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Question about multimedia dock station

twstnc5

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Nov 4, 2009
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big smart phone noobie here...

i got the multimedia docking station for the droid (love it by the way!). its connects to my computer just fine. However, after a moment, the droid seems to power off (black screen). id like to keep the cool clock/weather display up all the time while its docked.

anyone know what i need to do to keep the darn phone from powering off while its docked?

thanks
 
There's a button you need to press on the screen which DIMS the view a little but and switches into a more of a clock mode, this will keep it looking like that forever.

I think it looks like a lightbulb maybe

thanks for the reply but i tried pressing this lightbulb... it does dim screen but screen does go black after a minute :( .. am i missing something?
 
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well.. so far the only thing i can figure out is you need to set your display settings to never turn off your phone. this kind of sucks because it doesnt appear that you can have docked display settings that are different than undocked settings.

this means that every time i dock ill have to set the display settings to never turn off and when i undock ill have to set the display settings back to a 1 minute timeout.... a little aggravating imo.

if anybody finds out there is a better way to do this, please post!!
 
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I'm experiencing the same thing. The only thing I can think to do is install Locale or whatever the location specific settings are and then set it to never turn off where your docking station is. THats a pretty hacky work around.

Plus my phone isn't waking back up after removing from the dock. I have to open the keyboard and then I get the unlock screen.
 
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Plus my phone isn't waking back up after removing from the dock. I have to open the keyboard and then I get the unlock screen.

i figured that one out at least :)... hit the hadware power button on the topside of the phone.

hope this doesnt behave the same way with the car dock. that will get verrrryyyy annoying having to change display settings every time i'm about to drive with it on.
 
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I sure hope there is a fix for this. It's pretty unreasonable to expect us to change the display settings every time we dock the phone.

The docked display is very nice by the way. The time display is elegant and the functions and weather display are placed very nicely (which is why I would like it to stay on all the time without having to change the display settings).
 
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The only accessory I really wanted is the home dock, but all the VZW stores in my area are out of them already! It looks like they all got less than 10, but the warehouse has thousands! Dammit. :thinking:

Dude, just order it from the website ;)

SO... this contraption (the dock) is really worth it? I was a bit disappointed when I found out it was an additional purchase, but it definitely seems like a good thing to have around.
 
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When I read this thread I had the opposite question; how do I get the screen to turn off when it's docked. I noticed that it would turn off if the dock wasn't plugged into the wall and it would always stay on if the dock was plugged in (but why would I dock it and not have the dock plugged in?).

It would be nice to have the screen on all night long, because then it really would be like an alarm clock, however, I'm worried that having the screen on for so long would burn it out quicker or cause burn in. Any thoughts?
 
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