Ashtray 2.0 – Phone docking station – Subaru GC8 RS
In order to resolve some mobile electronics issues, I decided to pick up a spare ashtray and modify it into a dock for my phone. I felt that making something would provide a better solution that the one size fits all phone docks. Additionally I wanted something that would look cleaner than a suction cup to my windshield / dash to hold my phone and wires all over the place. After getting the spare ashtray I realised that would be a good place to have the usb (mp3) for my head unit in the same location. When locating the female USB port (front case panel from dell computer). I noticed that I could use the headphone port for AUX/In as well. De-solder a few components then hack the shit out of it 🙂 Notice the pins of the USB and headphone jack that was removed, they were not coming out…