XSP-N1BT Car receiver

eclyptos said:

This is great but I was wondering if the dock will charge the phone too?

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j-gtr said:

Thanks very much for your post. It's very helpful for those of us considering a purchase of this XSP-N1BT head unit. I have an Xperia Z Ultra with dimensions of 179.4 x 92.2 mm so it seems that based on the posted max supported phone size for this head unit in the manual of 150.7 x 77mm my phone would NOT sit/fit in the dock properly, but I'm wondering if there's anything you can tell from having your hands actually on it that might seem like it could accommodate it anyway. Doesn't it seem idiotic for Sony's own engineers to not make sure this stereo works well with their current largest available smartphone? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I'd bet there are loads of Z Ultra users like me trying to find this info, so they'd be extremely happy if you could post a picture of a Z Ultra in your unit if indeed it could fit, but any kind of answer from an actual owner would be awesome before I make a purchase I might have to return.

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zenius said:

The Z ultra will 100% not fit in this deck, the largest device that did fit in there is the Samsung note 2, with a width of 80mm. Fitting the note 2 also required a significant amount of force to squeeze it in.
Sony's engineers/designers definitely had a brain fart while working on this unit, either that or the one i purchased is defective because the locking latch does not actually push down far enough to actually lock the z1 in place. This problem is hard to describe in words, but what happens in the real world is when ever i hit a bump, slight pot hole or accelerate/decelerate too fast, my z1 falls right out of the deck and sometimes hit me right in the balls . Although this would only be a problem if your car has stiff suspensions like mine.

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j-gtr said:

Thanks very much for your post. It's very helpful for those of us considering a purchase of this XSP-N1BT head unit. I have an Xperia Z Ultra with dimensions of 179.4 x 92.2 mm so it seems that based on the posted max supported phone size for this head unit in the manual of 150.7 x 77mm my phone would NOT sit/fit in the dock properly, but I'm wondering if there's anything you can tell from having your hands actually on it that might seem like it could accommodate it anyway. Doesn't it seem idiotic for Sony's own engineers to not make sure this stereo works well with their current largest available smartphone? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I'd bet there are loads of Z Ultra users like me trying to find this info, so they'd be extremely happy if you could post a picture of a Z Ultra in your unit if indeed it could fit, but any kind of answer from an actual owner would be awesome before I make a purchase I might have to return.

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caraudiotech said:

I just purchased the XSP-N1BT head-unit to go with my Xperia Z Ultra. At first glance, and by the published specs it won't fit. But I got a up close and personal look at the radio and took some measurements with a caliper, and I think I can successfully modify the mounting to accept the Z-Ultra. I will perform the mod tonight and post a step by step of the procedure. If you’re like me and aren't afraid to hack on a perfectly good brand new radio because you can, then plan on following along.

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caraudiotech said:

I just purchased the XSP-N1BT head-unit to go with my Xperia Z Ultra. At first glance, and by the published specs it won't fit. But I got a up close and personal look at the radio and took some measurements with a caliper, and I think I can successfully modify the mounting to accept the Z-Ultra. I will perform the mod tonight and post a step by step of the procedure. If you’re like me and aren't afraid to hack on a perfectly good brand new radio because you can, then plan on following along.

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Since I don't have enough posts to put up the photos here, you can go to my personal page (three w) gr8ideaspro.com/Electronics/XperiaZmodXSP-NIBT/ to see the progress.

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zenius said:

so i bought this deck and have been using it for a week now with my Z1, the dock charges the phone at similar speeds of the OEM wall charger which is awesome, so even with full brightness and bluetooth streaming, the phone still will charge as you drive.
no idea if your steering wheel buttons will work with it as my vehicle does not have any
if any of you have any questions on other functions of the unit, feel free to ask in this thread.

i have not played with it extensively yet, but some big pros and cons so far:
pros:
-fairly easy to align and mount into the magnetic charging dock
-high amp charge through the magnetic port and the usb port
-decent quality outgoing bluetooth phone audio and multiple options of microphone mounting locations
-fits phones up to 80mm wide
-very easy to pair devices with NFC function

cons:
-phone clamp does not actually lock our phone in a secure position (it will however, lock smaller sized phones very effectively). if you hit a pot hole or something of similar effect during high speed, the clamp will sometimes undo it self and your phone might pop out of the deck depending on how stiff your vehicle's suspension setup is.
-while the sony remote app from playstore is active, your keyboard is disabled
-lack of playback buttons on the deck
-when the sony remote app is running, the keyboard gets disabled

these are of course my personal opinions so far.

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zenius said:

so i bought this deck and have been using it for a week now with my Z1, the dock charges the phone at similar speeds of the OEM wall charger which is awesome, so even with full brightness and bluetooth streaming, the phone still will charge as you drive.
no idea if your steering wheel buttons will work with it as my vehicle does not have any
if any of you have any questions on other functions of the unit, feel free to ask in this thread.

i have not played with it extensively yet, but some big pros and cons so far:
pros:
-fairly easy to align and mount into the magnetic charging dock
-high amp charge through the magnetic port and the usb port
-decent quality outgoing bluetooth phone audio and multiple options of microphone mounting locations
-fits phones up to 80mm wide
-very easy to pair devices with NFC function

cons:
-phone clamp does not actually lock our phone in a secure position (it will however, lock smaller sized phones very effectively). if you hit a pot hole or something of similar effect during high speed, the clamp will sometimes undo it self and your phone might pop out of the deck depending on how stiff your vehicle's suspension setup is.
-while the sony remote app from playstore is active, your keyboard is disabled
-lack of playback buttons on the deck
-when the sony remote app is running, the keyboard gets disabled

these are of course my personal opinions so far.

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zenius said:

so i bought this deck and have been using it for a week now with my Z1, the dock charges the phone at similar speeds of the OEM wall charger which is awesome, so even with full brightness and bluetooth streaming, the phone still will charge as you drive.
no idea if your steering wheel buttons will work with it as my vehicle does not have any
if any of you have any questions on other functions of the unit, feel free to ask in this thread.

i have not played with it extensively yet, but some big pros and cons so far:
pros:
-fairly easy to align and mount into the magnetic charging dock
-high amp charge through the magnetic port and the usb port
-decent quality outgoing bluetooth phone audio and multiple options of microphone mounting locations
-fits phones up to 80mm wide
-very easy to pair devices with NFC function

cons:
-phone clamp does not actually lock our phone in a secure position (it will however, lock smaller sized phones very effectively). if you hit a pot hole or something of similar effect during high speed, the clamp will sometimes undo it self and your phone might pop out of the deck depending on how stiff your vehicle's suspension setup is.
-while the sony remote app from playstore is active, your keyboard is disabled
-lack of playback buttons on the deck
-when the sony remote app is running, the keyboard gets disabled

these are of course my personal opinions so far.

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Guttersniper said:

Was looking for an answer for something else but thought I'd chip in to this thread.
Those with the stereo may be able to turn off the "physical keyboard" by doing the following, bare in mind i'm using an Xperia Z2 so hopefully this will work.
Go to bluetooth settings, select "Sony Car Stereo" from the list of profiles available and untick "Input Device".
Doing this should permanently disable, or rather permanently enable soft keyboard functionality with your phone when connected without having to manually turn it off all the time.

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