Hi,
Does anybody know, or has anybody tested, the I-Mate JAMin (etc) in the THB Bury car cradle for the I-Mate JAM? The dimensions of the two devices are the same, and the USB, headphone socket, and external antenna connector all look to be in the same place.
Just wondering if anybody has tried this setup.
Cheers
Paul
THB Jam kit
It doesn't work out of the box. There are some grooves on top of the JAM that aren't on the JAMin and that's what the THB kit uses to retain the JAM. You may be able to adapt it. I'm using the THB Blueadapter and it works well, albeit without the external aerial connection.
I am using my THB Bury Jam cradle, and can confirm that it works fine.
Although it does not seem to engage the aerial connection as well as it did with the Jam, on my S200 the connection seems to be slightly higher, only possibly by half a mm.
You also need to use the additional self extracting file from THB to get the hands free.
Also the annoying echo is no longer there that I got with my Jam.
Hope this helps.
James
Interesting
I must have another look, unless there is a subtle difference between the JAMin and S200 cases. It certainly didn't seem to work that well in the shop, with the little bumps deforming the case. Thanks
Interesting
On my S200 the two little grabs on the THBury holder seem to sit nicely where the SD card recess is. Please see attached.
Cheers
James
This is a thread from a while back. Has anyone been using the Bury car cradle (on their website they show it as the MDA compact holder).
I'm still looking for a real (complete) carkit (not just a cradle with loading capability) and so far this is the only one I can find. I really don't want to combine a cradle with a BT speaker system.
Works with minor tweaks
I have the THB Uni8 cradle for the MDA compact running with my neo.
I only had to do some minor "dremeling" do not get my neo scratched when removing and mounting it again and agian. It is just a five minute job, even if you have two left hands like me.
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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..
Hi,
Anyone know car mount for jam that has external speaker?
Thanks
www.seidio-europe.com
Arkon from Expansys
I've got the Arkon cradle - it's not specifically for the Jam and it's a little uglier than the Seidio but I won't need to swap it when I get the Jam v2 (HTC Wizard which has better camera, flash, WM2005 and keypad, and they also mentioned WiFi b not g).... see www.expansys.co.uk for the cradle
One thing related to both these cradles: they have a RJ45 connector so you can attach a wired GPS reciever to the cradle which should feed the GPS data into the phone through the USB charging connector. Apparently this doesn't work for the Jam - I'm wondering why not....
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One thing related to both these cradles: they have a RJ45 connector so you can attach a wired GPS reciever to the cradle which should feed the GPS data into the phone through the USB charging connector. Apparently this doesn't work for the Jam - I'm wondering why not....
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Magician does not support serial connection over the USB connector. The serial profile is not implemented. You have to use a bluetooth GPS.
Cheers
Mundl
www.brodit.com
Mundl, thank for info!
BTW, how many bluetooth devices can my Jam connect to at the same time? Basically, can I use a bluetooth GPS unit and a headset at the same time?
Thanks.
aamp said:
Mundl, thank for info!
BTW, how many bluetooth devices can my Jam connect to at the same time? Basically, can I use a bluetooth GPS unit and a headset at the same time?
Thanks.
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Yes you should be able to. I havent tried it myself but somewhere on this forum I have read it works. The magic "search" function should help you.
Kind regards
Mundl
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Yes I second that. Excellent stuff.
I have an active Brodit holder for my MDA compact, and I glued a 2,5 mm jack to the holder, so that not only my MDA is charged, but also automatically connected to my car radio for listening MP3 files.
Kind regards
Mundl
hiho everyone,
im quite in a little trouble with my alpine aka xda2i.
first of all i owned the old Himalaya Device and also the o2 carkit. no problems so far. now i "updated" to the xda2i and now its not possible to use the carkit as it was designed for, handsfree phoning... i hear the ones that calls me but they cannot hear me, i checked the micro but that is still ok. So maybe someone owns or knows where to get the connector pinout from an Alpine. then i can compare it with the Himalaya pinout. maybe they just changed 1 or 2 pins.
Second thing i want to know is if anyone knows how decode the Alpine ROMs cause i always get an password error on ER2003Edit..
hope someone can help me out
Puschel
I am thinking of upgading my MDA Compact very soon.
My question is,
Does anyone know if my accessories
for my MDA like a Cradle and Leather Case will fit the 'Prophet', for instance the usb and audio ports?
1} All my sync cables for my JAM also are working in my Prophet, including the car charger one.
2} My iMate JAM cradle from BoxWave perfectly fits my Prophet.
3} And lastly, my holster-style holder from Seidio also fits perfectly!
What he said......go for it, definately a worthy successor to the mighty JAM but better battery life, more buttons and with OMAP overclocker no performance issues.
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