CR-200 wireless car dock is a bust!

[Jeff Merritt1]

Got mine today. Works like a charm. I have mine mounted to the windshield. Not sure I want to mount it to the dash. I'm persnickety about things not being able to come off. I left the protective plastic on the suction cup so it doesn't ruin the stickiness, used an alcohol wipe to clean the windshield and it works great.

 

[Mandos]

You get it via the Pusher App: LUMIA pusher | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)

Just my luck that I finally get a 928 and now this Lumia pusher app is no longer available. Anyone have any other ideas on how to get the "Accessories" app?

Never Mind. After a little more searching I found it in another thread. Accessories app,

 

[anon(7901790)]

I got mine today, but when I tap the NFC, to start the car dock accessory app, it keeps asking me to accept or ignore. When I hit accept, it pops back up again and again and again. When I hit ignore, it does the same thing and keeps popping up with the accept or ignore prompt.. How do I shut that off?

 

[anon(7901790)]

I got mine today, but when I tap the NFC, to start the car dock accessory app, it keeps asking me to accept or ignore. When I hit accept, it pops back up again and again and again. When I hit ignore, it does the same thing and keeps popping up with the accept or ignore prompt.. How do I shut that off?

Never mind, I figured it out. You're not supposed to keep the phone in the dock with the NFC constantly in range. Tap the dock, hit accept, then place the phone in the dock so the NFC on the phone is facing away from the NFC on the dock. Works perfectly now.

 

[anon(7901790)]

Got mine today. Works like a charm. I have mine mounted to the windshield. Not sure I want to mount it to the dash. I'm persnickety about things not being able to come off. I left the protective plastic on the suction cup so it doesn't ruin the stickiness, used an alcohol wipe to clean the windshield and it works great.

The suction cup is pretty strong. I put mine on my slightly textured dash without that little adapter plate and it feels pretty solid.

 

[ricsip]

Timothy, Jeff, Mandos:
If one of you could do a favor, and read the CR-200 NFC tag with an NFC tag reader app, and post the content here, I can test if the tag can be programmed to a cheap sticker as well, to activate the driving mode on my 920, that would be great (doesnt cost you anything, but would save me 100$)

 

[bozza72]

yes it can & have been doing it for ages, when you program a new tag find nokia accesseries in the tag section and you will see the cr200 & DT900. i use tag interactor NFC interactor | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)

says its paid but it gives you a free trial

 

[ricsip]

Oh, you are totally right, my NFC interactor already knows this product code. So I can start testing...

 

[demonp82]

Hi! I would just ask the owners of CR200, how it performs? With lumia 920 and here drive. I'm asking because for now I use a small Belkin charger in the car (5V, 1A), but the battery drains faster than charging with navigation. Please tell me your expirience.

 

[hopmedic]

The car charger, like the desktop charging plates, is 12 volt 0.75 amp. Of course, it's going to step down the voltage, which I'm guessing it may do between the coils of the charger and the phone's Qi coil. Take that 12v/0.75a down to 5v, and you end up with 1.8a. Which would mean that the phone will charge faster wirelessly. Now keep in mind that there will be some loss in the wireless process, and that will depend on a few things (including how thick your case is, if you have one), but I really doubt you're going to lose 0.8 amps or more.

My own experience is that if using Drive and streaming bluetooth with my corded charger (which I never looked at for current supplied), the phone would slowly deplete the battery. I made a Frankenstein charger, using a DT-900 charging plate because I didn't want to spend $75 or more for the CR-200 (and because I wanted a different mounting style), and not only does my phone now maintain, but it charges. I did a test and went from 88% to 100% in 25 minutes or less (I don't know exactly when it hit 100) while using drive and streaming Bluetooth podcast. Here's my rig:
http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-928/234557-2.htm#post2061550

 

[demonp82]

Thanx I've seen your Frankenstein already! Thats cool! But the problem is - I do not have a wireless plate neither. So I have to start from 0 in all cases.

 

[hakan439]

Hi!

can anyone tell me the diameter of the suctioncup?
I am planning to place it inside one of the the cup holders.

 

[adidaslim]

here's my quick review of the charger! i'm loving it so far!!

 

[anon(5383410)]

Wait if I read you correctly, you can start your car with it? What is this skynet?

 

[Ejay Lozano]

The sticky pad broke off mine to I used the power adapter supplied with the holder and a dt-900 pad and made my own diy car charger...