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External antenna for P800?
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Posted by: bm1116

anybody have any info on this? I called Sony ericsson but they have no info. Who knows which third party make adapter for this phone?

Posted by: Drait

Well, you could start by trying the "Search" feature of the forum. This has been discussed a few times before. In fact, I was looking for this exact info yesterday afternoon.

I've found the following site has the HCE-12 cable for the lowest price. This is the cable that directly interfaces with the back of the P800. On the other end of this cable, you can attach a standard external cell phone antenna with FME, Mini-UHF or TNC connectors (you can get converters depending on what the HCE-12 connector is).

http://www.originalwireless.com/p800.html

Oddly enough, this site says that the HCE-12 works on all of these phones: P800, T200, T28, T28 World, T28z, T300, T306, T310, T316, T39m, T60d, T60lx, T610, T618, T61c, T61d, T61lx, T61z, T62u, T68i, T68m

Now I haven't had a chance to look at my T68m, but I'm pretty sure the external antenna adapters are different. I could be wrong...

Posted by: blakwolf

I have the HCE-12 cable from a handsfree car kit I bought off Ebay. It looks like you'd need the P800 specific holder to use the HCE-12 cable, as it does not directly plug into the jack on the phone. This sucks because my car kit came with the universal holder that does not have the antenna plug. Anyone know how to find an adapter that will fit the antenna jack on the P800?

I'm gonna go use the search now, but just thought I'd add my two cents worth first.

Posted by: Drait

Interesting....

If you look at the HCH-32, which is the P800 specific holder, it shows cutouts on the right hand side, which is where the speaker and antenna holes are. I'm not seeing any other parts that would interface with the HCE-12 that come with that holder.

http://www.originalwireless.com/hch-32.html

(BTW, they have a great price on that holder, much cheaper than Expansys)

It's a possibility that the adapter comes with the entire Car Kit.... maybe someone can shed some light on this.

Posted by: blakwolf

I have the car kit which came with the HCE-12 cable as well. There is no adapter that will connect directly to the P800. If what you say is true and the HCH-32 doesn't have a connector, then we are basically screwed until SE gives us more information.

Posted by: Drait

Argh... well that's just plain odd that SE wouldn't provide any sort of connectivity to the phone itself.

I'm going to call SE tomorrow and try and find someone that knows the P800 and can verify which parts are necessary to hook it up.

Posted by: lsbeller

I have the HCE-12(pigtail) and a HCH-32(car holder) on order. I will post when I get it and let you know if it works.

Steve

P.S. the hce-12 does not plug into the back of the p800 and I cannot find one that does.

Posted by: rclarke6

Wirelessly posted (SonyEricssonP800/R102 Profile/MIDP-1.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.0 UP.Link/5.1.1.1a)

Quote:

Originally posted by lsbeller
I have the HCE-12(pigtail) and a HCH-32(car holder) on order. I will post when I get it and let you know if it works.

Steve

P.S. the hce-12 does not plug into the back of the p800 and I cannot find one that does.

I have the setup in my car,The ant adapter hca 12 snaps into the hole on the hch 32 holder,you have to work with it a bit, but it does snap in. when you put phone into holder it then plugs into the ant jack on phone. you have to furnish your own cell ant, as SE doesnt sell them. I bought mine at an auto parts store. Works fine.

Posted by: Drait

Just to clarify, what rclarke6 posted is right. The HCE-12 pigtail DOES interface directly with the ext. antenna hole on the back of the P800. The only way to make it stay in the hole though is to have the HCH-32 car holder.

It's unfortunate too that you can't use the HCE-12 by itself with an antenna, as the HCH-32 does not allow any P800s to snap into it if it has a quick-release button added to the back (like the mod done by 3vw). I may end up modifying my HCH-32 so that it can accept my modded P800 with the button (right now I just take off the battery cover, but that's a pain).

If anyone wants some detailed pictures with all these included parts, let me know and I'll post a link.

Posted by: lsbeller

Just got my HCH-32 in the mail and I confirm as well that there is just a hole in the holder that holds the pigtail in place.

Also, I am not getting any increased signal that I can tell from the antenna.

Steve