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what is the best car kit or mounting solution for XDAII

I need to use my XDAII installed TomTom Nav 2 with bluetooth GPS sometime on the move.
I've seen a picture of TomTom's car kit but don't know what it called so wonder if anyone knows about it.
Basically it is a single car cigarette charger one end goes into the back of the XDAII (data and power) activeSycn port and on the half way of the cable there is a port for RJ45 that goes into TomTom bluetooth’s AV port.
Don’t know if I made it clear.
But anyway what solution are you using. why
cheers

I have an XDA cradle from Carcomm (www.carcomm.nl) and it's great, looks well made and does the job. The cable provides 12v power and also has serial and ps/2 connectors on the end for connection to a variety of GPS receivers (adapters available for Leadtek, Haicom and a few more).
We're awaiting review units from TomTom of their Carkit for the XDAII so I'll let you know how they compare. Also consider Brodit (www.brosit.com).

griffog said:
I have an XDA cradle from Carcomm (www.carcomm.nl) and it's great, looks well made and does the job. The cable provides 12v power and also has serial and ps/2 connectors on the end for connection to a variety of GPS receivers (adapters available for Leadtek, Haicom and a few more).
We're awaiting review units from TomTom of their Carkit for the XDAII so I'll let you know how they compare. Also consider Brodit (www.brosit.com).
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Where I can get this Carcomm holder? I does look nice!

TotalPDA are the Appointed Dealers here in the UK, www.totalpda.co.uk, I don't know about Canada but I will ask Carcomm if they have a stockist there. Failing that TotalPDA may ship to Canada. I can assure you that they are similar in quality to manufacturer cellphone carkits i.e. High quality ABS etc 8)

Carcomm do not have a US/Canada distributor but TotalPDA may ship there. Another brand worth considering is the Swedish Brodit, they have a US Operation which can be found at www.proclipusa.com . Check out their cradles of which I have a few for my 2210 and 5550 and are also superb.

@xdapartsfromtw: I youre referring to a more general GPS solution with a wired GPS mouse. But since you allready using a bluetooth GPS mouse, I would suggest the following:
Car cradle. Brodit has excellent with (at least) 2 options: Power via separate cable on cigarette lighter OR Power via fixed wires. This option only supports charging the XDAII. If you want to use it as a carkit, you will have to use the headset or the speakerphone. For a 'real' carkit I would suggest the O2 XDAII carkit (original).
DashMount. When shopping at Brodit, get yourelf a vehicle specific pro-clip. This will mount the cradle drill-free onto the dashboard.

I'm always a bit paranoid about those suction pads on the window.
I use a magnetic tag to hold it up. "But your data" I hear you all scream!
It uses the metal bit on the case and it is a weak magnet. The little change tray in the Ford Focus holds the rest of the weight.
..ALong with a normal car Charger..The best car kit ever.

Without a doubt the best car kits are either Brodit or Carcomm coupled with a ProClip, this is a car specific clip to which the cradle is screwed. The clip requires no drilling of your car and is designed to clip over trim. See some of our reviews of Brodit http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/brodit.php and Carcomm http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/carcomm.php . I'll have an Carcomm XDAII cradle review up in a day or two.

Sorry, I notice the words 'car kit' are not used correctly here.
A car kit is something that lets you use your phone handsfree (with mic/speaker/antenna/cradle)
The brodits / carcomm's are only cradles!!!! The only thing they do is hold the XDA and charge it.
In most cases you can connect other accesoiries like a GPS mouse.

Not necessarily. A car-kit is a kit for using a device in-car. In PocketPC GPS circles this means a cradle and TomTom decribe their PDA GPS cradles as car-kits.
The OP's question was in relation to using GPS.

I use a sonyericsson BT kit HCA-20, installed with a radiomute from qbit , the speakersound from XDA through my car speakers, a mounting device from brodit, a holder with a build in connector thats allow any gps cable to be connect, i use a holux. Used a tt bt gps for a while, with a seperate charger (ipaq fits) and a xda charger i the brodit holder, but swithing the bt on/off was a pest..

o2 XDA EXEC - Anyone set up with Tomtom 5 and wired GPS yet?

Yo,
Anyone got a new exec yet, and got tomtom 5 with a tomtom wired GPS receiver plugged into it? If so can you describe what you did, so i can prepare my gear for when it lands! Looks like I might need a USB to MINI USB lead to be compatable with my Arkon car cradle...............
Cheers all,
Bryson

Search the forum, loads of posts on this.

I haven't seen any posts on this. Plenty on BLUETOOTH tomtom but not WIRED.
As far as I know there isn't any type of adaptor like that on the market - unless anyone knows different? So its Bluetooth only.

Sorry, my bad, I miss-read the post. Thought it was BT.

Yeah, I trawled the forums, didnt see anything re a wired GPS receiver, so hoping someone can advise how i can connect my tomtom wired GPS into the exec.............dont want to have to buy a new BT receiver as well!

just got my exec today ,which I must admit was quick comming only ordered it yesterday ive got gps for my xda 2 but wont fit my exec

It wouldn't be as simple as a Serial to Mini USB adaptor because the serial bit would need to be a specific Xda serial fitting. I can't see the economical sense in them being developed.
Best bet is to flog your wired receiver on ebay and buy a b/t receiver. I'm using a co-pilot b/t receiver and the phone connecter that comes with it is mini usb. Charges the Exec and b/t receiver at the same time.

I Don't work
doesn't look good ....................

sh1t, really! why? let me guess, after 3 succesful incarnations of the xda..........HTC decided that it would be to easy co let the comm port style continue, and usb land awaits........

Carkit and GPS

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.
Riptos

Carcomm cradle and GPS

Hi All, just got the carcom cradle for my tytn, its the one thats just a charger rather than full hands free. I also got the carcomm ENAV-400 gps reciever thats plugs into the cradle. So far i cant get tomtom 6 to talk to the gps on any of the com ports! Anyone shed any lights on this? No Idea what port its meant to be on, am i missing something?
Cheers!

Well, for anyone having this problem in the future, here is the reply i got from Carcomm about this.
Dear James,
Thank you for your interest in our products.
The TyTN and a lot of new phone models unfortunately do not work with a wired GPS receiver,
they can only work with a Bluetooth GPS receiver.
I hope this answered your questions.
Best regards,
Rob Verdonck
Carcomm - Support
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So, dont buy a carcomm wired GPS, even though you can plug it into a carcomm cradle coz it wont work. Ive now got to return mine and get a bluetooth one :/

Mine works fine.
Only over Bluetooth though,
AFAIK it definitely wont work as a wired device using the Carcomm kit
We support these at work and have installed 10-20 devices installed and all work fine.

THB Bury Car Adapter

Any news on when an adapter will be available? I had this one for my tytn and it is well integrated in my truck.
http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=141685
What is great about this is when you change devices all that is needed is a new cradle, the rest stays.

I have had contact with someone from THB, he told me last wednesday that there are still tests running.

It shows these are now in stock.
http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=141685

jbcross said:
It shows these are now in stock.
http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=141685
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yes but this is for tytn and not for kaiser, is't it?

I bought a cradle for the Kaiser, but won't advice anyone to buy it if you want to use TomTom. The instructions are not audible when the phone is in the cradle :-(