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iPhone Car Kit?

  • 05-10-2010 5:03pm
    #1
    jimbling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,053 ✭✭✭


    I've been humming and hawing over how to integrate my iphone for a long time now. Nothing I can find seems to have everything I'm looking for.

    I eventually went into halfords and bought a Griffin Roadtrip today as a quick solution, but it turns out it's a bloody horrible product, so will be returning it.
    That decided me that I really want to just get this sorted.

    Requirements:

    Music: The main objective is the ability to play my music through the car stereo.
    Added features in this regard would be ability integrate with my in car stereo navigation, e.g. steering wheel controls etc.

    GPS:
    Another important feature. I want to use the iphone for GPS as well. So something that includes a GPS boost (which I think the TomTom has) would be a bonus, but not a show stopper if missing. Main point here is that the iphone needs to be visible to me while driving and not hidden away.

    Setup
    I would really rather not have wires all over the place. Ideally I would go for a permanent dock, but I would consider any neat solution.

    Charge: Not end of world stuff, but should be able to charge the phone as well.

    Hands Free: Not a requirement really, I already have a decent bluetooth system that came with the car.


    Okay, that's what I can think of right now, So, what options do I have?


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  • #2
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Partoo MKi 9200 might be worth a shot. Apparantly can also be integrated to your cars stereo controls too and charges the phone.

    You would need a seperate holder though


  • #3
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Tomtom is your man really if the GPS booster is important.

    I have it set up fairly permanently in my car - wires and such are routed behind the dash. The cables are visible alright at some points, but i have them zip-tied and cleaned up so that they're not in the way. Though they do need a little tidying at the power point. That's a matter of me being lazy.

    I too was looking for a dock that basically allowed me to sit into the car, slot the iphone into a dock and just go. I didn't want to have to fiddle with cables, plug in audio, power, then messily try to dock it in and fiddle with it. I couldn't find anything else that would allow me to do that except the tomtom.

    I can take photos of the setup later on if you like, though it just looks like a standard GPS mount. My windscreen is too far away to mount anything there, so I have it attached to the driver's window with the cables running along the top of the door sill (bottom of the window). My window is split in two so I don't have any problems with it being wound up/down.


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