#1: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: rclifton4, Location: Southend on SeaPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:45 am ---- With help and the ideas from the excellent how to guide in the how to section, i made the dock and installed my new head unit. Im chuffed with the result.
What do you all think?
#2: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: anthony_839, Location: romfordPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:47 am ---- looks good got any close ups?
#3: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Jordan_xsi, Location: IpswichPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:49 am ---- Looks very good, nice HU too.
#4: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: rclifton4, Location: Southend on SeaPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:51 am ----
Thats a bigger pic but will get a close up soon
#5: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Kersh, Location: Bridgnorth, Nr WolverhamptonPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:51 am ---- rad
#6: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Kersh, Location: Bridgnorth, Nr WolverhamptonPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:54 am ---- also, were you taking a picture whilst driving?? as you seem to have left the road
#7: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: anthony_839, Location: romfordPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:55 am ---- haha looks nice
#8: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: rclifton4, Location: Southend on SeaPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:59 am ---- Haha well i was on my driveway and was using my dads iphone to take the pic haha
#9: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Matt, Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:28 am ----
Kersh wrote:
also, were you taking a picture whilst driving?? as you seem to have left the road
if he had been driving and "left the road" surely he would have just crashed lol
#10: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: -Dave-, Location: North ManchesterPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:55 am ---- Are you using a satnav on your phone? If yes do you find GPS signal is low in that position or is it ok?
#11: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: rclifton4, Location: Southend on SeaPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:58 am ---- I tried it on the way to work to test it and it works perfectly, i control the iphone through the head unit via alpine/iphone lead which is hidden.
#12: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Jay794, Location: Sheffield/Chesterfield/DronfieldPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:20 am ---- TBH I'm not a fan, with the dock on display 24/7 I would think it would entice thieves, much better to have it hidden in the ashtray then you can cover it when not in use
#13: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Jordan_xsi, Location: IpswichPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:13 am ----
Jay794 wrote:
TBH I'm not a fan, with the dock on display 24/7 I would think it would entice thieves, much better to have it hidden in the ashtray then you can cover it when not in use
Only if you leave the iphone on the dock, it would still poke out of the ash tray and be just as visable. Its unlikely to encourage thieves to break in on the chance there might be an iphone in there because it has a dock. After all whos phone is in the their car when they arnt lol?
#14: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Abzynthe, Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:16 am ----
Jay794 wrote:
TBH I'm not a fan, with the dock on display 24/7 I would think it would entice thieves, much better to have it hidden in the ashtray then you can cover it when not in use
Dont leave your car in a public place Simples
#15: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Jay794, Location: Sheffield/Chesterfield/DronfieldPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:53 am ---- Yeah because thats avoidable,
Regarding leaving your phone in your car when your not, cars get broken in to all the time just because there are suction cup marks on the windscreen because people think the sat nav is sat in the glove box, which they usually are
#16: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Jordan_xsi, Location: IpswichPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:05 am ----
Jay794 wrote:
Yeah because thats avoidable,
Regarding leaving your phone in your car when your not, cars get broken in to all the time just because there are suction cup marks on the windscreen because people think the sat nav is sat in the glove box, which they usually are
Granted but satnavs and mobile phones cant be compared, unless of course you carry your tom tom round with you incase you get lost Having a nice HU and audio equipment would make it a much higher risk than having an iphone dock.
#17: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Abzynthe, Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:44 am ----
Jay794 wrote:
Yeah because thats avoidable,
Regarding leaving your phone in your car when your not, cars get broken in to all the time just because there are suction cup marks on the windscreen because people think the sat nav is sat in the glove box, which they usually are
I was joking But its still a solution
#18: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: rclifton4, Location: Southend on SeaPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:40 am ---- It's a lot more discreet than most docks, air vent holders etc. Granted it could pose a risk of being broken into but just the world we live in unfortunately. If I was in such a dodgy area it is fully removable
#19: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: bobsparkle, Location: ScotlandPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:17 am ---- How easy/difficult was it to get the iPod cave from the back d the headunit and run it out of the ash tray?
#20: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Jordan_xsi, Location: IpswichPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:58 am ---- I cut myself a couple of times getting my ipod wire down there
#21: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: DeadEyePaul, Location: Rugby,WarwickshirePosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:26 am ---- Its a phone with satnav when hes done driving he will take his phone with him simples
#22: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: rclifton4, Location: Southend on SeaPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:21 am ---- To be honest the cabling routing wasnt to hard, its a lot easier if you take the centre dash section out instead of getting your hand stuck in the headunit cage lol
#23: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Jay794, Location: Sheffield/Chesterfield/DronfieldPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:39 pm ----
bobsparkle wrote:
How easy/difficult was it to get the iPod cave from the back d the headunit and run it out of the ash tray?
Easy, thats what I did
#24: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: bobsparkle, Location: ScotlandPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:36 pm ---- I might give this a go tomorrow. It would be better than having the cable in the glovebox.
#25: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: rclifton4, Location: Southend on SeaPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:44 pm ---- 2 screws and unclip it. Always choose that option if im working on the stereo. Especially with alpine cage clips
#26: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Bassline_Toad, Location: Chester, UKPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:47 pm ---- Is that the Alpine IDA x305?
I'm looking at getting one of these, are they any good?
Y'know you can change between red and blue, does the red come out as a pink?
Cheers
#27: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: rclifton4, Location: Southend on SeaPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:30 am ---- Yeah its the IDA-x305
Its a quality unit, i was a bit dubious about the navigation of the iphone but its clear, easy to use and easy set up. You can change to red, the buttons are deep red, the screen does look pink but there are settings to change the background type and there is one which looks red so you wil be fine if you want red NOT pink.
#28: Re: iPhone Dock made and installed Author: Bassline_Toad, Location: Chester, UKPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:11 am ---- Love it, cheers mate
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and was using my dads iphone to take the pic haha
Having a nice HU and audio equipment would make it a much higher risk than having an iphone dock.
