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Quality stereo headphones & headset, without switching?

I've seen a number of threads that seem to deal with the subject of "headphones" and "headsets" and finding an all-in-one solution, but I couldn't seem to find one where the solution allowed a user to use any 3rd party stereo headphones and answer the phone without switching to a mic enabled headset (like using this adapter with two sets plugged in, one headset and one stereo headphone: http://www.expansys-usa.com/zoompic.asp?type=item&code=104840
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http://www.expansys-usa.com/product.asp?code=PPCPADPT01
Or does anyone know of a stereo headset that is of decent quality for listening to hi-fidelity music (I don't own a pair of the default but I can only presume the quality is adequate but not great, and the buds don't look that comfortable for long term music listening):
http://www.expansys-usa.com/product.asp?code=108738

the best option is to take the standard xdaII headset and about 4cm after the mic/control bit between it and the headphones , cut and fit a a normal headphone socket, this allows you to use any headphones and still have full headset functions ,
thanks
ian

Well that's definitely an option... (sure wouldn't want to do that to an expense pair of headphones, but it is an option).
It's hard to believe that in this age of convergence there isn't a decent headset that's designed for audio playback too.
Thanks for the idea, indeed I think I saw a number of "slice and splice" comments in some of the other threads, I just wouldn't want to find myself ruining a good pair of headphones trying to expose the thin wires and join them back up. I guess I'll need to stop thinking of it as an MP3 player and wait until I get the Archos AV420! ;-)

You're quite right with regard to the headphones not being very comfortable and I too was searching for a solution to this very problem until I turned the problem on it's head and came up with another solution...
I popped into my local Maplin's shop and bought a pair of foam earphone pads, put them over the supplied earphones and they are infinitely more comfortable and also stay in place. The audio reproduction on them is actually quite good.
Give that a try.

I decided to replace the ear phones and connect my Sonys to the stock switch/mic dongle.
Having removed the old ones successfuly and cut up my fantastic Sony ear buds I can't get it to solder as the wires are varnished. I have tried all sorts of ways to remove the varnish without success - including nail varnish remover.
Any ideas anyone?

Fire!!!
I was able to remove the varnish by briefly putting a flame to it. Then gently scraping the filamints with my finger nails.
Good luck.
Josh

Thanks, I tried that with limited success.
I'll give it another go.

hmm, maybe I've been overlooking an obvious solution (or am I missing something?), but wouldn't a headphone/mic combo like this: http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=574&Itemid=0
..in conjunction with the adapter I listed earlier ( http://www.expansys-usa.com/zoompic.asp?type=item&code=104840),
..do what I'm looking for? It sure seems like it is the answer, and I now realize there are a LOT of these headphone/mic combos out there at all different price levels! I'm going to order the adapter and maybe one of the Altec Lansing sets, I'll let you all know how it goes.

hi all, I use these
Bluetooth headset their true stereo and can play many types of music formats + voice commands for dialling + i can stream music to them + use them to chat while using Microsoft portrait, But they are not cheap, i first bought them to use with my spv c200 did a good job on them having same good luck on my M1000. here,s a link to the site where i got them
http://www.sonorix.com/~tven/eng/product/product_bap.php

Do these work with xda 2 for mp3 and voice dialling?

yes they do m8 i use them myself, on my M1000 ( which is the same as the xda2) mp3 sound brill on them I have a Bang&Olufsen 5.1 surround system ( which cost me £2.799 ) in my home here, and these headset come very close to completing with them. these headset are the creame da la creame of all headsets. Highly recomended worth every penny i paid for them which was about $263.00 dollors + import taxes which was £57 bucks

Here's a thread that has some additional info and reviews regarding adapters and the like, perhaps this info could be placed elsewhere in the forum, but this seemed relevant to this thread:
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5690

Prophet and headphones?

Hello.. Anyone in here who has managed to find a solution to this problem?
The stock headset is very anoying IMO (The ones that came with the Qtek S200 package).
Therefore I bought a small microjack(male)-to-minijack(famle) adapter.
But when I tried to use this together with my old headphones (which use minijack) I only got sound in my left side.
Im guesing that it has to do with the fact that there is both R,L and Mic channels in the microjack port, and that they are placed in an order, in which the normal R,L microjack, will not connect to the R and L in the port!
Is this correct? And what to do about it?
Thanks

Reef, there are lots of problems with using these adapters, the connection is not steady.
It is suggested to use an adapter that has a wire between the input and output.

