ciceron

Possibly I know why DELL don't provided car charger on their site for sale. Get one from ebay (3rd party), working only if Axim is off. When ON then screen is blinking...
Looks like DELL never designed car charger to work with Axim while device is ON.
Any idea why this is happening? I hope that this charger but not Axim's issue.

JakeRich

The charger probably is rated at 5V, 600 or less mA. The Axim takes 5.5v, at least 850 mA, maybe more if the battery is low. The blinking comes because when the current draws on the unit, it can't hold the voltage, so it drops below 5, the Ax refuses it, reverts to battery (where, presumably, you have the screen brightness lower), the charger recovers because no current is flowing, the voltage goes above 5 again, the Ax sees it and starts to use it, the current draw drops the voltage again, etc, etc, etc. Dell's car chargers all provide a minimum of 5.5v, 850mA, so they don't have the problem (and they do cost more than on ebay because of that).

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REsSUr88

buy a power inverter at best buy and plug the cradle in in the car... works perfectly. a power inverter turns the cigarette lighter in your car into a regular electric outlet

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Originally Posted by ciceron

Possibly I know why DELL don't provided car charger on their site for sale. Get one from ebay (3rd party), working only if Axim is off. When ON then screen is blinking... Looks like DELL never designed car charger to work with Axim while device is ON. Any idea why this is happening? I hope that this charger but not Axim's issue.

Hi

This is David Chang, Product Marketing Manager for Seidio.
DEllx50 is a big power consumption device. Unless the car charger is designed to supply a very high current, it will work only the Aximif is off.

Seidio car charger for X50 is designed for very high current. It will work while the device is ON.

http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductD...uctCode=PAXX50

If you have any questions, please contact me at dsc@seidio.com

David Chang
Seidio

drum4ever

I have a 5.5 volt 700Mah charger and it will charge the X50 fine but sometimes the Axe won't turn on when charging. I can turn it on then plug in the charger and all is good.

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nobbit

Had the same problem with a Car Charger rated at 5.5V and 850 Milliamps. Same flashing screen. Overcome by ensuring my Axim 50v was fully charged before using in the car. Now, no problems - keeps fully charged whilst using GPS.

JakeRich

Yep, if the battery is very far down the current draw gets really high. Note the wall charge unit is 2.4A, or 2400 mA! That's three times what you can get in car chargers. With a fully depleted battery it will probably get close to 2A draw just to charge.

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ciceron

Originally Posted by ciceron

Possibly I know why DELL don't provided car charger on their site for sale. Get one from ebay (3rd party), working only if Axim is off. When ON then screen is blinking... Looks like DELL never designed car charger to work with Axim while device is ON. Any idea why this is happening? I hope that this charger but not Axim's issue.

So, looks like there is 3 solutions:

- Make brightness on battery and on charger same, and then you could not see blinking. (Works good to me so far)
- Charge battery before trip. (Not always possible, but works)
- Get voltage converter 110v/12v and use regular power adapter. (Bulky but will work I am sure.)

Any 3-rd party suggestions might not work, or you should use first two above. Wait until DELL releasing something?

methcatus

Originally Posted by ciceron

Possibly I know why DELL don't provided car charger on their site for sale. Get one from ebay (3rd party), working only if Axim is off. When ON then screen is blinking... Looks like DELL never designed car charger to work with Axim while device is ON. Any idea why this is happening? I hope that this charger but not Axim's issue.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true

is this the same one you bought off ebay?

ciceron

Originally Posted by methcatus

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true is this the same one you bought off ebay?

Looks same, but from NY not from TX.

monobeg

Originally Posted by seidioseidio

Seidio car charger for X50 is designed for very high current. It will work while the device is ON. http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductD...uctCode=PAXX50

This is a USB-type charger. I was sure Dell said USB charging only worked if the unit was turned off.
I'd love to be wrong, so can someone confirm that the unit will charge like this while turned on?

Derk

Originally Posted by monobeg

This is a USB-type charger. I was sure Dell said USB charging only worked if the unit was turned off. I'd love to be wrong, so can someone confirm that the unit will charge like this while turned on?

Now I can't comment on whether it actually charges on or not, but what makes you think it's an USB-type unit? Nothing USB-like about the photo's on the seidio site?

Cheers,

Derk

tankdriver

Boxwave makes a car charger set.

http://www.boxwave.com/products/easy...m-x50v_446.htm

monobeg

Yes. Sorry, I'm being stupid.
Having not recieved my x50v yet, I got mixed up with the ports.

Does anyone know if the boxwave car charger (that is, the one that adapts to USB) works then???

jackwuxinfa

Hi,
I just share my happiness:
I bought a car charger primarily designed for AXIM X5 and
I use it for both my X50v and bluetooth GPS.
Both X50v (either turn on or off) and GPS (ether turn on or off)
works fine with this car charger.
Please see http://www.eforcity.com/ddelaximcc01.html for more information.
According to the print of the car charger, the output is: 5.5v/700ma.
I got it from eBay and total cost is $7.79 including H&S and I am
very happy.
By the way, if you want to use this car charger with X50v, you need the
"Charger Adapter for Dell Axim X50/X50v" (came with your X50v).
Thanks a lot.
Jack Wu