Which phone can I use with my car-kit?

Question

Hi all, I've bought a 2nd-hand car which I've had for over a year, and it's now time to upgrade the phone. I currently have a Nokia 6230i, and after trawling this forum and reading the following post
/discussions/board/message?board.id=accessories&message.id=460&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
I appear to be in a very similar situation. I too have pulled my dashboard apart, and have a list of installed components.
MBC-15S cradle
AXF-15S external antenna
HFU-4 Black box
What I'd like is a list of phones that are compatable with the HFU-4. I understand that I'll probably have to replace the cradle too, but would like a cradle that works in a similar fashion - ie. it also charges the phone. If the list of compatible phones is small then I'd be willing to look at another 'black box' providing I can change it over myself (ie. just unplug the 3 connecters and plug into new black box).
So, my questions are.
1. What phones are compatible with the HFU-4
2. What cradle would I need to purchase for the above phones
3. Is the AXF-15S compatible with the above cradles?
4. What other 'black boxes' are available, for which phones, and can I buy these (the black boxes) easily as an end-user?
Incidentally I also have a problem in that the radio does not mute when a call is recieved - it did when I first bought the car, but after having an auto-electrician look at it, it no longer does, any ideas why it's not working? What wires from the black box should go to the stereo?
One thing I forgot to add - The DC connector has 4 wires, black, red, blue, and yellow. Black and red are obviously connected, but the blue and yellow come out of the connecter and are terminated? No idea why, or if they should be connected to something, or even if it is at all relevant to this question? Sorry!
Thanks for your help
PaulMessage Edited by madforitdiver on 14-Aug-2006
11:25 AM

Answer 1

Thanks Danny,
Hopefully someone from Nokia will answer to tell me which phones are compatible...not many of the new ones I suspect, but if I have to change the whole kit over then I'll probably not bother upgrading the phone. I'm understandably a bit wary of auto-electricians after the last one butchered the existing system (and he was recommended by a main-dealer). For no apparent reason he cut the external antenna wire and obviously the radio mute wire too, when all I asked him to do was to remove the cradle-he even lost the bolts for that! As I'm ok with wiring I'll do the next install myself I think!
I'm disappointed that Nokia have not provided an upgrade path-I thought the whole point of the pop-port was that you could just get a new cradle to fit your new phone. Obviously not! Over to you Nokia.