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370zFORme!! 01-07-2011 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Xan (Post 885231)
Does your phone stay in place during spirited driving?

Yes it stays in place rather well.

370zFORme!! 01-07-2011 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by chops (Post 885264)
i understand that the dock will not move, im more worried about the phone. the actual connector on the dock is the only thing holding it on, and thats a fragile piece of plastic. however, that back support piece would be good, or if you had the time, you could fabricate something with fiberglass/bondo and sink the connector in, and mold the dock around your phone a half inch or two, making it nice and snug :tup:

Hmmmm very interesting thought!

kenchan 01-07-2011 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 370zFORme!! (Post 885069)
Ken excellent idea. I'm actually gonna glue black felt over the white part. I thought about black paint, but taping that off would be a pain in the ***, and I think felt will look better anyway! Thanks for the comment!

yah, EZ felt FTW! :)

or even black vinyl or DiNoc CF.

370zFORme!! 01-07-2011 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 885325)
yah, EZ felt FTW! :)

or even black vinyl or DiNoc CF.

Ya I just bought some vinyl from Joanns fabrics that matches our stock look really well!

370zFORme!! 01-07-2011 11:42 PM

Vinyl finished!

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/0cf29235.jpg

Matthew 01-09-2011 12:10 AM

That look really good waiting for the DIY. I will do this next week. :tiphat:

370zFORme!! 01-09-2011 02:51 AM

Here is the finished product. I am kind of rethinking doing a DIY because I ran into a lot of problems today.

The dock would not allow the Kenwood iPod cable to play music because the iPhone recognizes the dock and the cable and gives an error that only one accessory may be used. Needless to say I had to hack up the dock and custom fabricate my own dock. I basically pulled the guts of the dock out and used just the plastic white part as my base and fed the Kenwood iPod cable through the dock hole and secured it with crazy glue and a metal bracket. I then made a back support as member chops had recommended. I used half a Belkin IPhone case and wrapped it in vinyl. Some more crazy glue and lots of high hopes and this is the finished product.

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/6a1f0248.jpg

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/7773c689.jpg

This was easily a 4 day project of trial and error. I assume it's a project not many will want to take on. But if you do, let me know and I will make a DIY.

docaam 01-09-2011 03:33 AM

nice!!

I need to ask as you are having iphone 4, is it easy to sync with bluetooth of kenwood, as mine doesnt search iphone dont know awhy

370zFORme!! 01-09-2011 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by docaam (Post 887119)
nice!!

I need to ask as you are having iphone 4, is it easy to sync with bluetooth of kenwood, as mine doesnt search iphone dont know awhy

Thanks!
Your contacts should sync right away. What headunit do
you have? As far as Bluetooth goes, you can only play songs one by one through Bluetooth. If you want to be able to control your iPod, video and your playlists and such from your headunit, you need the Kenwood KCA-IP301V iPod Video Direct Cable. Hope this helps!

370zFORme!! 07-26-2011 05:50 PM

Just wanted to update this thread. After about 4 months of use, this iphone dock has not only been flawless, but I might actually be going into production to create this product for interested members. I have perfected the design flaws and my prototype is currently being patented. I will update as soon as my patent comes in. If you are interested in such a product, create a list here and after my patent comes through, I will contact AK about vendor status.

vividracing 07-26-2011 06:03 PM

Gave you rep for innovative thinking :)

Looks great. If you go into production, good luck. Stuff like this keeps the scene moving.

370zFORme!! 07-26-2011 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by vividracing (Post 1231602)
Gave you rep for innovative thinking :)

Looks great. If you go into production, good luck. Stuff like this keeps the scene moving.

Thanks man! Appreciate it very much! Im getting excited!.

Glokwork 09-05-2011 12:38 PM

I'm very interested in this! Would it work with my pioneer avh-p4300dvd? You did an amazing job +1 to you sir!

370zFORme!! 09-05-2011 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Glokwork (Post 1298511)
I'm very interested in this! Would it work with my pioneer avh-p4300dvd? You did an amazing job +1 to you sir!

Yes it's very possible. You need the pioneer iPod cable which is part number cd-iu50v. Also an apple universal dock, some felt, super glue (for the felt) and lots of patience! If you need a step by step let me know I'll email ya something. I'm still in the process of getting this patented but I don't mind helping a couple forum members out. Thanks for the rep!

370zFORme!! 09-16-2011 12:58 AM

Well I just got my patent letter in the mail that says my patent infringes on numerous existing patents. Well looks like I'll be making a DIY for everyone. I just ordered one of these. Should be interesting. FLSHDOCKV2AV


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