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Accessories EVO car dock now available?
- Thread starter dabigcheezze
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Have you received your shipment confirmation?
Yes, most cars have an aux in so you just need a male to male headphone cable.
Lostman223
Lurker
I just called this number and ordered mine. I verified that it was the part number posted at the beginning of this thread. I'll feel better about it when it actually shows up but so far so good. PS, you don't have to speak to AJ. He answered the phone and moved me to someone else and it was taken care of.
mrvirginia
Android Expert
yup, tracking number and all. will be on my doorstep come monday afternoon.
so i'll shoot an unboxing in first part and then hook it up in my car for the second part. second part i'm gonna have to figure out how to get a tripod in there with decent lighting lol
I received mine... I took some pictures of the dock mounted in the car, but not with the EVO in it. I realized that I gave my digital camera to my girlfriend since I found the Evo's camera sufficient for my needs -- soooo, I'll need to find another way to take pictures of the Evo docked.
Some things I noticed... The dock isn't exactly super intuitive. I had to screw around with it for a good 10mins trying to get it position correctly and felt like breaking it a couple times. It is quite study though. I initially tried mounting it on the windshield, but because of how my window slants compared to where the driver sits, I realized that I would have to mount it on the dash to actively use it while driving; otherwise, I would need to lean in very far to reach the screen.
So, I used the 3M dashboard disc and mounted it at the risk of ruining my precious dashboard... Since it is meant to be mounted on dashboards, I'm hoping that the 3M stick crap used on it does not damage leather dashboards. We'll see. *Shrug*
After messing around with it for a bit, I finally got it mounted in a position where I liked it. It looks lightly odd without the evo in it, but rest assure it looks damn pretty when the evo is docked.
On to the pictures:
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/9500/imag0146.jpg
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1429/imag0147b.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3368/imag0148pi.jpg
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6348/imag0149e.jpg
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7728/imag0150r.jpg
Some things I noticed... The dock isn't exactly super intuitive. I had to screw around with it for a good 10mins trying to get it position correctly and felt like breaking it a couple times. It is quite study though. I initially tried mounting it on the windshield, but because of how my window slants compared to where the driver sits, I realized that I would have to mount it on the dash to actively use it while driving; otherwise, I would need to lean in very far to reach the screen.
So, I used the 3M dashboard disc and mounted it at the risk of ruining my precious dashboard... Since it is meant to be mounted on dashboards, I'm hoping that the 3M stick crap used on it does not damage leather dashboards. We'll see. *Shrug*
After messing around with it for a bit, I finally got it mounted in a position where I liked it. It looks lightly odd without the evo in it, but rest assure it looks damn pretty when the evo is docked.
On to the pictures:
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/9500/imag0146.jpg
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1429/imag0147b.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3368/imag0148pi.jpg
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6348/imag0149e.jpg
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7728/imag0150r.jpg
The plastic piece which grips the top of the evo, holding it in place, goes directly down the middle of the evo -- covering the rear camera.
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
That part is a 'bit disappointing, but oh well.
When you dock the EVo, does it go into car mode?
Yes... And I hate the new car mode -- it does not flip the screen to landscape mode, only portrait.
To fix this, I installed the "Google Home" apps from the froyo leak and set it to default dock application. Works like a charm.
Get them from Froyo Car Panel - xda-developers at the bottom of the page.
Thanks! It has the suction cup mount primarily and attached to the base... It also comes with a disc that connects to the base of the dock.
Disc: Side A suction sticks to the mount. Side B is the sticky side and attaches to your dash.
To clarify, you get both windshield and dash mount options.
Here is a picture of the car mode I'm currently using that supports landscape mode (mentioned in my post above).
Im anticipating with glee. Ill just wait till I get back from NY though, wouldnt be here to receive it if I ordered it now. Hopefully by then it will start appearing in stores.
