Experts,
Probably a newbie question, would my old iPaq 3950 power dongle work on my iMate PDA2k?
It fits in smoothly. What I'm not sure about is the pin assignment.
What I need to do is charge my Blue Angel in the car using the iPaq 3950 power dongle and a generic 5V / 1.5 Amp car charger.
The other alternative I have is to buy an O2 XDA car charger and modify it to fit in the Blue Angel connector.
Your help will be very much appreciated...
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Is there actually any components inside the cigarette lighter plug thats used to charge the XDA in-car?
As i'm getting one of the digitraveler gps receivers, and want to modify the cable to allow me to charge the xda whilst using the gps. The only problem is I don't have an in-car charger for my xda, i do have to spare cigarette lighter plugs though.
Would it be possible to just use one of the plugs and send the + feed to pins 20,21,22 and the - feed to 16,17 & 18 ? as in Yorch's guide (http://www.yorch.net) Or does this thing need resistors and things inside it ??
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Many Thanks
Swifty, I modified a usb sync/charger with the lighter socket adaptor, just add the wires from the digitraveler to the usb cable, you then end up with sync/charger, car charger and digitraveler y lead/xda charger.
:? Hmmm I think I understand what you mean.. I don't really want to touch the usb cradle i have though, I just want to add the lighter plug onto the gps cable, solely for the purpose of charging when using the GPS in the car.
Cheers
Swifty, not the cradle, I got a usb sync/charger and a car lighter adaptor from ebay, I modified this instead of trying to add wires to the digitravelers connecter. The thread is under another posting about a cheap gps. Also the cables that come with it need to be modified to work with xda.
Yeh, I understand what your saying, but I'd rather not have to buy a car charger or whatever to then hack it about. Not when I have got several lighter plugs lying around, if I can use one of them... :wink:
Cheers
OK, if you use a standard plug end, you will blow it, if however you have an old phone charger lead that gives 5volts that should do the trick I think.
Aha! thats what i'm after, cheers mate
Anyone confirm its 5v I need before I cook my XDA :lol:
Cheers
The HTC XDA/Qtek must be feeded with 5 V. The current consumption can be as high as 1A when in use and charging internal battery.
I have made my own 5V regulator for car use, but this require some experience in electronics.
Here's what I have installed, with converter schematics.
More info here.
Regards, Tore
Cheers 8)
I have both the MDA (Wizard) and 8525 (Hermes). I have a couple of charger accessories for the MDA as follow:
1) AA battery charger: use regular AA battery to power the MDA
2) iGo portable charger: this is a multiple devices charger that can charge different devices, such as iPod, MDA, PSP, etc. just by changing the adaptor "tips". (http://www.igo.com)
The question is: can I use the above MDA charger accessories with my 8525?
I checked both the MDA and Hermes original charger and both have the same OUTPUT rating: 5V - 1A LPS. So theoritically, if I use the MDA charger accessories, it shouldn't damage the 8525 since they all have the same outpot rating.
I am not very knowledgeable on AC/DC, so I am posting this thread.
FWIW, I'm using my charging accessories from my Apache without problems so it should be fine since they have the same power output specs.
Uprey,
Just to confirm: when you said "accesories", are you referring to things such as charger using AA batteries, mult-devices charger, etc?
I know that both the original Wizard and Hermes chargers have the same voltage output rating (5 volt - 1 Amp) and most probably works well. It's the "accessories" that I am most concerned about, especially since they didn't show the power output rating.
I'm using my spare Apache battery, car charger, AC charger, and usb cables. I don't have a AA battery charger so I can't comment there.
Battery charger
I use the travel charger from my Blackberry(!) for my TyTN. So long as the output is 5V and at least 0.5 amps and the connector is the mini-USB, it is fine. Less than 0.5A wont charge the TyTN. Even at 0.5A, you cant charge the TyTN if the screen is on. Works fine with the screen off. The BB charger is rated at 5V and 0.5A.
Hello,
I have a couple of questions regarding the compatibility of the TyTN with the following things (didn't find anything relevant with the search option):
1. Can it charge using an iPod charger (the white box in which you put a USB cable)?
2. Can it charge using the car charger that comes supplied with a Holux GPSlim 236?
Thanks!
