Hello does anybody know of any dash/window mount that will fit the note 10+? I have tried multiple but they either don't fit or the phone is to heavy and breaks the mount.
jolly_roger_hook said:
Hello does anybody know of any dash/window mount that will fit the note 10+? I have tried multiple but they either don't fit or the phone is to heavy and breaks the mount.
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1. Buy the PITAKA case which is IMPOSSIBLY slim for the phone and actually has metal in the back of the case for the phone to stick strongly onto a MAGNETIC mount.
DO NOT buy the Pitaka Magnetic mount because it charges HORRENDOUSLY slowly and has a lousy way of mounting on the car.
2a. Log into the PROCLIP web site and enter your model car. Select a bracket which mounts the setup exactly where you would like.
2b. The next step is (on the same ProClip web site) to select the phone holder that would connect with that bracket for your car. However most of those phone holders require you to take the case off your phone. Instead, select the "MagicMount Pro Charge with ProClip Adapter and Tilt-Swivel". This magnetic phone holder looks similar to the Pitaka Magnetic mount but has much stronger magnets and charges MUCH faster with fast wireless charging. (This special magnetic mount is actually manufactured by Scoche, and they have a partnership agreement with ProClip).
I took a chance with the case from Pitaka but it works PERFECTLY with the ProClip phone holder magnets and charges the phone very fast. So very easy to attach and detach - just place your phone there, and when you are done and ready to leave your car - just grab the phone.
Check out what I suggested and let me know what you think. Works perfectly for me!
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KruseLudsMobile said:
1. Buy the PITAKA case which is IMPOSSIBLY slim for the phone and actually has metal in the back of the case for the phone to stick strongly onto a MAGNETIC mount.
DO NOT buy the Pitaka Magnetic mount because it charges HORRENDOUSLY slowly and has a lousy way of mounting on the car.
2a. Log into the PROCLIP web site and enter your model car. Select a bracket which mounts the setup exactly where you would like.
2b. The next step is (on the same ProClip web site) to select the phone holder that would connect with that bracket for your car. However most of those phone holders require you to take the case off your phone. Instead, select the "MagicMount Pro Charge with ProClip Adapter and Tilt-Swivel". This magnetic phone holder looks similar to the Pitaka Magnetic mount but has much stronger magnets and charges MUCH faster with fast wireless charging. (This special magnetic mount is actually manufactured by Scoche, and they have a partnership agreement with ProClip).
I took a chance with the case from Pitaka but it works PERFECTLY with the ProClip phone holder magnets and charges the phone very fast. So very easy to attach and detach - just place your phone there, and when you are done and ready to leave your car - just grab the phone.
Check out what I suggested and let me know what you think. Works perfectly for me!
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Thanks for the info a lil expensive for everything but I'll see what I can manage
At least it doesn't cost anything to investigate the options! Yes, I hear you, but if you are going to have it for years, it may be worth it to look at in that regard. Plus, when you switch phones you don't even need to change the anything in the car - and if you switch cars you only need to change the mounting bracket for the car and nothing else! That's the way I look at it. I didn't buy mine all at the same time either. I already had the phone case because I bought that at the same time as the phone -; I've been using those cases for years for my previous notes I love them - I already had an car mounting bracket from ProClip - and looked online and actually bought the magnetic scosche charging mount separately (came with a crappy generic mount for the air vent) - and it was even used on Amazon so that cost me only $8 LOL! - and my very last purchase was after reaching out to proclip people they sent me the piece they use to allow the Scosche magnetic mount to attach to any of the ProClip brackets. I already had the previous note holder connected right into the car's wiring instead of through the cigarette lighter, and although the wires I got for the new magnetic mount plugged in through the cigarette lighter, I checked the specs for both and they actually use the same exact voltage through the wire, so I cut both and just connected the leads and it works perfectly! So, even if you get a new car or a new phone, you never need to replace everything once you have gone down that road.
I got a cupholder mount from amazon. It has a gooseneck you can adjust for viewing. It works well in my truck. It just depends on where your cupholders are.
KruseLudsMobile said:
1. Buy the PITAKA case which is IMPOSSIBLY slim for the phone and actually has metal in the back of the case for the phone to stick strongly onto a MAGNETIC mount.
