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Originally Posted by JoeBobOneHalf
There is another way. take your OEM headphones (or buy a set online), cut off the earbuds, then go to RadioShack, and if you can solder buy a 274-858 1/8" Stereo plug, if you can't solder buy a 274-869 1/8" Stereo plug and SHAZAM aux cable with mic.
Also, if you prefer to use your own AUX cable (or would rather make a headphone adapter with mic instead of an AUX cable) buy a 274-274 1/8" Stereo Female plug. (solder only.)
Either way, the plug should be under four bucks. There will the three terminals in the plug, the longer one is the ground.
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That is a GREAT idea and should definitely work without a problem. Just a little patience and some heat shrink tubing and you should be golden.
I also remember seeing somewhere adapters for the smaller headphone type plug (forgot the exact size, 1/16"?) that adapt from that size to the standard 1/8" size and put a mic bud in between. I remember using an adapter like this with a Palm Tungsten C to get audio output from it but I never used the MIC as it wasn't a phone. Just a plain old PDA.
As for permanently installable bluetooth adapters that route A2DP audio or line audio while adding a BT handsfree to the car I think the best out there is the one from Motorola that is sold at Sprint.
http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASApp/onlinestore/en/Action/OSBrowseAccessoriesDetail?categoryRefName=Car+Kits +%26+Installation+Services&PHONE_ID=MP6950SP&selec tedAccessoryID=KKX8605Q_C&topPageNumber=0&subPageN umber=0
I searched for some reviews in Google for this device and it seems to be very versatile and functional but it works best with aftermarket radios that have AUX inputs in the rear of the headunit. But since most modern cars come with AUX inputs you could probably modify the input and hide it away in your dash while making the connection to this input hidden so that a cable isn't poping out the dash and pluging into that port or however you wanna do it. I'm pretty keen on doing custom audio work on my cars so that doesn't seem to complicated to me but it might be a bit daunting for the not so car audio inclined.
That kit includes a couple things though it isn't just that small control pad that you see in the Sprint Store picture. It has a control module that you plug an included speaker to OR plug it directly to your radio and I think it also does FM transmission, don't remember now. I do know that I did a little research for this type of device and this one seemed to be the best one out there.