Kensington Power Adapter

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I found a very nice & Slim universal charger on Kensington's site for Notebook, PSP, Ipod (yes I have all this stuff in my backpack...), but a tip for hermes seems to be missing.
Does anybody now a similr device with Hermes tip too?


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Basically anything with a mini-USB plug will work.

That's not been my experience. If it connects something to the data pins it will work, if not, it won't charge correctly.

I used my old Motorola V3 wall charger to charge mine for a while, worked fine - thats a standard mini-USB connection. Also used a Motorola V3 car charger, and I've just bought a Brodit car cradle for my device which has a fixed mini-USB which works fine?

Originally Posted by KevinBaker

I used my old Motorola V3 wall charger to charge mine for a while, worked fine - thats a standard mini-USB connection. Also used a Motorola V3 car charger, and I've just bought a Brodit car cradle for my device which has a fixed mini-USB which works fine?

Interesting. We've found that unless the charger has pins 4 and 5 bridged ('unused pin' to 'ground') on the mini usb end then the hermes will act strangely. It will start charging the first time you insert but then it might stop and then it won't charge again until you reset it.

The pin doesnt need to be bridged when theres a data source like a pc on the other the end.

Could you check to see if your chargers have those pins bridged or not?

Originally Posted by icemantwilight

Interesting. We've found that unless the charger has pins 4 and 5 bridged ('unused pin' to 'ground') on the mini usb end then the hermes will act strangely. It will start charging the first time you insert but then it might stop and then it won't charge again until you reset it.

I have not been doing any kind of research about bridging those pins because I just read about it first time, but my experience about charging problems are very similar to yours. My TyTN won't charge normally via USB-hub or car-adaptor, and after failing the charging process, it won't start charging again. Resetting helps after this, but I think that also waiting resets the situation. But that I'm not so sure about.

When I connect it directly to PC, it works just fine.

If bridging those pins helps, my car charging problems are wiped out

Originally Posted by rantanplannet

If bridging those pins helps, my car charging problems are wiped out

Hahah not really, ever tried getting to those pins? They're tiny!

Originally Posted by icemantwilight

Hahah not really, ever tried getting to those pins? They're tiny!

Yes, they are tiny at the other end, but bigger at the other

And if that causes still problems, cutting the wire is not so big deal either, then you can easily connect wires together

Originally Posted by rantanplannet

Yes, they are tiny at the other end, but bigger at the other

And if that causes still problems, cutting the wire is not so big deal either, then you can easily connect wires together

Except that pin 4 doesn't have a wire connected to it (only 1,2,3,5) because the other end only has 4 pins

Originally Posted by icemantwilight

Except that pin 4 doesn't have a wire connected to it (only 1,2,3,5) because the other end only has 4 pins

Damn .. then it's not so easy.

But I guess it's still possible, without totally breaking the plug. I hope ...