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can't connect to my iblue 747 or how many pins

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Sun, 08/01/2010 - 12:07 — cusaro

hello,

i can't connect to my iblue 747. i discovered that the middle pin on the usb connector is missing. can anybody please take a look at his usb connector on a iblue 747 and can tell me is there a little golden pin like on the other 4 pins.

i think the middle pin is for data so i think ist important to have one but before i start soldering i might ask to double check it ;).

 

thank you

 

cusaro

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Sun, 08/01/2010 - 16:42 — Anonymous (not verified)

There are 5 metal pins on my

There are 5 metal pins on my 747A+ USB connector. One pin in each hole.

Sun, 08/01/2010 - 23:11 — cusaro
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Hello, thank you for this

Hello,

thank you for this information .i finaly found a mac an managed to connect via bluetooth. the next problem: i can't download data. the memory usage says unkown and when i hit the download button nothing happend at all.

what can i do? i "try read from faulty memory" but it ask my to deledt all data, so i stopt. is that right?

 

please help me.

cusaro

Sun, 08/01/2010 - 23:25 — mdeweerd
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Hi You probably have an old

Hi

You probably have an old iBlue that requires a hardware modification to make the bluetooth connection work both ways.  I suppose that you can see the current position.

You can find a description of the modification that is needed here:

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?WHICH_PAGE=1&TOPIC_ID=81990... .

 

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 10:06 — cusaro
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yes i can see the current

yes i can see the current position.

i will try the the modification. it seems easyer to do that and rescue the data befor change the usb connector.

thank you.

 

edit: the description show a 737 it work also for the 747?

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 10:45 — mdeweerd
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I did this change on two

I did this change on two iBlue 747's - worked (and still works perfectly).

I did however electrically protect the leads of the resistor with some shrinking "socks" (I put the entire resistor into one and shrinked the "sock".

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 20:42 — Anonymous (not verified)

great its working perfect

great its working perfect now. thank you very mutch that saved 5 days of holiday tracks :).

know i have to change the usb connector. i have no idea how this damage could happend.

 

big thanks

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 20:45 — cusaro
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was me up there, forget to

was me up there, forget to login. sorry