Good day to all
As many others I read this forum very often and find most of the discussions very helpful. Now it's my turn to make my first post :lol:
I have XDA II and Garmin eTrex Vista GPS receiver. I would like to connect those and to use them in my car. For this purpose I'm looking for a serial Y-cable for XDA II (not I!) that is capable to charge the PDA from the cigarette power plug in the car.
Somewhere I saw Y-cable that was a combination between Serial and USB cable, but it was AFAIR for XDA I and I think that it was mentioned that it cannot charge XDA II.
So, where can I get such a cable? I live in Germany.
Related
is the xda 1 connector the same as the XDA II, connector ??
also for the car ?
please anyone help
Yes!
audio is not !?
But power and sync are? I still have a USB sync & power cable from my original XDA - and need to know whether it is safe and will work with my new XDA2 (which arrives tomorrow! )
I also have a cable that connected the XDA to my Garmin eTrex GPS - anyone know if that will work on the XDA :?:
Many thanks
Geoff
i also have an etrex vista
works fine, infra red beam must still be shut down
serial connection kabel is still the same
my home made serial flash/unlock kabel is working great also
dont know with sync
hi...
i already have the Magellan gps 315 and wanted to know if its possible to connect to the XDA II. what cables would i need etc.... it is NMEA 2.1 compliant...
thanks for any help or suggestions
maxd
I assume the Magellan communicate with a serial port?
The simple way is to get hold of a serial sync cable and a "crossover gender bender" (that is what I have for my Garmin GPS 35 at least).
This won't get your XDA II charged though... but I think there is a serial sync and power cable available.
Best regards,
Ørjan Sandland
hi
thanks,
there is a cable, one with bare wires for wiring yourself or a serial i think...
how do i connect it to the XDA II though...
cheers
maxd
What do you mean? The serial sync cable attaches to your XDA sync port in one end, and has a female serial connector in the other end.
Then you get a serial cable for your GPS, which will probably leave you with a female serial in the "open" end too.
This is where the "crossover gender bender" comes into action, as you'll need a male-male adapter that have some of the pins crossed (any decent computershop should be able to sell you a serial crossover cable or an adapter).
Ørjan
hi...
no there is a cable from magellan that attaches to the GPS and the other end there are bare wires for your own use...
could i connect to the xDA II with these wires...
thanks for all you help so far...
maxd
Yes max, you will need a plug that fits the xda though, might be an idea to also input power for the xda through the same plug.
thanks again..
where can i get a connector for the XDAII and what wires go where...
cheers
maxd
I have now purchased the above GPS system and with the Tom Tom Nav2 BT/XDA II fix (dowloadable off the TT website) have it working absolutely fine....wow at last!!
Question, before I blow something. If anyone has the TT Navigator 2 Wireless kit (and possibly the wired too), it comes with a Cigar lighter charger that powers the GPS unit and this device/lead has an "extension power connector" piggy backed on it so it can connect to a PDA also. It comes with a connector for the Ipaq, not suitable for the XDA II. However, with the XDA II supplied acessories comes a small plug in connector for connecting to the XDA II AC power lead, so that you can charge the XDA II outside of its USB cradle, and this connector fits the piggy back type connection. I am obviously wanting to use this in lieu of the supplied Ipaq connector to enable charging of the GPS and my XDA II simultaneously. Anyone know if this is OK? Logically, it seems to be the answer to charging both devices from one Cigar lighter? Don't want to blow anything. Comments welcomed, thank you. Steve
i use the xda adapter with the cigar lighter charger and it works fine
Hi Steve,
I use XDA II connector with the cigar lighter, no problem.
Hi Steve
The same here , I have used it for 2 weeks no problems.
Regards
JoseF
Hi
Ive got a emtac GPS bluetooth reciever and this comes with an in car charger. The charger lead splits into 2 with one side going into the emtac and the other should go into the XDA II
However the connecting lead is missing. So I need a lead that goes from the split into the bottom of the XDA II - I already have a XDA II power connector that goes into the bottom of the XDA so its just the lead to connect the 2?
I hope I have explained that????
Any help would be great
cheers
rich
It would be very unusual for a bluetooth wireless gps to be supplied with a lead that links the pda with the gps, if you have the car charger for the gps and a car charger for the xda then all you need is a double adaptor for your lighter socket to take both chargers. If this doesnt answer your question then try here and look at all the different leads, if your gps uses a standard mini usb plug then you can use the Fortuna lead to power your pda and gps a the same time. If you are going to be using a cable that links both I wonder what the sense is in buying a wireless gps because it rather defeats the object.
hi
thanks for the response, i can see your point about connecting a BT device to a BT XDA with wires - sorta defeats the object!
However I suppose it is saving on chargers?
I already have a 4 way in car adaptor, but one is taken for charging my phone, one for my BT headset, one for the BT GPS reciever and the 4th can only be used for an actual cigarette lighter, meaning I am one short for my XDA
So if I can get the lead to connect the GPS power to the xda then im fully charged!
My car looks like spaghetti junction with all the wires!
cheers
rich
Hi
Do you now something about this cable? http://www.ow.com.au/shop/product_info.php/cPath/134_148/products_id/403
If it posibble to charge my XDA from USB?(with out DC adapter?)
Greetings
Michal
from xdaII it have been automaticly supported
with xda1 you can read this
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=WallabyCradleMod
but not all computers support charging using usb when they are off
bet most laptops dont
also charging using usb takes much longer then using DC because usb is only 500mAmp