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    I recieved the Navigation mount for my VGN today and so far it seems like an ok unit. My only complaints are:

    1) It doesn't charge the phone.

    2) It doen't automatically put the Nexus into car mode.

    I also hate having wires hanging from the middle of my windsheild down to a power port to plug the phone charger in. So what I did was pick up a power port to 2X USB adapter at autozone, and a new power port.

    Then I hardwired the power port to an ignition wire behind a dash panel in my Durango with a 10 amp inline fuse and used a 6 foot USB cable and ran it from under the dash up the "A" pillar on the drivers side.

    This reached almost up to the headliner. From there I plugged in a micro USB and used electrical tape to hold it in place then ran that cable over to the middle of the windsheild where the cables come down to my mirror. I also used black wire ties to hold the micro USB cable.

    From the other USB plug I ran a 6 foot section from the dash then under the center console to the back seats. There is also a micro USB cable in the pocket on the back of the front passengers seat so if anyone in the back needs to charge their phone or PSP etc in they can.

    There is also a power port to USB in the cargo area incase someone in the 3rd row of seats needs to plug their device in as well.

    I did something similar to this for my Sirius radio, those pics are located here in post #26 :

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    Default Re: My Navigation Mount

    Sorry you bought the VZW dock, nice mod though
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    Quote Originally Posted by Live2ride883 View Post
    I recieved the Navigation mount for my VGN today and so far it seems like an ok unit. My only complaints are:

    1) It doesn't charge the phone.

    2) It doen't automatically put the Nexus into car mode.

    I also hate having wires hanging from the middle of my windsheild down to a power port to plug the phone charger in. So what I did was pick up a power port to 2X USB adapter at autozone, and a new power port.

    Then I hardwired the power port to an ignition wire behind a dash panel in my Durango with a 10 amp inline fuse and used a 6 foot USB cable and ran it from under the dash up the "A" pillar on the drivers side.

    This reached almost up to the headliner. From there I plugged in a micro USB and used electrical tape to hold it in place then ran that cable over to the middle of the windsheild where the cables come down to my mirror. I also used black wire ties to hold the micro USB cable.

    From the other USB plug I ran a 6 foot section from the dash then under the center console to the back seats. There is also a micro USB cable in the pocket on the back of the front passengers seat so if anyone in the back needs to charge their phone or PSP etc in they can.

    There is also a power port to USB in the cargo area incase someone in the 3rd row of seats needs to plug their device in as well.

    I did something similar to this for my Sirius radio, those pics are located here in post #26 :

    nice mod...kudos
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    Geeze, mount that on your dash. You're going to have an accident because it obstructs your view...
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    Quote Originally Posted by exarkun View Post
    Geeze, mount that on your dash. You're going to have an accident because it obstructs your view...

    The pics are taken from an angle from below so the mount doesn't block as much as it looks like.
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    I bought the mount as well, and do like it, I miss the pull and run of the DroidX Car mount and I ended up installing Car Dashboard, since the Google Car app is not compatible with the Nexus
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    I am really satisfied with the way my Sirius radio mount turned out in my 99 Durango pictures are located here post #26:

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    Yesterday I finally recieved the navigation mount that I ordered for my Verizon Wireless Galaxy nexus phone, and at first I ran a USB cord up to the overhead console to avoid having wires hanging down all over my dash. This turned out ok but I wasn't really happy with it.

    So today I decided to start over, I pulled the dash panel with the power ports on it and secured 2 pieces of ABS plastic to it with 4 screws and locking clips behind them. Then using epoxy I attached the dash mount plastic disc to the ABS since the dash and ABS is too pourus for the suction cup to work on.

    I also ran the micro USb cable thru the same hole that the cords for my sirius radio came thru since the navigation mount does not charge the phone.
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    I bought it also. It's not that bad. I still want to get the one that utilizes the charging pins.

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