Recently I bought a "Garmin Car charger" from eBay as a backup unit. It is not an original Garmin but an aftermarket simple 12V-24VDC to 5VDC 2100mA car charger with the required mini-USB connector to plug-into the Nuvi.
When I plug it into my Nuvi 1490 (normally working with a TMC receiver/charger without any problem) the nuvi reverts to the "computer-connection-mode" (I do not know if this terminology is correct) as if it was connected to a PC through its USB cable and therefore I cannot use the nuvi as GPS-unit. The seller had a notice: "NOTE: When using this charger for GPS device, GPS device might restart with computer mode; please adjust your GPS into GPS mode then." but he could not help me on this.
Can anybody help on this? Thanks in advance.
When I plug it into my Nuvi 1490 (normally working with a TMC receiver/charger without any problem) the nuvi reverts to the "computer-connection-mode" (I do not know if this terminology is correct) as if it was connected to a PC through its USB cable and therefore I cannot use the nuvi as GPS-unit. The seller had a notice: "NOTE: When using this charger for GPS device, GPS device might restart with computer mode; please adjust your GPS into GPS mode then." but he could not help me on this.
Can anybody help on this? Thanks in advance.