8100 mp3's through car stereo

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Does anyone know how I can play mp3's from the VX8100 through my car stereo via bluetooth or any other method?


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I just got an 8100 Last thursday and it came with that headset.

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Because of the way the phone is wired, it'll be impossible to find an off-the-shelf adapter that will allow you to hook your 8100 to a modulator, and get true stereo sound.

I'm in the process of ordering some headphones that work with this phone, and cutting the ends off near the earbuds so I can solder on a 3.5mm female recepticle, which will allow me to plug that up to a cassette adapter, (or in my case, a wired FM modulator that came with my Roady XM radio), so I can get true stereo sound in my vehicle.

I guess what I'm saying is, as soon as a plug and play adapter IS available for this phone, you'll hear about it here first. Until then, we're stuck with something custom.

Donny

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One very useful byproduct of this device is a fairly capable in-vehicle speakerphone. The microphone on the earbuds picks up the sound on a call, and when the other party talks to me, I hear it through my truck's speakers. No more bluetooth headset in the vehicle, it's only needed now when I'm outside the truck.

We used these headphones:

http://www.cellup.com/VERIZON-phone-LGVX8000-cellular-accessory-Carrier-part-UNIHF416SLV.html

From this page:

http://www.cellup.com/VERIZON-phone-LGVX8000-cellular-accessories-Carrier-style-Headsets-Boom-Page-1-S-All.html

We coupled it to a single female to dual male splitter found at Radio Shack, (so I can play both my XM Roady sattelite radio receiver AND my cellphone mp3's through my truck stereo at the same time. Not that I would, but just to make less plugging and unplugging while driving. To switch, I simply unplug the output jack of the Roady to listen to mp3's). You can use whatever female 1/8" stereo, (3 pole), receptacle you want.

We found that by using one with fairly stiff wire, it makes the soldering a little easier. I tried to use a receptacle with thin wire so it would fit in the strain relief on the side of the earbud housing, but the wires inside were so thin, it was hard to even strip them, let alone soldering them.

When you open the case, it's pretty clear which line is which, but here's what we found. (If I'm wrong here, chime in and correct me).

The color coding on the earbud speaker wires is:

Red=right +
Green=left +
Black=ground
Bare=ground

There's only 3 channels in a standard 3 pole stereo connector, so we soldered a jumper between the two grounds, which works fine for stereo playback, but for some reason makes the volume control on these headphones not work the same, but for our use, it will be fine.

The three channels on a standard 3 pole stereo jack are, starting at the point:

Tip=left +
Center=right +
base=ground

(I didn't include the colors of ours, because they seem to differ from brand to brand).

We used a little hot-melt glue inside the earbud housing as strain relief, then snapped it together.

This adapter can be connected to a cassette adapter from Radio Shack or a wireless modulator of your choice to play your 8100's mp3's, IN STEREO, in your vehicle, or allows you to plug any quality headphones in, as long as they're 3.5mm or 1/8", same thing.

Hope I helped.

Donny