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James - 28 Sep 2005 22:36 GMT

how can i connect my pocket pc to my cars sterio? i have a honda accord
2000, with just a stock cdplayer/radio. How can i get my pocket pc to play
music and my pocket pc's gps navigation directions to come out my cars
speakers? i have an ipaq 3870 with bluetooth. what kind of wiring or if
posible bluetooth connections can i get?

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Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] - 28 Sep 2005 23:20 GMT

There are a number of inexpensive (less than $20) FM modulators that you
can plug into your PPC, then tune your car radio to a blank spot on the
dial and then tune the modulator to fill that frequency.

If you are going to be doing a lot of listening in the car, might
consider looking at a replacement radio with an audio input on the
faceplate... did this about five years ago and will never have another
car without one.

With respect to the gps, the radio is not a good interface as you
generally want to be listening to other content and there is no easy way
to have the gps voice merged with your tunes... imho, amplified speakers
on the dash work better for gps commands.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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James - 29 Sep 2005 17:38 GMT

anyone know if theres an api for the pocket pc 2002 operating system that
lets me disable audio channels from differnt applications if another
application starts using one? i don't mind running a little program that
mutes my my programs back and fourth.

> There are a number of inexpensive (less than $20) FM modulators that you
> can plug into your PPC, then tune your car radio to a blank spot on the
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> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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John Wolf - 29 Sep 2005 20:37 GMT

I do this all the time with my Palm Zire 72. You need a stereo with a line
out jack and then thus the cable which can be found at Radio Shack.

> how can i connect my pocket pc to my cars sterio? i have a honda accord
> 2000, with just a stock cdplayer/radio. How can i get my pocket pc to play
> music and my pocket pc's gps navigation directions to come out my cars
> speakers? i have an ipaq 3870 with bluetooth. what kind of wiring or if
> posible bluetooth connections can i get?

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James - 29 Sep 2005 21:32 GMT

how can i tell if my sterio has a line out jack? it just the stock radio/cd
player that came with my car.

> I do this all the time with my Palm Zire 72. You need a stereo with a
> line
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>> speakers? i have an ipaq 3870 with bluetooth. what kind of wiring or if
>> posible bluetooth connections can i get?

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Me - 29 Sep 2005 23:55 GMT

> how can i tell if my sterio has a line out jack? it just the stock radio/cd
> player that came with my car.

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Mark R Penn - 30 Sep 2005 00:03 GMT

????? Lots of stock car stereos have auxiliary inputs, especially these
days when hands free kits are so common. Most are not on the front
panel, but many many do have them. My Peugeot has two.

Mark

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On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:32:52 GMT, James wrote:

> how can i tell if my sterio has a line out jack? it just the stock
> radio/cd player that came with my car.

You don't, onless you have a BMW 745 that has a dock for a ipod! LOL
but as Beverly mention at the begining, IMHO the Fm Modulator is so far
the best connection.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-JrYul9zv9hJ/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=251550&I
=142FMMOD01&id=review&search=radio+tuner

or

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3661255

take your pick. HTH

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Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] - 30 Sep 2005 01:23 GMT

My wife's 95 Gallant's OEM radio has an aux in jack. Many cars and
radio's have them, but, I wager the the majority of them are owned by
drivers who have never noticed that it was available ;-)

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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Gerald Fay - 30 Sep 2005 09:46 GMT

Take a look at this.
http://www.logjamelectronics.com/blitzhonauxdmxv1.html
I got one for my 2004 Civic.
I had to snap apart the console, with information available on the Web.
Slide the adapter into the CD changer port on the stock radio. These were
Alpines with a CD changer port even if you do not have the installed CD
changer.

> how can i connect my pocket pc to my cars sterio? i have a honda accord
> 2000, with just a stock cdplayer/radio. How can i get my pocket pc to
> play music and my pocket pc's gps navigation directions to come out my
> cars speakers? i have an ipaq 3870 with bluetooth. what kind of wiring or
> if posible bluetooth connections can i get?

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James - 30 Sep 2005 19:35 GMT

sounds very cool. i have seen these for ipods that control volume, music
track and power. is there anything like that for a pocket pc? i.e. make it
act like my cars cd changer?

> Take a look at this.
> http://www.logjamelectronics.com/blitzhonauxdmxv1.html
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>> cars speakers? i have an ipaq 3870 with bluetooth. what kind of wiring or
>> if posible bluetooth connections can i get?

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