Hi i'm soon to be buying a XDA 2i, so I can bin my existing phone, PDA and Sat nav gear and replace it with one piece of kit ! Whoopee.
Can anyone offer some advice on what is the best car phone kit / cradle option (needs to be good as I do a lot of business phone calls on the road), that will be compatible with Tom Tom 3 or 5.
Not fussed whether car kit / GPS reciever is bluetooth, I just need it to reliably work when switching between calls and sat nav.
Many thanks for any advice recieved - superb site.
car kit holux cr100 gps and amplifiedspeaker and a bt headset works fine
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Hi there,
I am having the exact same problem using a mda copact and nokia ck-1w bluetooth in car kit. I have posted a in the magicain upgrading forum about this issue. Someone suggested to try and upgrade the rom and radio version but I havent had a chance to try this out. They are using the same devices but are not having any issues.
is there a way to get sat nav on my XDA mini s for FREE?
just software based? or do i need a bluethooth thingy.
cheers
xxxxx
You'll need a gps receiver either wired or bluetooth - about £40 - £50 on ebay.
You'll also need to get some software like Tom Tom either legit or none legit whichever you prefer..
I'm 99% sure you can't use a wired bluetooth receiver with the Wizard.
That leaves you with a bluetooth one or an IR one (I wouldn't recomend IR)
Depending what you want you can get a receiver, or a handsfree kit/gps receiver in one (obvisously more ££) but as said above you will need a copy of some software (Tomtom 5.21 or mapopolis for example) to get it working.
Hi. I have a MDA Vario, ALK Co-Pilot with Bluetooth GPS & a Pama "Plug'n'Go 4" Bluetooth Car kit.
I can use the Vario and the Car Kit together with out a problem and I can use the Vario and the Sat Nav with out a problem, but I cannot use them both together. When you run the Co-Pilot software on the phone with the car kit paired it disconnects the car kit, then the car kit re-connects itself, then it disconnects etc.......
I have looked in the bluetooth pairng for the Car kit and their are no settings I can change, and the Co-Pilot software talks directly to the Bluetooth GPS receiver and thir are no settings that can be changed in that either. I am stuck. Co-Pilot say its the Car kit and Pama say it is the Sat Nav, and the guy in the T-Mobile shop says it could be the Windows Mobile 5.
Does anyone know if TomTom or any other Sat Nav vendor do a demo version for Windows Mobile 5. That way I can see if it is a Co-Pilot issue or not, I know people with Sat Nav systems but none of them are for Windows Mobile. I also know a couple of people who use bluetooth headsets but not car kits, I cannot get on with headsets, after about half an hour I want to throw it out of the car window. I have asked if I could borrow a car kit from the T-Mobile shop, but they said no!!
I downloaded and installed the latest rom from T-Mobile last night, it was only released on the 19/06/2006, but it did not fix any thing.
Regards
Andrew
Hi sysmanuk i have got copilot and vario and hve used it fine on a parrot 3100 i also used tomtom again no problems this was on the old tmobile rom not used it on new rom but it sounds like it is the pama device causing the problem can you upgrade its firmware if so try that
Hi ya,
I can confirm that i use tomtom, a parrot ck3000 and a holox bt-321 with no problems. They all stay paired.
I can either turn the BT on before i get in the car and thus just have the ck3000 pair, or i can have BT turned on paired up with the ck3000 then start Tomtom and have no issues. Or i can just start tomtom with turns the BT on and then this auto pairs with the GPS unit and the ck3000.
I hope this givess you some help in to finding out what is causing the issue.
I had this issue, using the T-mobile MDA Vario release rom, a Parrot ck3100 & tomtom5.21 with a bluetooth rikaline gps.
If both used together, the car kit would randomly disconnect bluetooth, and the gps would also randomly diconnect.
Used seperately they were fine.
I went back to using the Vario with the Parrot, and my old Ipaq for Tomtom/GPS.
I have now updated to the Mr Clean rom, and plan on retesting once I reload all the software.
Hi people,
Currently I use a THB Bury Take & Talk DSP car kit, with a cradle for the XDA IIs (Blue Angel). I have a Mini S (Wizard) aswell that I want to use with the car kit, and essentially replace the old XDA IIs. I have found a cradle that fits this car kit on the o2 website, the only problem with this is that the current wired GPS I use will not work with this cradle of the Mini S in fact.
Ideally I'm looking for a Bluetooth GPS that is powered in the car. Can be through the cigarette lighter but ideally could be mounted in the car and maybe wired into the same powerbox as the car kit? Anyone know of a solution like this or similar?
Many thanks,
Andy.
There's a thread discussing this in Wizard Accessories entitled "What's the best GPS setup???" and a post which describes an application like the one you want.
Go play in the right forum.
Hope this helps!
Yes if you go here
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=3227
its a nice tomtom style cradle with power output for a bluttooth GPS via RJ11 connector lead (supplied free) and 3 mounting options (included) for a princely sum of £25 i had one for my 2i and it was excellent. the mechanical arm gave no vibrations at all.
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sorrt guys
I a.m sure I am being thick so please be kind.
I have a stock m700 which i use purely as a sat nav
I have a htc TD2 as my main phone.
I see that there is a device the io player
http://www.my-io.com/Products/iOPLAY.aspx
which enables me to use the car stereo as a hands free kit on the td2
i can also use the m700 with tomtom6 via the car stereo if the m700 can support a2dp.
had a look on the phone and couldnt see any confirmations.
can someone please confirm if it does have the capacity and if i need to do any tweaks to get it playing through the car stereo via the io player.
thanks in advance