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« on: May 28, 2004, 12:00:52 pm »
Has anyone had any luck using a car power supply with a C760.  The ones I were (am) using with my 5500 do NOT work with my C760,  even the 5500 AC adapter will not work with my C760.  It will not power on and the battery light blinks even with a full battery when any of these are plugged in.  Unplug the adapter and it works again.  Search produced no results. :cry:

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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2004, 03:35:26 pm »
I have a c860 and I got t converter from serial io and it works fine. Also I have have a ipaq 3650 (anyone want to buy this?) and the 4 aa cell power supply for the ipaq works file as well as the ac adapter. I though the 760 wuz the same as 860 but I don\'t no this 4 a factt (5v=5v=5v)

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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2004, 03:42:28 pm »
I never needed it, but if i need a car charger i would probably just buy that:

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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2004, 03:00:34 pm »
Yeah, I got a usb sync/charge cable from shirtpocket and a car lighter adapter for it as well.
We used the Zaurus to play Winnie the Pooh movie for our 3 year old during a long
car trip, so we had to get an usb extension cable between the two.  And that broke the
charging. Zaurus got power through the cable, but it wasn\'t enough to really charge the device,
it just drew the operating power from the car. I assume it would have worked OK without
the extension cable.
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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2004, 09:03:05 pm »
the one _psycho pointed out is the most worth buying probably. Just buy one and you can do anything with it!
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2004, 09:09:33 pm »
How about regular adapters?  My SL-C860 Power Adapter (the really cool small one) appears to have just died...   Sometimes simply matching the amps and volts isn\'t enough... have anyone had any experiences good or bad with power adapters... particularly for the SL-C860?  Is the power adapter the same as with the SL-C760 & SL-C750?

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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2004, 11:54:19 pm »
There\'s an eBay seller \"peakcloudy\" that sells very nice quality stuff for the zaurus at excellent prices - I got a car charger and a couple of external battery packs and they all work great in my 760 (I also got a couple of external power supplies, but wouldn\'t recommend these as they are only rated at 500mA).

As for a standard \"plug in the wall\" power supply, I recommend getting the biggest amps rating you can find. I sourced a nice 2 amp unit from the local electronics store and it charges the 760 fully in a couple of hours.

Be aware that the Z (or any device in fact) will only draw the current that it needs. So, if you give it 2 amps, then when it needs it, it will use it. If it\'s battery is fully charged and it\'s just idling, then it might only be drawing a few hundred milliamps - but the extra current is there if needed. On the other hand, if you plug in a power supply that is only rated at 500mA, then your Z will definitely run out of power. From memory, the Japanese supplied PS is rated at 1A, so I wouldn\'t go any less than this.  In fact, the 500mA PS I mentioned above tend to cut out - which I\'m assuming is because the Z is trying to draw more than 500mA from them. A cheap and nastly power supply will let a device draw more current than it is rated for - and that leads to power supplies overheating, meltdowns and even fire.

Of course, you also need to make sure the output voltage is within +- 5% of 5V. As for the input voltage, it\'s best to get an \"auto switching\" world wide power supply that is rated from 100 - 260V input. This way, you know you\'ve got all bases covered, and don\'t have to worry about voltage fluctuations in the local grid. My mobile phone has a 230V charger, but the local grid is 240V and can peak upto 260V - the 230V charger get real hot real fast! I would guess the reason your original PS died is because of this (What\'s it rated at, and what\'s your local grid providing?)
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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2004, 09:23:18 am »
Any power adapter for the ipaq 3xxx series should work (5v and over 1A) as they use the same specs.  Be sure the polarity is correct.  I bought an HP adapter from best buy and one from peakcloudy.  Both work fine.
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2004, 07:47:17 pm »
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Of course, you also need to make sure the output voltage is within +- 5% of 5V


I couldn\'t find a 5V power supply in any of the local stores, so I tried using a 4.5 V (700 mAmps) and it \"appears\" to be working fine.  5 V + or - 5% translates to: 4.75-5.25 V... so 4.5 is lower than that.

Will using the 4.5 V adapter longterm cause any damage?
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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2004, 07:58:03 am »
Hi guys,

the only working car adaptor with guaranteed
"no-Zaurus-destruction" is the MHPower made
by SerialIO.

SerialIO : Page SerialIO (US)

TRIsoft : Our site (german)

Sorry for this kind of advertising but it seems
the MHPower is not well known in the community.

A special warning for users of "normal" car adaptors:

NEVER start the engine with the Zaurus connected to
a normal car adaptor ! It will blow your Zaurus charger
electronics !

Because of this we were very sceptical about the
MHPower but SerialIO took care about this issue in the
designing process and after a few hundred sold items
there's no report of a damaged Zaurus :-)

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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2004, 08:17:32 am »
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Will using the 4.5 V adapter longterm cause any damage?
The meager limit of my knowledge has been reached and I'm afraid I can't give you an answer to that. However, I personally would seek out a 5V adapter rather than use a 4.5V one for the long term - the extra dollars are worth the peace of mind IMHO.
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« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2004, 10:58:35 am »
One of my "lost posts" was in this thread.  It basically said that using less than 5.0v means that it is less likely the adapter would fully recharge the Z's battery.  Not the ideal situation.
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2004, 11:59:54 am »
I made my car charger out of an old Ericson phone charger a friend had/didn't need. After some modifications, I reduced the output from 9VDC to 5VDC with load (if I remember right, almost 6VDC without load). I also replaced the original plug with one I found at rat-shack (to fit the z). I haven't had any problems with it.

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