Plumbed in Nokia cradle: how did it work (in the olden days)

[Johnny G Pipe]

Hello. I just got a 996TT to join the 964C4 and 356C, and have lerds of questions for you people.

Current one is about the phone cradle attached to the centre console that came with a retro Nokia 5130 still in it. I can't find anything on a serach other than people ranting about how to rip the thing out. The cradle is wired in, and so I am guessing it did something hands-free back in the early naughties? The phone won't switch on, I am guessing the battery is goosed - so I can't test it. I actually would quite like to use it. If the phone was working, would it take/make calls through the car stereo automatically?

Would be quite cool to buy a battery and get the Nokia working again, and of course in 20 years time it will be a desirable period feature!

Thanks. Cheap short shift kits next!

[GC8]

The phone, if described correctly, is far more modern than you had thought. If its well installed and genuine Nokia then Id probably look for a replacement handset.

[truck71]

Yep, get the phone up and running and you have a proper hands free kit. You'll need to use the phone itself to dial out/ receive calls whilst in the cradle- it should also charge the hand set. Can't remember if it turns the radio off when in use- suspect it does. Last car I had this in was a 2002 Passat but all were very good easy to use solutions.

ETA that's not true, just remembered there's one in my 97 SL500 sans the handset, perhaps need to source one.

Edited by truck71 on Saturday 11th January 13:40

[Vince70]

It's worth just going on eBay and buying a battery for the old Nokia as it will only cost a couple of quid.. Even if it's just to test the phone out.

I had to buy a battery for my mothers old 3210 as she refused to give it up (got her onto a smart phone at last lol) I think it was only about £3 delivered and it worked and held a charge well even though it was not a genuine Nokia battery.

If that was my phone the 90s hands free would have to stay for that retro look and like you say give it 15 years and that will be a selling point on any old car.

[GC8]

The phone is about ten years younger than the OP has assumed!

[Johnny G Pipe]

Sorry, I am being a wee daftie. The phone is actually a 5110, which wikipedia says was launched in 1998, so would be correct for my 2000 registered car. Heaven knows why it has Model: 5130 clearly printed on the back. The rest of the kit is very clearly original gangsta, the mount is covered in the graphite grey material that the rest of the interior is.

Thanks for the help, I am now getting pathetically excited about receiving my first call in the car!

[ajondyh]

There is normally a control box somewhere behind the dash where the mike, handset caddy and aerial and aux speaker plug into. There will also be the power connections which were normally/often routed to an "Autoleads" adapter which connected inline with the stereo power and speakers leads/plug. This had an auto mute and fed the audio through the cars own speakers.

http://www.autoleads.co.uk/handsfree-fitting-solut...


HTH
Andy

[unclepezza]

Nokia do replacement cradle wiring if you wanted a newer handset.

[EJH]

From memory, I think the 5130 was the 1800MHz version of the 5110 (900MHz); Vodafone and O2 being 900 and Orange / T Mobile being 1800.

eBay and a Nokia 6310 (the last of the 6110 series) should be your friend here. It should (from memory) fit as whilst it's thinner, the mounting is such that the phone will slide into the cradle and leave a little space where the fatter battery (it was a thicker and lower capacity NiMH on the 5110 as opposed to a thinner Li-Ion on the 6310) would be

I had a 6310 as my work phone in 2002. When studying (and thus not using it) I seem to remember a standby time of somewhere north of 25 days...which is a very dim memory in the days of iPhones and top-up charges in the mid-afternoon!

[GC8]

An equal, but slightly more impressive feat of memory: the PCN version of the 5110 was the 5146. I still have one somewhere.

The 5130 is a Java based phone that's approaching five years old.

[EJH]

Curiously, we both seem to be right... The Nokia 5130 seems to have been the Orange iteration:
http://nokiamuseum.com/view.php?model=5130

and the 5146 (possibly) the One2One version:
http://nokiamuseum.com/view.php?model=5146

The difference between them...? I have *no* idea! They made quite a few versions of the 5110 series with different specs it seems:
http://nokiamuseum.com/index.php?start=216&col...

[GC8]

Apologies.

[EJH]

Not at all! You were also right!

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