You also can buy an adapter for a car cigarette lighter which will produce a standard a/c outlet with 120 volts. you can plug in the booksense charger, which should charge the booksense about 5 times faster than the USB method (I think that was the number in the manual?).
such a/c inverters can be had for as little as $20. (note: some of them do produce a hum in the connected device, if it's an audio device, because their output a/c isn't a good sine wave; you can either buy a little more expensive one which promises a sine wave output, or, use it only for charging and don't try and listen to the booksense with it plugged in). hth, Chip -----Original Message----- From: Michael D. Lawler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Suggestion for BookSense charging Sure as long as you can connect the BookSense USB cable to it or if it is a charger with a hard wired USB cable that will connect to the BookSense. At 12:29 PM 10/9/2009, you wrote: >Michael, >Would a car charger for a gps receiver work then? > >Richard > >On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:05:11 -0400, Michael D. Lawler wrote: > > > >Since the BookSense can charge via USB you should be able to buy an > >USB adapter to plug in to a car and then connect a USB cable to it > >and then to the BookSense and it should charge. I believe others > >have done this. We've found that you have to connect it to the > >adapter first and then turn it on. If you turn it on first and then > >connect the USB adapter it will think you are connecting to a > >computer and go in to mobile mode. Also when you are done charging > >you should turn it off and then disconnect the USB cable. So make > >sure to connect and disconnect the cable while it is off and it will > >charge from the car fine. You can get such adapters at http://monoprice.com > > > > > > > >At 06:21 AM 10/9/2009, you wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I am picking up my BookSense later this morning, but was wondering > >>about this. > >> > >>Has there been any thought given to providing a car charger for the BS? > >>It seems that since many cell phones have this option, that it would > >>be possible for the BS to do this too. > >> > >>Any thoughts? > >> > >>Bob Hill > > > >-- > >Michael D. Lawler > >Voice 260-489-3671 > >Fax 260-489-2608 > >Internet mailto:[email protected] > >web http://www.gwmicro.com > >ftp ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com > >GW Micro, Inc., > >Development Liaison and Technical Support Supervisor > > -- Michael D. Lawler Voice 260-489-3671 Fax 260-489-2608 Internet mailto:[email protected] web http://www.gwmicro.com ftp ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com GW Micro, Inc., Development Liaison and Technical Support Supervisor