I have a video.... The quality is GOD AWFUL, but it is the best I can do for now. Took the vid on a netbook 
It at least gives you a slight glimpse of the phone on the mount. I'll look into better options of sharing video/pics of the dock later. But for now.... it's off to happy hour!
Enjoy.
YouTube - HTC EVO Car Dock
It at least gives you a slight glimpse of the phone on the mount. I'll look into better options of sharing video/pics of the dock later. But for now.... it's off to happy hour!
Enjoy.
YouTube - HTC EVO Car Dock
dabigcheezze
Newbie
YouTube - Official EVO car dock,first look!!
I'm glad to see other people getting theirs too....enjoy.
I'm glad to see other people getting theirs too....enjoy.
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
Here is a picture of the car mode I'm currently using that supports landscape mode (mentioned in my post above).
Does that custom XDA car mode work with stock ROM? Also, can you install widgets? I'm using Custom Car Home, which suits my needs just fine, but would love if there were a car dock mode that could install widget shortcuts.
mrvirginia
Android Expert
you couldn't mount it right near your steering wheel on the windshield
strange. that's exactly where mine's going. the only functionality i want with the car dock is nav. so, get in the car, put the address in, and off i go. def won't need to lean in with that gigantic 4.3" screen...no more than a standard nav. part of the point why i got an Evo lol
it's a couple of apks. should work with any Evo, rooted or not.
mrvirginia
Android Expert
ps. i'm gonna play around with my phone a little bit when i get that dock. i bet i can disable it sending the phone into the car dock mode.
why would i want this you ask? we a couple of people wanted to know if you could play music while it's in the dock, and i'm quite certain it won't in car dock mode, but with nav just enabled, it certainly should. i'll be sure to put that in my vid. and if usb playing works, then so will aux in
anyone happen to know the name of the app for the stock car panel or whatever? i know there's one called car panel but i don't think that's it, as that lets me view in landscape.
why would i want this you ask? we a couple of people wanted to know if you could play music while it's in the dock, and i'm quite certain it won't in car dock mode, but with nav just enabled, it certainly should. i'll be sure to put that in my vid. and if usb playing works, then so will aux in
anyone happen to know the name of the app for the stock car panel or whatever? i know there's one called car panel but i don't think that's it, as that lets me view in landscape.
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
ps. i'm gonna play around with my phone a little bit when i get that dock. i bet i can disable it sending the phone into the car dock mode.
why would i want this you ask? we a couple of people wanted to know if you could play music while it's in the dock, and i'm quite certain it won't in car dock mode, but with nav just enabled, it certainly should. i'll be sure to put that in my vid. and if usb playing works, then so will aux in
anyone happen to know the name of the app for the stock car panel or whatever? i know there's one called car panel but i don't think that's it, as that lets me view in landscape.
Stock car panel used to be Navigator, but after FROYO got changed to Car Panel. You must have a different one because that one will not go into landscape mode for me.
Makes it a non-starter for me. USB can carry audio, too. htc should carry both charging and audio out to the base, so I don't have to plug or unplug and audio cable every time I put the phone in the car or take it out.
It's nice that the power cable doesn't move around when you rotate the phone, but stupid that the audio cable still does. Too half-a$$sed a solution for $65.
dabigcheezze
Newbie
ps. i'm gonna play around with my phone a little bit when i get that dock. i bet i can disable it sending the phone into the car dock mode.
why would i want this you ask? we a couple of people wanted to know if you could play music while it's in the dock, and i'm quite certain it won't in car dock mode, but with nav just enabled, it certainly should. i'll be sure to put that in my vid. and if usb playing works, then so will aux in
anyone happen to know the name of the app for the stock car panel or whatever? i know there's one called car panel but i don't think that's it, as that lets me view in landscape.
Sad to report, no usb audio, the thing won't let the EVO mount the SD, I'm tryin everything....Nutton, mounts and plays with normal cable sans the dock no problem.
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
That's actually a great thought and I think would be awesome if HTC could have both outputs available.
-EDIT- Deleted this other question because dabigcheezze answered above.