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PhotoStylus
10th July 2008, 10:08 AM
Hi all!

I have used an emergency/travel charger running on four AA batteries for my WinMo devices in the past, like this one:
http://www.kjell.com/?item=31779&path=

(It's in swedish, but you get the idea what id does).

Here is another example of a similar device:
http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1401

It's very simple and provides a standard USB-port where you can plug in the USB cable and hook it up to your device for charging, but I don't get it to work with the diamond! It works perfect with the Tytn, so the power supplied should be sufficient. Anyone knows if it's some kind of registry setting about PC-connection or something that's stopping the charging?

It would be nice to get it to work since the battery capacity is limited.

Thanks!
Magnus

PhotoStylus
10th July 2008, 01:45 PM
Ok, the issue is solved. It turned out that the external battery supply didn't put out enough current. If I bypass the resistor the Diamond charges.

If anyone else wants a similar solution, which I can recommend, test that the output current is strong enough.