I`ve recently bought the haicom gps mouse after hearing excellent reviews on this site. It works perfectly, but is there a way to power the mouse via the xda (so i can us it other than in the car) the model is hi-203e. its the one where its normally powered through the car fag lighter. thanks a lot...top site
GPS receivers generally use more power than the XDA can supply: Although the Haicom seems not too hungy from what I gather on the web (<90 mA @ 4.5-5.5 V), I doubt the XDA's power-out pin can source that.
At the very least, it would dramatically reduce battery life.
Buy a cable that will power both the XDA and the GPS in the car. That's what I did.
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I got a digitraveler gps unit for my XDA from a kind US member on the board,
I would be interested to know if anyone has sucessfully powered the unit from a car cigarette lighter ?
How would this be done without too much hassle ? The only problem is that here in the UK there is no radioshack so I can't buy the proper cable.. can the XDA car charger be modified to power the digitraveler aswell ?
I don't mind doing some wiring etc.. as long as its not too complicated.
Cheers
Neil
I use a standard Ipaq car charger/power cord to power the digi, but I also make sure batteries are present as well because it seems to get a much quicker fix that way. I use mine with xda and I get a fix in Tomtom within 10 - 15 seconds now although the first time took a lot longer.
Ahh right, thanks again for helping me out
I've just had a scan through the manual for the digitraveler and it says the power source needed is 6v 100ma. If I nipped down to maplin tomorrow and got one of these http://www.maplin.co.uk/products/module.asp?CartID=031114221402201&moduleno=29132&Products=1 would it work? As it says @ 6V the output is 500ma, or does the unit only take the required amount of power ?
Cheers
Neil
That will be fine.
Cheers mate
PS Just noticed where ur from, i'm from Cheltenham... small world eh? :lol:
Just did it on power supply for XDA and GPS....
I posted the original IPAQ cable mod for the Digitraveler.
Dave
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=5180&highlight=digitraveler
I am wiring up a GPS mouse for my Dad's XDA, and I just wanted to make sure it would be ok link off of the XDA's cigarette lighter charger to also provide 5volts to the GPS to power it?
The unit is a Rikaline 6010, will the XDA car charger be able to supply both the xda and GPS ??
Data sheet for GPS here:
http://www.rikaline.com/download/GPS-6010-Manual-E.pdf
Need a reply asap
Cheers
Neil
Should be fine...
Not sure about your specific unit, but I have done exactly this with a Digitraveler GPS mouse, and it works great. Can't imagine the the load would be much different between the two.
Josh
um might work might not :| my dads i converted my dads ipaq 3870's car charger to power his bluetooth gps lol (point being it now isnt wireless lol) and the gps kinda steals all its charge power causing the ipaq to charge then stop charging and the ipaq drains instead
ive ordered a usb gps from ebay and a xda car charger im going to wire them up when they come ill let you know the results just try and see no harm in trying
gaz
It will run off of 5 volts.
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i use the rikaline 6010 with tom tom2 software...but it came with the tom tom....2 leads come out of the cig lighter one for the xda and the other for the gps receiver....have a look on e-bay you can buy the leads on there own
Its ok, got it sorted now. It's all powering off the one lighter plug :wink:
Looking for a good bluetooth GPS receiver.
Please users of GPS let me know witch one is a good buy....before I buy
many thanks
i got nokia, either LD3W or LD1W
works like a charm for me.
its not cheap, but its nokia,standard conections.
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Looking for a good bluetooth GPS receiver.
Please users of GPS let me know witch one is a good buy....before I buy
many thanks
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This one :
http://www.blueunplugged.com/p.aspx?p=120048
it uses a chipset that is more efficient than sirfstarIII, quoted max battery life in full use being around 25 hrs, loads of standby time. sposed to be dead quick too...
uses a mobile phone battery i think, and c/w car & wall charger
price varies enormously, so do a lot of searching, watch the P&P price.
brilliant unit... i've also seen forum posts saying it's, er, streets ahead, of the tomtom sirfstar one which is double the price.
never understand why we've been bleating on about the lack of in-built gps ariel for the TD... I much prefer seperates, and the battery life is better than using in-built anyway.
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never understand why we've been bleating on about the lack of in-built gps ariel for the TD... I much prefer seperates, and the battery life is better than using in-built anyway.
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Heh, mainly because having a cable charge your phone, a cable charge your GPS receiver, a cable charging your ipod and a cable charging the kids DVD players in the back gets a bit much.
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never understand why we've been bleating on about the lack of in-built gps ariel for the TD... I much prefer seperates, and the battery life is better than using in-built anyway.
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maybe because of the extra charges of buying a separate GPS ... not to mention the trouble of carrying around with us. and of course, it'd be another little toy to play with eheh
I have a Phonix BGR048 Bluetooth receiver; simply to configure i use it with Google maps. I payed about 50 euros
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maybe because of the extra charges of buying a separate GPS ... not to mention the trouble of carrying around with us. and of course, it'd be another little toy to play with eheh
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so you prefer your battery drained double quick then - it's small and light & i never notice it in my pocket, where it operates happily if needed.
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Heh, mainly because having a cable charge your phone, a cable charge your GPS receiver, a cable charging your ipod and a cable charging the kids DVD players in the back gets a bit much.
