550 Cradle charging

chickenlegs

Can someone please tell me how I can tell if my (new) TomTom Rider 550 is being powered by the motorcycle cradle (connected to an auxiliary power output), or by its internal battery? There doesn't appear to be a way of distinguishing between the two in the settings.

raesewell

Turn the unit off and put it in the cradle and start the bike if the Tomtom wakes up it's charging.

rider1rider

in the menu there is battery icon with zigzag

YamFazMan

Hi
@chickenlegs
Tap the 4Dot (.... Menu) button... On the Menu Screen top right is a battery status Icon
Charging... Displays when Connected to a Power supply

Full Charge... Displays when Connected or Not Connected Power supply

Half Charge... Displays when NOT Connected Power supply

Low Battery... Displays when NOT Connected Power supply

One of the worst things you can do to a Lithium battery is to run it flat so at a certain percentage of discharge (Unspecified)... The device will go into 'Power Saving Mode' the screen will dull, and the device will eventually turn itself off (Not Sleep)

There is a Battery Status display available on the devices Status Screen
Press and hold the on/off button until you hear a drum-roll sound Continue to hold the on/off button until the Black & White Status screen is shown.....

If you are worrying about the device charging, you might consider one of these gadgets
Or


Simply plug the device into the USB socket and plug your lead into the USB Doctor, the device will display the Voltage and Power being used by your various USB devices
I have one of each type they're only peanuts to buy, search Amazon/eBay for USB Doctor
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chickenlegs wrote: »

(Snip) TomTom Rider 550 is being powered by the motorcycle cradle (connected to an auxiliary power output), or by its internal battery? There doesn't appear to be a way of distinguishing between the two in the settings.

Is the auxiliary Power output, rated 12 Volts ??? The Mount power supply MUST be 12 Volts....

Stay Safe... ATB YFM

chickenlegs

Thank you.
The auxiliary power socket is rated at 12v.
It's not that I'm concerned that it's not charging as it is via the USB cable. I can't easily determine that the cradle is charging the unit as the battery icon didn't change when I connected the unit to the bike cradle. I made sure the bike was started and the engine running before I checked the battery icon.
I do not get the first image in your list when the unit is plugged on to the cradle. Perhaps this is because the battery was already fully charged. Should this icon change to the zigzag even if the battery is fully charged?

YamFazMan

Hi
@ChickenLegs67
If the battery is fully charged, the device displays the 2nd icon....
Whether Connected or Not Connected to a Power supply....

ATB YFM

raesewell

Turn the unit off and put it in the cradle and start the bike if the Tomtom wakes up it's charging.

chickenlegs

Thank you all for taking the time to help.
I have just finished rewiring the cable from my GS's auxiliary power socket and the TomTom now works as you described. It starts up when the bike is powered on and the battery icon changes to a zigzag. My guess is that the cable that I connected the 550 to had a hidden short somewhere or was disconnected in some way - all sorted now. Thanks again.