Chord Mojo interconnect for Android?

[Big Aura]

Hi - I've got a Chord Mojo and want to connect to my Android Phone (Sony z3).

Annoyingly, the box contained a full-size USB to USB Micro-B, which is great for connecting to my laptop.

Chord have said that the USB Micro-B to Micro-B is not included, but I cannot find them anywhere at a sensible length.

I can use a female standard USB to Micro-B, but that's bulky. Similarly I've ordered a 2m Micro-B to Micro-B, but don't fancy having 2m of cable coiled in my pocket.

Does anyone know where I can buy a Micro-B to Micro-B which is 20cm long?

Lindy seem to make one, but it's out of stock.

thanks
BA

 

[expat_mike]

Have a look at the links contained in the third post:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/784602/chord-mojo-the-official-thread-please-read-the-3rd-post

There is a section dedicated to connecting the mojo to Sony devices, plus plenty of other links relating to cables.

 

[Big Aura]

thanks - there's a LOT of info on that thread.

I think I've read all of the relevant stuff (after clicking on about 30 links and reading various sub-forums), what I seem to have discovered is:

USB (normal, female) to USB Micro B is easy to obtain and costs about £1 on ebay.

USB Micro b male/male is available in the US from Moon Audio for $60-100, and available in Japan for Y????++ from Audio Technica.

Lindy sell a cheap one via amazon. 20cm is out of stock. 2m is in stock.

No-one seems to see this in the UK.

Chord, rather unhelpfully, say "you need a USB OTG male male Micro B" but don't sell one.

Not sure why this should be so difficult, and if it is that difficult why Chord don't bundle an iPHone/Android cable with the device to make it truely a source of MObile JOy, not mobile frustration!

The cable they did supply doesn't look any more expensive than the hundreds of other usb/usbmicro cables i have, so a shame they don't supply the hard-to-find-but-necessary cable with a premium product...

Ho-hum...

 

[Big Aura]

Audio Technica's cable is only available in Japan (emailed their UK office today - impressively they responded within 15 minutes)

 

[cheeseboy]

have a look for what's called a powersharing cable. Samsung do some as well, but you can also pick them up on amazon. This one is 30cm.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delock-Micro-Connector-Power-Sharing/dp/B00R98LBYU/

 

[Big Aura]

thank you - will give it a go. It's not stated to be OTG compatible so it may not work as the pin configuration in a USB output is different to trigger the output device into slave mode...

 

[spiny norman]

Is this one of the problems to be solved by the add-on modules for the Mojo, mentioned at the time of the launch, but about which things have since gone a bit quiet?

Do any of the WHF staffers (yeah, I know, but I live in hope), or does anyone else, have any further information about when they're set to become available, how much they'll be, and whether they'll solve this cabling problem?

 

[Big Aura]

would also be solved by a UK distributer for this: https://www.audio-technica.co.jp/atj/show_model.php?modelId=2706

 

[cheeseboy]

thank you - will give it a go. It's not stated to be OTG compatible so it may not work as the pin configuration in a USB output is different to trigger the output device into slave mode...

http://www.delock.com/produkte/G_83570/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en

says it is otg. That's why I said look at the powersharing cables, as one of the ends has to be otg in order for it to able to be a powersharing cable.

 

[expat_mike]

Is this one of the problems to be solved by the add-on modules for the Mojo, mentioned at the time of the launch, but about which things have since gone a bit quiet?

Do any of the WHF staffers (yeah, I know, but I live in hope), or does anyone else, have any further information about when they're set to become available, how much they'll be, and whether they'll solve this cabling problem?

Watch this video, and the add-on modules do get talked about. It sounds like a gradual drip feed of modules, with the more interesting ones, still a few months away.

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/dacs/interesting-video-interview-john-franks-chord

 

[Big Aura]

says it is otg.

Indeed it does - entirely missed that in the small print. thanks.