650 Car Kit? - Treo Forums

tdawg69311 · 09-29-2005, 06:36 PM

I'm looking for a Car Kit for my 650 that has the following capabilities all in one unit

cradle to hold the phone
recharge for the phone
fm transmitter (to play mp3's or movie audio through the car speakers)
external mic and integrated speaker for handsfree use

are there any units like this out there? The closest thing I can find is the Seidio G2100M, but this doesn't have the FM transmitter included.

Anyone have any recommendations for me?

Thanks

Eyedeas · 09-30-2005, 08:32 AM

I use the 2100M with a cassette adapter with mine and like it a lot! Not the greatest hands free, but far from the worst. I can talk hands free clearly 80% of the time. Not sure why but I sometimes have to pull the handheld out for others to hear me when it works most of the time in the cradle. There are a lot of wires but it doesnt bug me the way it will some people. Its possible that you could hang a fm transmitter in place of the cassete adapter. They do make a 2500 with a built in speaker, it was a bit more though so I stuck with the 2100m.

tdawg69311 · 09-30-2005, 09:59 AM

I'd have no problem using the cassette adapter except for the fact that I don't have a cassette player in my car, only CD

I did notice that you can purchase an additional fm transmitter, but it's like $40 more. and it'd be bulky with all the extra things on the outside. That's why I would rather have an integrated one. and I'm not so much worried about the fm for the phone as much as I am to be able to use my treo like an ipod to listen to my mp3's in the car

theecigarman · 09-30-2005, 09:35 PM

I have my alpine stereo with the auxilary input with a cable running to my cradle. Then when I want to listen to mp3's I just plug in the charger and the cord to the auxillary input and push play. i once did a six hour car trip with a 1 gig card. I like it alot. If you need any help setting up, pm me.

tdawg69311 · 10-03-2005, 09:28 AM

I only have the factory head unit in my car so I don't have an aux input. Thanks for the info though.

chris · 10-03-2005, 09:36 AM

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I only have the factory head unit in my car so I don't have an aux input.

You should check your manual or a local car stereo place -- a lot of stock stereo's have the aux input. If you have a CD Changer, then they can use that. That's what I have done with my iPod.

-Chris

tdawg69311 · 10-03-2005, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by chris

You should check your manual or a local car stereo place -- a lot of stock stereo's have the aux input. If you have a CD Changer, then they can use that. That's what I have done with my iPod.

-Chris

Thanks for the heads up, but I'm positive that I don't have the aux input. I've been back there. I had to hard wire my cd changer into the wiring back there