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hcornea
Australia
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 Posted - 17 nov. 2006 : 02:51:45
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Interestingly the generic car charger which I have used on occasion pute the nuvi 660 into "transfer mode" - so is useless for the purposes of powering the unit for navigation.
I don't believe that the miniUSB-charger for my smartphone did this however. |
Garmin Streetpilot c320, Garmin GPSMap 60Csx, Garmin Nuvi 660, ForeRunner 305, Carminder GPS (Yes I'm hooked) |
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Bob72
USA
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Posted - 17 nov. 2006 : 04:30:14
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| un4so, I don't know the reasons behind what Garmin told me. But, if you have a 660, and your auto has 110vAC, I would certainly use the Garmin 110v charger. I have 110v in one car only(factory installed), so I'm going to order the 12vDC charger for the other to power Nuvi for navigation in my pickup. I have the traffic plug, but I don't want to start my subscription right away. I live just beyond the traffic signal, and I'm not in the signal area enough to warrant using it. I'ed like to wait until I travel, then use it. |
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un4so
USA
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Neverlost
Canada
28 Posts |
Posted - 05 déc. 2006 : 03:11:09
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un4so, what SW version do you have on your 660 ?
Mine (660 North America) was working like a charm in navigation mode when connected to the PC via the USB cable when I had 2.0.
Unfortunately it doesn't do that with any subsequent version (2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7). Garmin claims that this is an improvement.
I might be wrong when it comes to the car adapter via USB connector. |
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tvuong
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Posted - 05 déc. 2006 : 06:37:09
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Un4so,
That is good to know. Unfortunately I do not have the iGo. Do you know if there is a USB to mini USB cable compatible for the 660? Thanks. |
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un4so
USA
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Posted - 05 déc. 2006 : 08:06:56
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Neverlost,
I have updated my nuvi-660 to v2.6 prior to my test (Minneapolis, MN, USA).
tvuong,
Not sure I understand your question...
You buy the generic/all-purpose "auto power adapter" plus the specific "power tip A53" from iGo (or from Amazon).
Connected together they constitute a mini-USB-car-charger specific to Garmin-nuvi-660.
Using a different power tip you get a charger for a different device; for example, power tip A32 is specific to the Motorola RAZR V3m.
Apparently these mini-USB heads have many different polarities, henceforth the need for specific mini-USB power tip per device.
iGo has a page that helps you determine the correct mini-USB power tip for each supported device: http://www.igo.com/selectorIGOTIP.asp
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Neverlost
Canada
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Posted - 06 déc. 2006 : 16:55:34
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Thanks un4so. This is great news - a USB connector
alternative (to the mount connector) available for
the car !
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cree8k
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Posted - 27 août 2007 : 15:26:28
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| Last weekend I purchased the IGO auto power adapter and the A53 tip as un4so suggested and it works perfectly. It's nice to have an alternative power/charger source. I also bought the A00 power tip to charge my Sprint Sanyo 7050. It's a handy combo to have on a trip! Thank you un4so. |
Nuvi 660
2008 Honda Civic EX 4 dr.
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