2610 Bike Power Cable Audio: Mono or Stereo

[alecmuffett]

My 2610's bike power cable arrived this morning with what looks like a very nice 2.5mm Audio jack next to the Garmin power connector.

I shall be popping down to my local Maplin today/tomorrow to pick up a bit of choc-bloc and a box in which I can mount the fuse assy, and join it to my homemade power lead.

What I would like to know please, is whether the audio jack is mono or stereo, so that I can pick up an appropriate cheap 3.5mm conversion jack.

Does anyone know, please? Thanks!

 

[Larry]

Mono on my one.

 

[Shep]

Yep

Mono on mine too!


Shep

 

[Repoman]

My 2610's bike power cable arrived this morning with what looks like a very nice 2.5mm Audio jack next to the Garmin power connector.

I shall be popping down to my local Maplin today/tomorrow to pick up a bit of choc-bloc and a box in which I can mount the fuse assy, and join it to my homemade power lead.

What I would like to know please, is whether the audio jack is mono or stereo, so that I can pick up an appropriate cheap 3.5mm conversion jack.

Does anyone know, please? Thanks!

alec

Be aware that the 2.5mm jack is input on the Garmin lead is known to be shite - mine certainly is.

I suggest you hard wire it -

see here for details

 

[sven]

Is there a way to get the mono sound to come out of both speakers?

I've just bought a s/h 2610 and only getting directions from the left hand speaker is annoying - I'd rather get them from both speakers even though they're in mono.

 

[Dale]

Is there a way to get the mono sound to come out of both speakers?

I've just bought a s/h 2610 and only getting directions from the left hand speaker is annoying - I'd rather get them from both speakers even though they're in mono.

Yes. You need to make up a special cable with a mono 2,5 male plug on the one end and a female sterio 2,5 (or 3,5) socket on the other end. You simply bridge the live accross both channels on the sterio socket. Is really quite simple - if you have a soldering iron you can do it yourself otherwise just pop in any any electronics shop and ask them to do it for you.

Dale

 

[PanEuropean]

Be aware that the 2.5mm jack is input on the Garmin lead is known to be shitty- mine certainly is. I suggest you hard wire it...

Repoman:

I've never had any problem with that jack on my cable, nor have I heard of anyone else having a problem. What exactly is the nature of the problem that you are having?

Michael

 

[Hman]

Repoman:

I've never had any problem with that jack on my cable, nor have I heard of anyone else having a problem. What exactly is the nature of the problem that you are having?

Michael

Michael, i also had problems with the garmin side of the jack, however after a conversation with autocom he advised hard wiring the two leads (garmin/autocom) to eliminate intermitant sound. he said " its a common problem, inferor female side blaa blaa blaa". some people have used a nylon washer to solve it.

Hman

 

[PanEuropean]

Ah, OK... that explains where the comment comes from.

Michael

 

[Shep]

Michael, i also had problems with the garmin side of the jack, however after a conversation with autocom he advised hard wiring the two leads (garmin/autocom) to eliminate intermitant sound. he said " its a common problem, inferor female side blaa blaa blaa". some people have used a nylon washer to solve it.

Hman

Yep I had the same, the male jack seems to insert too far into the socket I tried all sorts of fiddles to no reliable solution so after advice from autocom, hard wired it, no problems after that

Shep

 

[st13phil]

I've never had any problem with that jack on my cable, nor have I heard of anyone else having a problem. What exactly is the nature of the problem that you are having?
Michael

Michael, this is very common problem with the 2.5mm audio jack socket on the 26xx/27xx/28xx lead. It is not unique to Autocom or any other intercom supplier and I personally tried a variety of 2.5mm plugs in my lead before finally losing patience and cutting off the socket so that I could hard-wire the audio feed.

The problem is that within the socket the spring connection to the tip of the plug very quickly loosens and the only way to maintain a good contact is to physically load the plug against it by partially pulling the plug from the socket. Some people have achieved this with a modicom of success by putting a small washer or o-ring at the base of the plug.

There's at least one thread about this problem on this board, my-mc.com and also st1300.us. On the latter, there was even speculation that the worldwide shortage of Garmin 26xx/27xx/28xx leads was because the problem had been acknowledged and the socket had been re-specified causing a manufacturing delay.