Magellan GPS - Powering Explorist 500 while driving?

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Powering Explorist 500 while driving?

Scott Evans

2006-02-20, 2:48 am

I am planning some trips in my car later this year, and am planning on
taking my Explorist 500 with me. However, to this point I have not
purchased anything to recharge it while it's in the car. All I
currently have is the 110V plug-in power adapter which came with the unit
which connects into the usb cable.

What are others using to power their Exp 500 while on the road? Surely
there is a better solution than to have to lug the usb cable around
everywhere I go. Even Magellan on their web site only seems to sell an
adapter that plugs into the usb cable, and not a stand-alone cable that
connects directly to the gps unit.

Thanks for any advice!

Scott

J.Lippert

2006-02-21, 5:49 pm

Hi

I ordered a separate charging cable fitting the Magellan 12 V adapter from
http://pc-mobile.net
Also ordered a small batteri box for 4 AA-batteries for a total of abaout $
20 from this Hongkong based company.
The things arrived after less than a week and work well.
JL

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>I am planning some trips in my car later this year, and am planning on
> taking my Explorist 500 with me. However, to this point I have not
> purchased anything to recharge it while it's in the car. All I
> currently have is the 110V plug-in power adapter which came with the unit
> which connects into the usb cable.
>
> What are others using to power their Exp 500 while on the road? Surely
> there is a better solution than to have to lug the usb cable around
> everywhere I go. Even Magellan on their web site only seems to sell an
> adapter that plugs into the usb cable, and not a stand-alone cable that
> connects directly to the gps unit.
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
>
> Scott

xeonguy@gmail.com

2006-02-22, 5:48 pm

I use the cigarette lighter plug that cam with my HP Pocket PC. It has
a USB outlet on the end. You can get a simple cigarette lighter plug
that will accept a USB plug for around $10.00 USD

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:27:58 +0000 (UTC), sae@worf.netins.net (Scott
Evans) wrote:

>I am planning some trips in my car later this year, and am planning on
>taking my Explorist 500 with me. However, to this point I have not
>purchased anything to recharge it while it's in the car. All I
>currently have is the 110V plug-in power adapter which came with the unit
>which connects into the usb cable.
>
>What are others using to power their Exp 500 while on the road? Surely
>there is a better solution than to have to lug the usb cable around
>everywhere I go. Even Magellan on their web site only seems to sell an
>adapter that plugs into the usb cable, and not a stand-alone cable that
>connects directly to the gps unit.
>
>Thanks for any advice!
>
>
>Scott

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