Tom Tom XL battery life

grayus · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: Tom Tom XL battery life

Having just bought a Tom Tom XL I got to wondering what the battery life is likely to be ,especially with me not using it a lot, mainly at holiday times , and if it is user friendly to change , anyone got any Info on this subject Confused

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Tom Tom XL.... HP Ipaq 2210 with Akron mount and Holux GR271 receiver

if1977 · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: Tom Tom battery life

mikealder · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

Two and Half Hours is about the longest I would expect from a fully charged One XL, BUT it is supplied with a car charger so use that at all times in the vehicle and you shouldn't have an issue - Mike

grayus · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: Tom Tom battery

I think you misunderstood my posting guy's ,I was referring to the battery life eg. months ....years ect...and when it needs replacing is it a return to base job .or can it be replaced by oneself no doubt someone out there has had a pop at replacing it themselves..if they have was it relatively easy ? Smile

mikealder · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject:

The type of cell fitted has a life measured in charge cycles although there is also a shelf life degradation to take into consideration, with very sparse use I would expect two to three years use as a minimum, posibly even going to five years at a push. The trick is not to over discharge the battery, so use the device at least once every couple of weeks - Mike

grayus · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

Thanks Mike, that was exactly the answer I was looking for .. Smile

tanda · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject:

I found this on the internet, you decide if you can change it yourself or not, when the time comes, I'll have a go at mine.

1. Remove front bezel
2. unscrew 4 small screws (1 hole has anti tamper tape over)
3. remove "dome" rear of unit.
4. Remove 2 screws holding speaker in
5. Carefully remove all metal tape covering electronics
6. Remove 4 small screws securing PCB to unit
7. Remove 2 screws holding black plastic battery clip
8. Unplug small battery connector from PCB board.
9. remove battery and insert new one

Then do all of the above in reverse!

Unit fired straight up when all put back together
you will need the proper torx head screwdrivers, these came with the new battery I
bought for a tenner on ebay.

p.s. torx drive T8 size for outside casing and speaker screws, T6 size for inside screws.
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grayus · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject: Tom Tom Battery

Nice one Tanda ,will cut and paste this answer and save it for future reference thanks again Wink

Rick345 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 03, 2008 Posts: 1

What type of battery does it take? Model number? And sources for the battery?

grayus · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:25 am Post subject:

having done a bit of research on the charging these batteries on Tom Tom Xl especially punters like myself who only use it occasionally, I find that there is no definitive answer, some say they are ok for so many charges one guy said he only charged his when needed. I asked Tom Tom and they said always keep it charged , A real pain for when it is only needed not very often, so it would be nice to find out if when you have used all the specified charges up , or weather you charge only when used,which one gives the best battery life. Confused

--HP Ipaq 2210
Navigation 6
Holux GR271
Tom Tom one XL
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Oldboy · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:45 am Post subject:

Something that used to be done was to do a Reset, and then not switch on the Unit. It could then be kept "in storage" for a longer period.

The reason for this was that the Reset disconnected the battery from the electronics. A long Reset would be needed to make sure that all components had discharged. Used to be about 10 secs I think.

Pressing the Start Button would fire up the Boot loader (with the drum roll), and then it would start it's normal process.

Whether this still applies to newer models I don't know.
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grayus · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:07 pm Post subject: Tom Tom Battery

It is certainly worth a try Richard, It really is a pain in the butt to have to keep remembering to keep it charged up, one would think in this day and age a battery could be manufactured to just charge up when wanted ..

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