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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Dinsdale" data-source="post: 123525" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>Another thing to be aware of is most Garmin today run of 5V as you can plug them straight into your computer via a USB cable and USB is 5V. The lead for use in a car usually has the cigarette lighter plug in the end of the lead which converts the 12V from the car to 5V. On the motorbike version this is a small black box which you mount somwhere on the bike and connect to the GPS cradle and converts the 12V to 5V. If you do feed 12V direct into the Garmin and so bypass the convertor then your Garmin will fail.</p><p></p><p>Now you may be lucky as some GPS units take 12V direct into the unit but those usually have a different connector so you cannot plug a USB or micro USB lead into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Dinsdale, post: 123525, member: 58"] Another thing to be aware of is most Garmin today run of 5V as you can plug them straight into your computer via a USB cable and USB is 5V. The lead for use in a car usually has the cigarette lighter plug in the end of the lead which converts the 12V from the car to 5V. On the motorbike version this is a small black box which you mount somwhere on the bike and connect to the GPS cradle and converts the 12V to 5V. If you do feed 12V direct into the Garmin and so bypass the convertor then your Garmin will fail. Now you may be lucky as some GPS units take 12V direct into the unit but those usually have a different connector so you cannot plug a USB or micro USB lead into it. [/QUOTE]
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