Car mounting for 770, N800, AND N810 solution
 

I've mentioned ProClip mounts before, but this time I really went overboard.

Also: That N800 mount is exclusive to them and it kicks the pants off the one that ships with the N800 NavKit.

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What are your thoughts on the car mount that comes with the N810 (Nokia Car Holder CR-89)?

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LurkerN, I adapted my N810 car holder to a flexible suction-cup anchored stalk I bought at Best Buy and the combo is awesome!

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When I have time I'll post some photo, but I made myself a car holder for my n800 with a scrap piece of pvc, a hot hair gun and a strip of velcro.
Cost almost 0 and it fits almost perfectly in my car.

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luca, you are the MacGuyver of the forum. :D

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ProClips are damn nice, I've got one in my car for my N95.

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A man after my own heart.

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I was gonna use duct tape and a clothes hanger, but the wife failed to see the beauty.

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Puh-leease! Only chewing gum and paperclips are allowed for a true McGyver solution.

Oh, and it has to explode as well...

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Hey, I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't want to brag, but my self made holder is nice and tidy, and I think it's much better for my car than the commercial offerings.
I hope tomorrow I'll find some time to take photos.

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As promised.

Here's the raw material:

http://www.unex.org/Documentos/Gamas...iaGrande14.jpg

it's a pvc cable conduit for electrical cabinets, I took a scrap piece from the workshop at work, used the cover to make the holder and a section where you see all the "teeth" to make the lateral wings.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5...1722wy6.th.jpg
Here's the finished holder, with an hot air gun it's really easy to fold the pvc. After a bit of work with a file and sandpaper this is the result. Since painting pvc is difficult, I just put a piece of black self adhesive foam on the part that will not be covered by the n800.

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/558...1723bd2.th.jpg
Here is from the back, the two wings are glued with pvc glue, but I think that loctite would do. You can see the strip of velcro.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1...1724zb0.th.jpg
Here, on the top border of the the central compartment door, you can spot the other half of the velcro strip

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2...1725zy7.th.jpg
Here you see the holder by itself

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9...1726ts5.th.jpg
And here with the n800

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3...1727lk9.th.jpg
The view from the driver seat. Once A2DP is fully working both with kagu and maemo-mapper I can get rid of the cable and put a bluetooth receiver in the car.

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Nice. From your original description, I was picturing some Rube Goldberg device that actually incorporated the hot air gun. :p

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I'm sorry that my initial description misled you :D as you see the hot air gun was just a tool to bend the pvc. In fact that's my second attempt: at first I thought of making it with thin plexiglass, but since I could not find a scrap of it and I was in a hurry, I tried with a cd case, but the result was horrible.

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Well done - Nice job

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I've made a holder for my N800 from a cork sanding block which cost me 50p from a local DIY store. The block neatly slides into a storage compartment just above my radio.
What I did was measure the distance from the back of the N800 to the stand when open. I then used a saw to cut a slot for the metal stand to slide into, and then painted the block black to camoflage it a bit

Photos are here
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/pho...3Wik1yfndZem3w

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/pho...oHs39ikwviAx1Q

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How do you stick the Velcro to the car? I tried hot glue, but the temperature inside the car becomes so hot that the glue actually starts to melt! Right now I am using a complicated system of yarn to hold the holder in place. Don't ask.

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So at the MIT swapfest I got an awesome suction cup mount for $3, so I bolted the mount that came with the N810 onto it.
I was in the process of putting a built in power and audio cables last week. But my engine blew... again... So I'm tinkering with that first.
Anyway, here are some pics.

front view
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...7/img_2188.jpg

side view
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...7/img_2187.jpg