I use one without any problems and I get sound in bothe L and R. I am using Radio Shack adapter.

I use one without any problems and I get sound in both L and R. I am using Radio Shack adapter.

I got two
1) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=9107022610&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT
2) I mod the XDAiis ones, strangely, it works with my Cassette adapter full stereo. When I use my earphones, it only has right side.

acer175 said:
Reef, there are lots of problems with using these adapters, the connection is not steady.
It is suggested to use an adapter that has a wire between the input and output.
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I have several different adapters. Some of them don't make a good connection and I only get one channel (off and on). I ordered this one to use with my navigation system in the car...it has a rock solid connection and a mic! I might add that they sell Martin Fields screen protectors too. http://doml.com/productdec.asp?pid=2149&model=818p&modeln=i-Mate JAMin

http://www.tangshop.com/25mm-to-35mm-adapter.html
Works for me.
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yep, those types are good.
I'm guessing Reef has the compact ones, without a wire between the male and female.

I'm guessing Reef has the compact ones, without a wire between the male and female.
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Exactly.. But the thing is that it works perfectly when i pull i 1mm out and bend it a bit to the left.. Then there is sound in both channals..
I also bought a microjack male with no wires on it, so I gues i can try to make my own.. Just need some wire, some tools and a female minijack..
But did anyone of you know which band is the mic band? The top, middle or bottom? Cause I don't wanna waste any more money..

This is the one I have:
http://www.proshop.dk/ShowProduct.aspx?prodid=34468
Doesn't work..!

Headset
I smashed the headset that came with my 818 Pro in a car door and ruined it. I have been trying to find a replacement that is a better design (that stays on when I run), but have had no luck. I thought I had it in the Jabra C220s. This is a horribly designed product. They actually went out of their way to make it so that it will only play in the left ear when plugged into the PPC / phone. If you use the included adapter it works in stereo, but then the plug is 3.5 mm.
Has anybody found a decent pair of headphones with the microphone to work with the prophet? I imagine any 2.5 mm jacked PPC / Smartphone would be the same.
Thank you.
Tom

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tdaly001 said:
I smashed the headset that came with my 818 Pro in a car door and ruined it. I have been trying to find a replacement that is a better design (that stays on when I run), but have had no luck. I thought I had it in the Jabra C220s. This is a horribly designed product. They actually went out of their way to make it so that it will only play in the left ear when plugged into the PPC / phone. If you use the included adapter it works in stereo, but then the plug is 3.5 mm.
Has anybody found a decent pair of headphones with the microphone to work with the prophet? I imagine any 2.5 mm jacked PPC / Smartphone would be the same.
Thank you.
Tom
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Dopod makes a nice pair of earbuds made to work with all HTC devices and includes a mic. Sold separately, of course. :roll:
Perhaps you can find them where you got your 818pro?

The ideal solution is to dismantle the mic piece (where there's the mic and the headphone wires coming out), unsolder the stock headphones and solder a pair of headphones of your choice. There's a lot of info about this in the Magician forum.
The second option, as Acer mentioned, would be to use the ones with the wire between the 2.5mm male and the 3.5mm female.

i use one without wire and there are no problem at all

I use an adaptor similar to stories, and it works great.
have to say tho, the socket in the Prophet is a bit loose. No big deal tho.

yup...the headset port @ HTC Prophet is a _bit_ loose, so you've got a chance to unplug by accident...
anyway, i also use a 2.5 to 3.5mm adapter, and connected into Senheiser PX100. it's sound good!!!

vario 2 - how many bluetooth connections at once

found a bluetooth car stereo (Sony MEX-BT2500)
basically it can stream music and take calls over the car speakers from your vario.
i also use tomtom and wanted to know how many bluetooth connections the vario can handle at once.
thanks

At least two. As I can use my BT gps for TomTom & use a BT earpiece for making a call at the same time. I even don't notice a hickup in the gps connection after I disconnect the call, which always happened with my Magician.
Cheers, M

3 bluetooth connections
HI,
I can play music, take phone calls and listen to tomtom instrructions using my itech r35 stereo headphones.
Regards
Richardracer

bongloid said:
found a bluetooth car stereo (Sony MEX-BT2500)
basically it can stream music and take calls over the car speakers from your vario.
i also use tomtom and wanted to know how many bluetooth connections the vario can handle at once.
thanks
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I have the MEX-BT5000 It can stream A2DP and at the same time be used for calls without any problems.
You ROM might not have the optimum stuff for A2DP as this has been known to be buggy as hell. What ROM are you running?

