My DIY iPhone 4 car dock

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The dock will not move at all, I will show in my DIY how its secured in place. As far as getting rear ended goes(hope that never happens also) Its still an unfinished piece, and I am still rigging up a back support piece for it that will not allow for any movement of the phone from the dock connector. Ive already tested braking really hard and its solid. As far as safety during an accident goes, whether the phone is in my lap or on the passenger seat or cupholder, its still a projectile. this at least provides a bit of security. Thanks for the comments chops, I will take your concerns into consideration when rigging up my backplate!

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chops

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

370zFORme!!

Hmmmm very interesting thought!

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370zFORme!!

Vinyl is exactly the type of solution I am looking for.

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Xan

Does your phone stay in place during spirited driving?

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Yes it stays in place rather well.

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Xan

Something like this in place of the cubby would be a nice mod:

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Vinyl finished!

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Matthew

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

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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.





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.

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docaam

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

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370zFORme!!

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!

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370zFORme!!

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.

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vividracing

Gave you rep for innovative thinking

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

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370zFORme!!

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

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