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[xJohhnyy]

My Tom Tom Via 20 Live runs out of battery if unused for 3 weeks. personal loans -> http://samedayonlineloans.net personal loans Has anyone else experienced this?

[Lupus1 Revered Voyager]

Hi,

that is usual, as the devices usually only go into a kind of standby modus when being turned off. 3 weeks is actually quite a good time for your battery to last. I usually charge my device once a week when connecting it to my computer and checking for updates.

Also even if  your device would be turned off completely the battery would discharge over time.

Regards

Lars.

[Stefan Exalted Voyager]

Tip for myTomTom users

The myTomTom Support Application automaticly checks for available updates when a connection to the internet is being made because the serial number is stored in a settings file. Its also possible to click on the myTomTom Support Application icon, click on 'settings -> save settings'. This forces the myTomTom application to reload and recheck for updates without the requirement to have the device connected to the computer.

When updates are available (the icon changes from colour), click on the myTomTom icon in the system tray and click on 'myTomTom'. This opens the default webupdate page. Select the update you wish to download and download  the update first to the cache folder of the computer, afterwards connect the device to the computer to proceed installation.

[Lightning]

All electronics/batteries will lose life when stored.  I do recommend running off of batteries until dead or close to it then charging fully,.  It will keep the battery "conditioned" - By always having it plugged in can cook the battery to dead.  That goes with any portable electronics(laptops, etc.)

I hope that helps.

[Lupus1 Revered Voyager]

Hi,

as there are Li-ion rechargable batteries used in these devices I wouldn't recommend completely discharging the battery. This was correct with the older NiCd batteries which had the memory effect. With Li-ion batteries a complete discharging might lead to destroying the battery. Also as the memory effect isn't really existant any more with Li-ion batteries there is no need to wait with recharging the battery even though it is only slightly discharged.

So it isn't necessary to nearly discharge the battery to keep it conditioned but it might be worth to let it run down to a lower charge as the Li-ion batteries can only be charged about 1000 times until they are loosing a bit of their maximum charge. But up to that number the devices maximum charge shouldn't really decrease. I for example always drive with the device being charged and I also connect the device at least once a week to the computer to get my updates and the device completely charged again.

The above is valid for all Li-ion batteries. When using NiCd or NiMH batteries Lightning's advice is still correct.

Regards

Lars.

[Lightning]

I thought it wasn't necessary to discharge Li-on betteries but you still should once in awhile, I thought.  I had no idea it would hurt the battery by doing that.  Thanks for the tip.

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