Replacing Battery nuvi 650
Sun, 08/24/2008 - 11:40am
 16 years
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I have a NUVI 650. Some day I'll need to change the battery, but it works fine now. I see batteries sold online within reason. But, how do you remove the old and replace the new battery in the unit without damaging it. It does not seem obvious how to open the case.
The search is your
The search is your friend-(battery) has been discussed there before- It can be done, but Garmin says that the original battery should last 5 years. You will probably upgrade by then.
NUVI 680, NUVI 5000, MS S&T,
Opening Nuvi
I found this on the internet someplace.
Flip up your antenna, at the very top you will see two screws, (These are T-5 Torx) remove them.
Next be very careful when you open the top cover! The ribbon cable for the antenna comes through the bottom corner
(I think it is on the right looking at the unit.)
Next focus on the left bottom corner, there is a black barrel that holds the antenna to the unit
and also provides the clicking steps you get when positioning the antenna.
There should be a slit for a screw driver inboard about 3MM Put your screw driver there and pull to the right.
Now you can lift the antenna box free. (NOT THE ENTIRE UNIT, THE RIBBON CABLE IS STILL ATTACHED.)
Now at the top of the unit you will see two more T-5's under the antenna pivot area.
You should be able to pry the unit open once these are removed. Still you must be careful the touch panel,
speaker cable, power cable and one more cable is still attached. That one more cable you will see right away,
it is red and black and you can remove it and fold the two halves over with the others still attached.
After removing the final three which are all ribbon cables. Also don't forget the antenna cable,
which once removed can be pulled through the half of the unit it is attached to.
After seperating the halves you have the touch screen removed. You have two more phillips screws which
removes the "motherboard so to speak."
thanks ! I'll try it...
thanks ! I'll try it...