X Car Link USB Review

[JIMYU]

post #1 is a good place to look lol

 

[name__taken]

How do you tell if you need the 2x6 pin version or the 8 pin version??

 

[rickisgrate]

doh never noticed it. As someone else said tho how do you know which one to get the 8 pin or the other?

 

[CupraElliott]

E-mail them.

 

[rickisgrate]

im ordering mines on monday, i know its an old thread but just wondering if anyone else has bought one since the last post?

 

[cus]

yeah i bought one. great things. usb and sd card built in. also support wma's now.
only pro blem i had is that everytime i got a new text on my phone it stoped the music! which was annoying. solved this by moving the usb pen to another location away from the centre section. its now under my steering wheel

 

[rickisgrate]

which one do i need? 8 pin or 6 pin?

 

[cus]

to be honest icant remember. email the guys there. they are very helpful.

 

[rickisgrate]

Well ordered mine on monday got it on wednesday and fitted it 20 mins ago lol, superb bit of kit, easy to fit as well. mines is temporarily under the steering column but ill be moving it elsewhere soon. If anyones thinking about getting one of these DO IT!

 

[cus]

you may have problems with interference from phones though. mine restarts the song everytime iget amessage or phone call!

 

[rickisgrate]

i played around this morning with it sending and receiving texts and phoning and receiving calls and it seemed to be fine

 

[basstard]

guys, just fitted this thingy yesterday,,, two things I'm really pissed about:

-when a track starts the volume fades in,,, I mean a track starts and the volume is very low at first then after a fraction of a second it becomes normal,,, this s*cks bad,,,
-I can't search thru a track I mean on the HU manual it says that if you keep the track forward button pressed, it should fast forward thru the track,,, well mine goes to next track regardless of if I press the button once or if I keep it pressed,,,

do your units do the same?

 

[JIMYU]

I've got the ipod one and I don't have either of those problems.

 

[basstard]

Indeed, I forgot to say that I got the USB/SD version,,, it just emulates the 6 CD's of the charger

well I guess that you don't get those problems cos you change tracks and forward thru the single track via the iPod right?

 

[JIMYU]

no mate I use the headunit to do everything...

 

[basstard]

still we use different versions of the interface so who knows? is there anyone in here with the same xcarlink as I have? [cd changer to usb/sd mp3 reader]

 

[Kongen]

Anyone who knows if is`s posible to connect a ipod through the usb conection or is it only possible through the minijack?
I`m thinking of buying one, but not sure if I want the ipod or the mp3 version.

 

[trotters]

mmm i like the look of this where do i buy 1?

 

[basstard]

Anyone who knows if is`s posible to connect a ipod through the usb conection or is it only possible through the minijack?
I`m thinking of buying one, but not sure if I want the ipod or the mp3 version.

I don't think you can connect the ipod on the usb port,,, I mean, physically you can do that, but IIRC the ipod isn't "seen" by the pc as a normal usb drive so the same goes for the xcarlink,,, you could anyway connect it via the minijack and control it with its own controls,,, if I was you I'd buy the ipod interface since you could control the ipod via the headunit which is much cleaner imho,,,
on the other hand, if you listen to TONS of music like I do you might use more than one pen drive and have a nice flexibility and interchange between mp3 sets,,,

mmm i like the look of this where do i buy 1?

I bought mine from an italian webshop but I guess the ebay is full of these things,,,

 

[rickyj20]

qustion please

i have no idea what the cd changer look like in the back of the radio? does any one have any pics?