I'd like to use the XDA I (Wallaby) original car kit which is installed in my car with a XDA II (Himalaya).
Are the connectors/pin layouts of both devices the same :?:
I am asking this because I have seen a XDA II car kit for sale, and I can't figure out if it is an original XDA II car kit or a modded XDA I car kit. It sure looks like my old XDA I car kit however.
Thanks for your input.
Pinlayout is the same. But as much as i know, the case is a little bit different, so that the XDA II won´t fit in a XDA 1 car kit.....
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I have the original O2 car kit for xda and the xda 2 fits fine physically. There maybe 2 types but the one I have is ok. I have only tried it out on a hook up to power on the bench, is there a charging issue with this combination? I seem to recall something about this.
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Hey, I was wondering if anyone has come across such an accessory? It would be super useful for my car (and other scenarios I'm guessing). If anyone has suggestions of how to wire in a normal QI charger into a car that would be really helpful too!
Cheers!
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jimmygoska said:
Hey, I was wondering if anyone has come across such an accessory? It would be super useful for my car (and other scenarios I'm guessing). If anyone has suggestions of how to wire in a normal QI charger into a car that would be really helpful too!
Cheers!
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If you really want to do that you could get one of these http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Single-Position-Inductive-Charger/dp/B005QZ8BF0/ref=sr_1_cc_3?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1352514463&sr=1-3-catcorr&keywords=qi+charger and one of these http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-PV150-Portable-Inverter/dp/B0000AI0OE
Kind of a pain but its the only thing I came up with
Thanks. I thought about that but I think I'd prefer to just use a USB cable than spend that money on extra devices for my car... Thanks though!
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jimmygoska said:
Thanks. I thought about that but I think I'd prefer to just use a USB cable than spend that money on extra devices for my car... Thanks though!
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Same here. Considering the head unit I have already has a usb plug. I'm sure they will make them eventually.
The dock that you can buy from the Play Store is micro-usb powered. So you can just have that plugged into your car.
Keep in mind its only about 70% efficient so for other battery applications its probably best just to plug your phone straight in.
Am I the only one surprised at the dearth of Qi chargers combined with the increasing prevalence of Qi-enabled phones & cases?
Not really... There's like 2 Qi-enabled phones.
Maybe old post but I've found what you where looking for:
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1154/10001946/1272303
or
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1154/10001946/1215400
carlosmg2 said:
Maybe old post but I've found what you where looking for:
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1154/10001946/1272303
or
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1154/10001946/1215400
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What's the difference?
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What's the difference?
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I think the second one includes the Wallplug USB power adapter
If you go dig through the accessories section there was a thread with a car mount QI charger, it's pretty much all you need.
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I believe you can thru Bluetooth or an aux jack.
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Not unless the car stereo supports MTP. Most only support USB mass storage which is deprecated on many Android devices now.
A2DP or headphone jack work fine.
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I believe you can thru Bluetooth or an aux jack.
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So there is no setting inside the andriod to make it compactable with the USB cable? Or is there a work around to make it possible without a aux or Bluetooth ?
Not possible at all. I work at a car stereo shop and not a single one I have tried works. Only solution is auxilary or Bluetooth if you want to spend the extra money... Definitely worth it if you ask me though
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hev88 said:
Not possible at all. I work at a car stereo shop and not a single one I have tried works. Only solution is auxilary or Bluetooth if you want to spend the extra money... Definitely worth it if you ask me though
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Ok thanks for that insight. Just want to clear one more thing on it. Is there any tweaks out there for rooted devices that would make this possible?
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Not possible at all. I work at a car stereo shop and not a single one I have tried works. Only solution is auxilary or Bluetooth if you want to spend the extra money... Definitely worth it if you ask me though
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Does the aux deliver a better sound experience compared to Bluetooth?
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Ok thanks for that insight. Just want to clear one more thing on it. Is there any tweaks out there for rooted devices that would make this possible?
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As far as i know there is not... USB is a pain in the ass with android and car stereos anyways. It reads the entire SD card directory and makes it a pain in the ass to navigate through your music. Go for Bluetooth man
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Does the aux deliver a better sound experience compared to Bluetooth?
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IMO I think the Bluetooth sounds better... Aux just sucks lol
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Does the aux deliver a better sound experience compared to Bluetooth?
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Bluetooth quality is purer because straight data.
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This actually really dissapointed me, as it was one of my favourite use-cases for my phone, not having to maintain two (or more) seperate music collections - prevents the phenomenon of heading off on a planned highly enjoyable car trip with my current favourite music, only to find that I didn't move it onto the appropriate USB device.
My last phone was an HTC Sensation running a 4.1 JB ROM, I forget which exactly, it got changed a lot . Something minimal. Anyway...
I tried using the headphone jack out, into my car stereo aux in, and even when I upped the input source level in the stereo hardware, and cranked up the volume on the Nex4, it only got to about 60% of the volume I wanted. Bah. The Bluetooth adapter for the stereo is like $200 if it's even available anymore. Very lame.
I could get a headphone amp. Actually, that's probably the easiest thing to do for me. Off I go to the web store.
