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Three TomTom unit defective

Postby cuturas » Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:30 am

Something I want to share with all those who have TomTom navigation. I owned two right nav. GO700 and suddenly they both stopped to work with a sharp odor that spread from the interior thereof. When I opened them both visibly blown the same part. A few days ago I bought a Tom Tom One and instructive experience of a few months ago I put an adapter for the car into place and digital instrument checked +5 VDC, which was correct. I joined navigate and very quickly I felt the same smell from the navigation, I quickly ruled out but it was too late, again there has been a failure. Then I decided to find what the problem was and I found but unfortunately too late. Car Charger + 5VDC power supply shows correctly but at moments it outputs appears mah. output voltage is + 12VDC. The cause is a fine white wire that the output connector returns information about the correct power. I did this so I decided on the plate charger shorted white and red wire. All that navigation stops working verifying a car charger. I hope that this one will help. And finally, happy new year to all.
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Re: Three TomTom unit defective

Postby Downunder35m » Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:48 pm

With a good car charger that won't happen as they keep the voltage low.
But chinaware is known to be cheap by leaving vital components out.
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Re: Three TomTom unit defective

Postby cuturas » Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:19 pm

Unfortunately today it is made in China and charger came complete with navigation and does not look like China.
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Re: Three TomTom unit defective

Postby Downunder35m » Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:05 pm

If it is a genuine Tomtom charger I highly doubt it would cause such problems.
And "does not look like" means nothing these days, what is inside counts!
A Apple charger as a genuine product has about 30 more electronic parts in it than the similar looking china fake ;)
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