charging the navman ?

Travis · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 28, 2005 Posts: 3

just purchased one of these (nearly got a TT Go)

I was wondering about charging it, The quick start and other manual are very small and presume just the tip of it , it says nothing about charging it so i was wondering.

How long does it take to do a full charge
how long will it last
can i top the charge up (no counter telling me how much life in it )without doing any damage, like leaving it on overnight ?

Also

It cant find a few postcodes i put in it

bootruss · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 17, 2005 Posts: 60

How long does it take to do a full charge
how long will it last
can i top the charge up (no counter telling me how much life in it )without doing any damage, like leaving it on overnight ?

..Depends on the state of the battery!
..up to 4-4.5 hrs!
..yes indeedy, goto to settings/more settings/hardware/power status et.voila!

..glad you didn't buy the tomtom..me no likey!

robertn · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2005 Posts: 564

The 510 has a Lion battary. The quickest way to destroy these is to over discharge it. Theres so many myths around battarys these days that you have to wonder if it's because mistreating them is a nice income earner for the manufacturers.

If in doubt - plug in the charger- the electronics in the 510 (or your phone / PDA / Laptop) monitor the battary and will not over charge it. However - make sure the battary is of the correct type for the device.

Unless the battary gets hot, everythings fine. At the end of a charge cycle it may get a little warm- thats OK. Leaving it overnight will not hurt it unless your 510 is faulty.

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