Help please : Motorola Startac in Jaguar standard handfree kit
Karon Storer
Wonder if anyone can help me. Just got a used Jag fitted out with their
standard handfree kit (wired into sound system etc) and the phone it was
designed for is the Motorola Startac. Luckily I have managed to lay my hands
on a standard one, but although the kit initially senses it's there, it
doesn't work at all. Do you think that the authentic Jag supplied phones (at
£400 a pop!) are modified in someway? Suggestions on a way around this?
Any thoughts much appreciated.
Many thanks
Karon.
Steve Terry
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Which startec do you have ?
Bloody horrible phones anyway
Steve Terry
Karon Storer
Guessing it was designed for a kit as plugging in throws uo "handsfree"
menu.
K.
Paul Newton
> Hi Steve thanks for your reply. It's not marked but think its a 501.
> Guessing it was designed for a kit as plugging in throws uo "handsfree"
> menu.
>
> K.
The Jaguar installed kit for the Startac is a bit more than just a hands
free, it includes a booster transceiver which gives it the power of a car
phone (8 -10 watts I think). This is designed to work on the GSM network and
I have been able to use non Jaguar GSM Startacs in this kit.
501 is the model number of the PCN version of the Startac and I assume this
is the problem. Incompatibility between a PCN handset and a GSM booster.
Karon Storer
compartment) is actually MG2-4D11. If this is an incompatibility between my
Startac (PCN?) and the system is there any modification which can be done to
the phone? If not, you mention that you have got non-jag supplied startacs
to work - which should I look out for?
Thanks once again
K.
> From: "Paul Newton" <pjne...@ntlPizzaworld.com>
> Organization: ntl News Service
> Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile
> Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:44:05 +0100
> Subject: Re: Help please : Motorola Startac in Jaguar standard handfree kit
>
>
Paul Newton
> Paul , thank you very much for your thoughts. The phone type (in battery
> compartment) is actually MG2-4D11. If this is an incompatibility between
my
> Startac (PCN?) and the system is there any modification which can be done
to
> the phone? If not, you mention that you have got non-jag supplied startacs
> to work - which should I look out for?
Startac phones are not duel band, so they come as PCN for Orange and One 2
One or GSM for Voda and Cellnet.
If you find one that works on Cellnet or Voda, it should also work in the
Jaguar car kit. Model numbers on GSM ran from about 80 to 130. There was
also a 70 introduced as a PAYT phone towards the end. I would suggest the
best one to go for is a 130 if you can find one.
Steve Terry
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Yes look for a 900MHz GSM Startac
The 130 was the top of the range version with slim Li-ion battery,
pretty worthless now
Steve Terry
Paul Newton
> Paul , thank you very much for your thoughts. The phone type (in battery
> compartment) is actually MG2-4D11. If this is an incompatibility between
my
> Startac (PCN?) and the system is there any modification which can be done
to
> the phone? If not, you mention that you have got non-jag supplied startacs
> to work - which should I look out for?
Startac phones are not duel band, so they come as PCN for Orange and One 2
Karon Storer
I have been told by someone else that my model number is in fact a 130 (and
it does take standard Vodafone SIMs - so guess not a PCN. When I connect it
in the cradle the display in the stereo flashes up "phone", so it is clearly
sensing it, but then it goes completely dead - can't select, can't dial,
nothing.
Do you think I'm back to Jag having their own supplied phones modified in
some way? Think I'll call them today and see if I can weedle something out
(play helpless female!). Any other suggestions?
Best wishes
K.
> From: "Steve Terry" <g4wwk...@tesco.net>
> Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile
> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:50:30 +0100
> Subject: Re: Help please : Motorola Startac in Jaguar standard handfree kit
>
Steve Terry
> Steve, thanks for all your help and time on this.
> I have been told by someone else that my model number is in fact a 130 (and
> it does take standard Vodafone SIMs - so guess not a PCN. When I connect it
> in the cradle the display in the stereo flashes up "phone", so it is clearly
> sensing it, but then it goes completely dead - can't select, can't dial,
> nothing.
>
So the phone does work with a Voda Sim out of the cradle ?
If so, it's just possible, but not likely that the car kit is for 1800MHz
instead
Steve Terry