I've been bugged by the lack of a visible location for my phone. It was just sitting in the tray under the armrest, charging from the socket, and I kept forgetting it was there when I got out of the car. Either that or, when I remember, I got fed up with having to lift and reset the armrest every time. Also, not having it visible meant I got out of the habit of running CamerAlert.
So, I've been tinkering. First off, I acquired myself a Brodit phone cradle, but instead of pairing it with a car-specific Pro-Clip, I decided to fix it horizontally on the console, next to the cupholders. That's why, the other day, I was asking whether there was a dummy insert to cover over the cabriolet switch slot. Having established there isn't, I've located it where I want it, but for the moment, it's rather inelegantly secured with blutack (Blush!). It's an active cradle, with a black iPhone cable clipped into the base, so the phone just slots straight onto it.
Next, I picked up the ashtray insert for the smaller cupholder (I already had the bigger one given FOC on pick-up day). Lastly, I ordered one of the cheapie Chinese storage trays that @Bristle Hound (http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/a4-s4-rs4-b8-5-armrest-tidy-storage-tray.250861/ ) put us onto a while back. That's dropped into place over the charger cable, meaning only abou half an inch of it is visible behind the cradle.
Here it is:
Sadly, the blutack is still visible. I'll fix that eventually, but in the meantime, I've managed to solve my phone problem.
So, I've been tinkering. First off, I acquired myself a Brodit phone cradle, but instead of pairing it with a car-specific Pro-Clip, I decided to fix it horizontally on the console, next to the cupholders. That's why, the other day, I was asking whether there was a dummy insert to cover over the cabriolet switch slot. Having established there isn't, I've located it where I want it, but for the moment, it's rather inelegantly secured with blutack (Blush!). It's an active cradle, with a black iPhone cable clipped into the base, so the phone just slots straight onto it.
Next, I picked up the ashtray insert for the smaller cupholder (I already had the bigger one given FOC on pick-up day). Lastly, I ordered one of the cheapie Chinese storage trays that @Bristle Hound (http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/a4-s4-rs4-b8-5-armrest-tidy-storage-tray.250861/ ) put us onto a while back. That's dropped into place over the charger cable, meaning only abou half an inch of it is visible behind the cradle.
Here it is:
Sadly, the blutack is still visible. I'll fix that eventually, but in the meantime, I've managed to solve my phone problem.
