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wizy Occasional Visitor
Joined: Nov 26, 2003 Posts: 14
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 10:55 pm Post subject: review of 6031-X7? |
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Dave,
when are we likely to see the review of the X7? |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 10, 2003 Posts: 6460 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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When Rikaline send us one! :x
Still waiting! 8O |
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moorsranger Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 27, 2003 Posts: 12
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 10:34 am Post subject: Have mine!! |
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I getting miffed off with mine Dave - maybe you could have that one! I keep missing turns due to lag at just the wrong time, and it also needs recharging after just 1 hour of operation. Which BT device would I be best off with for car nav? Can I use a non BT gps with my ipaq 1940 as it only has the port on the bottom for sync / charging etc. I understand I cannot use the X5 due to lack of ports. |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 10, 2003 Posts: 6460 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Hey if you want to donate it, we sure wouldn't say no. I'm chasing up my contact today to see if we can get a movement on this.
1 Hour certainly isn't good and should last much longer than that. Personally I like the Emtac/Socket and the Holux GR-230 for in-car use.
AFAIK you won't be able to use a non-BT device with any of the 19xx range. |
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wizy Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2003 9:49 am Post subject: |
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Mine lasts for just over an an hour too.
Dave, if you want to borrow mine to do a review - email me! |
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moorsranger Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 4:29 pm Post subject: 1 hour! |
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wizy - when your battery runs low do you get any indication on the lamps? The manual says the battery light should falsh or come on but I get nothing, just a dead unit that wont work until it's plugged in again. I am waiting for a reply from Riklaline uk but nothing yet. |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Wizy, I may take you up on that offer. I'll get back to you in the week as soon as I know more from Rikaline. |
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wizy Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: 1 hour! |
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moorsranger wrote: | wizy - when your battery runs low do you get any indication on the lamps? The manual says the battery light should falsh or come on but I get nothing, just a dead unit that wont work until it's plugged in again. I am waiting for a reply from Riklaline uk but nothing yet. |
I get the same thing... The unit dies completely without flashing lights.
The annoying things is that the unit does not seem to charge if it is turned off! Only way I get around is to take the battery out, put it back in, then press the on button. This will turn on the unit, and the battery low will flash for a few seconds. I put the charging cable before the unit dies again!
what a pain...
In any case, I have contacted the seller (uncle_sam from eBay who seem to work for VIVO). He asked be to send the unit back for a replacement. Will let you know what happens... |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 10, 2003 Posts: 6460 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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I would think that Uncle Sam is Samuel who runs PDAMods and Rikaline UK. |
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Peter Kessler Regular Visitor
Joined: 08/10/2002 09:12:29 Posts: 129 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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I've got a spare battery with mine. Having tested both batteries I can report the following:
Battery 1
I recharged it completely and checked it was working. Checked it once a day until it died. It lasted 2.5 days in a dormant state.
Battery 2
Recharged completely. Battery 2 lasted less than 3 days in dormant state.
In addition, Battery 1 failed to charge at all unless I removed it from the unit first and then re-installed it.
The product documentation clearly states:
'The battery will run out of power itself after 114 days (2,750 hours) if it gets no recharge. You may take the battery out if no use for long time.' |
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wizy Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm.... May be this is why Rikaline are reluctant for Dave to review?! i.e. their product is not as good as they claim???
Peter Kessler wrote: | I've got a spare battery with mine. Having tested both batteries I can report the following:
Battery 1
I recharged it completely and checked it was working. Checked it once a day until it died. It lasted 2.5 days in a dormant state.
Battery 2
Recharged completely. Battery 2 lasted less than 3 days in dormant state.
In addition, Battery 1 failed to charge at all unless I removed it from the unit first and then re-installed it.
The product documentation clearly states:
'The battery will run out of power itself after 114 days (2,750 hours) if it gets no recharge. You may take the battery out if no use for long time.' |
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moorsranger Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 27, 2003 Posts: 12
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:21 pm Post subject: X7 battery |
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Wizy I think you may be right. Rikaline should really start answering their emails as I have been waiting weeks now. I wonder if sending a link from this forum to the far east Rikaline HQ will prompt some replies? Maybe they will then realise that there are a few miffed off customers in the UK who would like to know why their receivers die after a very short period of usage. I could live with the slight delay if only the damn battery would last more than 1.5 hours. The battery seems to be a mobile phone type - anyone know which phone it's from? I doubt Rikaline commissioned a totally bespoke battery for this unit. Does anyone out there get a long battery life with their X7? |
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wizy Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:39 pm Post subject: Whats the difference between current X7 & the new X7 ? |
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Snippet from Rikaline reply earlier this week to my email via their contact form:
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Q) Will you provide firmware updates to the X7? I'm finding it very
slow for car navigation.
A) I am afraid that we will not provide firmware updates to the X7 at present. For your information, the new version of X7 will be finished tomorrow and we will release them to our distributor in U.K. If you would like to exchange the X7 with our distributor for solving this problem, following is the detailed information for your reference.
<VIVO Cotnact details>
... |
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Wilko Regular Visitor
Joined: Nov 17, 2003 Posts: 203
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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i'm also having the same battery issues with my X7, as is a friend who bought his at same time. Had it on charge over the entire weekend, used it for about 4 hours of driving on the monday, came to use it on the tuesday and it was dead.
Its staying dead for the time being too, i've gone back to my CF card |
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M@rtin Occasional Visitor
Joined: 21/12/2002 13:16:54 Posts: 11 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 5:22 pm Post subject: Go for the Fortuna Clip-on instead :) |
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The fortuna has more advantages than the X7 and is about the same price on ebay!
- Still has a rechargeable battery (about 8 hours quoted use) and can switch the unit off.
- Selectable ST/XT modes so no problems when driving.
- V.small footprint and comes with all the accessories as standard.
I'm very satisfied with mine! |
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