MysticTutor Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 There are a lot of companies that offer these little battery boosters for cell phones. Just plug it in and you get an extra hour or so of talk time. Does anybody make one for the Garmin Nuvi? Quote Link to comment
Ken in Regina Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 There are a lot of companies that offer these little battery boosters for cell phones. Just plug it in and you get an extra hour or so of talk time. Does anybody make one for the Garmin Nuvi? The Nuvis have a standard mini-USB plug on them, don't they? If so, just buy a battery pack with a mini-USB connector on it and you're good to go. ...ken... Quote Link to comment
John E Cache Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 (edited) I built a Minty Boost for my Adroid G1 and it works on my 60csx. It makes no senseon the 60csx because the 60csx uses easily replaceable AAs, but it does show at least one Garmin works. Edited January 21, 2010 by John E Cache Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 The Nuvis have a standard mini-USB plug on them, don't they? If so, just buy a battery pack with a mini-USB connector on it and you're good to go. Depending on the electrical connection, it may put the Nuvi into USB transfer mode - not good. See this for more detail if you're interested. Quote Link to comment
MysticTutor Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Yeah, I think if you plug it in to a the USB port is goes into transfer mode. Somebody must make one. Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Is there a way of just charging the Nuvi 765 through the USB without the nunit staying on all night? Can't you shut it off while it's plugged in? Quote Link to comment
hoyshnin Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 There are a lot of companies that offer these little battery boosters for cell phones. Just plug it in and you get an extra hour or so of talk time. Does anybody make one for the Garmin Nuvi? The nuvi can't use just any usb battery pack because it requires a special cable with a certain resistor in it. I've created a battery pack for the nuvi so that the nuvi can run on AA's. Here's the writeup - http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=240601 I also mention in the writeup that there is one supplier that I know of that sells a AA battery pack for the nuvi (if you don't want to make mine, which will cost you about $7). They are $20 and can be found here - http://www.gomadic.com/garmin-nuvi-200-eme...y-extender.html Good luck! Quote Link to comment
sagc Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 With my Nuvi 750, and probably others, there is trick to get it to switch from transfer mode to normal mode when powered from any USB source: With the Nuvi showing the "computer to Nuvi" display, unplug the USB cable. After a short time the unit will start to reboot. When "Loading Maps ..." appears at the bottom, plug the USB cable back in. The Nuvi will continue to boot into normal mode. Quote Link to comment
jimlarkey Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) The invisibleSHIELDs folks at Zagg, have a battery backup device they call the ZAGGsparq that I have successfully used on my 60Csx. It can't compete $$$ with the $7 diy backup, but Zagg did offer the unit to me for 1/2 price with free shipping ($50 tot). Very convenient, compact, and works great on the 60Csx, and other USB devices I have such as Zune. Cheers, Jim Edited January 23, 2010 by jimlarkey Quote Link to comment
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