DO NOT buy the Pitaka Magnetic mount because it charges HORRENDOUSLY slowly and has a lousy way of mounting on the car.
2a. Log into the PROCLIP web site and enter your model car. Select a bracket which mounts the setup exactly where you would like.
2b. The next step is (on the same ProClip web site) to select the phone holder that would connect with that bracket for your car. However most of those phone holders require you to take the case off your phone. Instead, select the "MagicMount Pro Charge with ProClip Adapter and Tilt-Swivel". This magnetic phone holder looks similar to the Pitaka Magnetic mount but has much stronger magnets and charges MUCH faster with fast wireless charging. (This special magnetic mount is actually manufactured by Scoche, and they have a partnership agreement with ProClip).
I took a chance with the case from Pitaka but it works PERFECTLY with the ProClip phone holder magnets and charges the phone very fast. So very easy to attach and detach - just place your phone there, and when you are done and ready to leave your car - just grab the phone.
Check out what I suggested and let me know what you think. Works perfectly for me!
Sent from my SM-N976V using Tapatalk
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I've actually ordered the above. Looks like the solution I am looking for. I hate plugging in things and like the idea that I can just get in my car, put the phone one the magnetic base, charging initiates and away I go. Get home, grab the phone. I'll post my experience here.
Jeff
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Does anyone know where i can get a holder that will also charge the phone while its in the holder ?
Ive checked eBay and a few other online mobile phone shops and cant find anything.
Ideally it would just connect to the cigarette lighter in my car to charge. I dont really want to use seperates and would like an all in one unit
Many thanks
Scott
go to www.brodit.com they have what your looking for.
Cat Holder
I second that i have the brodit mount and its top class perfect for what you want, dont forget to order a proclip to mount it in your car
b*gger it
I've tried twice to enter a reply, now I've got fed up.
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PDAMods do a good car mount. Mine is very tight and I have to make sure the handset is switched off or the softkeys get pressed as it slides intio the unit. It charges and has a speaker and it has an RJ-11 for charging (say) a GPS unit.
It comes with a sucker, gooseneck, sticky base and vent mounts and the cigarette light adapter. Very neat unit. Check out http://www.pdamods.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=A111UCRIJAMMNT&cat=125 for details.
No connection, just a satisfied (repeat) customer.
Cheers, DBo.
i ordered a pro mount £43.00 plus vat, then went to local computer fair, paid £8.00 got a suction mount and ajustable holder plus usb car charger. all works very well thank u. sent the £43.00 mount back. not a bad saving.
Having previously owned a IIs and having a standard usb cradle in my car run from a usb connectored "cigarette lighter adapter", I'm used to using my devices as a portable "car stereo". I even wired it up to replace my old crap car stereo, using a small "cheap boy-racer style" £30 stereo power amp under the dash. This has been great for the last year. I get in the car, dock the xda IIs into the cradle, plug in the headphone socket which is wired into the amp and hey presto, music - and tom tom prompts through the car speakers.
Recently I've been eyeing up the xda exec(JasJar/Universal) and after getting a second hand colleague to buy my IIis, decided to get the new device. Obviously the shorter battery life is a bit of a shock compared to my old one, but I was pleasantly suprised that
1) The audio output seems a better quality
2) The new device no longer needed a custom USB cradle plinth or gooseneck holder, ... I could place the "open clam" in the recess in my instrument panel, to the right of my speedo. Basically sitting just behind the steering wheel, which also solves the night-time reflection issues of a bright display.
Just one problem, I discovered that the USB sync cable supplied with the new device doesnt seem to enable charging to the exec when I plugged it into the 12Volt to USB adapter that worked with the XDA IIs that I wired into my dashboard.
So I decided to buy a new car power adapter for the new Exec, egged on by installing the great "mort player" which has an ideal "large button" interface on a black background which is ideal for use in the car.... and it doesnt forget the playlist like media player 10 seems to do each time you run it...
However, When the car power adapter arrived today, (from expansys)
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=125511
To my dismay it is very noisy! the audio output to my amp sounds great with just the headphone output to my mini under dash amplifier, but only on battery power. But when the adapter is supplying power, the audio output becomes "crackly" Any electonics boffins have any suggestions to remove the "noise" with capacitors, if so what type and where should I put them, on the audio, or inline with the cigarette power adapter dc input somewhere, or should I just send it back and try and source a better quality adapter?
