Desktop Dock

[Bowa11]

I just purchased the desktop dock and downloaded the app that goes along with it. So I hooked up my headphones to the back of the dock that says speaker line out and when I play music it still comes out of the speaker of the phone and not the headphones. Anyone know how to fix it so it only plays on my headphones?

Thanks in advance

 

[ldrn]

Sorry; you have to wait for the Froyo upgrade. It says so on the little card that came with the stand.

 

[Bowa11]

wow that sucks. that just ruined the whole reason I bought the dock for now. i hope that froyo update is soon then because I would hate to have wasted all that money on the dock for basically just being a charger at the moment and not a "multimedia" dock

 

[johnny#AC]

i found the nice "dimming" screen useful as a bedside alarm. I'm still happy i bought it, even i i have to wait. I'm actually thinking about buying a second one.

PS: if anybody knows of any similiar 3rd party docks that are nice, let us know!

 

[Bowa11]

i found the nice "dimming" screen useful as a bedside alarm. I'm still happy i bought it, even i i have to wait. I'm actually thinking about buying a second one.

PS: if anybody knows of any similiar 3rd party docks that are nice, let us know!

yeah I haven't played around with it enough but the bedside alarm does look pretty useful. I guess that my main use for now.

 

[Shadnic]

What is the desktop app like? I've been going back an forth between this dock or just a generic stand without charging capabilities. I've seen 0 pictures or videos of the app, so I have absolutely no idea what its like. Is it available on the market for anyone, or do you have to get it from a samsung site?

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[Bowa11]

What is the desktop app like? I've been going back an forth between this dock or just a generic stand without charging capabilities. I've seen 0 pictures or videos of the app, so I have absolutely no idea what its like. Is it available on the market for anyone, or do you have to get it from a samsung site?

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Anyone can download the app. go to the market and search "desk home samsung" and download it. It's a free app and you can turn it on without using the dock so you can see if you like the setup. It just gives you a couple icons and a big digital clock (only downfall is you cannot customize the icons they give you) but all in all its not too bad. they have one for the car too which is "car home samsung".

 

[liquidxit2]

I use it to make my phone into an alarm/movie/music setup when Im in bed. Hopefully froyo will be here very soon. Everything I heard was a September release, but then again that may just be hearsay.

 

[m5james]

Id like a dock as well, but it's not worth $35 to me. I'm hoping they'll come down to like $10 and finally get Froyo and/or TV-Out going.

 

[drfrank]

Poor bedside experience

i found the nice "dimming" screen useful as a bedside alarm.

The screen produces quite a lot of light when running the dock app. (Download an app from the market called Night Clock, to compare.) This is primarily because of the icons along the bottom, which I don't need when I'm sleeping. There's no way to hide or remove these icons.

There's a notification that will pop up and make a sound telling you that the battery is fully charged. This notification cannot be disabled. It does not use the standard Android notification mechanism. Rather, a modal dialog box appears in the middle of the screen, obscuring and dimming the clock. This box makes the screen produce even more light, further reducing the clock's utility as a bedside clock.

The battery charges so slowly, that, if you remove the phone from the dock for a minute, and then return it to the dock, the "battery fully charged" notification won't show for 15 minutes. Few people will fall asleep that quickly. If you've been using the phone to read in bed, it'll take a couple of hours to fully charge, at which point you may be awoken by the bright light and notification.

The dock has a blue LED that can light up your whole room, and the phone's LED, which switches to blue once the phone is charged, is nearly as bright.

The phone rests on the volume down button while it's in the dock. If you press down at all on the phone while the phone is in the dock, of while you're inserting the phone into the dock, you turn the ringer volume to 0, immediately.