Phone Cradle
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Phone Cradle
Hi Everyone
Let me start this post by saying 2 things:
1. I have been wanting to do this since I bought the XF almost 5 Years ago!!! I have had many starts and stops as nothing seemed to work out the way I wanted...
2. I feel like I've been here before -- for us older guys on the forum, remember our younger days when we were fixing up our Mustangs, Camaros, etc and/or aspiring to get the latest IROC or GT? What were we missing -- cupholders! For some reason Detroit didn't realize that people actually drank things in their cars! Flashforward to today and what are we missing -- a place to put and charge our phones... Anyway on to what I did!
So after reading this post by the F Type guys I got inspired to give this another try (as I have ordered many items and none seem to be right). https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...f-type-139493/
So I started by ordering the Bluetooth OBD connector so I could actually see some vitals on the car. And ordered the ProClip solution for the XF.
What I liked about the unit it fairly easy to install and it is the best cradle for the Samsung S5 -- it slides in nicely and you don't have to hook up any cables to the bottom of the phone!
Make sure you order the angled bracket in the middle. If you just order the mount (to the console) and the cradle for the phone -- it will lay flat...
It is still not optimal for me as it's a little clunky... I'm living w/ it for a little while to see what I think.
let me know if you have questions
Dave
Let me start this post by saying 2 things:
1. I have been wanting to do this since I bought the XF almost 5 Years ago!!! I have had many starts and stops as nothing seemed to work out the way I wanted...
2. I feel like I've been here before -- for us older guys on the forum, remember our younger days when we were fixing up our Mustangs, Camaros, etc and/or aspiring to get the latest IROC or GT? What were we missing -- cupholders! For some reason Detroit didn't realize that people actually drank things in their cars! Flashforward to today and what are we missing -- a place to put and charge our phones... Anyway on to what I did!
So after reading this post by the F Type guys I got inspired to give this another try (as I have ordered many items and none seem to be right). https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...f-type-139493/
So I started by ordering the Bluetooth OBD connector so I could actually see some vitals on the car. And ordered the ProClip solution for the XF.
What I liked about the unit it fairly easy to install and it is the best cradle for the Samsung S5 -- it slides in nicely and you don't have to hook up any cables to the bottom of the phone!
Make sure you order the angled bracket in the middle. If you just order the mount (to the console) and the cradle for the phone -- it will lay flat...
It is still not optimal for me as it's a little clunky... I'm living w/ it for a little while to see what I think.
let me know if you have questions
Dave
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