Recently I bought a gen BMW 4 button NAV cradle from this parish to be able to move my NAV6 from the GS to my Honda.
It came with a fused link and live and neutral leads to connect direct to the Honda's 12V battery terminals (I know other connection methods are available)
I've made a suitable mount on the Honda to take the cradle - all good - however, in this week's MCN there's mention of someone connecting their nav (not named as a NAV6) to a 12V supply and that the unit was "fried" because it was designed to operate on a 5V supply.
So, is it ok to connect the cradle to a 12V supply and if the NAV operates at 5V then is it the cradle or the NAV itself that downrates the 12V to 5V?
USB's are 5V so when you plug in the NAV to your PC it's operating at 5V, so presumably that's the voltage they need, not 12V.
Thanks
It came with a fused link and live and neutral leads to connect direct to the Honda's 12V battery terminals (I know other connection methods are available)
I've made a suitable mount on the Honda to take the cradle - all good - however, in this week's MCN there's mention of someone connecting their nav (not named as a NAV6) to a 12V supply and that the unit was "fried" because it was designed to operate on a 5V supply.
So, is it ok to connect the cradle to a 12V supply and if the NAV operates at 5V then is it the cradle or the NAV itself that downrates the 12V to 5V?
USB's are 5V so when you plug in the NAV to your PC it's operating at 5V, so presumably that's the voltage they need, not 12V.
Thanks