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Subject:Re: Vanagon iPhone dock ideas
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:41:03 -0800

I like this one (iPod touch in place), Belkin.

http://shufti.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_3185.jpg

alistair

On 6-Feb-11, at 10:08 AM, Zeitgeist wrote:

> I'm getting ready to put the van back on the road, after taking many
> months
> of my own sweet time to undertake a H2O-pump swap--the first
> significant
> engine work I've had in 7 years of ownership.  While it was down I
> decided
> to install a Bluetooth enabled head unit (Dual XHD7714) which had
> previously
> been installed in my daily driver.  It really punches through the
> Infinity
> speakers I installed last year.  We have a recent law here in WA
> requiring
> hands-free devices for phone calls, so the Bluetooth fits that bill
> nicely.
> It also interfaces wirelessly with my phone's music stash.
>
> https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_HrDjca6mW6o/TU7c9tbLTzI/AAAAAAAAARE/4mEagS8UjFk/s512/DSCN0061.JPG
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has found an out-of-the-box iPhone dock that
> works
> well with these vans, or has modified something (like the ashtray)
> to suit
> this function.  I'm mostly interested in just docking the unit to
> keep it in
> place while maintaining a charge.  And when I say dock, I mean that
> I want
> to just drop it in place, without having to separately plug in the
> cord.
>
> Any ideas or examples that work for the Vanagons?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Casey