Tom tom one v2 battery prob ?

[mickymcd]

I purchased my tom tom one v2 back in October and have only used it few times what it is ive purchased a home charger for it charge the unit up fully in the house when i go to use it in the car its allways flat why is this happening is it goosed the unit is turned off and stored in a pouch once its charged .Its ok when powered on the cigarette charger also when its had a full charge it show full on the meter. thanks.

[Tides2002]

I have exactly the same problem, after only a week of non use the battery goes from fully charged to flat.

[Jon Boy]

Oh god i hope this doesnt happen to mine.
I bought it last week (yes thats right when they were £199.99 and now theyre £144.99 ) Anyway ive used the battery , bought a home charger and charged it up although after about 12 hours it still shows a green light on top so presumed it had charged.

Switched it on and it shows full battery bar. That's as far as ive got, hope it doesn't go flat straight away like what happened to you guys.
If it does i'l be back!

Cheers

Jon

[per-Sony-fied]

When it was new out of the box was the battery fully charged? If so it should last much longer than 1 week being idle.

[Tides2002]

That is the odd thing, out of the box it was almost fully charged.

[mickymcd]

Im monitoring mine may be it has something to do with temprature in difference as i use to keep mine in a paded case in the car somewhere but now i keep it in the house ive fully charged the battery.Keep checking every other day will keep you informed guys .

[Jon Boy]

mine isnt having the problems as first described in this post although i do find the battery doesnt last as long as expected.

I'm getting roughly 4 - 5 hours out of a fully charged battery which can be a pain when on the move as it means unplugging my road angel to charge it!

I'm going to have to invest in one of those double ciggy lighter thingys so i can have both running but that becomes a pain having both big bplugs hooked upto it

Jon

[per-Sony-fied]

Originally Posted by Jon Boy

mine isnt having the problems as first described in this post although i do find the battery doesnt last as long as expected.

I'm getting roughly 4 - 5 hours out of a fully charged battery which can be a pain when on the move as it means unplugging my road angel to charge it!

The recommended life is just 2hrs!!! You should be well happy the 10 series doesn't last any longer.

[Jon Boy]

2 hours!!!! that's terrible! I'm already hacked off about seeing over £50 slashed off the price 2 days after i bought it

Jon

[per-Sony-fied]

Originally Posted by Jon Boy

2 hours!!!! that's terrible! I'm already hacked off about seeing over £50 slashed off the price 2 days after i bought it

Jon

I meant the 10 series doesn't last longer than 5hrs! Quoted life is 4hrs

[Tides2002]

Going back to original problem with the battery drain when it is turned off I think I may have found solution.

Switch the Tomtom on and push the reset button with a pin, the Tomtom will reboot then keep it switched on until the battery completely discharges then recharge the battery. I did this a few days ago and it seems to be holding its charge.

The battery life when it is switched on can be extended by turning off the Bluetooth connection and reducing the screen brightness.