Wilson Cell Phone Booster or other external antenna arrangement?
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Wilson Cell Phone Booster or other external antenna arrangement?
Has anyone tried this or something similar in the s-class?
I feel like the glass in my car is blocking my iPhone signal.
I'd love to have something permanently installed in my 2010 s550 that wirelessly bridges my phone to an external antenna and preferably also an amplifier.
Thanks.
I feel like the glass in my car is blocking my iPhone signal.
I'd love to have something permanently installed in my 2010 s550 that wirelessly bridges my phone to an external antenna and preferably also an amplifier.
Thanks.
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Has anyone tried this or something similar in the s-class?
I feel like the glass in my car is blocking my iPhone signal.
I'd love to have something permanently installed in my 2010 s550 that wirelessly bridges my phone to an external antenna and preferably also an amplifier.
Thanks.
I feel like the glass in my car is blocking my iPhone signal.
I'd love to have something permanently installed in my 2010 s550 that wirelessly bridges my phone to an external antenna and preferably also an amplifier.
Thanks.
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There are very very few phones that even have an external antenna connector anymore. The iPhone, all Androids do not. That went away for the most part with TDMA.
By definition, bluetooth uses the phones antenna, and with GSM networks, tower/repeater placement is 1 mile apart. There seems to be very little need on a 3G network for any kind of amplifier. In the most remote areas on 2G, a amplifier is of some use, but marginal. You can get one that picks up the phone signal and repeats it with an external antenna, but these are fairly expensive devices. The S Class in particular does have IR Glass, but it only knocks about 10% out of the signal in a worst case scenario. Nothing to get too worked up over.
We get these questions every day, as we are in the Mercedes phone business.....
By definition, bluetooth uses the phones antenna, and with GSM networks, tower/repeater placement is 1 mile apart. There seems to be very little need on a 3G network for any kind of amplifier. In the most remote areas on 2G, a amplifier is of some use, but marginal. You can get one that picks up the phone signal and repeats it with an external antenna, but these are fairly expensive devices. The S Class in particular does have IR Glass, but it only knocks about 10% out of the signal in a worst case scenario. Nothing to get too worked up over.
We get these questions every day, as we are in the Mercedes phone business.....
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There are very very few phones that even have an external antenna connector anymore. The iPhone, all Androids do not. That went away for the most part with TDMA.
By definition, bluetooth uses the phones antenna, and with GSM networks, tower/repeater placement is 1 mile apart. There seems to be very little need on a 3G network for any kind of amplifier. In the most remote areas on 2G, a amplifier is of some use, but marginal. You can get one that picks up the phone signal and repeats it with an external antenna, but these are fairly expensive devices. The S Class in particular does have IR Glass, but it only knocks about 10% out of the signal in a worst case scenario. Nothing to get too worked up over.
We get these questions every day, as we are in the Mercedes phone business.....
By definition, bluetooth uses the phones antenna, and with GSM networks, tower/repeater placement is 1 mile apart. There seems to be very little need on a 3G network for any kind of amplifier. In the most remote areas on 2G, a amplifier is of some use, but marginal. You can get one that picks up the phone signal and repeats it with an external antenna, but these are fairly expensive devices. The S Class in particular does have IR Glass, but it only knocks about 10% out of the signal in a worst case scenario. Nothing to get too worked up over.
We get these questions every day, as we are in the Mercedes phone business.....
But there's no question that an external rooftop antenna will far outperform a questionable iPhone antenna in a faraday cage of IR glass and steel.
The Wilson product claims to amplify the signal from a cell phone without a physical connection, using one of the primary properties of radio waves and route it outside. Wilson is a reputable antenna manufacturer and many attest to the product's working as advertised.
Some of the old Nokia cradles made for the mid 2000 MB UHI claimed to work the same way - by coupling the phone to the external antenna by "induction" or whatever the correct rf term is.
Why nothing like this for the iPhone that can be built into the new cars? It's desperately needed.
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Thanks.
But there's no question that an external rooftop antenna will far outperform a questionable iPhone antenna in a faraday cage of IR glass and steel.
The Wilson product claims to amplify the signal from a cell phone without a physical connection, using one of the primary properties of radio waves and route it outside. Wilson is a reputable antenna manufacturer and many attest to the product's working as advertised.
Some of the old Nokia cradles made for the mid 2000 MB UHI claimed to work the same way - by coupling the phone to the external antenna by "induction" or whatever the correct rf term is.
Why nothing like this for the iPhone that can be built into the new cars? It's desperately needed.
But there's no question that an external rooftop antenna will far outperform a questionable iPhone antenna in a faraday cage of IR glass and steel.
The Wilson product claims to amplify the signal from a cell phone without a physical connection, using one of the primary properties of radio waves and route it outside. Wilson is a reputable antenna manufacturer and many attest to the product's working as advertised.
Some of the old Nokia cradles made for the mid 2000 MB UHI claimed to work the same way - by coupling the phone to the external antenna by "induction" or whatever the correct rf term is.
Why nothing like this for the iPhone that can be built into the new cars? It's desperately needed.
A pity you don't have the BT SAP option for North American cars. This is a BT option where a galvanic (meaning low loss) antenna connection is used for the external car antenna. The point with BT SAP is that the BT adapter is a real phone and is just using the SIM card from the driver's phone via a BT connection.
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Most of the new MB phone cradles use antenna couplers like you explain above. I thought the iPhone cradle did the same but you need the comfort telephony option with the facelift 221 to be able to use the external car antenna.
A pity you don't have the BT SAP option for North American cars. This is a BT option where a galvanic (meaning low loss) antenna connection is used for the external car antenna. The point with BT SAP is that the BT adapter is a real phone and is just using the SIM card from the driver's phone via a BT connection.
A pity you don't have the BT SAP option for North American cars. This is a BT option where a galvanic (meaning low loss) antenna connection is used for the external car antenna. The point with BT SAP is that the BT adapter is a real phone and is just using the SIM card from the driver's phone via a BT connection.
Can I get the comfort telephony option for my US 2010 facelift car?
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Since the BT SAP option is not available anyway, the main advantage from the comfort telephony option would be the phone cradle with an antenna coupler for the external car antenna.
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