Perfect iPhone Holder In Golf 6?

[kennyc]

Slightly off topic, the next gen iPhone.

This Is Apple's Next iPhone - Iphone 4 - Gizmodo

Wont believe it is it untill advised by Apple.
Looks good though....

[hooba]

Wont believe it is it untill advised by Apple.

Good for you!

For Apple, Lost iPhone Is a Big Deal - NYTimes.com

[STV4SYT]

OK guys, i just took delivery of my new iPhone holder yesterday. I gort sick of the windscreen mount one continually falling off while i was driving.

Went for an air vent mounted type.

Cost the princely sun of AU$10.99 delivered.

A few pics.










The top part has a hook that goes around the fin of the vent and then a spring loaded clamp on the outside holds it in place with the 2 legs to provide support .
It aint going anywhere now and the phone holder bit is very secure, clipping on all 4 corners of the phone.

Location wise its less in the way than the windscreen mount was and also gets away from the concern that in an accident if the curtain airbag was to deploy the phone would have become a projectile inside the car.

[night_flight]

that doesn't look bad tho i d prefer the centre fan...however u do block air if it is in the centre . where u get this particular one?

[mikinoz]

There are 'hole less' brackets out there that you remove the trim around the radio and screws that hold the climatic controls secure the bracket to the centre console, it is designed to come out beside the climate adjuster and through the gap between the fascia and console. I have one in my MKV and another in our 308 and they work well and are in a good location that does not impede anything. I then got an iphone passthrough cradle from the same crowd. I don't have pics, but this is the seller and I would recommend it as a viable solution (and as my stock trade is selling Apple equipment, I'd suggest you forget about those clip on the vent solutions if you care about your car).

IM8488 iPhone Cradle Bracket Volkswagen Golf Mk5 04> - eBay Other Apple iPod Accessories, Apple iPod Accessories, MP3 Player Accessories, Consumer Electronics. (end time 07-May-10 16:22:17 AEST)



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[STV4SYT]

I'd suggest you forget about those clip on the vent solutions if you care about your car).

I care for my car and i have no issue with this type of bracket, I'd certainly rather use that than having to dismantle the dash to wedge a bracket in.

CAR AIR VENT MOUNT HOLDER CRADLE APPLE IPHONE 3GS 3G S - eBay, Other Mobile Accessories, Mobile Accessories, Phones. (end time 27-May-10 21:15:47 AEST)

For less than $10 its a bargain and i can safely remove and fit the bracket in a second without causing ANY damage to car or phone.

[BrettD]

This is the one I picked up and does the job nicely

FOR IPHONE CAR HOLDER+FM TRANSMITTER+REMOTE+HANDSFREE - eBay, FM Transmitters, MP3 Player Accessories, Electronics. (end time 29-Apr-10 14:30:46 AEST)

[logger]

I don't own an iPhone although I nearly did. I got the far more capable Google Nexus Phone instead. But my wife has one and I just popped her Belkin cradle into my MK6 for the hell of it to see how it fits.



If you are after a simple neat installation that works well this might fit the bill. On the rear of the charger there is a USB outlet to charge other stuff AND a 3.5mm outlet to feed the audio to your MK6. You can quite readily run a lead from this back to your AUX input in the center armrest.

The cradle itself allows the phone to rotate between 9, 12 & 3 O'Clock positions if you prefer it landscape. The button at center bottom contains and extra Mic for hands free use. Single Press the button to answer or hang up calls. Double & Triple press does other stuff which I cannot recall.

Main bummer is you also need to plug the 3.5mm lead visible at top left of the phone in, to get "audio out" feeding down to the other end of the device and its 3.5mm outlet.

If you dont do this it still charges fine and uses the phones speaker. But the audio does not pass on to your Aux input.

There are two version of this Belkin iPhone kit. This one with the 3.5mm Aux out and another that included an FM transmitter. I wouldn't recommend the FM transmitter version as it has had bad reviews. Both still require you to plug the 3.5mm jack into the phone itself for audio to feed to your car.

Still it is a solution to consider for the Iphone MK6 combination. It is fairly neat and tidy, Charges the Iphone well, can be used with a case on the phone and it feeds audio to the car if you can be bother to hook up the 3.5mm leads.

PS forgot to mention it cost ~ $60 from memory.

[BrettD]

I don't own an iPhone although I nearly did. I got the far more capable Google Nexus Phone instead. But my wife has one and I just popped her Belkin cradle into my MK6 for the hell of it to see how it fits.



If you are after a simple neat installation that works well this might fit the bill. On the rear of the charger there is a USB outlet to charge other stuff AND a 3.5mm outlet to feed the audio to your MK6. You can quite readily run a lead from this back to your AUX input in the center armrest.

The cradle itself allows the phone to rotate between 9, 12 & 3 O'Clock positions if you prefer it landscape. The button at center bottom contains and extra Mic for hands free use. Single Press the button to answer or hang up calls. Double & Triple press does other stuff which I cannot recall.

Main bummer is you also need to plug the 3.5mm lead visible at top left of the phone in, to get "audio out" feeding down to the other end of the device and its 3.5mm outlet.

If you dont do this it still charges fine and uses the phones speaker. But the audio does not pass on to your Aux input.

There are two version of this Belkin iPhone kit. This one with the 3.5mm Aux out and another that included an FM transmitter. I wouldn't recommend the FM transmitter version as it has had bad reviews. Both still require you to plug the 3.5mm jack into the phone itself for audio to feed to your car.

Still it is a solution to consider for the Iphone MK6 combination. It is fairly neat and tidy, Charges the Iphone well, can be used with a case on the phone and it feeds audio to the car if you can be bother to hook up the 3.5mm leads.

PS forgot to mention it cost ~ $60 from memory.

You get all this in the one above, for half the price

[logger]

You get all this in the one above, for half the price

You mean the one that links to "This listing () has been removed, or this item is not available."

[Axis]

Thanks for that logger. I have been wondering for a while how those bendy-arm cradles work in the horizontally position 12V port in my MKV but it seems that it is flexible enough to be quite useful. Might have to check that out

[logger]

Yeah the stalk whilst stiff, is not stiff enough to prop the iPhone up in the middle betwen my two heater control knobs. (not that you would want it there anyway). You generally need to arrange it in a positition where it leans on something like the left of the center console as in the picture. Otherwise it will tend to drift about when you hit bumps. Where the stalk attaches to the cradle proper there is pivot that allows you to rotate the phone left or right to landscape orientation and when doing so the phone will stay put in its new orientation. As the Belkin stuff is of a reasonable quality, the charger will be half decent and should have sufficient milliamps to charge the phone and run the GPS concurrently.

[Big Yellow]

Perfect Iphone 3G(S) Holder In Golf 6?

I have that belkin cradle thing and the handsfree button fell apart. Also the sound quality wasnt the best.

Im gonna try the griffin tuneflex one next as it draws audio from the dock connector instead of the headphone jack.

[logger]

...Im gonna try the griffin tuneflex one next as it draws audio from the dock connector instead of the headphone jack.

That would be a much better solution. Connecting the 3.5mm is a PITA.

[Axis]

Ha - that one comes with a remote too... Griffin Technology: TuneFlex AUX SmartClick - Car mount, charger and remote control for iPod and iPhone