rom version = 1.21.110.3

You would benefit from updating to one of the WM6 cooked ROMs, the A2DP drivers and the BT stack ahs vastly improved since the ROM versions shipped in the devices.
You may find that A2DP skips and is crackly, also that the device might be a bit unstable (if you stick with the ROM you are currently using)

Can I have 2 sets of bluetooth headphones for me and my m8 to listen to music via the a2dp stream at the same time ?
I live in the country, and walk lots.. would be cool to have synced mp3's.

I dont know, but i doubt it. Thats alot of data streaming at once from such a device.
Only thing to do is give it a try.

I dont have any bluetooth headsets yet. would kinda be a expensive test.
I dont 100% understand how the bluetooth pairing system works, but I roughly get it.
Is there maybe a way to have headsets use the same channel/pairing id. the headsets dont need to send any info back, I just wish to recieve the music. which is allready being broadcast, it doesnt need to be broacast 2 times.
Maybe there are special headphones which can share the same id's ?
I dont know the technical terms to describe what I'm after. multiplexing? multistreaming? that didnt throw up any search answears..

The pairing procedure is indeed a 2 way process unfortunatly, thats how the Hermes knows when to quit piping sound over the speaker and microphone in the device.

mrvanx said:
You would benefit from updating to one of the WM6 cooked ROMs, the A2DP drivers and the BT stack ahs vastly improved since the ROM versions shipped in the devices.
You may find that A2DP skips and is crackly, also that the device might be a bit unstable (if you stick with the ROM you are currently using)
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any rom in particular you can suggest ? im actually looking to upgrade to WM6
so need to do a bit of research before i attempt it.
Thanks

ANY of the ones mentioned in my guide thread will do the job (see my sig).
Try one of them out and see what you think, once HardSPL is on your VarioII you can flash away as you like.

do i still have to get hold of windows mobile 6 as well as loading up these roms (newibe question i know)

??? anyone ???

do i still have to get hold of windows mobile 6 as well as loading up these roms (newibe question i know)
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Windows mobile 6 is the rom, so its all just 1 thing. just chosoe a wm6 rom you like.. in the WM6 forum.. and follow the wiki.

Ribdool said:
Windows mobile 6 is the rom, so its all just 1 thing. just chosoe a wm6 rom you like.. in the WM6 forum.. and follow the wiki.
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[ARTICLE] The Samsung I9300 Galaxy SIII and compatibility with other gadgets

