However another sales guy told me that most chargers are 1a and that shouldn't be a problem. And I called JVC and HTC customer service and neither of them thought that would be the problem either. Does anyone know what the issue might be and if there's any fix/work around for it?
By the way, I was able to charge the phone using the same USB cable with a different car stereo display unit (Pioneer deh-6400bt). I also charge just fine off a computer usb using that cable.
On the bright side, the JVC streams music beautifully from my HD7 over bluetooth. I'm glad I got it over the Pioneer even with the charging issue since the Pioneer only does phone calls over bluetooth not media.

HD7 won't charge from car stereo USB...
...no it won't...it's not a ipod (thanks god)! buy a bluetooth car stereo...

Maybe u got some cigarette ash in ur car lighter pot , my car got that problem .
I fixed it by clean it ....

to saKerXing
maybe he got flat battery, my car got this problem ,
i fixed it by getting new battery
cheers and have a gr8 day
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[Q] Weird signal disturbance

Hi,
I noticed a weird problem in my HTC One ....While using my car charger and aux cable together, I noticed a weird signal disturbance in the speakers of the car whenever I made or answer a call(I was using the mic of the phone and the car speakers with the aux cable). The disturbance was something like the same disturbance that one gets in a landline when we keep the landline close to a mobile. When I removed the charger and used the aux cable only, the disturbance was gone so it's got definitely got to do something with the charger. Also, when talking from the mobile directly while using the charger, there is no disturbance. Is it something to do with the charger or my phone?

110 views and no reply? Someone please help

udit_narang said:
Hi,
I noticed a weird problem in my HTC One ....While using my car charger and aux cable together, I noticed a weird signal disturbance in the speakers of the car whenever I made or answer a call(I was using the mic of the phone and the car speakers with the aux cable). The disturbance was something like the same disturbance that one gets in a landline when we keep the landline close to a mobile. When I removed the charger and used the aux cable only, the disturbance was gone so it's got definitely got to do something with the charger. Also, when talking from the mobile directly while using the charger, there is no disturbance. Is it something to do with the charger or my phone?
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Its maybe noise coming from your alternator to your charger. Your car alternator is AC current converted to DC trough a rectifier circuit. Even if its converted to DC, there is always a small quantum of residual AC in your car power system. That AC noise is then routed to the phone and then your audio system producing that audible noise from your speakers . Is that noise increasing in pitch with the acceleration (rev of your engine)? if yes, the best solution for this issue is to buy a noise filter.
If this is not that kind of noise (form alternator) its simply noise coming from your phone transceiver (like a pulsating noise). In that case you will need to have a very good aux cable (shielded) and all your car audio properly grounded and shielded.

udit_narang said:
110 views and no reply? Someone please help
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You can't expect someone to reply to your every question. Just be patient

Nexus 7 in car install Engine noise help??

alot of engine noise and hissing noise even when car is off
its a nexus 7 timurs rom, sound going from nexus via 3.5 tapped into factory cd changer any suggestions?

Ground loop isolator.......

I just solved this problem in my own installation. After some searching around, I ended up deciding on this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EAQTRI/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's a good price, free shipping with Amazon Prime and completely eliminates the alternator whine you're experiencing.

Thanks i ordered it from my experience in car audio ground loop isolator a while removingr whine also make the sound dull
Maybe i am wrong but it doesnt seem like a proper solution
Maybe grounding usb power? Or the 3.5 mm jack on the nexus to the cars body?

Who said you had to use one in the audio line?
If you know what to look for you can isolate the noise in the power supply line itself.Something like this. Now the real question is why is it hissing even with the vehicle off. In reality it shouldn't do it at all but nothing is ever perfect and trying to track down a ground issue can be more trouble then it's worth. Do you have battery drain issues? or low charge or possibly high charge while driving? Wondering if you have a possible problem with the voltage regulator in the car itself. When they go back they can actually cause a draw with the vehicle off. Doubt that is the issue but figured I would ask.
And just to be clear as to what you are doing. You are going from the Nexus (headphone jack) to the front of the stock car stereo(AUX input 3.5 jack). Do you have the tablet plugged in to a cigarette adapter or charging by any means via the car? If so, have you tried having it not plugged into the charger to see if that changes anything? Most cigarette or power adapters are not isolated so if you use them you have the possibility of it happening.