A speaker to use the TomTom Rider car - Paul Courbis


   

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A speaker to use the TomTom Rider car

Wednesday 1 November 2006, by Paul Courbis

One big advantage of the TomTom Rider is that it is mixed bike / car ... BUT ...

But it’s broken foot to drive hundreds of miles with a threaded headset in the ear.

After testing:

- Pseudo tape to put a player on the unit (not handy if you have a CD player and listen * requires * that the Tomtom throughout the trip);

- The FM transmitter to send the sound of Tomtom on the same frequency as the current station (not work if you listen to a CD anyway and it works very badly);

I also considered buying a bluetooth speaker BUT:

- Based on media Tomtom AC can not walk;

- It would force a reassociation Tomtom / bluetooth device each time you change car ...

- From the messages received, the compatibility with this type of material is very risky! (See posts below)

So I decided to set up a dedicated speaker phone in the car, Bluetooth receiver connected to home ... And it works! Well, I have the following equipment:

- A mini jack connector 4 points. The easiest way is to sacrifice an old telephone headset HS;

- An amplified speaker with continuous power supply at around 12 volts (I got an old Gateway 2000 speakers in 15 volts and it works well)

- A male cigarette lighter plug

- Cable "jack and power of the speaker (it retrieves those supplied with the speaker, the great advantage of the Gateway 2000 is that it comes with a dual power supply cable / audio [login subwoofer / hp] eliminating the need 2 cables tend to tangle)

- Domino, welding, electrical tape ...

- A cigarette lighter power strip (you must connect the power supply and that of tomtom hp)

Wiring of the jack is next, starting from the end (the tip of the catch):

- The (+) speaker

- The (+) micro

- The mass of the loudspeaker

- The mass of micro

A small cost of ohmmeter can identify who is who. On the headset I had recovered the glaze son were isolated from each other. By burning the varnish lighter and a little rubbing with the fingertip is removed easily this polish ...

Then simply connect the good son sets of thunder and it works ...

As generally amplified speakers have a volume control knob on the front is the same comfort. It can be placed at the foot of the passenger seat or fit it with a good double-sided.

It is also possible to connect an external mictro (you need a microphone with an impedance of about 2 ohms, I think a microphone hands-free car can do the trick) to get an excellent bonus package Hands-free car ...

Other crafts to do: turn a motorcycle mounting kit to attach suction cup on, and enjoy the motorcycle rear connector support (the support kit car is really very low end!), Which will:

- Not having to open the hatch of the TomTom to connect to the battery

- To move from the cigarette lighter socket strip

See the completion of the Enhanced Support Car ...

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