First of all forgive my English. is from google translator.
Hello friends.
The idea of ​​this thread is to create a list of gadgets that one way or another are compatible with our toddler and things you can do because of this compatibility.
I do not mean phone accessories, but devices such as TVs, handsfree, audio equipment, etc..
The aim is not only that we know what we can do with them at home, but this list will serve also for those who plan to buy a pileup for your home, and help them where possible to choose one model or another junk XD
You can bring your experience and as my time permits I will add it to the first post.
Please, put all you can do with the S3. For example, hands free, some let you play music from mobile, some not. Or the TV, if you do Wifi or cable.
Thanks :good:
TVs
Samsung C7000 range - see other uses
Samsung D7000 range - see other uses
Samsung D8000 range - see other uses
Smasung LEXXB651T3 - see other uses
Samsung Plasma ps50c550 - see other uses
Sony Bravia kdl-46hx800 - see other uses (depending on file format). Click here to see extensions
Other Uses: (wifi connection required) ( The pictures of the TV is a Samsung. If you put photos of other models, I'll add )
Video: * When playing a video with the player as standard, top right we see this symbol:
* If you click on it, we will choose where we want to play that video. Select the option you want and voila we shall see that video on our TV.
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Music: * In the music player series, we have the same option as with the video. Hear our music for the TV.
Pictures: * With the standard photo gallery, we have the same option that will allow us to see our pictures on television.
DLNA: * This option we have to activate it in: Settings - Wireless - More settings - Nearby devices
It gives us the option to manage the phone from the TV with the TV remote like a media drive. We can play videos, music and photos we have in the.
It gives us the ability to access using the options "Medium" and "All Share".
APPLICATIONS: * There are various applications for use between your phone and TV.
- Samsung Remote: Application that makes our SIII on a remote control with the same features as the original TV remote Samsung . (requires wireless) NOT WORK IN S3
- Samsung Smart View: Application that makes our SIII on a remote control with the same features as the original TV remote Samsung. (requires wireless) NOT WORK IN S3
HANDS-FREE (car)
Parrot MKi9100 - see other uses
V2c (Ford) - see other uses
Nissan Connect (Nissan) - see other uses
Parrot Mk3000 - normal functionality
Parrot Mk3100 - normal functionality
Supertooth II - normal functionality
NAVI900 (Opel) - normal functionality
Normal functions such as calls, calendar, ...
Other Uses: (Bluetooth)
In addition to the normal features hands-free, it also offers other applications, such as ...
Music: * When connected via Bluetooth, music player that we reproduce the series will be played automatically by the car's speakers via the hands-free.
CAR RADIO
Pioneer AVH-P5000DVD - see other uses
Pioneer AVIC-X910BT - Once paired works, then upon disconnect, does not want to reconnect again.Need to unpair and repair for each use.
Normal functions such as calls, calendar, ...
Other Uses: (Bluetooth)
In addition to the normal features hands-free, it also offers other applications, such as ...
Music: * When connected via Bluetooth, music player that we reproduce the series will be played automatically by the car's speakers via the hands-free.
HEADPHONE (Bluetooth)
Sennehsier MM 500-X - (SGS3 has aptx support)
Sennehsier CX 300
Monster Beats Detox
Monster Beats Solo HD
Monster Beats Studio
Sony Smart Wireless Headset pro - (includes hands-free)
Sony Ericsson MW600 - (includes hands-free)
Bluetrek Carbon with Bluetooth 3.0 Headset - Once paired works, then upon disconnect, does not want to reconnect again.Need to unpair and repair for each use.
OTHERS (Bluetooth)
Sony Smartwatch - (You can change the audio track and volume up and down, on radio also change the station. See incoming calls and can answer, hang up or mute, notification emails, view google maps, send sms predefined ....)
AppleTv 3 rd generation - (Using the program is like if you used DoubleTwist an iphone, transferred audio, photos, video ....)
Logitech wireless keyboard K400 - (Touchpad integrated)
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Thanks to all that you feel encouraged to collaborate :good::good:
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Excellent idea! and welcome to xda. I know something, do not know what

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good initiative, thanks!!

Bravo!!!!!
Desde mi S3.....

Someone can tell me, how do I hide the text, and you see a button to ""click here""?
Thanks :laugh:

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Someone can tell me, how do I hide the text, and you see a button to ""click here""?
Thanks :laugh:
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You can make a spoiler so:
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If it's not you are looking for, then I don't know...

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thanks, I already tried that but it does not work :crying:

Good idea. Thanks!!!!

Is good If everypeople comment if some gadget more works fine with S3

Great work mate and welcome to xda

awesome idea!!!
Wellcome to XDA!!!

Nissan Connect (Nissan) added :good:

Smasung LEXXB651T3 added

Not sure if this is what you wanted but my Sennehsier MM 500-X (everything else in its family line should work too) works perfectly. SGS3 has aptx support and sound is great. Also, all the buttons (play/pause, skip next/before, volume up and down) work with everything I've tried (poweramp, diceplayer, bad all the stock media players)
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currydude said:
Not sure if this is what you wanted but my Sennehsier MM 500-X (everything else in its family line should work too) works perfectly. SGS3 has aptx support and sound is great. Also, all the buttons (play/pause, skip next/before, volume up and down) work with everything I've tried (poweramp, diceplayer, bad all the stock media players)
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Thanks :good:
Headphone section and Sennehsier MM 500-X added

Others section added :fingers-crossed:

1. Bluetrek Carbon with Bluetooth 3.0 Headset - Once paired works, then upon disconnect, does not want to reconnect again. Sometimes will connect, most of the times wont. Need to unpair and repair for each use
2. Pioneer AVIC-X910BT Car Radio (unknown BT version) - Same as above.