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the one I hot linked uses the SAME mini usb connection for charging as the touch dual.... and the battery, as i said, is good for around 20 hours.
and you'll get a nice in-car charger if you don't have one already
So that's why I made my statements
incidentally, I accidentally left the GPS receiver on since Sunday. Noticed today (end of Thursday).. it was still functioning , albeit with the battery indicator flashing. Now that's impressive standby I have to say....!!!
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incidentally, I accidentally left the GPS receiver on since Sunday. Noticed today (end of Thursday).. it was still functioning , albeit with the battery indicator flashing. Now that's impressive standby I have to say....!!!
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Thanks for the recommendation - I got one of these and they work great!
www.navilock.com
Navilock GPS Recievers are the best!
I've got the Navilock BT-451 and it works perfect!
with my TOMTOM 6 Navigator.
i have a fake holex - "HOLOX"
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HOLOX-54-Chan...yZ139838QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
its cheap, its fake but it has never let me down and is alot better than the ones i have used before!
Looks to be just what I'm looking for, Its not going to fit the Titan perfectly but it looks like it would work.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/FM-Transmitter-M...ryZ20336QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
If anyone has one on a Titan please give us a review.
Chris
well i just bought one so i'll review it when i get it.
I'm curious... let me know how this works... Very curious to see if it works good with the Slingbox. If I could run the audio of the TV through my car speakers... I'm buying it soon after!
THANKS!
Well I got the transmitter yesterday and was initially pleased with the size and appearance. My first disappointment was that it will not charge the device while playing music. That was the point of my purchase. I have sent a question to the seller about this. I may have got a faulty transmitter.
Also the sound has static in the lower range. If you play anything with crunch like metallica, it just sounds like distortion... on top of distortion... This can be reduced by turning down the system vol on the titan and jacking up the radio but you have to remember to reduce the vol on the radio after you finish using the transmitter. The cig. adapter and charging cable is small and discreet and works very well to charge the device but when the charging cable is attached to power the transmitter the device receives no power. Also, the design of the transmitter will not allow you to jury rig power with the solid Y adapter. This would not bother me on short drives but my work makes me drive prolonged distances so the phone would be dead by the time I arrived. Also in situations where GPS is needed you would have to disconnect the transmitter and connect the power adapter to keep it functional.
The mic built into the transmitter works on about the same level as the speaker phone mic.
Tested on:
VW/ 8 speaker Monsoon Radio with aftermarket antenna pre-amp. (2x better than stock antenna pre-amp)
just to add to this...never tired to specific one being discussed but i thought i would share the one i am using found here
The Motorola T505 it works great connects to phone using bluetooth and broadcasts any audio from it to an fm frequency. it pairs with my touch every time and so far no disappointment's...it's a little more expensive but i think it's worth it. Come with a card charger 2 and the battery last pretty good.
"The Motorola T505"
Looks good! Do you mind me asking how much $$ it was?
i got it for 99$ on sale at Future Shop it's regular 129.99.
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do somebody can work it??
Yes it works. I'm still using it but not being able to charge the phone while playing music is its down fall. I'm still looking for the ultimate solution.
Chris
Buy one of these socket splitters and use the dual adapter that you should have received with your phone. That should solve your problem. Note: buy extra fuses for the socket splitter. They tend to pop every now and then.
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Splitter-Adapter-Cigarette-Replaceable/dp/B000O1EAXI
Motorola t505
Just wanted to pipe in that I'm using the T505 and love it. Have had it for almost 8-9 months (I believe I got it from Futureshop as well for about $89). I liked it so much that recommended it to my dad and he bought one. I think they're now much cheaper.
hey, as a alternative to the normal usb cable and the adapter , i thought of buying a loading station for my optimus 2x
do you have good or bad experiences...are there benefits from using a loading station? thanks
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I think it's not true and not neccessary because my phone have wifi , bluetooth and usb cable , so it also be ok for me now
I have a docking station that charges my o2x and my 2 spare batteries its USB so can use the plug or the computer to charge.. quite a nice looking dock and I think I keeps the phone off the key board lol.. to access SD card most of the time I use software data cable app from the play store as long as both phone and computer connected to the same router you can access the SD card..
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda app-developers app
My KiDiGi dock (+ battery loading slot) served me well. Now it's gathering dust as I switched to a HTC One S. That's the one I recommend.
Docking station
I use Fidelio AS140/37. Sounds and looks good. Issue with USB connector being not very stable. Bluetooth also, and FM radio.
Overall I enjoy it.
The fidelio is a sound system not a charging dock....
I bought a KiDiGi look-alike dock for my 2X and it works pretty well. It has two separate cables (or connectors rather) - one transfer only (powers the phone only and servers for data transfer) and the other one power only - powers the phone and spare battery charger (doesn't work for data transfer). The only "issue" i have with it is that it's quite light and I have to hold it down with one hand while picking the phone up with the other.
Lg sdt 200
I am using LG sdt 200 which supports both horizontal & verical view. It supports charging only in vertical view. Looks nice but can't expect more from it....
i´m using the Mumbi Dockingstation.
its cheap and enough for me