Need USB cable for Garmin
Mike
I need a usb cable for my Garmin Etrex Vista C ... and I am runnning
Windows XP
I have looked online but got bogged down as to where is the best place
to go.
I need it asap .. like Friday morning at the latest.
Any help appreciated.
Mike P
Nigel Cliffe
Its just a standard USB to Mini-USB lead.
They are completely standard, so anything from any device will work.
Standard PC accessory/lead vendor, either real-world or on-line.
I must have half a dozen kicking around various devices, and just leave one
attached to my PC at all times.
regards
- Nigel
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Jhimmy
"Mike" <Mi...@wherever.co.uk> wrote in message
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My garmin 60CSx just uses the bog standard mini USB cable that I share it
with my camera.
There must be a shop near to where you live that'll sell them...or heaven
forbid a PC World.
Jhimmy
Mike
Thanks Nigel
Have tried all the cables I have ..no luck ..
I will try vendors.
Mike P
Mike P
Mike
wrote:
Tried my camera cable .. too small :-(
Mike P
Jhimmy
>>Jhimmy
>
> Tried my camera cable .. too small :-(
>
>
> Mike P
"Mini-USB port for fast, convenient download of map data from Garmin'S...."
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=263&ra=true
Jhimmy
Martin Richardson
<cobalt...@yahoo.com> writes
- different USB leads for iPod, camera, GPS, mobile phone, external hard
disc, etc
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Judith
<mar...@thequiff.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>"Mini-USB port for fast, convenient download of map data from Garmin'S...."
>>
>>https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=263&ra=true
>>
>>
>>Jhimmy
>Why can't they just make one cable fit all? My desk looks like spaghetti
>- different USB leads for iPod, camera, GPS, mobile phone, external hard
>disc, etc
That's the great thing about IT standards; there are so many to choose
from.
Judith
Phil Cook
Yeah, it's the one shaped a bit like this you need.
____
\___ / not a square one.
I've come across three different mini USB <grr>
Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way up
the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
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Geoff Berrow
<ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way up
>the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
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Sandy Birrell
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:35 +0100, Phil Cook
> <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way
> > up the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
>
> Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
The side with the trident on it is up, unless you have one with
nothing marked on it as I have :)
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Phil Cook
>Geoff Berrow wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:35 +0100, Phil Cook
>> <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way
>> > up the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
>>
>> Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
>
>The side with the trident on it is up, unless you have one with
>nothing marked on it as I have :)
I've got them with tridents on both sides.
GSV Three Minds in a Can
wonderful person Phil Cook <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> said
>Sandy Birrell wrote:
>
>>Geoff Berrow wrote:
>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:35 +0100, Phil Cook
>>> <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way
>>> > up the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
>>>
>>> Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
>>
>>The side with the trident on it is up, unless you have one with
>>nothing marked on it as I have :)
>
>I've got them with tridents on both sides.
And 'up' ain't much good when the sockets are fitted vertically, or even
upside down .. the problem is as much with the sockets as the plugs.
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Phil Cook <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Sandy Birrell wrote:
>>Geoff Berrow wrote:
>>>
>>> > Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way
>>> > up the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
>>>
>>> Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
>>
>>The side with the trident on it is up, unless you have one with
>>nothing marked on it as I have :)
>
>I've got them with tridents on both sides.
Yes, but that was before the recession. They are cutting back on
tridents to save money.
[ That joke's no sillier than the design. ]
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Sandy Birrell
> Sandy Birrell wrote:
>
> > Geoff Berrow wrote:
> > > On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:35 +0100, Phil Cook
> > > <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which
> > > > way up the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
> > >
> > > Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
> >
> > The side with the trident on it is up, unless you have one with
> > nothing marked on it as I have :)
>
> I've got them with tridents on both sides.
There goes that theory then :) All the ones I have here on my desk
only have them on the top side.
Nigel Cliffe
stupidly expensive, but a local real shop might have one, PC World:
Product code: 657363
more reasonable, Dabs.com
quicklinx: 401NWS
Jhimmy
>>
>> Thanks Nigel
>>
>> Have tried all the cables I have ..no luck ..
>> I will try vendors.
