Great Lio,

Glad it worked. When you get a chance, could you pull out the chrger from the lighter socket as it is charging and let me know if it then stops charging again. I just want to see if the same happens to you as it did to me. It will work again once you soft reset whilst plugged in.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by cieplowski

What seemd to work best was to do a soft reset whilst the unit is charging and powered on.

I believe this trick should go to FAQ.

A week ago I visited a lot of shops trying many mains-to-USB charges to no avail. I already had one for MP3 player that didn't work too.

After reading your post, I connected the original charger and SRed. Now that another charger works!

Can't imagine what's the reason but it really works.

Originally Posted by cieplowski

could you pull out the chrger from the lighter socket as it is charging and let me know if it then stops charging again.

Yes, it does exactly like you've described.

Originally Posted by cieplowski
could you pull out the chrger from the lighter socket as it is charging and let me know if it then stops charging again.

Same here.

Is this a bug in the software ?

I found this : http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=138248

I think it should work fine, I am not sure.

"I found this : http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=138248"

Could you contact them and ask about its power rating and whether it is susceptible to the problem/bug?

here I am again.
finally I got the new cable and... surprise... IT WORKS
I used it without soft resetting the device and it worked
I tryed soft resetting the device and it worked
But the biggest surprise of all is that after using the new cable, also the old one started working ..
i guess there must have been a software bug that has gone (hope forever) away.
For those interested, the new cable is a double one: one side is usb, other two sides are charge connector and hotsync connector.

Originally Posted by pix09

here I am again.
finally I got the new cable and... surprise... IT WORKS
I used it without soft resetting the device and it worked
I tryed soft resetting the device and it worked
But the biggest surprise of all is that after using the new cable, also the old one started working ..
i guess there must have been a software bug that has gone (hope forever) away.
For those interested, the new cable is a double one: one side is usb, other two sides are charge connector and hotsync connector.

have you got a web link for this one you now have?

friend of mine has apparently got a tytn, I'll pick up a 1.2A USB / Car adapter this weekend and see what happens, hopefully the extra .2A should enable the tytn / exec to charge normally in a car.

Having had an exec for a while I will agree that most 12v/USB adapters struggle with the exec, but hopefully this will make the difference, if it works I will post the details of the company selling them (they are listed for the PSP)

I haven't had this trouble. Just got my new MDA Vario II and I've used it with my old MDA compact mains charger and the car USB charger and it works with no problems.

Tried it with the Vario II on and off and have a charging light on both.