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Old 30th November 2016, 12:45 PM
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Default Plug n Play Bluetooth Streaming/Cigarette lighter usage

Hi,

Being a technical luddite (as far as car electrics are concerned) I figured I'd get one of these for streaming audio/calls from my phone.

However the unit keeps popping out of the cigarette lighter as I think it's shorter than a standard one. Has anyone got anything to sit correctly into the cigarette lighter/12V socket at the front?

I was thinking of trying the rear 12V socket, though I guess it'll be the same size. Also, that would be fine for streaming music/internet radio from my phone but somewhat inconvenient for calls!

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I had something similar in but got annoyed with it, the whole fm thing kept getting interrupted, in the end I couldn't beat the 90's style cassette adapter with the 3.5 plug stuffed into the phone.
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Old 7th December 2016, 06:34 AM
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All of my phone / USB chargers also keep popping out.
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Fag lighter sockets are always inconsistent and unreliable as a source of power. I'd install something like an Xcarlink unit instead.
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I have exactly this in my girlfriends Honda Accord and it is faultless so i can recommend it . It might interfere with the dashcam if you have one .
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Quick update. If it's of any interest I picked up one of these which seemed steep at £30 but seems to work particularly well. Add a £5 magnetic air vent phone mount alongside it and streamed audio/handsfree are both working well and fuss free.

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I've just spent an hour rummaging around in old car stuff to retrieve and resurrect a Parrot minikit for the phone.
It's self contained and doesn't require a cig lighter plug.
Managed to find a software update on the web and it now works with my Samsung phone.

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