NEW Seidio Blue Angel mount with MP3 playback

[pelckyboy]

Seidio is listing on their site a carkit for the Blue Angel :
This kit will serve as a hands-free speakerphone and doubles as a MP3/GPS playback through your car stereo speakers.
Built-in audio jack in the holder means no additional audio cables needed

http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CK8AG21MXDA3

There is also a model with integrated speaker, but I prefer hearing my mp3s through the car audio system using an fm transmitter.

Is this the holy grail some people have been looking for ???

There is one BUT :
Switch available on the cradle to allow you to easily select either "hands free" mode or "MP3/GPS" mode
Does this mean you have to choose ? I thought that the home-brew circuits that some people build here supported both ?

They also have a ground loop isolator : http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=GLI%2D25M35M
I suppose this can come in handy when the fm transmitter is powered from a cigarette lighter adapter.

When I'm looking at all of this, I get the impression that there is finally a manufacturer who understands what a _real_ carkit for the Blue Angel is supposed to look like. Does anyone share this thrill ?

I'm mailing seidio about the function of that handsfree/mp3 switch. If I get a satisfactory answer, I might want to rethink the Parrot bluetooth solution.

Cheers,

Kristof


I got the answer from Seidio:
No, it is a misprint, It does not need the switch. We will correct the web site on Monday.

So... this should WORK !!!!

[pelckyboy]

Hmmm, with this solution, you can't have an incoming call that interrupts your regular car cd player. For this you would need an fm-transmitter with RDS TP support...

Does anyone knows such a product ?

[pelckyboy]

This device features an auto-mute upon incoming audio signal and connects the pda mount directly to the car audio instead of fm, maybe an even 'cleaner' solution :

http://www.qubit.dk/products.html

Look for pda sound system.

[N2O2]

Has anyone received one of these car kits? Are they as great as the sound? Seidio says they are on Backorder. "Due to high demand" Figured that some out there should have one then.