My DIY iPhone 4 car dock

370zFORme!!

Yes it stays in place rather well.

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370zFORme!!

Hmmmm very interesting thought!

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kenchan

yah, EZ felt FTW!

or even black vinyl or DiNoc CF.

370zFORme!!

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

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370zFORme!!

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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Glokwork

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

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370zFORme!!

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!

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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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