510 - won't charge - seems loose in mount for some reason

[fxgopher]

My 510 isn't charging when it's in the car mount.

The green light comes on the the 12V adaptor & the unit, but the charge indicator just shows a bit of green, not that it's charging. (if that makes any sense)

If I wiggle it, then sometimes it say's charging, but then reverts to the above.

Before I get mad & throw it at someone, has anyone any suggestions as to what the problem is, I'm thinking I may need a new mount for it.

Thanks

Frank Xerri

[sausage27]

My 910 has just started to have the same problem. Light is on when on the cradle but is not charging.

If I hold it the 910 down onto the cradle then it starts to charge again. I get the same on the home dock/charger so it's probably not the mount. I have tried to clean the contacts but it hasn't made any difference.

I was looking at buying a new mount but at 30 quid they are not cheap - but as I said it may not be that anyway.

Peter

[mikealder]

If its playing up on both the car mount and the Home dock its probably the connector strip in the device, to change this would mean a new main board which is probably going to cost far more than the device is worth - Mike

[pdauser]

I had the same problem with my tomtom gps receiver, the charger's round pin type connection simply became loose, which in effect makes the item redundant. I hope the new usb socket on my 930 proves more reliable....

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