Ramble over. Oh, first post here. Hi y'all. (software dev)
Thanks for the much needed insight into this issue now. Right now I have to look for Bluetooth adapter. And I hope Google will fill this gap of charging and using the music player with the same single USB cable it would be a good thing to have too.
Hi all hope you all having a fantastic day with nexus 4
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Bluetooth is convenient as there is no wire, but folks claiming Bluetooth has better audio quality than line out are incorrect (sorry). You will have much better audio quality with the line out, assuming your head unit's aux input has enough gain to get to levels you normally listen to.
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Bluetooth is convenient as there is no wire, but folks claiming Bluetooth has better audio quality than line out are incorrect (sorry). You will have much better audio quality with the line out, assuming your head unit's aux input has enough gain to get to levels you normally listen to.
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Yea I was wondering about that for a while. Plus Bluetooth kills the battery faster.
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My Sony WX-GT80UI says that it accepts MTP.. But when my Nexus 4 is connected, it says device not compatible. How is this? Do I need to have music files on root of card or what else could make a difference?
Hi,
I'm looking for a good car mount for my device. I need to be able to attach it the the AC vent and to rotate it 360 degrees.
After searching a lot I found:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Luxmo-Car-M...1731?pt=US_Mounts_Holders&hash=item5d3eaaae93
I found many others of course, but they are cheap and they don't seem to be good quality. For example, this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Car-Air-Ven...6215?pt=US_Mounts_Holders&hash=item5d3e515577
I want your opinion, do you think anyone of them is good?
Also, I know of clingo:
http://www.clingo.com/car-mounts/universal-vent-mount
This basically holds your phone with some kind magnet (don't think its really a magnet, don't know what it is), but I'm afraid it will somehow ruin the back of my phone (even though I put a case on, I'm very very fanatic about my Nexus. Very).
Is there anyone here who has ever tried it and can give me an opinion?
Thanks!
Anyone?
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I am totaly happy with my brodit holder.It is a car specifc car mount which combines with a device specific clip. I bought the mount once and now I am with my 3rd device changing only the clip and its perfect.
What do you mean changing the clip? And can this holder hold the Nexus even when it has a case? I'm using the rinkge fusion.
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The holder has two components. One, the holder, attaches to the car, different models for different cars or even the place in your car you want to mount it.And the other, the clip, is specific to the device you have, i.e different devices different clips. So if you change your device you just have to buy a new clip not the whole set.
And No saddly but no, you can't use the Nexus 4 or any other device while in a case.
i use this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mountek-iPh...2334?pt=US_Mounts_Holders&hash=item232506ddbe
i don't use my CD player because i use my aux in from my phone
plus, when i had a window-mount for my nexus s, on very hot or very cold days it would fall off the window... and i'm not willing to see my nexus 4 fall off the window and explode on impact
Strra can I use it with a case on the nexus?
that's very important to me
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Hi,
I just bought the item I posted in the OP:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Luxmo-Car-M...1731?pt=US_Mounts_Holders&hash=item5d3eaaae93
Is it possible I would have problems with this if the Nexus is in a case?
Thanks!
Try this one. It's very solid and easy to use.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=160932494660
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TheeWolf said:
Strra can I use it with a case on the nexus?
that's very important to me
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yeah, it's plenty big enough to hold the nexus with a case. i use it with my bumper with no issues. i believe it says it's even big enough to hold a note2 with a case, if that gives you any idea
If so do all buttons work on g2. Would you recommend it or a different headset?
my stock ones gotten wet and sound tincanny, otherwise I would not be looking for a replacement.
Speaking of which, anyone has compared with stock ones?
edit Q was originally for klipsch, I misread it has one button.
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bachera said:
If so do all buttons work on g2. Would you recommend it or a different headset?
my stock ones gotten wet and sound tincanny, otherwise I would not be looking for a replacement.
Speaking of which, anyone has compared with stock ones?
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I have the klipsch s4a ii. There is only one button on the headphones... One click play/pause. Two: skip. Three: back.
I would recommend them highly. I've used the s4 ii, s4a, and the s4a ii, and they are all good.
I really don't think you can go wrong with any similar headsets in the same price range. There is a huge selection of very good headsets on the market.
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anyone know of a good three button alternative?
I still use the UR beats that came with my HTC One X a while back.
The remote works like this:
- fwd/bwd buttons >>> volume up/down
- Center button in combination with Head Set button controller > start/stop, next/previous title
Hello everybody!
I know you guys have probably read something like this hundreds of times but I don't know where else to ask,
I have an 2008 Ford Fusion and I want to install a Nexus 7 as a Dash.
The problem is I don't know where to start!
I need it to cost as little as possible.
I need it for Navigation.
I need it for music playback.
I need it to turn on/off when the car starts/turns off.
I would love for me to control it with the steering wheel.
What parts do I need and how do I wire it with the nexus?
Also 2012 vs 2013 model for a car dash?
I would really appreciate any help!
Bumping this, I'm looking to do the same on my 2002 Lexus IS300. Biggest question is how to hook up the Nexus 7 to car stereo.
If your stereo has a line in at the back then use the 3.5 mm jack on the Nexus
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If your stereo has a line in at the back then use the 3.5 mm jack on the Nexus
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Nope. It doesn't have it. My car has an aux port but it doesn't work