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Re: cell phone wiring

To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>, <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
Subject: Re: cell phone wiring
From: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 05:28:40 -0800
Scott Hall <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu> wrote:
>
> what I want to do is hard wire her cell phone into the car's wiring system
> so that the phone uses the car's speakers for output and a microphone for
> input.  the mic in I can probably handle, but is there a way to get the
> phone to automatically override the radio?  as well, any tips on wiring
> <...>

Instead of a "roll your own" project, your best bet would be to buy a kit
designed to install in the car to hold the phone and provide what you are 
looking for.  The phone just snaps in and connects to the wring
via the contacts on the bottom of the phone.  The kit provides a speaker, a 
separate microphone, antenna lead, and wires into the cars power to 
power/charge the phone.  

Some after market radios (my daughter's Sony and my son's Panasonic??) 
have a connection that connects to the cell phone holder.  When the 
phone is in use, the radio mutes.

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Now after saying all that, "Drive Now, Talk Later"!

The big problem with talking on cell phones is that it diverts attention from 
driving, not that you hold it to your ear.  For her safety and the safety of 
your son, convince her to not talk on the cell phone while driving...
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Tim Mullen

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