my email is: mik (at) mikbox.com

 

Uploading the pics as we speak from the camera to the laptop, you will have several E-mails with many attachments. I will try and note what each pic is in the photo. if you have any questions just ask.

Randy

 

Mik they are all in bound to you Three mails pretty heavy. if you need more just ask please. Glad to help.
Randy

 

Any updates on when we might get a production model? I wonder if anyone has the Motorola v710 (Verizon CDMA model) to test with this bad boy.

 

I am still waiting for the PCBs :-( . Hopefully I get a few samples this week, but then again, thats what I was promised two weeks ago. Everything else is all set and ready to go.

 

Hi Mik,
I registered on your site a couple months ago and sent you an mail today regarding on Motorola v710 (Verizon CDMA model).
Please let me know what parts will be needed for my 02 W203 with timeport equipped.
Thank you!

 

I currently have all the Timeport equipment installed in my car, but no phone (previous owner leased the car and took the phone with him). My PSE is Q6820648.

I am willing to beta-test the MIKBOX for you, but I need to know what phone you would like to use it with. I would assume the non-MB Timeport phone.

I am looking into purchasing a Timeport P8767 CDMA right now.

Please let me know. Dan email dan-shelly@shaw.ca

 

Mik,

If your mik-box available for Motorola V600 or T720?

I just signed up on your pre-order form in your website.

Is it plug and play?

 

I installed the MikBox in my 2002 G500 yesterday. I have a Motorola V600. I decided to go with just the cable for now b/c I know I'll frequently leave my phone in the glove box with the cradle set-up. Out of sight - out of mind...... I may change my thinking later, but for now I'm still learning the system.

It is important to note that my car did NOT have the phone kit. I bought the parts on eBay (cheap) for a Timeport kit and the Voice module. This plus the MikBox makes a very flexible and inexpensive solution. Because I had to install the full kit, the install was a bit more complicated but still pretty easy. You can download the instructions from Paul's site at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~phdwebsit..._bulletins.htm

If you already have the phone kit you just need to find the PSE, reference the bulletin and it is a piece of cake.

I am using a V60 PSE currently - Mik sent me the V60 PSE in exchange for the Timeport PSE. He is using my Timeport PSE for development. We'll swap back later. Right now he only is supporting Motorola phones and the V60 PSE. He will be adding most other major phones (Nokia, Siemens, etc) and the other PSE versions. Mik has been great to deal with, especially considering that this is something he is doing on the side, he has a "real" job.

I sent Mik some details on my install and pictures which he posted on his website:

http://www.mikbox.com/install/W463/index.htm

I'll have posted some pics here also.

Basically the entire system on the G is under the passenger seat. This is probably a bit more difficult than some cars since the seat needed to come out. On the plus side everything is right there. I hooked the MikBox up on the end of the Y harness that goes to the amp. It was pretty simple. I had to improvise a bit, but it works well and is nice and snug fit. I ended up removing the screws from the Mikbox and using those to screw on the AMP end. For the other end I used a wire tie. I had to remove a few parts from the Y cable for a good tight connection - see pics. With the seat back in the MikBox is still accesible and protected by the seat support structure. It can really only be seen with the seat all the way back.

It worked immedietly and all the functionality include voice recognition works as intended. The COMAND display and cluster display work and the phone charges. Not that everything is perfect, I have noticed a few bugs. Mik is already working on the resolution. Updates can be done remotely via a phone call to Mik's server!

I think some might be related to the V600 itself. I spoke with Motorola today about some reception problems and other quirks (issues I had long before the yesterday) and they are sending me a new phone. Apparently Motorola has had a lot of problems w/ the V600. The bad side - the updated V600 won't be shipped until September! I'll have a V400 loaner until then. I'll report back on the V400's integration with the MikBox also. This is why I was attracted to the MikBox over a $800 UHI from Europe which is only good for one phone. I'm hard on phones and change phones probably every 12-18 months (mostly due to breakage) so the MikBox sounded like a perfect solution for me.

Overall I'm very satisfied. There are a few bugs, but I have complete confidence they will be worked out.

I'll post more photos in a reply -

MB230S / Dave

 

 

 

MB230s, Thank you for posting the pictures. In think the PSE unit for the CLK is in the trunk. So, it may be easier to access.

I noticed that there cable that connects to your phone just dangles to the side and down to the bottom of the seat. Is this just temporary? Can you install a cradle for the V600 in the armrest and have the cable go into the armrest so that you don't have a cable hanging out?

Would a Motorola T720 work with the Mik-Box in your car (since the cable connecting to T720 and V600 are the same)?

 

From www.mikbox.com

Currently supported
As mentioned earlier, the Mik-Box will be constantly updated with new generation cell-phone support. Currently the following phones are supported:

- All V60 phones (tested: V60t, V60s, V60p (no PTT!), and of course all the MB versions will still work)

- V66 (tested)
- V300 (tested)
- V400 (tested)
- V600 (tested)

- All other Motorola P2K series phones (not yet tested): T280, T280i, T280m, V70, V71, T720, T720i, T721i, T722i, C330, C331, C332, C333, C336, C359, C350, C550, C450, E380, E390, C370, C350L, C353, C250, V150, V400, V500, V525.

Following PSEs are currently supported:

- Q682-0754 (v60 auto sense)
- Q682-0845 (v60)
- Q682-0885 (v60)

Following cars are supported:

- All Mercedes Benz cars that are equipped with a D2B system, which is almost all cars MY 1999-2004, except the W211 (2003 and later E-class), and the 2004 S class.

 

"all v60 phones" - I have to take this back. I turns out that the v60v from Sprint has a completely different data connector. So that one didn't work.

 

It can be installed in the glove box exactly as intended by MB.

I mentioned this in the post, I like the phone out in the open. I may change it up by hiding the cable or actually trying out the cradle at some point.

 

As expected, the V400 is working great with the MikBox also. I have been swapping the SIM card back and forth testing the functionality. Both behave and function close to perfect.

 

If you manage to get one for an NEC 525 I would get it in a heartbeat!

 

Just a little FYI: 2004 ML's above [around] vin # 468600 do NOT have the circuitry or wiring in the steering column for Voice Control. You need to install a few additional parts. An MB bulletin came out mentioning this and stated that the install instructions were in the Preliminary 2004/2005 ML phone install bulletin. Wrong...... MB never released them. The newest [only] install instructions do not show it. [I may be a little off on the vin break, I am only going by memory]

 

Can this be made to work in a 2005 C Class?

..jack

 

MIK,

Do you have a guestimated time on when the Startac PSE conversion will be available?


2000 S 500/ startac phone
qriousrich@yahoo.com

 

Mik send me an e-mail saying that he will prbably have the timeport PSE ready by September. He will probably work on the Startec PSE next. Perhaps October.

 

Just received my Timeport that I bought over the net. Going to have it activated tomorrow. I hope to have a Mik box within a few months!

 

I thought the phone carriers don't activate the timeport phones anymore since they don't have the GPS capability (for enhanced 911)?

Were you able to activate it for a new account? or added it to an extisting account?

Wolfman

 

I think that you can activate any phone you want up here in Canada. Our 911 must be different.

I had it activated on an existing account. We swapped our old Nokia analog for the Timeport. No problems, the switch was done it about 5 minutes.