Expansys also do 2 other models -
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=125969
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=125970
Does anyone know if these are as noisy as the other one? Does anyone else have a similar setup?
Thanks in advance
Derek
you have a ground loop. in america, we use negative as the ground, so be carefull with what I'm telling you (posative is ground in some countries).
What you need to do is run the amp and cigarette lighter off the same ground(s) and possibly the same feeds (supply voltage). Make sure you fuse the lines appropriately, or you might fry something.
I would suggest installing a secondary cigarett lighter outlet somewhere convenient (so you don't cross any other circuts in your car, and burn stuff out), and run it off the same points that your amplifier gets it's power. Fuse the new outlet with the appropriate fuse (should be 5 or 10 amps), and give your new setup a whirl. It's a cheap alternative for you to try (should be about $10 or 8 euro?)
Good luck, and remember, NOT MY FAULT WHAT YOU DO> TRY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!
I agree with him ^
JAmes
Strangely - today the noise is gone... hmm... very strange...
perhaps it was a solar flare, or another explosion at hemel
or more likely - perhaps there was a loose connection somewhere!
Thanks for all the advice guys, I will certainly make sure I avoid any ground loops and ground the audio on the same physical connection as the car earth. I'll check this at the weekend when I have some daylight to work in!. I'll do this when wiring the new adapter in properly - I can't bear it hanging out of the lighter socket with the near the indicator stalk!
I can say the Exec is great device though... Its a far better solution for car audio - and no leaving an expensive hifi in the car to be stolen.
Hopefully someone else is inspired by this post to also use the device in this way. If you want plenty of storage for a full install of the tomtom uk map and loads of music, you'll be interested to hear that you can actually get a 2 gig card now from ebuyer for about £60!
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...vd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=103013
Cheers
Derek
This is very valuable info
interestingfellow said:
you have a ground loop. in america, we use negative as the ground, so be carefull with what I'm telling you (posative is ground in some countries).
What you need to do is run the amp and cigarette lighter off the same ground(s) and possibly the same feeds (supply voltage). Make sure you fuse the lines appropriately, or you might fry something.
I would suggest installing a secondary cigarett lighter outlet somewhere convenient (so you don't cross any other circuts in your car, and burn stuff out), and run it off the same points that your amplifier gets it's power. Fuse the new outlet with the appropriate fuse (should be 5 or 10 amps), and give your new setup a whirl. It's a cheap alternative for you to try (should be about $10 or 8 euro?)
Good luck, and remember, NOT MY FAULT WHAT YOU DO> TRY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!
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Indeed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_loop_(electricity)
After all this time and trying to get GPS working on smaller handhelds, my Athena just pulled it off wonderfully. I was trying to find an office in the middle of nowhere and used it to great impact. It was so great to be able to sit it on the dash and see the large screen from the drivers seat. Plus the magnetic base kept the Athena stuck in place on the dash of my Volvo S60. It stuck tight to the top of the dash and I could go around curves without it sliding around or needing an extra PDA mount. I swear this phone gets better every day. Now if I could just find a tiny serial port converter that would let me work on a router from it if I had to. Most of the ones out there require extra adaptor cables that I don't want to have to carry around. I want a microusb to serial plug. Now that would be tight.
Get a normal USB/Serial converter and whack off the USB end and wire-up your own Mini-USB connector. I'm sure There are also Adapters.
I'm sure lots of you know about the Brodit Proclip range of car holders - you pick an adapter specifically for your car then a holder for your phone and you've got what looks like a professionally fitted car kit much cheaper than normal.
I've got the passive (i.e. non charging) version fitted to my Peugeot at the moment, have wanted the active version that you wire directly in behind the dashboard for some time, much tidier than having the cigarette lighter cables dangling all the time, but they've always been very expensive, about £55+p&p which often adds to to over £65.
Clove.co.uk are selling them for £36+VAT+p&p, so £44.85 delivered within the UK.
http://www.clove.co.uk/viewProduct....&product=1D1E40AD-7561-47BD-8F7B-3469E71BE354
Limited stock offer, but thought others may be interested. Shouldn't be too hard to wire to either a permanent live or the back of the 12v cigarette lighter.
