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svdave · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 15

i was more concerned with the constant engine vibration than road vibration as for waterproofing id just stick it in a plastic bag

Kritou · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

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CharlieM · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 13, 2004 Posts: 14

seems the Garmin units are getting all the praise on the bikes at the moment.

Skippy · Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:

svdave · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 15

ive went for the mio 268+ as theres no hd and i like the features as well as the cracking price i got a brand new one for :D just need to find a suitable earpiece. thanks for all the input everyone, it was very helpful

davet120r · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 1

Good afternoon,
I've recently purchased a Mio269+ and have fitted the bycycle bracket to the handlebar of my 1970 Triumph intending to use it on a trip to Belgium next weekend. Now I'm worried about this vibration problem, so perhaps I will put it in the top of my tankbag. I would like to know if there is a problem with powering the Mio from the bike's battery. This bike is positive earth, whereas my modern Triumph is negative earth. Any advice would be appreciated.
Dave

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject:

Dave, it will all depend upon how your charger socket to the PDA is wired, assuming it is wired correctly i.e. the centre contact pip is Pos, and the outer barrel is Neg then you will be fine, the voltage regulator in the plug to the PDA contains the rest to drop the voltage to the required level.

If in any doubt plug the PDA charger lead into the socket without the PDA connected, if the LED (assuming there is one on the charger lead plug) lights up then you are OK, if not get it checked over by an auto electrician before connecting the expensive bit - Mike

svdave · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 15

after some time with the mio 268+ i would recomend it, it does everything i wanted and more my only critasism would be that my maps apear to be out of date but as i said in a earlyer post i got it very cheap so i can forgive it. for power from the bike i got a car lighter extention from maplin about £2 cut the mail end off fited an inline fuse and put it on the bike battiery with the femail end under the tank for the mio power leed to connect to. The sound was to low so i got some noise reduction earpieces from maplin about £5, these are the only earpieses i could fit in my ears with a helmat on. To fit to the bike i pulled the suction cup off the supplyed holder and it pushs into the hole in the headstock.
hope this is of some help to my fellow bikers

galaxy111 · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:58 am Post subject: Streetpilot i3 Vibration

I've been using my Streetpilot i3 on my bike connected to an Autocom unit from an audio jack socket wired to the i3's speaker terminals. One thing that I've noticed is a rattling noise (low level) coming through the earphones, especially on rough road surfaces. This disappears momentarily, as soon as a voice command is heard from the Garmin. I've come to the conclusion that this is a result of the speaker cone vibrating due to front suspension movement, which in turn generates the noise as an electrical signal. The Garmin is rigidly mounted on the front yoke so is subject to quite a lot of vibration.

Has anyone else noticed this on the Streetpilot i3? I have wondered whether it would be possible to surpress this low level signal by adding an electronic component across the speaker terminals. Any suggestions? My electronics knowledge is very basic.
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