Hi All,
I'm wanting to use my Diamond in the car to replace both my old iPod and sat-nav, while still having phone functions available. There are a few things I'm not happy with, so I thought I see what other people are doing.
I have a car head unit with a direct 3.5mm line-in, which used to have the iPod on the end. The Diamond works fine plugged into this through an ebay 3.5mm\USB adaptor.
If I plug the 12v>USB charger in, I get a whine over the audio - not a big problem, it's just a ground-loop, so I'll stick an isolating transformer in-line.
The main problem I have is switching between the internal speaker and the external output. If I want to have the radio on, rather than MP3, I have to unplug the adaptor, and plug the charging cable in direct, so that I can keep the battery charged - not ideal. This way I can hear the TomTom voices through the internal speaker, but it seems wrong to have to swap leads this way.
The other main problem is if I have MP3 and TomTom all through the stereo, and I get a call, I can hear the call over the stereo, but can't speak, as the Diamond is expecting an external microphone.
I guess what I need is a utility to force only the internal microphone to be used, and to allow me to force the internal speaker when I want to use the radio. It there such a thing?
I think one of these car holders has an option to plug in charger and usb-3.5mm jack adapter at the same time....
http://www.dsldevelopments.com/brodit/Holder/HTC+Touch Diamond-Brodit-Holder.asp
If i had the skills i'd try to figure out a hack to pause/mute the mp3 and mute satnav when in a call... but I don't.
That's not the problem - I can plug in the charger and 3.5mm audio at the some time, but that redirects all the audio to the car stereo, and disconnects the mic. Removing the adaptor and plugging in just the charger enables the microphone, but all my MP3s then are played through the internal speaker.
What I need is a utility to force the internal microphone to be used _all_ the time, and let me choose when to use the internal speaker when a headset is detected.
I don't suppose anyone knows how the Diamond recognises a headset? Is there a resistor link across a couple of the pins in the 11pin connnector? I'm just thinking I could make up a cable with a switch to break that contact, and 'virtually' disconnect the headset when I want the radio, or need the microphone active during a call.
You could try this program. It seems to be a virtual switch between the earpiece and external speaker. I use it a a solution for skype and other voip programs that only work through the external speaker, but the works the other way as well.
headset instaled but need phone mic allways enable
Hello,
Kaysee_sw said:
The other main problem is if I have MP3 and TomTom all through the stereo, and I get a call, I can hear the call over the stereo, but can't speak, as the Diamond is expecting an external microphone.
I guess what I need is a utility to force only the internal microphone to be used, and to allow me to force the internal speaker when I want to use the radio. It there such a thing?
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I have the same issue of kaisee.
I use the diamond as mp3 player in my car stereo (aux-in) and i need the mic allways available to use the phone without disconect the usb or audio plug.
In my old magician this worked just fine becouse the mic was allways available.
Is the .exe posted by dctech the answer(thanks man) ? has anybody tested ? is it reliable or there is another solution?
Thanks
You need a proper bluetooth car kit to allow this. Parrot ones are very good. If you want to listen to music as well as phone calls and sat nav i would suggest that you get one with both handset and A2DP bluetooth profiles. There is a workaround app you can use to get music through a car kit with just a handset or headset profile but the quality is mono and very poor
Hi everyone,
I currently have a USB to 3.5mm audio adapter that I use to stream radio and listen to mp3s in the car. As Ontario is going to pass a law saying that we need to use handsfree when driving, I also need to get a handsfree device.
If I buy a bluetooth headset, and connect both the audio adapter and bluetooth device, when a call comes in, which audio input will take the call? Also, when I play mp3s, the sound will come out from which device?
Thanks for your help!
I recently got one of these off amazon in the UK, I was fed up looking like a taxi driver with a headset on.
This streams from the phone and has a mic for calls. You can also play mp3 from cds.
This Link is to the Canadian sony shop, but you might get it cheaper.
HTH
MG
Thanks for your help, but I don't think I want to install a new car deck just so I can listen to calls on my phone. Rather spend that money somewhere else
I recently bought a Galaxy Tab and decide to use it as phone + tablet
Is there any app or way to make nexus one as a Bluetooth headset so I can put the tab into my backpack but use the n1 to control tab's music player n make calls via the tab?
I believe you'll be much better served by a BT headset. Not even mentioning the much smaller size
I'm currently using Nokia bh-505 as my bluetooth headset, together with ipod touch 4g (music player) and my note. however as bh505 only has limited multipoint, i can only connect my headset to note thru phone audio only (the ipod connects thru media audio, and it won't connect when i connect also my note to media audio).
i installed safereader but it seems to use media audio of my note in reading incoming messages; thus, when both my ipod and note are connected, vlingo safereader reads thru my loudspeaker instead. I want it to read it thru bluetooth headset since I sometimes put my note inside my backpack.
Is there a way so that vlingo safereader will read messages thru my headset other than using my note as my music player (i'd rather use its battery for other activities)?
P.S. GSMArena lists NFC support (optional) as a feature of galaxy note. Does the international version of note really include it or is it limited only to the at&t and korean version? thanks
Hi, some time ago I bought 2 pairs of Philips Black Surround Sound Headphones for mine and my daughters mobile phones (HTC Wildfires S & HTC Desire).
Now I've upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini I've discovered to my disappointment that neither of them work for making/receiving calls on my new phone, but only work for music. But what I have discovered is that I make a call without the headphones plugged in then plug them in whilst its ringing without any problems but unfortunately, I have to remove them and plug them in again to listen to music.
Does anyone have any idea why this is?