Jörg
I am able to charge mine with the car charger that came with Holux GPS Slim240.
I've charged mine with anything that has a mini usb port ... charger(s) for my Motorola headphone, cameras, etc ... with no problems.
For top-up charging, pretty much any car charger with a USB port will work. Note however that if your battery is seriously low, some car chargers may not be able to provide enough current to do the job -- the charger should be able to supply at least 1 amp to properly charge a low battery.
Thanks guys!
Jörg
Hi,
My qtek 2020 don't charge width the car charger adapter or with an USB cable.
At this moment it only charges in the cradle.
Does anybody knows why?
Regards
Mário
bad connector?
Does anyone know if the car charger for P3300, P3600, HTC Tytn, HTC Tytn II fits our TC?
It's somehow weird that the connection socket on the TC doesn't look like Standard MiniUSB but the cables originally provided are all standard MiniUSB !
This original universal car charger from HTC is known as HTC Car charger CC100 and fits all smartphones mentionned.
eurofan said:
Does anyone know if the car charger for P3300, P3600, HTC Tytn, HTC Tytn II fits our TC?
It's somehow weird that the connection socket on the TC doesn't look like Standard MiniUSB but the cables originally provided are all standard MiniUSB !
This original universal car charger from HTC is known as HTC Car charger CC100 and fits all smartphones mentionned.
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I don't know much about car chargers but if all they do is charge then the connectors should be compatible. Physical compatibility of actually getting the unit into the cradle is another matter though.
The connection socket on the TC is called extUSB (which I think might be proprietary to HTC) but it is physically based on the miniUSB connector and this is why a standard miniUSB cable will plug into a TC and how you can charge it and ActiveSync it off your PC.
The main row of pins are identical for both the miniUBS and extUSB connectors so when you plug a miniUSB plug into the extUSB socket on the TC then the TC will see the power lines and the data in/out lines exactly where it expects them and this is enough for charging and syncing.
The ext bit in extUSB is that HTC has added an extra row of pins to the connector in addition to the standard miniUSB pins. These extra pins are for the headphone channels, the mic input (which doubles as the FM aerial) and the talk/hangup switch.
Here is a link to the pinout: http://www.tracyandmatt.co.uk/blogs/index.php/2006/09/10/htc_hermes_usb_connector_pin_config
I think this pinout is constant across HTC devices (at least fairly recent ones). I can certainly confirm that my Artemis wired headset works with my TC.
- Julian
I'm using a 5-year old Motorola MpX200 car charger with my Touch Cruise. Works like a charm So I guess any generic miniUSB charger will do the job.
TheOnly1 said:
I'm using a 5-year old Motorola MpX200 car charger with my Touch Cruise. Works like a charm So I guess any generic miniUSB charger will do the job.
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I can confirm that too... all standard minUSB car chargers work flawlessly with Polaris.
I bought the HTC Car Safety Pack this morning. For 65,- EUR I got a the car charger with MiniUSB (standard on all recent HTC models), window mounting kit + TC holder, HTC BH M200 Bluetooth headset + accessories .... and a yellow safety jacket !!!
Car Charger
Yes the O2 supplied car charger that I used on my Orbit 1 works fine
Does somebody know where to get a car charger which can get the power from behind the dashboard (using 2 wires to connect) instead of the cigarette lighter?
I don't like the wires hanging in front of my dashboard nor the large cigarette plug. Have googled around but can't find anything.
Alex,
I visited Halfords recently and asked that question. They will build it in behind the dashboard for about 30 euros. Any 12V extUSB/miniUSB carcharger will work as long as the output is 5V.
kwabbernootje said:
Alex,
I visited Halfords recently and asked that question. They will build it in behind the dashboard for about 30 euros. Any 12V extUSB/miniUSB carcharger will work as long as the output is 5V.
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Kwabbernootje,
I visit Halfords (in Verray) yesterday and they have no clue about the service you mentioned. Halfords appears to be split into own affiliates and franchisers.
Where is the Halfords shop located that offers the service you mentioned?
motorola charcher
i was in the mornig whith my phone provider and he confirm that motorola miniUSB car charger do the work as fine as the original.