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  Topic: Charge a Garmin without it going into PC mode
dkitchin

Replies: 9
Views: 5178

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:44 am   Subject: Charge a Garmin without it going into PC mode
I can't make the 1490 do any of the "hacks" in the link but thanks for posting it. I'm going with the short to pins 4 & 5 and have bought some right-angle USB plugs from Ebay.

Thanks again for ...
  Topic: Charge a Garmin without it going into PC mode
dkitchin

Replies: 9
Views: 5178

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:41 pm   Subject: Charge a Garmin without it going into PC mode
Thanks for the replies; certainly food for thought. The hub dynamo gives a nominal 6 volts AC. I can get a standard regulated power supply from Ebay like this;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BICYCLE-DYNAM ...
  Topic: Charge a Garmin without it going into PC mode
dkitchin

Replies: 9
Views: 5178

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:49 pm   Subject: Charge a Garmin without it going into PC mode
Apologies if this has been covered before; I can't find it.

I would like to use my Garmin 1490T on my bicycle. Finding a box which charges from my bike dynamo to give 5.2V output to a USB socket is ...
  Topic: Garmin 1490t junction search
dkitchin

Replies: 2
Views: 2054

PostForum: Beginners GPS Lounge   Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:32 pm   Subject: Garmin 1490t junction search
Just the job; thank you Andy.

Interesting you say TomTom don't do junction numbers as I seem to remember my ancient TomTom Navigator 5 could find a motorway junction.
  Topic: Garmin 1490t junction search
dkitchin

Replies: 2
Views: 2054

PostForum: Beginners GPS Lounge   Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:29 am   Subject: Garmin 1490t junction search
I wanted to go the M1 junction with the A650, junction 41, but although both the M1 and the A650 appeared in drop-down lists I got a "no matches found" message. It doesn't seem as if I can enter a jun ...
  Topic: Offered a Garmin update but no idea what it is
dkitchin

Replies: 2
Views: 1577

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:16 pm   Subject: Offered a Garmin update but no idea what it is
I've subscribed to Garmin updates for my new 1490T. Yesterday an email offering this "Panel Cut-out DXF 1.00 (October 20, 2010)" arrived. Anyone of you experts know what one of those is? Is it relevan ...
  Topic: Garmin 1490T missing Traffic icon
dkitchin

Replies: 0
Views: 1464

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:35 pm   Subject: Garmin 1490T missing Traffic icon
Just getting used to my new 1490T and have always seen a traffic icon when connected to the car charger. It has been variously grey and green or a mixture of grey and green. Today, there is no icon. W ...
  Topic: Improving the radio reception of TMC
dkitchin

Replies: 2
Views: 1752

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:34 am   Subject: Improving the radio reception of TMC
Thank you.
  Topic: Improving the radio reception of TMC
dkitchin

Replies: 2
Views: 1752

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:19 pm   Subject: Improving the radio reception of TMC
I'm pleased with my Garmin 1490T but the green traffic button is often grey. My journeys are often up and down the A1 Dishforth to Barton and as the new motorway takes shape I think traffic data will ...
  Topic: TomTom CTO - GO 1000 Will Support Custom POIs Next Year
dkitchin

Replies: 120
Views: 68887

PostForum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:51 pm   Subject: TomTom CTO - GO 1000 Will Support Custom POIs Next Year
This news is too late for me. On the promise of no 3rd party POIs I've bought a Garmin 1490T and we are getting on famously.
  Topic: Time for a new Sat Nav
dkitchin

Replies: 14
Views: 5160

PostForum: Beginners GPS Lounge   Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:30 am   Subject: Time for a new Sat Nav
Thanks for your input.

Does anyone like the Garmin 1490T? I don't think it does FM transmit though.
  Topic: Time for a new Sat Nav
dkitchin

Replies: 14
Views: 5160

PostForum: Beginners GPS Lounge   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:57 pm   Subject: Time for a new Sat Nav
What might work for you, no hardware or link to hardware spec is provided in the post making it rather difficult to look at what you have in mind?? - Mike

Apologies. Haste, speed etc.

http://cgi ...
  Topic: Time for a new Sat Nav
dkitchin

Replies: 14
Views: 5160

PostForum: Beginners GPS Lounge   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:12 pm   Subject: Time for a new Sat Nav
This would probably work for me. Any comments?
  Topic: Do SatNavs Save Marriages?
dkitchin

Replies: 20
Views: 15261

PostForum: News And Latest Information   Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 5:22 pm   Subject: Do SatNavs Save Marriages?
Mrs H is a pretty good navigator herself. First time we holidayed using Tomtom Mobile, she said what a load off her mind it was to leave the mapreading to someone else.

The following year she start ...
  Topic: Time for a new Sat Nav
dkitchin

Replies: 14
Views: 5160

PostForum: Beginners GPS Lounge   Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:05 pm   Subject: Time for a new Sat Nav
Are you looking for a new PDA based phone to run TomTom Navigator 7 on or a stand alone navigation device? - Mike


Standalone. The XDA was obtained solely to run Navigator 5.
 
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