Wireless Track Clip Pro

Just as the title suggests. I became tired of the need for a cable to power the track clip pro with my wireless g930 headset, so let the hacking commence.

I removed the cover and drilled holes in the cup for the right ear (the battery compartment), then inserted a status LED to remind me when the track clip is powered on, and a switch to control the power to the track clip and the LED (so I can use the headset without the track clip always turned on).

I wired everything to the battery pack of the g930, before the power switch to the headset, so I can also use the track clip with the headset powered off if I want to. Overall I enjoy the experience much better than before. Sorry for the quality of the pictures. My cell phone doesn't have the best camera.

Nice. Remove the slash "/" behind your picture files and they will show up.

And for those that are like me and can't find the end of wire much less connect them to anything. There is the cell phone battery charging method here. Velcro'd to the head set and the TrackIr plugs straight into it.

additional info that may be useful for people that don't have a powered headset.:

USB power is 5 Volt

so every 5V supply (+/- 0.5 V) you can get your hands on will work.

A higher Voltage (e.g.9V) over a longer period will brake the IR diodes!!!

Further:

Four rechargeable Mignon AA 1.2 V batteries (=4.8V) will also do the the job.

(this is what I did)

make sure you use the right polarity.

the red wire is positive (+)

I started off with a prototype using an old cell phone lithium polymer battery, 3.7v. You can still see the velcro left over on the headset in the pic above. The thing I didn't like about that was the added weight to the headset felt odd. As it turns out the battery inside the headset is the same 3.7v LiPol which is why I decided to make everything internal.

This is the original type battery I used:

http://www.amazon.com/LG-Lithium-Ion-battery-AX275-LGIP-420A/dp/B002E0A75C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1343613155&sr=8-2&keywords=lithium+polymer+battery

Very nice, think I'm going to have to do this with my G930 as well. I'd really like to make the track clip out of something sturdier though too... :)

Very nice, think I'm going to have to do this with my G930 as well. I'd really like to make the track clip out of something sturdier though too... :)

Concrete is a bit sturdier...

:thumbup:Nice job! That looks very convenient!

Sorry for the 15-month bump, but I finally got around to doing this mod to my own TrackClip and G930. It makes a world of difference, and the integration is so much nicer looking than a battery pack hanging off the headset! :thumbup: