Blutooth Doodle for Cigarette Lighter

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Blutooth Doodle for Cigarette Lighter

Post by Kalashnikov » Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:10 pm

I got an alert on Slickdeals to a doodle that plugs into your cigarette lighter and allows you to connect the phone to the stereo through its own radio transmission. For $7, I paid for the doodle to see if it would work on my Acura.

I checked the web sites for open radio frequencies in Phoenix and set the doodle to that frequency. So far it is a pretty neat device. I have taken a few calls and people said that I was coming through just fine.

For the guys who don't want to replace the factory stereos this is a neat solution.

Doodle plugged in and radio set to same frequency.
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Re: Blutooth Doodle for Cigarette Lighter

Post by OceanBlue2000 » Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:26 am

This is what I used on my trip back after I bought my car. It's a little inconvenient, but otherwise a nice cheap way to play music and nav from your phone.

Eventually, I added a Bluetooth receiver to the radio. The toughest part of this job was getting the stereo out. The only issue is that is uses the CD/AUX connection, which means when the Bluetooth is connected the CD player doesn't work. Turning off the Bluetooth on my phone makes the CD work again.
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Re: Blutooth Doodle for Cigarette Lighter

Post by Dr_Strangelove » Mon Dec 16, 2019 10:00 am

I too have one of these and like it, however, I don't call it a doodle. :lol:
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Post by 5chn3ll » Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:31 pm

I've always had crap luck with RF modulators, even powered in-line versions that are supposed to suck less. The one in the storage bucket in the Corvette is wireless (RF to the car, bluetooth to the phone) - and it works far worse than the Radio Shack cassette adapter...

If you don't hate it after a couple of weeks, post a follow-up. I've never had one that didn't receive random garbage at every radar antenna and cell tower.

The current state of audio art in the Corvette:
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Post by Dr_Strangelove » Mon Dec 16, 2019 2:29 pm

I loved those tape things but the current state of cell phones is no 3.5mm jack.
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Post by 5chn3ll » Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:12 pm

Keeping my GalaxyTab 8 until it won't chooch no more - but there are backup plans for those of you with New Apple Hotness (if you're an Android fan, just squint at the picture and pretend the cable is black).
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Re: Blutooth Doodle for Cigarette Lighter

Post by 5chn3ll » Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:48 pm

Sir Jony Ive has not aged well, but I see he's still rocking the OBE (Orthodontics of British Envisage)...

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Post by Battery Guy » Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:11 pm

Also have a Bluetooth “doodle” that I picked up on Amazon for ~$14 or so. Used it in the Porsche until I did a double-din conversion, now the thing is in our Jeep. Works OK for the price. Eventually I will do a double-din in the Jeep too, but don’t drive it enough to mess with for now. Phone calls are acceptable (barely) but it actually plays streaming music pretty well.
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Re: Blutooth Doodle for Cigarette Lighter

Post by Dr_Strangelove » Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:44 pm

5chn3ll wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:12 pm Keeping my GalaxyTab 8 until it won't chooch no more - but there are backup plans for those of you with New Apple Hotness (if you're an Android fan, just squint at the picture and pretend the cable is black).

Ahhhh a dongle to dangle from my doodle. Thanks Schnelly.
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