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How to add DC socket to Visor?

Hello, All!
How to add DC socket to Visor?
Someone do it or see instructions?
Thanks for your answers.

Registered: Apr 2002
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hmmmmmmmmmm... I've never heard of it done before, but here are two ideas. (BTW, I'm assuming you have a Visor Deluxe, Visor 2MB, or Visor Solo.)

Number one, you could buy a travel charger for a Prism/Pro/Neo and modify your Visor using the instructions found at http://www.felesmagus.com/visor/ -- they're really easy, and they worked great for my Visor Deluxe.

The second idea -- and this is a little harder, because there's not very much free room inside a Visor -- is that you could drill a little hole in the Visor's chassis, install a DC socket, purchase a 5v 500mA power adapter, and follow the instructions on the website I gave you -- only instead of soldering the two diodes to the VDOCK pin of the Visor (see instructions), solder the diodes to the + end of your DC socket, and solder the little metal contact at the base of the Hotsync port to the - end of the socket.

I don't know how dangerous this is -- if you're concerned about damage to your Visor, I'd stick with the first option, because it's tried and tested, and it also works with any charger made for the Prism/Pro/Neo.

Registered: Aug 2002
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Originally posted by pdaoust
hmmmmmmmmmm... I've never heard of it done before, but here are two ideas. (BTW, I'm assuming you have a Visor Deluxe, Visor 2MB, or Visor Solo.)

Number one, you could buy a travel charger for a Prism/Pro/Neo and modify your Visor using the instructions found at http://www.felesmagus.com/visor/ -- they're really easy, and they worked great for my Visor Deluxe.

The second idea -- and this is a little harder, because there's not very much free room inside a Visor -- is that you could drill a little hole in the Visor's chassis, install a DC socket, purchase a 5v 500mA power adapter, and follow the instructions on the website I gave you -- only instead of soldering the two diodes to the VDOCK pin of the Visor (see instructions), solder the diodes to the + end of your DC socket, and solder the little metal contact at the base of the Hotsync port to the - end of the socket.

I don't know how dangerous this is -- if you're concerned about damage to your Visor, I'd stick with the first option, because it's tried and tested, and it also works with any charger made for the Prism/Pro/Neo.

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Hello!
I have Visor, simple Visor 2MB (now upgraded to 8MB).
And i decide to make internal NiMh/NiCd charger in USB-cradle by using MAX712. IMHO it's safest way.
If someone interest how to do it - let me know
But anyway - thank you for cooperation!
Mihail (aka HSO).