I just got the Kidigi cradle but there is no place to the headphone jack when the phone is placed in it.
Anybody know if there is a Cradle with MiniUsb and jack for the headphone?
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I have the HTC dock for the ameo arriving monday / tuesday. I lll post pictures and comments for all that are interested.
Ordered from expansys £69
ade0282 said:
I have the HTC dock for the ameo arriving monday / tuesday. I lll post pictures and comments for all that are interested.
Ordered from expansys £69 with a second battery
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Have you noticed this ?
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=9256
GPSLessforLess cradle
Palmchen said:
Have you noticed this ?
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=9256
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That seems to be a charging and syncing station, rather than a full docking station (with its USB passthrough ports etc). Having said that, if it charges from the mains while connected with PC, as description implies, it will be exactly what I'm after. Not a bad price either. If it's the same one I saw a few weeks ago, the price has halved since then. Hmmm, might get two (home and work)...
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No, the one I saw before was this:
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=7558
With second battery slot. Doesn't seem to be available though. The other probably replaced it.
What is the function of earphone jack holes of station?
On the left side of Athena, there are three jack holes, i.e., earphone, miniusb, and vga out. However, the docking station only plugs into miniusb and vga out. It does not plug into earphone. However, there is a earphone jackhole on the right side of the docking station, but when I plug into that earphone jack hole, I did not get any sound from it. I can not use the original earphone jack hole either, because it was blocked when you set Athena into the docking station. I have a question that What is the function of earphone jack holes on the docking station if no sound coming out from it?
The audio output is also available from the mini USB connection on the Ameo, connection of a correctly wired addapter to the Ameo will mute the onboard speakers thus routing the audio to the addapter cable/ port etc. Either your unit is faulty or the dock unit is incorrectly wired -
When you dock the device try playing some music etc. on the unit and does it emmit any sound from its onboard speakers ? - Mike
I *DID* get two of the cheaper cradles for my Advantage. They plug into the mains with a supplied adapter (5V 1A) and the PC's USB.
The trouble is, the charging time seems to be as if it were charging from USB only - ie sloooow. This is despite the power light coming on when mains is connected (or when USB is connected). Does the USB charging override the mains charging? I've tried disabling the USB charging with a registry addition as described elsewhere, to no effect.
If I unplug the adapter the LED on the adapter remains lit for a very long time - several minutes at least. Even unplugging the USB and the adapter at the same time doesn't affect that - the LED on the adapter itself and the cradle remain lit, but the charging light on the Advantage goes out. Very peculiar.
For someone with a full docking station - how quickly does it charge? If it's at full mains speed I may upgrade to one or two of them (when finances permit) for syncing, and use these cheap ones as mere mains-only charging stations dotted around the house.
panvita said:
On the left side of Athena, there are three jack holes, i.e., earphone, miniusb, and vga out. However, the docking station only plugs into miniusb and vga out. It does not plug into earphone.
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The Athena mini-USB also provides Audio-out like all other new HTC devices. This would explain why the dock only connects to the mini-USB jack. However then, you should get some audio noise out of the dock's jack... this seems not to work...
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?
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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.
I upgraded my XDA IIi Alpine with the Deathnoise ROM. All works well but now there is a strange sound problem.
If anything is connected into the bottom socket then there is no sound from the main speaker, only from the headphone socket.
Even if the other end is not plugged in to anything there is still no sound. As soon as I take it out he sound returns to the main speaker.
I've tried it with a USB sync cable and a mains charger. Sound worked with both before the Deathnoise ROM update.
The update and sound problem may not be linked at all!
I wouldn't be that bothered but not I can't run TomTom in my car and plug it in to the power socket at the same time!
The most likely explanation is a wire has shorted or moved in your power supply cable or the socket and the set now the set thinks it is connected to a car kit. Search the Alpine section of the forum as there is a good reply I remember seeing about the socket wiring.
Its definitely something with the socket on the XDA. I need to open it up for a good look.
Its a pretty annoying problem though. If it had a separate power in socket then I wouldn't to be bothered
I play music all other times and when it is charging in the house no problems right threw the phone speaker. But when its charging in the car no sound threw the phone speaker..
Any help?
Chris
are you using a USB splitter in the car that has a headphone jack on it?
No but i have a splitter with the usb charger slot and the usb headphone slot and when i use that it also does not work with the car charger and the headphones plugged in it charges but no music... And with no splitter and just the car charger plugged in and charging no music threw the phone speaker.. But at home when it is plugged in to the charger i get music threw the phone speaker
What make and model car charger?
I'd imagine since most people want to listen to music from the phone over the cars speakers (rather than out of the phones tinny speaker), your car charger has some means of hooking up the TyTN Is audio output to your cars speakers and so takes away it's audio but just currently doesn't have anywhere to send it. If you read the instructions for your car charger or have a look on the manufacturers website, that may help. As you haven't listed the charger make and model people with experience of your exact situation with the same item wont be able to chime in with how they sorted it but I'm surprised you dont want the better sound quality that comes from using your cars speakers
With the headphones plugged in directly (not via the splitter) do you get sound through the headphones as expected?
Yes headphones plugged in direct work fine.
I will check out the chargers website
Well it works now but i didnt do nothing i woke up and plugged into car charger and worked lol.. oh well
thanks all for the help.
Hey guys,
i found out that my USB-C to 3,5mm Headphone adapter isnt working anymore.
PC Connection works but it disconnects and reconnect every 10sec.
Charging without problems.
Probably because i accidentally dropped the phone while charger plugged in...
already tried to clean the jack with spray.
under microscope it looks like some pins are bent and some are missing (see screenshots)
is there any better way to fix than trying to slightly lift the pins with a needle?