Battery extension packs for Mio 168

[LeighB]

Hi,
I bought a battery pack from pc-mobile a while back. I worked fine once or twice, but then the connection to the Mio became unreliable, I contacted them, and they very promptly sent me a new connection unit.
However this is no better.
When walking the connection light flickers on and off, and it may disconnect altogether, thus draining the main battery.
It seems that the Viewsonic (V35) generic connection is not an exact fit for the Mio, the V35 is curved where the Mio is straight, also the Mio supplied connectors are flat where the V35 has grooves.
More oddly, with the V35, sometimes even though the connection light is on, the battery status does NOT show it is charging
Worst of all, one time when I was trying to get a solid connection it reset the Mio, thank God for Sprite backup :D
I am sure the problem is with the V35 connection, as I cannot ever make the Mio connectors (either car or mains) exhibit similar behaviour.
Incidentally I bought a different car charger with a neat retractable cable as I thought it looked better than the thick curly Mio supplied one, and this has exhibited the exact same problem This also has the generic V35 type connector.
Has anyone else had similar problems?
Does anyone know if I can get a battery pack with a proper Mio fit connector?
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Leigh

Mio168 Kingston 256SD
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