ExTREmE99 said:
1. Bluetrek Carbon with Bluetooth 3.0 Headset - Once paired works, then upon disconnect, does not want to reconnect again. Sometimes will connect, most of the times wont. Need to unpair and repair for each use
2. Pioneer AVIC-X910BT Car Radio (unknown BT version) - Same as above.
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Alpine ICS-X8 App Link Station which uses MirrorLink technology with the Galaxy S3 is one to add.
Video here is quite old but is only one I can find which shows a Samsung phone rather than a Nokia. They mention the GS3 mirrorlink support is there when the phone is released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQdEnXssqr0
Demo with Nokia :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnGPKPmTrZw
MirrorLink allows you to mirror your phones screen on the 7" Alpine dashboard unit in your car and control it via the touch screen and letting you run Sat Nav software for example from your phone. Audio is transmitted over car speakers and the GPS passthrough antenna from Alpine is used by the phone.
Just bought one of these, just need the GS3 now but waiting on 64GB model

Best USB Carplay Dongle?

I have a px5 based unit I bought from Secaine running android 8.0 along with a Zlink USB carplay dongle. I have had lots of issues with the carplay dongle, as far as I know I have the latest firmware and apk installed for it (4.5.3 I think? I got it from the zjinnova site before they changed it up). Are there newer updates for it than this? If there are I can't find them ...
I've had issues with it cutting out or just not detecting either the zbox or the phone. At some point I learned that I probably needed more USB power so I installed a powered hub and that helped things for a while but the issues seem to be back and sometimes even worse than before. Still have issues with it cutting out (sometimes I have to do a hard reboot of the px5 unit before it will detect again). I don't have issues with any other USB devices I try to use with the hub (like a USB key with a bunch of media on it) so I don't think it's the hub .. given that I've had similar issues with and without the hub it's probably something else. I also have audio dropouts/glitches happen quite a lot, audio breaking up if maps is trying to do audio the same time as an audiobook or music, etc.
I also can't do calls with it because the echo cancellation doesn't seem to work (if I try and change settings it just doesn't stick, ever) and people tell me that the echo is really really bad if I try and do the calls through carplay. I even installed an external mic which didn't help all that much. The calls work ok if I do them through the head unit directly over bluetooth ...
I spend a ton of time in my car commuting (up to 4 hours per day) so I really want to find the most reliable solution. Is there a USB Carplay dongle that's better supported / more reliable? Or is there an update I can do with this one that will make it more reliable?

No one has anything for this one?
I decided to pick up a Pumpkin one, it seems like AutoPlay box seems to be getting some updates and has some activ development going on with it so hoping it's going to work out better for me than the zbox has.
Any insights would be appreciated. I've read through the 32 pages of thread but not seen anyone talk much about the different choices out there currently.

So today the zLink / zBox dongle pretty much gave up. It cut out about 3 times in 15 minutes and the last time it just didn't come back. Running a USB thumb drive on the same hub has zero issues so I'm guessing it's probably not my px5 or USB hub but indeed the zBox. Glad I ordered a Pumpkin AutoPlay box based one that's in transit.
I guess I'm just talking to myself here given that no one has replied! LOL

ive got a zbox version using the 4.1.1 apk (not sure which firmware, was the joying branded model and using the firmware it shipped with) and other than the same echo in calls, its been reliable.

Hmm that's good to know. The one I got came with really old firmware and software and ran very very poorly when I first got it. I think my firmware is 4.1 or 4.2 so not sure if downgrading would be an option for me, but given it's recent performance (which was worse than normal) I think there might be actual hardware issues going on with mine.

Got my AutoPlay based unit today and in some quick testing it already feels a lot more stable than the zBox one. And it's nice to see that it has an update mechanism and seems to be still being worked on ... the zbox feels like it was abandoned at some point a while back. Tested a couple of phone calls and people on the other end said it sounded great and had no echo.
The only thing I ran into is that I can't seem to drag on a timeline bar to move ahead or back. Not the end of the world and I would happily trade that for something stable any day. Had a tiny bit of glitchy audio happen when having maps running in 3D and music and map voice at the same time, but again also not the end of the world.
So far so good, will see how things work out next week while back on the big commutes.

Gerkin said:
Got my AutoPlay based unit today and in some quick testing it already feels a lot more stable than the zBox one. And it's nice to see that it has an update mechanism and seems to be still being worked on ... the zbox feels like it was abandoned at some point a while back. Tested a couple of phone calls and people on the other end said it sounded great and had no echo.
The only thing I ran into is that I can't seem to drag on a timeline bar to move ahead or back. Not the end of the world and I would happily trade that for something stable any day. Had a tiny bit of glitchy audio happen when having maps running in 3D and music and map voice at the same time, but again also not the end of the world.
So far so good, will see how things work out next week while back on the big commutes.
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I have had the same issue with Zbox as you and updated to the newest firmware today and still no luck. I'm looking into one called Carlinkit on Amazon. Seems to have the best reviews. I also have a Sceicane running Android 6.0. I wonder if it's the HU that Sceicane sells. We'll see I guess.

