Navigon 5100 12V Cig Adapter & Garmin Adapter??
Mon, 07/07/2008 - 11:26pm
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Question, has anyone tried using a 12V power adapter for one manufacturer, on another manufacturer's GPS? I have a Nuvi 660 and a Navigon 5100...is 12V just 12V and the adapters would be safe and OK to inner change to keep from having to change to seperate ones each time?
sidvic999 wrote: Question,
Question, has anyone tried using a 12V power adapter for one manufacturer, on another manufacturer's GPS? I have a Nuvi 660 and a Navigon 5100...is 12V just 12V and the adapters would be safe and OK to inner change to keep from having to change to seperate ones each time?
The problem will be the connector into the GPS. I know on mine the there is a custom pinning in the mount to handle the DC plus the data for MSN/FM.
Allan Barnett - Garmin nüvi 680 / Pharos GPS (bluetooth) w/MS Maps on PPC
What you're saying, is that
What you're saying, is that even though the conection would slide together using either 12v adapter, there'd possibly be a hot wire mis-match. It'd be interesting to probe the pins on my Garmin and my Navigon for commonality. Thanks.
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list of pin outs on different GPSr's 5 pin mini-USB jacks.
Question, has anyone tried using a 12V power adapter for one manufacturer, on another manufacturer's GPS? I have a Nuvi 660 and a Navigon 5100...is 12V just 12V and the adapters would be safe and OK to inner change to keep from having to change to seperate ones each time?
The problem will be the connector into the GPS. I know on mine the there is a custom pinning in the mount to handle the DC plus the data for MSN/FM.
This should help all that need to know the pin outs on different GPSr's.
http://tinyurl.com/yp6ok7
Bob
Delorme, Magellan Sport, Navigon 2100, Garmin C550 GTM-20 TMC Traffic, V1, Rocky Mountain rMr-C302 Radar, Lidar Scrambler - Owner & Operator of these fine devices, and many others now obsolete. I Buy and Sell Used GPSr Units, PM for details
Amperage
You'll definately need to check amperage output as well, or you could potentially fry your unit.
Both my Magellan and Motorola cel phone have a USB charger but the cel wall charger only has 550mA output, but the Magellan cigarette lighter charger is 2 amps. Be careful.
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