PS: I dont care about modifying the cables..they are trivial.
This whole thing is predicated on using non-off-the-shelf cabling. --- In [email protected], Randy Love <rlov...@...> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:28 AM, captc...@... <captc...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Im not trying to modify anything. If the back power pins and the side power > > pins are connected together inside the unit anyway, then it doesn't > > matterwhere the power comes in.. It sounds like most of the "advice" given > > here is not based on fact but only what will work with off-the-shelf > > cabling. No one can buy a side power/FMI cable so they assume it cant work > > that way. The problem is, no one seems to know for sure. > > > > Never mind..I'll figure it out. > > Curt > > KU8L > > > > > This is not true. Several guys on the group here have attempted to just > 'make it work' using only the side cable and had no success without > modifying the Nuvi or the cable. When the Nuvi goes into FMI mode, it > requires that it receive power via the cradle jack. The Nuvi firmware was > written so that if it senses an FMI cable, then it assumes it must power the > FMI cable, therefore it cannot expect to power itself through the same port. > > > Believe me, if it were as simple as you think it is, we wouldn't have worked > on it all this time and still had to take time to figure out modifications. > The easiest solution is to buy the FMI cable to connect to the Nuvi's side > port and power it thru the cradle, like it was designed. Otherwise, after > you 'just figure it', you will find in fact that when in FMI mode, you won't > be able to get around the Nuvi griping about power via the cradle without > modifying the Nuvi itself or the FMI cable. > > 73, > Randy > WF5X >
