Precisely kicking a mostly dead horse...
Hey, all, here I am again with a specific question as I sit with VZW shopping cart for the Droid 4 XT894 ready to order, Amazon accessories from all over, and sketchy advice from ProClip-USA's chat session today:
Precautionary disclosure, linking to off-site products for reference here...
This is the ProClip Ball Mount Adapter Plate Item # 215547.
This is the Motorola Navigation Dock for Droid 4, Model # 89538N, which includes the paired USB/audio cable mentioned earlier in this thread.
The goal I have is this: Attach the OEM Moto Nav Dock to my existing ProClip device mount system, in place of the Droid 2 Car Dock setup I currently have attached to the mounting bracket, in my Chevy rig. If I'm on the right track, I hope this is possible. Here's what I did originally with my Droid 2 and have basically docked the old dying R2D2 unit for a few years now on daily basis with normal wear, and it's worked RELIABLY until I've finally reached EOL (end of life) for R2D2 and must abandon the old device for newer Droid goodness. I purchased a baseplate mounting bracket, tilt-swivel adapter, and male/female "move plate" adapters, along with a dual T-prong device adapter, from ProClip, circa May 2011...
See also:
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Move Clip Kit (1 Male and 1 Female Plate) |
213093 |
ProClip Angled Mount
2006-2012 Chevrolet HHR |
853700 |
2 Prong Adapter Plate with Tilt Swivel for Original Motorola Car Docks
Motorola Droid 2 (Verizon) |
215199D |
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...from my original order, no less!
That apparatus was connected then as a base mount (in place of the standard Motorola OEM suction cup and articulating arm) for the Droid/Droid2 Car Dock, which attaches with a dual T-prong interface against a small square plate that is joined to a ball socket at the end of the suction mount arm. I hope I'm illustrating that well enough, but simply put I decapitated the car dock at the prongs (it just slides up/off the plate), set the suction cup and arm from the dock aside, and the dock itself slid snugly onto the setup from ProClip.
Sweet stuff, IMHO, and defiinitely met my need to compulsively do this "unlock the car & dock the phone" or "undock the phone & lock the car" routine everytime I get in/out of the driver seat. dancedroid
So now we come to the present issue. ProClip has no dock on-hand from Motorola of the new Droid 4 variety to verify compatibility with their ball mount adapter, and their in-house solution is promoting a generic/universal dock that has zero to do with joining audio+USB charging, activiating Nav Mode, or really doing anything special other than holding the device with/without charging. Less than ideal for my purposes.
Meanwhile I can find no source so far online with measurement of the BACK portion of Motorola's Droid 4 Nav Dock, the magic socket hiding behind every photo I can see shows me only that it IS a ball+socket joint attaching dock to arm, but certainly no dimensions listed for that detail.
How about the short version then: Anyone able to certify that the OEM Motorola Nav Dock for Droid 4 terminates at the back of the dock with a 17mm diameter ball/socket joint? ...there, why didn't I just post that instead of boring everyone to tears?
You know I gotta research the BLEEP out these technical issues
before I go make a purchase [self-edited], right? I just thought after the Droid 4 has been in the wild for this long that certainly somebody out there is in the same boat with this stuff. No? I'm probably all alone on this one. Time to be brave I guess!
I can take a picture of the current arrangment in use for my Droid 2, if that also helps to illustrate.
OH, and @
Briano: Soon as I have my setup in place I'll gladly help with the audio issue if I can replicate it--I think I have an idea what you're saying, sorry I haven't been on the forums since, like, my post two spots before this, I think. :biggrin:
EDIT: Adding in a
cross-link back to here, thanking @
cmorty72 for another clue toward solving my mystery! ...details to follow...
EDIT[SUP]2[/SUP]:
Plugged a picture into the public album for reference, and now I'm
plugging it here (see the cross-linked thread per above note)... next post will be a new thread to show off the dock & mount makeover from Droid2 to Droid4, if all goes as planned. Confidently ordering the parts tonight ...and then
plugging (myself) into sleep! Techies gotta recharge too sometimes
K