>
> stupidly expensive, but a local real shop might have one, PC World:
> Product code: 657363
>
> more reasonable, Dabs.com
> quicklinx: 401NWS
>
>
> - Nigel
>
>
> --
> Nigel Cliffe,
> Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/
>
Or in my town, the � shop ;-)
Jhimmy
Gordon H
Birrell <ne...@ftscotland.co.uk> writes
>Geoff Berrow wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:35 +0100, Phil Cook
>> <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way
>> > up the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
>>
>> Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
>
>The side with the trident on it is up, unless you have one with nothing
>marked on it as I have :)
>
To clarify: if the USB sockets are vertically oriented the, trident is
either on the left or the right looking from the front, and either on
the right or the left looking from the rear.
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Martin Richardson
<Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
What's a trident?
agentmancuso
I've found Cannon cables work, but not Nokia cables.
Many petrol stations sell a cheap in-car charger with a set of
universal USB adapters for mobile phones for a fiver - none of these
have ever fitted any of my phones, but they do fit my Garmin.
Phil Cook
>In message <1kn4+zUH...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>, Gordon H
><Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
>>In message <DIeBm.2948$KR3....@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Sandy
>>Birrell <ne...@ftscotland.co.uk> writes
>>>Geoff Berrow wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:35 +0100, Phil Cook
>>>> <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way
>>>> > up the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
>>>>
>>>> Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
>>>
>>>The side with the trident on it is up, unless you have one with
>>>nothing marked on it as I have :)
>>>
>>> Sandy
>>
>>To clarify: if the USB sockets are vertically oriented the, trident is
>>either on the left or the right looking from the front, and either on
>>the right or the left looking from the rear.
>
>What's a trident?
It's a dots and arrow symbol on a USB plug or socket.
It's also some kind of aeroplane but a Britannia is better. :-)
Alan Dicey
> In message <1kn4+zUH...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>, Gordon H
> <Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
>> In message <DIeBm.2948$KR3....@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Sandy
>> Birrell <ne...@ftscotland.co.uk> writes
>>> Geoff Berrow wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:35 +0100, Phil Cook
>>>> <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way
>>>> > up the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
>>>>
>>>> Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
>>>
>>> The side with the trident on it is up, unless you have one with
>>> nothing marked on it as I have :)
>>>
>>> Sandy
>>
>> To clarify: if the USB sockets are vertically oriented the, trident is
>> either on the left or the right looking from the front, and either on
>> the right or the left looking from the rear.
>
> What's a trident?
>
>
<facepalm>
A spear with three spikes.
You know, Neptune has one, some gladiators were given them . . .
In this case, the three-branched symbol associated with USB.
http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/SWUSB/usb-trident-thumb.png
Gordon H
<mar...@thequiff.demon.co.uk> writes
>In message <1kn4+zUH...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>, Gordon H
><Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
>>In message <DIeBm.2948$KR3....@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Sandy
>>Birrell <ne...@ftscotland.co.uk> writes
>>>Geoff Berrow wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:35 +0100, Phil Cook
>>>> <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Whilst on the subject, why didn't they make it obvious which way
>>>> > up the big flat end of a USB connector goes?
>>>>
>>>> Stupid isn't it? You couldn't make it up.
>>>
>>>The side with the trident on it is up, unless you have one with
>>>nothing marked on it as I have :)
>>>
>>> Sandy
>>
>>To clarify: if the USB sockets are vertically oriented the, trident is
>>either on the left or the right looking from the front, and either on
>>the right or the left looking from the rear.
>
>What's a trident?
>
Gwyn
<agentm...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>On 13 Oct, 19:06, Mike <Mi...@wherever.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Tried my camera cable .. too small :-(
>
>I've found Cannon cables work, but not Nokia cables.
That would be my observation too that my garmin cable is different
from my nokia cable which one is the more standard.
Mike
wrote:
I got a cable from Maplin off the shelf
Mike P
Craig Wallace
The Garmin cable is mini-USB, the Nokia is micro-USB.
Mini USB was the original standard, and is commonly used on cameras and
MP3 players etc.
But micro USB is a new standard, and becoming common on mobile phones.
Most of the phone manufacturers are now standardizing on micro-USB for
charging.
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