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Convert Nokia CK-7w handsfree car kit for iPhone

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    #2
    The Big Gig
    Registered Users Posts: 742 ✭✭✭The Big Gig


    You can connect to the nokia kit via Bluetooth. And just get a car charger. I think yoU press and hold the nokia button for about 5 / 10 seconds and then the device should pop ip in Bluetooth menu.
    There was a long thread about it about 6 months ago. I'll try find it.


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    baldeagle
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭baldeagle


    Thanks, but i'm looking to charge my iPhone... and play music through the car radio speakers.


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    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    baldeagle wrote: »
    Thanks, but i'm looking to charge my iPhone... and play music through the car radio speakers.

    In that case I doubt if there is a cable that will replace the Nokia one with a iPhone one on the cradle , unless you can make a custom one ?

    If there is and you find or make one ? , I will be your 1st purchaser .:)

    M


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    toe_knee
    Registered Users Posts: 840 ✭✭✭toe_knee


    I was looking for one of these things as well but could not find anything. Gave up the hunt a while ago and bought a handsfree kit off ebay


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    #6
    Dialacom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Dialacom


    Hi there ,

    I assume you have sourced something by now , but the best kit on the market at the moment for Ipod is the MKI 9200 - Have a look at the following link - charges the iphone and quality of sound is fantastice as it is connected to your exisitng car speakers - also a bluetooth hands free ...

    http://www.dialacom.ie/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=59

    Hope this helps.

    T




    baldeagle wrote: »
    Hi,

    I have a Nokia CK-7w handsfree car kit (preinstalled when car was purchased) and was wondering if there's any 'adaptor cable' that i can replace to allow me to connect the iphone (where normally you could connect/charge your Nokia)?

    Basically, i'm looking to see if i can replace the CA-27 cable (one end an RJ connector and the other connects to Nokia phone) with an RJ to iphone cable?

    http://pinouts.ru/PortableDevices/ipod_pinout.shtml

    http://pinouts.ru/CellularPhones-Nokia/nokia_ca-27_cable_pinout.shtml

    Am i mental in thinking this exists?

    Otherwise, i'll be getting the TomTom car kit to allow me to 1) listen to music from iphone over car stereo and 2) have the added bonus of an additional GPS receiver (in the TT car kit) http://store.apple.com/ie/product/TX529ZM/A


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    mikadublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭mikadublin


    Hi Mate

    just wondering if you ever sourced the cable, looking to do the same ?

    Mick


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    Marou
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Marou


    I have just bought a car with the Nokia CK-7W installed. I can connect with my iPhone via bluetooth and works fine. My issue is that the car also has a Nokia cradle which is redundant at the moment. Has anyone been able to convert one of these for use with the iPhone???


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    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,533 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    baldeagle wrote: »
    Thanks, but i'm looking to charge my iPhone... and play music through the car radio speakers.

    you cannot get a nokia cable to connect an iphone and play music.
    one option is to connect over bluetooth for calls.
    then get an FM transmitter with built in charging cable for the music streaming.
    Marou wrote: »
    I have just bought a car with the Nokia CK-7W installed. I can connect with my iPhone via bluetooth and works fine. My issue is that the car also has a Nokia cradle which is redundant at the moment. Has anyone been able to convert one of these for use with the iPhone???

    just take the cradle out and unlpug the wire from the little black box, then buy a universal holder for the phone, or window mount etc whatever takes your fancy.

    navigon-car-kit_270x272.jpg


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    #10
    Tora Bora
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Tora Bora


    Get a Nokia, or change the car. Simple:D


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    #11
    THEFRIDGE
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭THEFRIDGE


    I have the same issue I'd love to get resolved.
    Have a mercedes with the controls on the steering wheel. There is no bluetooth on my car kit just an old Nokia cradle.
    I know there is a Bluetooth thing you can put into the cradle but its very pricey so was looking for any cheaper options

    Anyone find a solution


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    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,445 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Surely there must be a way of altering the original cable to accept an iPhone one? I would imagine its pretty much the same wires (data and power) and once the wires are reconnected up properly it should still work?


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,353 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    antodeco wrote: »
    Surely there must be a way of altering the original cable to accept an iPhone one? I would imagine its pretty much the same wires (data and power) and once the wires are reconnected up properly it should still work?

    No there isn't, any more than there is a way to connect a Sony or Samsung or HTC phone to a Nokia car kit by direct connection.

    What goes up and down the wires is a proprietary Nokia conversation, no other manufacturer's phone will work.

    The car kit was manufactured by Nokia to work with Nokia directly attached phones or any Bluetooth phone. The base unit will not talk to a directly wired iPhone, even if you could find a cable to connect it.


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,353 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    THEFRIDGE wrote: »
    I have the same issue I'd love to get resolved.
    Have a mercedes with the controls on the steering wheel. There is no bluetooth on my car kit just an old Nokia cradle.
    I know there is a Bluetooth thing you can put into the cradle but its very pricey so was looking for any cheaper options

    Anyone find a solution

    http://www.viseeo.com/ sell compatible Bluetooth adapters for Mercedes cars.


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    #15
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,445 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    coylemj wrote: »
    No there isn't, any more than there is a way to connect a Sony or Samsung or HTC phone to a Nokia car kit by direct connection.

    What goes up and down the wires is a proprietary Nokia conversation, no other manufacturer's phone will work.

    The car kit was manufactured by Nokia to work with Nokia directly attached phones or any Bluetooth phone. The base unit will not talk to a directly wired iPhone, even if you could find a cable to connect it.

    Of course! I totally forgot about the software side of things and own compression/coding!


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    gkoky
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭gkoky


    Can someone help me with this problem? I have an iphone 4s and a Nokia CK-7W car hands free, my problem is that everything works fine like hands free phone calls etc. The strange thing is that I can play my voice memo's through the blue tooth but it will not play anything out of my music folder or streaming radio. Some times I like to play some music from my iphone but it will not Bluetooth, yet the voice recordings play fine!


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    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,533 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    gkoky wrote: »
    Can someone help me with this problem? I have an iphone 4s and a Nokia CK-7W car hands free, my problem is that everything works fine like hands free phone calls etc. The strange thing is that I can play my voice memo's through the blue tooth but it will not play anything out of my music folder or streaming radio. Some times I like to play some music from my iphone but it will not Bluetooth, yet the voice recordings play fine!

    Have you got a Bluetooth streaming radio?

    The ck 7w doesn't do music streaming.


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    gkoky
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭gkoky


    kceire wrote: »
    Have you got a Bluetooth streaming radio?

    The ck 7w doesn't do music streaming.

    Thank you Kceire, I don't know about the "streaming radio" but why wont music from my iphone play? where music will play from my voice memo folder?


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    deep1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭deep1


    gkoky wrote: »
    Thank you Kceire, I don't know about the "streaming radio" but why wont music from my iphone play? where music will play from my voice memo folder?

    Nokia CK 7W doesn't support A2DP, which is a requirement to stream music through bluetooth.

    You will need Some thing like Parrot MKI series if you want to listen iPhone music, other cheap alternative is if you have cassette player in car, get a adapter for 10 € in halfords which will work great.


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