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Flashyphotos
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 Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject: A Look Inside The TT910 |
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I had a few minutes spare and with a Torx driver in hand, I cound not resist a little poke around inside the TomTom 910,
This is not in depth, I have only gone to the first level inside, in a few days I will probably go down to removing the hard drive, but this is it for today!,
There are small pictures below, if you click the link below each picture it will open a larger version of the picture in a new window!
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-0.jpg
The 4 Torx Screws to remove the case are hidden under the rubber feet, the feet can be prised up with a fingernail without damage to remove the screws
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-1.jpg
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-2.jpg
Internal Antenna
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-3.jpg
Speaker
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-4.jpg
Bluetooth Antenna
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-5.jpg
Solid Heavyweight Alloy Chasis (Common with 510/701, SD Hole in bottom)
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-6.jpg
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-7.jpg
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-8.jpg
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-10.jpg
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-11.jpg
GPS Antenna Removed
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-12.jpg
Underside of GPS unit
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-13.jpg
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-14.jpg
Internal Battery deep inside
http://www.flashyphotos.com/910/910-15.jpg
I will do more digging in a few days, just thought these pictures may interest some with the inckling to look inside |
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awdxs1
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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Great post 'Flashyphotos'... your brave, it looks like a very well packaged product though...... at least we will be able to replace the battery when it expires. maybe even upgrade the hard disk although I am not sure why you would want to,
Cheers,
Bruce
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Flashyphotos
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Yes it seems well produced, it came apart with ease and seems to have been well thought out. No real sign of last minute revisions for saying its a very early model.
The battery and Hard drive are both well buried, and I want to examine the ribbon cables in detail before I disconnect them to get to these items., so will wait till I have more time in a few days.
One Anomoly so far,
On the GPS Antenna the unit is refered to as "Valencia" Manufacturers Code for the device.
On the Main Board it is refered to as "Valancia" ?.
And yes it went back together in 2 minutes and works fine  |
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Mullet
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Flashyphotos wrote: |
The battery and Hard drive are both well buried, |
Did you get in far enough to see if the hard drive was indeed such, or a microdrive (similar looking to compact flash)? |
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Flashyphotos
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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No it looks like a Laptop type drive not a microdrive, there are no 20Gb microdrives out there yet as far as I know,
It looks like a standard Laptop drive, I did not get far enough to see manufacturer or connection type, Thats my next challenge.. |
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Mullet
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Flashyphotos wrote: | No it looks like a Laptop type drive not a microdrive, there are no 20Gb microdrives out there yet as far as I know,
It looks like a standard Laptop drive, I did not get far enough to see manufacturer or connection type, Thats my next challenge.. |
Thanks for that, didn't realize it was 20GB, not been following closely. |
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MR_TiGGer
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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I'm amazed that anyone would dismantle a new £500 satnav simply out of curiosity.
Great pics though. Still wonder why after the excellent TT-One they couldn't make the x10 series pocket sized, for that quick trip in to pay for fuel etc?? |
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I admire his skill and inquisitiveness. But I wouldn't leave him alone in the room with my TV |
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Flashyphotos
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I'm amazed that anyone would dismantle a new £500 satnav simply out of curiosity. |
What else is technology for if you can't take it to bits and figure out if it can be amended or abused!
Sorry maybe its just me, always from being a kid the first thing I did with a new toy was attack it with a screwdriver, Darn do you learn not to lean on the 240V stuff whilst its plugged in fairly quick  |
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| crazylegs wrote: | The only way of getting a standard Laptop drive in the 910 is to install it right up against the screen as a otherwise it would not fit.
I'm holding my laptop hard drive up to the unit now and this is the only way it could fit...
What with the heat given off by hard drives and the sun on a hot day bouncing off the screen and unit, i can see a few hard drives going down and phone calls to tomtom for warranty repairs...  |
Probably not. PVPs such as Archos AV400 and Epson P2000 have had this configuration in tight enclosures for several years now. The only thing I find with the Archos is that the screen may develop a tiny blob in the centre, as if oil is pressed between two glass layers. But this is after many hours of use (usually at reduced cabin pressure) and returns to normal soon after. Portable HDDs are far more resilient than most of us appreciate. |
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| Flashyphotos wrote: |
Sorry maybe its just me, always from being a kid the first thing I did with a new toy was attack it with a screwdriver, |
Nope, you're not alone 
When I was about ten, I got a cassette player for xmas (SERIOUSLY hi-tech in those days) and had to promise my parents I wouldn't try to take it apart, like everything else.
Sure enough, a few days later I snuck it up to my bedroom, with my favourite combined torch and screwdriver set (remember those?), and whipped the back off.
Inside was a lovely note from my Dad, basically saying "Caught red-handed". I laughed so much, I just had to go downstairs and admit to my crime!
| Quote: | | Darn do you learn not to lean on the 240V stuff whilst its plugged in fairly quick |
At about the same age, my mate (and partner in crime), got into the habit of stripping wires with his teeth. Need I continue? 8O |
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | This is the remote RF control antenna, not the Bluetooth one. The BT antenna is a small rectangular thing in the right bottom corner in pic |
Doh! yes sorry, I have BT on the brain for some reason at the moment
| Quote: | | At about the same age, my mate (and partner in crime), got into the habit of stripping wires with his teeth. Need I continue? |
Oh yes that tingle of 240v on the gums, nothing like it for making you quickly realise its not such a good idea!. At 10 I tried removing a broken plug from a socket with a metal knife!.
| Quote: | | The only way of getting a standard Laptop drive in the 910 is to install it right up against the screen as a otherwise it would not fit. |
Yes thats the way it fits, although the solid alloy chasis should disipate heat well. |
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 11:19 am Post subject: |
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I have a 910 and I was wondering if it would be possible to upgrade the HD to a larger capacity eg. 60 or 80gb.
I have a very large music collection (about 40gb) which will not fit on the 20gb standard HD, if the 910 uses a laptop drive it should be possible to exchange the drive with one of a higher capacity.
I already have a creative zen vision 30gb but it would be nice to have all of my music and and navigation on one unit.
I've had a look on ebuyers site and you can pick up a 40gb for about £40 with 100gb for about £90.
There is a smaller 1.8inch drive available which is about £80 for 40gb not sure what size the 910 uses though |
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i'd suggest the drive is a 1.8" type, as used in ipod's, etc
can't see why it can't be swapped out for a larger one!, they're a standard fitting |
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