T-Mobile MDA II Car Basic Kit

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Does anyone have experience with this T-Mobile carkit?
Ik read a review somewhere (cant recall where) thatthis kit:
1. Has a RJ11 GPS connection that links to COM1 for use with a TomTom or Leadtek GPS mouse
2. Sends both Phone and PDA audio thru the carkit speaker

I want to know:
a. Can anyone confirm this?
b. Does this kit have an audio-mute to connect to my in-car stereo?

Regards,

Joost

[jpiek]

Hre someone else who would like to know.
Afaik the Expansys zarkit doesn't give PDA audio through the speaker, only Phone....

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Another interesting "alternative":

The price of a genuine O2 XDA II carkit seems to have dropped in Germany:


http://www.telido.de/produkt.asp?products_id=29391

Now for 137 euro (ex shipping) !!!

This one is supposed to do everything it should do (according to some australian websites):
pda audio
gsm audio
gps-mouse connector
audio mute

I asked Telido some questions just to be sure . . .

[jpiek]

Anyone know how to buy one in the netherland, or to have an shop to send it to me ? I don't have a creditcard...

[Rafiki]

Dear Jpiek,

You can order this from via internet and then go and collect it from a pick up point in Germany .....and pay cash . I collected my from Gronau.
Mine works great!


http://www.telefon.de/produkt.asp?products_id=29354
or

http://www.telido.de/produkt.asp?products_id=29391

See the POcket PC site in Holland for more info

http://www.pocketpc-club.nl/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27314

Rafiki :D

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My carkit arrived at the pickpoint (payed by credit card)
So far so good.
I will give an update when I know whats exactly in the box.

[renzie]

edsup,
why didn.t you trie the new Yeti carkit they sell in holland. see the specifications in dutch en the url to a site where you can order:

Yeti Handsfree carkit voor de Qtek2020

http://www.i-con.nl/pd1421989805.htm?categoryId=39

PDA houder (sterk vergelijkbaar met, maar nog fraaier dan de houder voor de Qtek1010/XDA1), voorzien van goed klemmechanisme en aansluiting voor externe GSM/GPRS antenne. Volstrekt uniek: niet alleen de PDA, maar ook deze houder kan desgewenst met 1 handbeweging worden uitgenomen, bijvoorbeeld ter voorkoming van diefstal uit geparkeerde auto of voor gebruik in tweede auto.

*kabel voorzien van connectoren voor voeding, de bekende standaardaansluiting voor GPSmuis en externe GSM/GPRS antenne
*externe microfoon met bekabeling
*externe speaker met bekabeling en montagebeugel
*zekeringenset
*versterkerunit met stereo-uitgang en mute-kabel, kan zodanig worden gemonteerd dat de spanning behouden blijft tot ca. een half uur na uitschakelen van contact
*voorbereide en netjes gelabelde kabelboom voor aansluiting speakers, microfoon, radio-mute, stroomvoorziening, etc.

Uiteraard maakt de carkit handsfree bellen mogelijk, maar eveneens (stereo) weergave van muziekbestanden op de PDA (MP3 of Windows Media), gesproken navigatie-aanwijzingen en de gesproken YETI verkeersinfo. Wanneer de “car-setreo” beschikt over een line-ingang of een FM-modulator, is het met deze carkit zelfs mogelijk om al de audio-signalen ook weer te geven via de stereo-installatie van de auto, de muziek zelfs in stereo!!

Maar... een Brodithouder voldoet ook heel goed.


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Ignas Wolsink, www.i-con.nl

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Its quite simple: Until today I did not notice the Yeti solution.
It does look very nice
BUT the price difference between the kit I have now and the yeti is more than 110 euro!!
Apparently the kit I bought from telido looks very much like the Expansys i-mate kit (which also costs approx 250 euro!!)

[jpiek]

My carkit arrived at the pickpoint (payed by credit card)
So far so good.
I will give an update when I know whats exactly in the box.

Sounds good, but drive all the way to Germany ? I'm in Rotterdam :(

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Got it!
Although the box nor the manual mention 'O2', the contents is exactly like I saw on some australian sites that also claim to sell the original O2 carkit.
On the other hand: The cradle looks VERY much like the i-mate carkit as sold by Expansys . . .

The kit for sure is different from the T-Mobile one.
Contents:
Cradle with RJ11 GPS connector, GSM-antenna connector
Blackbox
Speaker
Mic
GSM-antenna (with moulded wire, so seems to be useless)
Manual

It supports easy and complex wiring:
- Just use the speaker
- Use speaker with car-audio mute
- Use car-audio speakers with car-audio mute

What I need now is
- GPS mouse with RJ11 (or better: PS/2 o RJ11 converter cable)
- Dashmount or pro-clip

Following some info on the RJ11 6-wire GPS connector:

RJ-11 pinout:
1. NC
2. +5V
3. RX
4. TX
5. GND
6. NC
It's RS232 COM1 in XDA II
You can use any other RS232 GPS receiver too
Just find GND and the +5V UCC on the RJ-11 pins - you will know the rest.
Remember to connect RX of your GPS receiver with TX on the carkit connector and vice versa.


It should pe possible to make a converter myself.