Do any of you have any updates or thoughts on which dongle is the current best option? I see the carlinkit one on Amazon, has anyone tried that one?

I have the carlinkit with zbox and its stinks, bad. I want another one but which

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I have the carlinkit with zbox and its stinks, bad. I want another one but which
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I've the same issue with my zBox dongle. It's very unstable and often not detecting my iPhone. Using waze destroys the music playback every time when the voice starts to speak.
So those AutoKit dongles seem to be more stable and reliable? Is every of those dongles updatable?

pascal20997 said:
I've the same issue with my zBox dongle. It's very unstable and often not detecting my iPhone. Using waze destroys the music playback every time when the voice starts to speak.
So those AutoKit dongles seem to be more stable and reliable? Is every of those dongles updatable?
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Software yes, online, the application and in the dongle
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Software yes, online, the application and in the dongle
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Can you recommend one from a specific brand?
I found a black one (https://www.ebay.de/itm/USB-Dongle-...050745?hash=item364eaace39:g:WcIAAOSwwrFc95v1) but I don´t know if that´s the right one

This wont really be of much help to those who already have a headunit, but just wanted to chime in and say that the built in Z-link on my Joying Intel 9853i unit has worked flawlessly.

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Can you recommend one from a specific brand?
I found a black one (https://www.ebay.de/itm/USB-Dongle-...050745?hash=item364eaace39:g:WcIAAOSwwrFc95v1) but I don´t know if that´s the right one
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There seems to be two standards. The black that you posted follows a different standard from mine.
I tried to get the URL where I bought it (AliExpress) but the product is not sold anymore.
However I managed to find one that uses the same software:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/330...lgo_pvid=6687a99a-9a06-42c3-822c-1d5cae748ba4
My model is called: CPC200-CMAP and it is white, but I think that the colour doesn't matter much. I know in the past there was one dongle that supported only Carplay and the other supported AndroidAuto and Carplay.
Nowadays there is also another dongle that allows to connect Carplay via Wireless that is using the same software as I do (AutoKit is called). I know that because I saw a video somewhere and the latest firmware that I got had that option, however I think that my hardware is not prepared for that, and anyway I use Android Auto.
I can find that one that allows wireless carplay based on AutoKit if you are interested.
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This is one of them, with wireless carplay.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/330...lgo_pvid=c134c9f3-ea3a-47a1-b048-a70088ea91e1

I am using the WCPAA USB adapter from Avin and works great for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay on my PX5 Android head unit . The CarPlay can be USB or wireless connection but the Android Auto still requires a USB connection.
https://avinusa.com/wireless-apple-carplay-android-auto-usb-adapter.html

I ordered a Wireless CarPlay dongle from Aliexpress, the brand is Carlinkit, the pictures show a model number as "CPC200 AutoKit", there specs say "CCPMW". The price was a very reasonable £48 with free delivery.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33049732233.html?storeId=2927067&spm=2114.12010612.8148356.5.3d0554301V6iEp
Im expecting it to arrive some time this week. I will report back with how I get on with it.

Received it today, seems to work well, connects reasonably quickly. Music plays well. Haven’t tried navigation yet.

Andy Alias said:
Received it today, seems to work well, connects reasonably quickly. Music plays well. Haven’t tried navigation yet.
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Cool that sounds great. I think I gonna buy one of those. If Wireless is to slow then the USB slot can be used for wired airplay, right?

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Cool that sounds great. I think I gonna buy one of those. If Wireless is to slow then the USB slot can be used for wired airplay, right?
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Yeah it has a USB port and as far as I'm aware you can use a wired connection, Im going to try and test out different distances to the unit to see if that makes a difference. Ive not noticed any problems yet but ive only used it a few times.

I tested it with iOS 13 public beta today. There was a time that the music broke up but later it played smooth again. I had a few issues with Siri and messages but I think that’s down to the beta software.
Dongle
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I really like this new dashboard view, the map scrolls when you travel like a propper sat nav.
Light Mode
Dark Mode
I have it on auto
Edit - Audio still seems to break up more often
Edit - Audio still breaking up with iOS 13 public beta 3, however it's smooth if using USB instead.