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Re: Snooper advice?

Post by X5Sport » Wed May 30, 2012 1:34 pm

It will need a conversion because of the voltage differences. Car = 12V DC. USB = 5V DC . Will need a resistor on Pin 1 to 'drop' the voltage.

My bad if I misunderstood your valid suggestion though. :oops:
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Re: Snooper advice?

Post by Rusty » Wed May 30, 2012 1:51 pm

[quote=""X5Sport""]It will need a conversion because of the voltage differences. Car = 12V DC. USB = 5V DC . Will need a resistor on Pin 1 to 'drop' the voltage.

My bad if I misunderstood your valid suggestion though. :oops:[/quote]

I was thinking that as the usb was going to be used, he could use the supplied converter to plug it in.

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Re: Snooper advice?

Post by jeegnesh » Wed May 30, 2012 1:58 pm

Damn you boys really trying hard to give Sanj a new job, not sure I want to go down that path to be honest, not ideal but it does have it's advantages being portable. If it bugs be in the long term then maybe a consideration.

The converter in question is a 12v USB plug but it just like cig lighter, no leads or anything, so would mean breaking that apart too.
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Re: Snooper advice?

Post by Rusty » Wed May 30, 2012 2:03 pm

Nope, you could put an inline lighter socket somewhere so that you could un plug the lead to update from the laptop.

Just a thought, wouldn't want Sanj getting bored :lol:

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Re: Snooper advice?

Post by jeegnesh » Wed May 30, 2012 7:53 pm

Just had a thought about one of the issues I have, which is when I get back home I forget to turn it off, so I just added my home as a POI so I'll get an annoying beep as I get home and hopefully that will remind me to turn it off :-)

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Re: Snooper advice?

Post by Sanj » Wed May 30, 2012 7:58 pm

Should've spent a bit more cash and bought a proper snooper! ;)
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Re: Snooper advice?

Post by jeegnesh » Wed May 30, 2012 8:03 pm

[quote=""Sanj""]Should've spent a bit more cash and bought a proper snooper! ;)[/quote]
I like it :P
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