charging main batery with USB sync cable?

zblace · 05-21-05, 07:27 PM

Hi!

I am not sure if it is possible to charge main batery with USB sync cable, since my axim x5 gives me almost random status on state of battery...

Is it better to use cradle instead (it is too big to carry around)?

How long does it usualy take you to charge new battery from 0 to full capacity with cradle and how much with USB sync cable ?

best - Z

deskdata · 05-21-05, 07:44 PM

I don't have a USB cable so can't help you there, but you can unplug the lead from the back of the cradle and plug it directly into the bottom of the X5, so you don't need to carry the cradle with you.
Better still, the X5 has a standard power socket so if you forget your power block you can use any mains adapter with an output of about 5v DC. On a recent holiday I used the mains adapter for a Creative MP3 player to charge my X5.

zblace · 05-21-05, 10:14 PM

Forgott to note, I am in Europe and would actually preffer to use USB cable as power cables I recived with are US standatd

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Originally Posted by deskdata

I don't have a USB cable so can't help you there, but you can unplug the lead from the back of the cradle and plug it directly into the bottom of the X5, so you don't need to carry the cradle with you.
Better still, the X5 has a standard power socket so if you forget your power block you can use any mains adapter with an output of about 5v DC. On a recent holiday I used the mains adapter for a Creative MP3 player to charge my X5.

X5X5X5 · 05-26-05, 10:28 AM

I have the same question... Right now I have my X5 attached to my PC at my office with the USB sync cable. I am trying to get it to charge (it says current status is Charging) but it's taking forever. Whenever I unplug and then plug the cable back into my Axim (doing this about a dozen times to troubleshoot this power issue) the power bar will diminish down to a certain point (in my case it started at 88% and after unplugging and plugging in the sync cable it finally leveled off at about 62% and right now it's up to 69% after being plugged in for about 20 minutes or so I guess). So I am just wondering if anyone is having this same issue and if this is normal. I have a program on my X5 called BatteryTimePlus (it's a free program) that displays it's self on the Today screen and monitors my battery power and memory usage and uptime after it has been unplugged from either your USB sync cable or cradle. I am wondering if this program could be causing an issue. Has anyone else had any experience with this power issue and this program...either/or/both???

zblace · 05-28-05, 03:26 PM

USB just seems to be unable to really feed significant (or any at all) amount of power to charge the device when it is off... when it is ON ... all energy is instantly lost in running of device

said bat true...