I wish someone would make a better dock

[johnflo88]

I'm working with a chinese manufacturer to have a docking station with a USB charger and speakers made. Just sent them the plans. Now I am waiting on cost estimates and time to market.

That's great and I will hold off my purchase.Please let us know what's the outcome?:motdroidvert: :icon_ banana:

 

[Big D]

Maybe you can shed some light on the audio-through-USB question.

 

[Natolx]

There's an obvious way to design a dock that has the ability to connect to both the USB and the audio port... it would just involve the phone being surrounded completely with a springloaded mechanism so you would "slide in" the phone to the top to get the headphone jack in(pushing a springloaded piece up in the process and then it would "spring help" the phone down into the usb jack, while keeping the headphone jack cable in.

Or it could be done in the opposite orientation which might be easier since the headphone jack plug has less resistance.

 

[Big D]

Or maybe you can output audio through a USB connection. lol.

 

[Natolx]

Audio through USB and then an out through and audio jack would require the dock to be far more complicated, involving some kind of software and hence a circuitboard, while the other option would just require wires and a spring lol

 

[Xerozix]

A wire and a very carefully setup spring mechanism. We'll see if it's possible. Possibly a backround app and a wayto modulate sound. I know I can do it if given enough time, but someone'll beat me to it.

 

[KennyDroid]

Still waiting on the the overseas response. In the meantime, I have been working with a local manufacturer to build some. Footprint is about 10.5"W x 10"D x ~6"H. Birch plywood construction, with (2) 1.25" tweeters and a 4" sub. It should produce a really nice deep sound quality.

As soon as I have a picture, I'll post it for all to see and respond to. :icon_ banana:

 

[928Droid]

It would be nice if someone made a "Multimedia" dock like this for the Droid. It was just released by JVC for "you know what". :-(

 

[Natolx]

I would want something much less weird looking...

 

[aloha local girl]

It would be nice if someone made a "Multimedia" dock like this for the Droid. It was just released by JVC for "you know what". :-(

Awesome!!! I want one of these for my Droid,.....*stomp,...stomp* Who can DIY one of these?

 

[coondogg97]

It's only a matter of time before you see third party vendors manufacturing audio/video docks for the Droid.

 

[ltfrakes]

This is the one I bought from VZW for $24, and I love it. Well worth the price which included overnight shipping.

 

[olletsocmit]

I use a seidio case so the best case on the market will be the one made by them that allows u to dock it with the case on

 

[Takami826]

I use an old calendar easel... I have the kickstand from the body glove but it's not comfy in my pocket so I save it for when I travel...

 

[KennyDroid]

The big difference here is the fact that the "other device" can pass audio through it's docking connection, whereas the DROID's probably can, but you would have to write a program to tell the music player to output the sound through the USB, and then have a decoder/processor built inside the stereo.

This is a very nice unit. My design is much simpler than this. However, I do have plans to make it much more complicated. :icon_ banana: :motdroidvert: