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elobire Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:55 pm Post subject: Charging a broken sat nav |
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So i bought a Medion sat nav for spares or repairs a while back off ebay. The problem with it is that the charging socket seems to have snapped off and doesnt work when i re-soldered it on.
Does anyone know if there is any other way i could charge the sat nav? I was thinking about directly charging the battery, but im unsure how. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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elobire Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Its a Li-ion battery. I dont think il be able to charge it unless i come across a 3.7v charger somewhere, which i doubt i will.
EDIT: i found a similar battery in a phone, so im going to try that in the sat nav first. It should work, but i have no idea if the sat nav even works. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:13 am Post subject: |
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If you just want to see if the unit works and whether it's worth going any further, then what I'd do is remove the battery completely and solder two wires onto where the connector meets the PCB.
Then (if you don't have access to a variable DC bench power supply, I reckon 2 ordinary alkaline AA batteries would be enough to see if it switches on. _________________ "Settling in nicely" ;-) |
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elobire Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Andy_P wrote: | If you just want to see if the unit works and whether it's worth going any further, then what I'd do is remove the battery completely and solder two wires onto where the connector meets the PCB.
Then (if you don't have access to a variable DC bench power supply, I reckon 2 ordinary alkaline AA batteries would be enough to see if it switches on. |
Thanks. I actually tried the battery from the phone and it works great. Im not sure what the battery life will be like though.
The only problem is now that im getting a message saying "no GPS receiver detected! please check power supply, cable connections and GPS configuration settings".
Any idea what this means? |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:00 am Post subject: |
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Not the foggiest, I'm afraid. _________________ "Settling in nicely" ;-) |
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BigPerk Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 06, 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: East Hertfordshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:18 am Post subject: |
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From the thread, I suspect you can take it that it was sold for 'spares or repairs' because it's possibly completely knackered. So I think you are possibly going at this a bit blind.
So you could ask the seller about its problems - no reason why they shouldn't say, as they sold it fairly. Then you could decide whether to try and get it going yourself, get some repair company to help (I Googled for London and quite a few came up, but I don't know where you are), or just accept that you lost the gamble! _________________ David
(Navigon 70 Live, Nuvi 360) |
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aj2052 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 03, 2005 Posts: 1431 Location: Leics,UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:40 am Post subject: |
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You dont say what Medion model it is, I seem to remember they did a mio168 clone i think, if it is then it will have the gps flipping up at top, if so i think that the Gps wires can be disturbed when removing the back to change the battery, check the fo Mio168 problems on the site. _________________ Moto G5s Plus, Sygic 17.4.8 |
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elobire Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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aj2052 wrote: | You dont say what Medion model it is, I seem to remember they did a mio168 clone i think, if it is then it will have the gps flipping up at top, if so i think that the Gps wires can be disturbed when removing the back to change the battery, check the fo Mio168 problems on the site. |
Sorry its a medio 175.
I think il just bin it if its not an easy fix. I only paid £5 for it anyway. |
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aj2052 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Medion MDPNA 175
Then its not the one i thought, so ignore my post, there is quite a few reviews on the web and it appears to predate 2005. does not appear to be highly rated on the quick look i had. _________________ Moto G5s Plus, Sygic 17.4.8 |
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