Hardmounted Droid
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Hardmounted Droid
If anyone is interested, I hardmounted my Droid and ran an aux-in and charger, so I have navigation and Pandora piped through the stereo now.
Pandora:
Navigation:
I already had an Alpine CDA-9885, so I bought an AI-Net adaptor (AI-Net-->RCA) and then RCA-->3.5MM to run from the headphone jack on the Droid. Then I installed an extra power point behind the dash with a charger in it, and routed all the cables out from behind the dash in the passenger footwell (there is an opening behind the kneepad thingy):
Also hidden there is my iPod mini, hooked to the Alpine with a FullSpeed cable. I just tucked all the wiring in the little net there.
Finally, I bought a Panavise S2000 dash mount, a Panavise Garmin ball mount, both from Modify, and installed the Moto Droid car mount bracket onto it. Worked out great.
Pandora:
Navigation:
I already had an Alpine CDA-9885, so I bought an AI-Net adaptor (AI-Net-->RCA) and then RCA-->3.5MM to run from the headphone jack on the Droid. Then I installed an extra power point behind the dash with a charger in it, and routed all the cables out from behind the dash in the passenger footwell (there is an opening behind the kneepad thingy):
Also hidden there is my iPod mini, hooked to the Alpine with a FullSpeed cable. I just tucked all the wiring in the little net there.
Finally, I bought a Panavise S2000 dash mount, a Panavise Garmin ball mount, both from Modify, and installed the Moto Droid car mount bracket onto it. Worked out great.
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Originally Posted by HiVolume,Jan 5 2010, 12:23 AM
Great install! 
A 90 degree 3.5mm jack would make it even cleaner looking.
A 90 degree 3.5mm jack would make it even cleaner looking.
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I'm going to try the same thing with Modifry's bracket and ProClip's mount (with a magnet added for car dock mode). Probably won't wire audio to the head unit though since I have an iPod that lives in the S.
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Originally Posted by takeshi,Jan 6 2010, 09:45 AM
I'm going to try the same thing with Modifry's bracket and ProClip's mount (with a magnet added for car dock mode). Probably won't wire audio to the head unit though since I have an iPod that lives in the S.
I already have an iPod in my car too, which I kept in there, but Pandora has been much better than my tired song collection on the iPod.
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I use my droid in my workout room for music. Using a 3.5mm jack to a reciever. I am able to talk on the phone and hear the voice through the speakers. I can only imagine its the same for you? If so, do people have a hard time hearing you with the phone over there??
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Originally Posted by s2kAtTracks,Jan 7 2010, 01:06 PM
I use my droid in my workout room for music. Using a 3.5mm jack to a reciever. I am able to talk on the phone and hear the voice through the speakers. I can only imagine its the same for you? If so, do people have a hard time hearing you with the phone over there??