C600 THB Bury Car hands free kit

[Guest coalfield]

As far as I know the only (decent) wired hands free kit for the c500 was the THB Bury hands free kit with c500 cradle. I bought one and have loved it (besides the problem with no sound in tomtom) for as long as I have had the phone.

When I got the c600 I saw the dimensions were almost identical to the c500 so though (maybe just maybe) I may be able to fit it in there....

Now I have it.. no such luck ;) :?:

It very nearly fits, but the antenna post at the back is about 1mm off. I cannot see if it would fit without, but I think it would. Either way its damn annoying becuase there is no THB Bury universal cradle for the c600, and I dont know if they will make one.

Does anyone else have a similar problem. Seems a waste to buy a whole new car kit when all I need is the cradle for a c600. I am almost tempted to take the cradle apart and remove the antenna bit to see it if fits, but the cradle was £70 alone so dont want to risk fudgin' it :oops:

YOUR THOUGHTS ON HANDS FREE KITS FOR THE C600 PLEASE! :exclaim:

[Guest coalfield]

Ok... I rang up THB Bury in Germany along with their UK distributor to see if there were plans to release a c600 cradle for the THB Bury. Their reply was basically a NO. There are no plans to release a cradle for the c600 and will not likely ever be.

GREAT. Maybe its because not enough people bought the c500 one? Mind you £70 a pop for just a cradle surely they are not making a loss on it! :roll:

Anyway... I have found a way to MOD the c500 cradle to fit the c600. Yay! All working at the moment at least as far as making a call to voicemail and charging goes.

To be honest its a bit risky & a bit messy, I nearly screwed my cradle in the process (the build quality of them is shizzle... they practically break when u take it apart.. i think they are designed to.)

As there are no replies to the post at the moment, I take it there is not much demand for this. If anyone is interested add to the post and I will explain in much the same way I did with my last PDF posting on how to mod the audio out on the THB Bury...

See: http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=208310&hl=thb+bury

If your not, I am curious to know how other people use hands free & tomtom in their car? Do you use bluetooth & tomtom, because in my xp I have found that to be fairly buggy. :roll:

Any other hands free kits worth looking at? :)

[Guest rsearley]

I swap phones a lot, and i always buy high spec phones, for example now, i would not consider buying a phone without BlueTooth and WiFi

so when looking at car kits it was quite obvious i didnt want to change kits everytime i changed phone..

so the awnser was a bluetooth car kit, i got the parrot CK3100 as that was the best one at the time, but the now have newer ones

In the time that i have had it, i have only had to buy a universal crade for a PDA, so that i can use my M1000 or M2000 and still see tomtom..

and now i have the SP5m i need to get a small cradle for that, as i just chuck it in the center console at the moment

but i have used over 15 different handsets on the kit, and totally glad i went bluetooth

Ok... I rang up THB Bury in Germany along with their UK distributor to see if there were plans to release a c600 cradle for the THB Bury.  Their reply was basically a NO.  There are no plans to release a cradle for the c600 and will not likely ever be.

GREAT.  Maybe its because not enough people bought the c500 one?  Mind you £70 a pop for just a cradle surely they are not making a loss on it!  :roll:

Anyway... I have found a way to MOD the c500 cradle to fit the c600.  Yay!  All working at the moment at least as far as making a call to voicemail and charging goes. 

To be honest its a bit risky & a bit messy, I nearly screwed my cradle in the process (the build quality of them is shizzle... they practically break when u take it apart.. i think they are designed to.)

As there are no replies to the post at the moment, I take it there is not much demand for this.  If anyone is interested add to the post and I will explain in much the same way I did with my last PDF posting on how to mod the audio out on the THB Bury...

See: http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=208310&hl=thb+bury

If your not, I am curious to know how other people use hands free & tomtom in their car?  Do you use bluetooth & tomtom, because in my xp I have found that to be fairly buggy. :roll:

Any other hands free kits worth looking at? :)

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[Guest coalfield]

So your saying Bluetooth calls & tomtom work fine at the same time :??:

[Guest sooty2]

Coalfield.

I have exactly the same problem as you. THB car kit with C500 cradle and a C600 that won't fit.

I also use TomTom but I didn't modify the cradle for audio as my car has no aux input and I dont use the TomTom voice very often, also I have a separate speed cam warner so don’t need the TomTom POI warnings. On the rare occasions I need TomTom voice I just release the phone from the contacts but leave it in the cradle and get sound from the phone.

I had come to the same conclusion that it was the antenna post that was the problem with the C600 and also the bottom of the cradle just covers the * and # keys at the bottom of the phone.

I was going to have a go at modifying the cradle but haven’t got round to it yet. For the time being I am using the THB Bluetooth adapter and the phone is in the cup holder. Not Ideal, no charging, no external antenna and TomTom is difficult to see.

I've only had the C600 for 2 weeks and now I've been spoiled with the new screen I really dont want to go back to the C500.

Please share your cradle mod!

Dont know about you, but the C600 seems a lot slower to me than the old C500.

[Guest coalfield]

Coalfield.

I have exactly the same problem as you. THB car kit with C500 cradle and a C600 that won't fit.

I also use TomTom but I didn't modify the cradle for audio as my car has no aux input and I dont use the TomTom voice very often, also I have a separate speed cam warner so don’t need the TomTom POI warnings.  On the rare occasions I need TomTom voice I just release the phone from the contacts but leave it in the cradle and get sound from the phone.

I had come to the same conclusion that it was the antenna post that was the problem with the C600 and also the bottom of the cradle just covers the * and # keys at the bottom of the phone.

I was going to have a go at modifying the cradle but haven’t got round to it yet. For the time being I am using the THB Bluetooth adapter and the phone is in the cup holder. Not Ideal, no charging, no external antenna and TomTom is difficult to see.

I've only had the C600 for 2 weeks and now I've been spoiled with the new screen I really dont want to go back to the C500.

Please share your cradle mod!

Dont know about you, but the C600 seems a lot slower to me than the old C500.

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yeah its a real pain. Such a burn that THB Bury are not releasing a cradle for the c600. Maybe we need a petition. My mod is basically taking the cradle apart (as shown in my c500 mod) and cutting the antenna off. Brutal i know, but when put back together it fits fine and charges. I now have a problem with my mic not working, but i think that is to do with me breaking the connection. I cant be arsed to fix it anymore I have had it with THB Bury.

c600 seems ok for me to be honest speed wise. one thing I did notice is I have already scratched the screen (hairline) but annoying. Also the number shortcuts randomly changed to letters. I found out its becuase i paired and sent a file to a sony erricson.

Also the GUI on the phone looks a bit rushed. Alsost like they released the phone before the software was ready. The screen is awsome though, looking at the c500 now just makes it look n00b. hence mine is

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