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Garmin Nuvi GPS Power Connector specification users reports and reviews |
| Date | User opinion | Comment | Content Revision |
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| CORRECT | The pinout is correct | APPROVED | ||
| CORRECT | Works! | APPROVED | ||
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| CORRECT | With a 18K resistor the N | APPROVED | ||
| INCORRECT | I have a garmin 200w. I dont not have a resistor hooked up but when testing pin 1+4 and 1+x they both came out 5V. The garmin thinks its hooked to the computer. i am using a 12v out on a Computer power supply with a 5.1V resistor. What should i do? | APPROVED | ||
| CORRECT | With your meter measuring resistance, you will see either a resistor value or open between x and 4. If you are seeing the resistor value, and also 5V between 1 and x, then x and 4 are connected together (by the resistor) and that is why the 5V has a path to ground. | APPROVED | ||
| 2009-06-02 18:13:03 | CORRECT | Bought a car charger with a mini usb connector, dismantled the plug and removed the resistor then soldered pin 4 and 5 together and it works fine. In diagnostic mode it says its connected with a type A device. With the garmin official power cable it says connected with power cable. All in all a good get you out of trouble power cable when the genuine one breaks! | rev. 4 | APPROVED |
| 2009-07-08 19:46:15 | CORRECT | Works fine! I have a NUVI 350, used 18k between pin 4 and 5. Device consumes not more than 400mA, but is navigating and charging. Thanks! | rev. 4 | APPROVED |
| 2009-07-30 03:03:16 | CORRECT | If you don't have 18k resister, you can short the pin 4 and pin 5. No issue at all. may nuvi 660 works fine with that. | rev. 4 | APPROVED |
| 2009-08-05 17:24:22 | CORRECT | rev. 4 | APPROVED | |
| 2009-10-07 08:06:36 | INCORRECT | Not sure what I am doing wrong ? I have a typical car charger adapter that outputs +5V dc. I also bought a USB cable (USB A to mini USB). I cut off the USB A side and keep the mini side. I connect as follows : Car Adapter RED <-> Mini USB RED (PIN 1) Car Adapter BLK <-> Mini USB ground/wire shield (PIN X) Mini USB PIN 4 <-> Ground (PIN X), w/ and w/out 20K Ohm None of the connections puts the device into charge/navigate more. I keep getting stuck in the data mode. | rev. 5 | APPROVED |
| 2010-04-08 16:57:42 | CORRECT | Working 100% | rev. 6 | APPROVED |
| 2010-05-07 13:17:08 | CORRECT | rev. 6 | APPROVED | |
| 2010-05-18 13:24:03 | CORRECT | Was reading this while sitting at work desk when I remembered how people used to short out points on CPUs with a lead pencil. 30 seconds later, after a few strokes of a 0.9mm HB clutch pencil lead I had a working "charger only" USB cable with pins X and 4 shorted. Thanks for the initial pinout information. | rev. 6 | APPROVED |
| 2010-05-23 14:53:42 | CORRECT | The tip given by a reader to rub a HB pencil lead across pins X and 4 is brilliant. Works for me too, though not likely to survive many connects | rev. 6 | APPROVED |
| 2010-05-28 00:10:12 | CORRECT | Thanks for the info! I used a 1/4W 22Kohm resistor from RadioShack and it works great. | rev. 6 | APPROVED |
| 2010-06-09 13:52:25 | CORRECT | rev. 6 | APPROVED | |
| 2010-07-11 22:39:27 | CORRECT | rev. 6 | APPROVED | |
| 2010-07-14 06:14:29 | CORRECT | Used USB mini b extension cable with pin X connected to ground through a 18 k-ohm resistor as stated by the author. It works like a charm, thanks! | rev. 6 | APPROVED |
| 2010-09-15 03:04:43 | CORRECT | It works. I replaced the 200K resistor with 18K (1/4W) in a Motorola cellphone charger. The current is 0.4A when charging the GPS. I even can do navigation while charging (same current 0.4A). Thank you for providing this useful information. | rev. 6 | APPROVED |
| 2010-11-16 19:24:16 | CORRECT | should be correct. I installed a 18K Ohm resistor from Pin X to Gnd and the cable is now seen as a charging cable and no longer going to PC mode on my Nuvi 750. I cut open a factory made cable (but not from Garmin) for USB use at the Mini end, and carefully cut out all the filled plastic, and the metal shield cover etc, and get to the exposed soldering joints and pins. I removed the middle pin as it's too close and could cause a short, and I cut off both wires for the data lines (2,3) as I am not going to re-use that cable (have many) for data after this. I re-use one wire for soldering the resistor as the pin X is missing the soldering tab so only the thin pin can be used after I cut off some plastic on the black base to expose it. Direct resistor (1/8W type, not SMD) solder is "stiff to stiff" so it breaks apart too easily. And then I put it back together w/ electric tape, but wrap the exposed gnd wire w/ tape first (I don't have my heat shrink tube w/ me), w/ the carefully cut apart (at side gap close to what was the original molding) rubber boot / cover. This saves me $20. for a cable! | rev. 6 | APPROVED |
| 2012-02-01 06:42:51 | CORRECT | ok | rev. 7 | APPROVED |
| 2012-03-13 13:49:36 | CORRECT | No errors | rev. 7 | APPROVED |
| 2012-04-14 00:31:58 | CORRECT | thank you!!! | rev. 7 | APPROVED |
| Date | Author | Content Revision |
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| 2008-10-20 23:12:22 | Novellus | rev. 3 | |
| 2009-01-03 22:24:04 | rev. 3 | ||
| 2009-05-14 22:35:03 | fenderbender | rev. 4 | Mini-USB has 5 pins, labeled 1 thru 5. It's erroneous to label pin 4 as "pin X", and pin 5 as "pin 4". I've corrected the above entry. Could someone please fix the image of the mini-USB plug on the main USB entry? |
| 2009-08-07 18:41:30 | Rajesh | rev. 4 | I shorted pin 4 and 5 and that works fine too. |
| 2009-08-20 23:40:26 | Stefan Krude | rev. 4 | |
| 2010-01-06 23:20:08 | Bob Ng | rev. 5 | Changed to Pin number to make it the same as the picture, this would avoid confusion! |
| 2011-01-21 21:48:00 | rev. 6 | ||
| 2011-09-18 15:39:34 | Jason Bramley | rev. 7 | added actual results from garmin nuvi 1370T for 22k Ohm resistor |
Pinouts.ru > Pinout of Garmin Nuvi GPS Power Connector and layout of 5 pin mini-USB plug connector |
should be correct |