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pag1ele Occasional Visitor
Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:59 pm Post subject: mio 168 connector part number |
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Can anyone find a replacement part number for the charging/activesync connector on a mio 168 board. finding it impossible to source a connector part number. |
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:08 am Post subject: |
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It's appears to be happening all too often with the 168 but remember it came with a 2 year guarantee. A mate of mine, and several others in these forums, had the same problem. Contact Mitac and they'll send a 'jiffy bag' or similar for you to return it for repair. I believe the turn-around time is less than a week.
It appears they put a new board in so you'll have a different device code and have to re-activate. _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
And NO that's NOT me in the Avatar. |
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pag1ele Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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problem is I bought it second hand. Have opened the case and the inner part of the connector has broken away. Could re-solder the inner part and then use epoxy to make it solid but it would be nice to get a new replacement connector if possible. |
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:02 am Post subject: |
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Maybe you could get an answer from http://www.apexlaptops.co.uk/ it's worth a try. _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
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pag1ele Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for your help. Tried them but he will only sell 30 of them, not good business sense. Will keep trolling the internet and see if I can strike lucky. |
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Leif Occasional Visitor
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Pc-Mobile Frequent Visitor
Joined: 26/10/2002 10:38:36 Posts: 789 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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I do not think you can possibly change the connector yourself.
If you have to and get stuck with finding one. We might be able to help. _________________ Pc-Mobile
http://pc-mobile.net/gps.htm |
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pag1ele Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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Have desoldered the connector and cleaned up the contacts on the board with de-solder ribbon. The connector breaks because the centre tongue is not crimped very well to the outer shield. If you remove the outer shield and re-assemble the connector and crimp the tongue with some long nose pliers it is more secure and should last considerably longer. Will probably add a little adhesive to strengthen the connector. seems to me that this is a problem with mio's connector supplier. No wonder they are replacing them under warranty if they are still in the guarentee period. thanks for the offer but fingers crossed it will be ok. If I can get hold of a camera I will post some photo's. |
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pag1ele Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Also thanks to Leif for the link. But after taking it appart I think the connector is repairable. |
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maxqa Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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I too am looking to source the Mio 168 USB/Charger sync connector.
Does anyone know of a source within the UK and have any experiences of fixing it themselves.
Any help / advice greatly appreciated.
many thanks
Max |
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Nixkap Occasional Visitor
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Pc-Mobile Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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If you write to us, we can get you one for US$10-15 plus shipping. _________________ Pc-Mobile
http://pc-mobile.net/gps.htm |
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maxqa Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the links / info guys.
Managed to get a skilled colleague to resolder the original one and now all OK again. |
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