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      09-01-2012, 03:56 AM   #1
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Phone kit - Phone OR music, but not both?!

My car is phone prepped in the centre arm rest and has shark fin aerial but it doesnt have a cradle fitted for the phone of my choice yet.

On enquiring this morning at the local stealer, it turns out I can have a cradle that charges the phone and makes use of the aerial, but it wont pull music off the phone. If I want music, I need to revert back to the lead via the aux input and plug adapter.



That cant be right, shirley? If I'm in the car I want the phone plugged in to charge and get a good signal and I want to pull music off it as well. Whats the point in separeting the functions for one or the other?

Anyone know of an alternative?
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      09-01-2012, 04:00 AM   #2
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Whose Shirley?

What they have told you is right! I made the same head-banging discovery after I bought the iPhone dock for my car.

I believe the only exception is if you have the combox in which case you can play music over bluetooth and possibly over the cradle too (?), but I am sure someone else can confirm this?
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      09-01-2012, 04:14 AM   #3
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Whose Shirley?

What they have told you is right! I made the same head-banging discovery after I bought the iPhone dock for my car.

I believe the only exception is if you have the combox in which case you can play music over bluetooth and possibly over the cradle too (?), but I am sure someone else can confirm this?
Apparently so. And the guy reckons the widget that allows both cant be retrofit either.

Brilliant.
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      09-01-2012, 04:16 AM   #4
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Apparently so. And the guy reckons the widget that allows both cant be retrofit either.

Brilliant.
You would need to retrofit a combox (with or without telematics), that is if your car is a facelift. It has been done I have read quite a lot about it, but it isn't something I fancy doing myself

I just loaded all the songs on to the car. I imagine your car isn't the hard drive based nav?
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