Before I drive all the way to the vzw store, does the car dock come with a charger, or a place to one in, or is it just a clip to hold the phone? I know the origional droids car dock was just a holder, but I read something on here that made it sound like you could mount a usb to the X's to have it charge.
Car dock
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Has a place for a usb plug in the bottom,also has the plug to directly plug into your vehicle to play music if your radio has this feature. I love mine but it is a monster on the dash.
There is a microUSB port on the back of the mount.
To clarify on what Willy said. The dock includes a 3.5mm cable for use with an auxiliary port on a radio.
To clarify on what Willy said. The dock includes a 3.5mm cable for use with an auxiliary port on a radio.
I picked this up with the phone. I love it! it came with a cable to hook up the tunes and just used my droid charger and plug in to the dock. I did notice some movement when Im stopped as it moved around from the car running. The thing is huge but it sticks to the windshield great. I had a hard time getting it off. You can change the vol with the screen off to set it to the right amount and also can change songs from the lock screen. Its a little high priced at $40 when I paid $20 for the droid one. If you have a 25% discount with verizon its around $30 bucks.
I picked up a universal dock at bb for 14 dollars and it works perfect has slot in just the right spot for charger cord
Can you manually select "car mode" or do you need the motorola car mount with the magnet? I'm looking at some universal and Droid X specific air vent mounts.
I don't want a windshield mount for several reasons. 1. It looks like crap and there's always that unsightly suction cup ring left behind when you take it down. 2. It obstructs your view. 3. It's too far away from my 12v outlet and having it above my radio puts it within reasonable reach. 4. Don't want the sun/heat beating down on my phone.
i ordered the home dock and car dock and when i went to install the car dock, i found out, there is no charger..
I obviously should have searched.
but it sucks that they didn't include a charger for this.
I obviously should have searched.
but it sucks that they didn't include a charger for this.
FOr those that have the car dock, does it look like it is (easily) modifiable to hook to a vent mount? Like tifoso, I hate windshield mounts.
I got my car dock yesterday and love it. Yeah it's a monster but so is the phone. I really like how car dock automatically comes on when you plug it in. You are able to customize one button, which I set to Slacker Radio. The other nice thing about docking is that the screen stays lit. So when I'm listening to Slacker I can see what song is on if I am unfamilar. I have an older car with a tape deck and no audio plug so I used my tape adapter. When I made a phone call I could hear it through the stero system and just talk hands free. Very Cool.
I can't imagine it would work on a vent, the size and weight of the dock and phone look like it would just fall off or point to the floor all the time. It comes with a windshield mount or a plastic piece you can stick to your dash somewhere. I prefer the windshield mount myself. Love the car dock.
I ordered the air vent mount for a Magellan gps unit for $4 on amazon. The droid x car dock slides right into the vent dock and it works great. Best part about it is that the a/c keeps the phone cool.
Was it this one?
Amazon.com: Removable Air Vent Mount For Magellan GPS: Electronics
I would consider the verizon dock again if I could vent mount it.
Have any of you figured out how to select songs (not just skip forward/back) when in car dock mode?
You can add/change the buttons that appear on the home dock screen. Take one that you don't use and change it to Music. For some reason my screen had two buttons for Voice Commands. I took one off and added Music instead.
The air vent mount is cool, I had that for my G1. Arkon also make a cup holder mount and micro usb lighter socket mount that charges the phone, works good with the Droid X.
Arkon Mega Grip Smartphone Mount for Motorola Droid X, Droid, and Devour
Arkon Mega Grip Smartphone Mount for Motorola Droid X, Droid, and Devour
That's a nice option. Would have been funny if the phoen flew out of the mount when he shook it.
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