Seidio G2500 for Dell X50

KBKB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 12

I am thinking to get Seidio G2500 for Dell X50. Below is the thread from aximsite.com.

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=66105

Looks very good. but can anyone here who actually uses it give the feedbacks or comments ?

rentech · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:49 pm Post subject:

Received my G2500 BT for my X50v yesterday so only limited use so far :D . First impressions seem very good. The supplied windscreen mount seems sturdy enough although at the moment I'm using the air vent mount. Have it mounted by the drivers door. This allows me to trail the power lead over the back of the steering column and into the cigarette lighter (for my car anyway).

The mount itself seems well made. Not owned others so can't really compare. All looks very neat once installed. With the dell you need to use the supplied audio cable from the headphone jack to the cradle. This is a bit of a pain if your in and out of your car frequently. Once attached the speaker volume is very good and can easily be heard even if you have the radio/cd playing.

Ordered mine from Seidio Europe and it arrived within 4 days

KBKB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 12

rentech · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:47 pm Post subject:

Not really had time to 'stress' test it yet. I've only played around whilst parked on the drive and then been on a ten minute round trip to try it out :D .

Have read other posts stating that the charger will not be able to charge both the dell and the receiver unless brightness is set low, but again, have not tried this yet, sorry Sad

. Didn't order the BT charging cable.

The sound quality on my quick test seemed fine without interference. I had the dell volume set to max and my tomtom setting volume set to max then adjusted the G2500. Some distortion was noticeable at the highest volume but to be honest this was a bit too loud.

Delivery charge was $14.62 to the UK. That was the cheapest one they did, no tracking etc. Total cost was $108.37. There was a $5 dollar discount code somewhere on this forum but I missed out on that. Think you had to use it by the 11th January.

rentech · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject:

Just to add, used the windscreen mount today. Vibrates quite a bit if you leave the cradle in mid air. Need to adjust it so that it is just resting on the dash, then it's fine Smile

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KBKB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 12

KBKB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 12

rentech · Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

Unfortunately, I have not had use of my normal vehicle this week. Have had to use the work’s van. Had the unit set up in it for a few days and all worked fine. The only potential problem I can see at the moment is that my normal car has quite a large windscreen meaning that where it meets the dashboard is quite far away from the driving position. I think the length of the windscreen mount might be a problem in this instance. Looks like I will need to mount it fairly low down so as not to obscure the forward view. In turn, this may mean that the PDA is a little bit too far away.

After using the windscreen mount in the work’s van I think I will probably prefer this (if I can find a suitable position in my car) to the vent mount. After a bit of use the vent mount seems a bit loose and wobbly compared to the screen mount, especially when loading/unloading the pda into the cradle. Also found that the vent mount will not fit my central air vents. It fits the side vents but in this position the veiw of the pda is obscured by my hands on the steering wheel so possibly not that universal Sad

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On another note found the 360 degree mount very useful the other day. Was stuck in a traffic jam, completely stationary, so just turned it 90 degrees and watched an episode of South Park until the traffic cleared Smile

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CLIFFH · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 7

Have found that Arkon also do a powered mount for the X50.

They do 3 models infact with different ways of mouting etc.

Have ordered one for £33.50

Will let you know the results.

Arkon model numbers are
CM595
CM596
CM597

KBKB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 12

KBKB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 12

inspecta · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject:

KBKB,
Will you let us know what you think of it when it turns up please?

thanks.
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