Incidentally, once Clove have sold out, the next cheapest is MountOnUs - I got my passive holder and the car adapter from them - it's listed as £54.99 under the HTC Touch Pro / XDA Orbit but £49.99 under the Sprint Touch Pro - same Brodit part number though!
http://www.mountonus.com/Sprint-Tou...t-With-Tilt-Swivel-Function-971848-19112.aspx
This is exactly why I came into this forum today.
To find this exact thing. Thanks for sharing!! I shall try to obtain one.
No problem!
Incidentally I'll be selling my passive (non charging) Brodit holder for the Touch Pro once I've fitted this if anyone's interested - you'll just need the ProClip mounting for your vehicle.
Fitted this now - wired in easily enough to the back of the cigarette lighter in a Peugeot 306 - was tricky getting the cable through the fan grille and out through the ventilation duct though but tidier than making holes in the fascia I think and the cable is now completely out-of-sight behind the mount. Highly recommended to anyone wanting a decent car mount without the trailing cables.
Passive Brodit holder now for sale!
http://www.dsldevelopments.com/
Have the active holder for £34.26 + £2.92 shipping = £37.18
Item no. 968848
You may need to add on for the mounting clips, if you need them.
I've bought a few holders for various phones from them.
I ahve the active cradle and charger for my touch pro and it has the cigarette adaptor on the end, could anyone write a guide on how I could hardwire this directly to the battery or whever in a Toyota Aygo?
After many hours of research and hands on work I have finished my in dash install in my MK4 Golf. Stock 5.0.2 with Timur's Kernel, Power Amp and Torque Pro.
First thing I'd like to say, I am HORRIBLE at plastic work. So my finished trim piece is not as clean as I'd like it to be but I had to stop and paint as I was just doing more harm than good. When I have some time I think I'm going to try and fix the trim, I'm going to see if there's someone local that can give me some pointers.
I used ABS cement to bond the trimmed metra kit to the modified trim piece, than I used plastic bumper filler to fill the gaps and finally sand prime and paint... Im a sound/electronic type guy with a small mechanical background.. NOT a body man. Lol
I wanted to make this a permanent install, contrary to the pre made trim pieces I could have bought that would have made the tablet removable. So I decided to mount it behind the trim piece rather than in the front. I also used PL Premium glue to hold the tablet in place.. This stuff is AMAZING.
http://www.lepageproducts.com/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=137
I relocated my Pioneer DEH-80PRS to the glovebox, made a secondary "kill switch" hidden in the ashtray and added 3 USB ports under the main trim piece just above the ashtray. Nice thing is I sourced the interior parts so I still have all the stock pieces in case I sell the car.
OK, so here's what I used:
Nexus 7 2013 (obviously)
OTG charging cable
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00SMCJ8U6
Metra Double Din kit
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B002U5UD8C
For power I used this step down module
http://m.ebay.ca/itm?itemId=331477762049
Belkin Bluetooth receiver modified to accept power via USB (already owned one)
http://m.belkin.com/us/p/P-F8Z492/
And I also ordered a Bluetooth OBDII
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B009NPAORC
My deck has Bluetooth as well as 2 USB ports and 2 line in 1 rca input and 1 1/4 headphone jack. Now, I wanted to keep the Bluetooth available for my phone (nexus 6) so I used the belkin adaptor to receive the audio via Bluetooth from the tablet, convert it to line out and used a 1/4 jack to rca to input into my deck. The belkin receiver is located behind the tablet.
I then used 1 USB port from my deck to power the belkin and the other with an extension to one of the previously mentioned added ports. The other two are connected to a non powered hub (behind the tablet) and plugged into the OTG cable. From there I can freely plug in my USB sticks with music or movies and can swap them at any time.
I took an unused 12v accessory line from the fuse box ran it to the switch I mounted in place of the lighter (beside the ashtray) and from there to a relay. The relay takes constant power from the existing lighter power supply wires, and feeds the 12v downstep module located under the center console, (plugged into OTG cable of course) now depending on the position of the switch the tablet will turn on with the key, or accessory position of the key like the stereo does. This way if I don't want the tablet to turn on, say, in -30 Celsius I have this option.
Here are a few pictures I took with my nexus 6.