Will The Garmin Etrex Vista C Charge Off Of Usb?
I recently got this GPS, used, from a friend who doesn’t want it anymore.
It has the car charger, but no house charger. It does, however, have a mini-USB port on it. Will this device charge off of USB like many cell phones do?
Or do I have to somehow buy a house charger?
The mini-USB port is for map downloading. According to the specs for the eTrex, the USB cables don’t provide wiring for external power. The GPS runs on 12V, USB is only 5V. The GPS runs off of standard AA batteries, so I believe that there is no way to charge the batteries, while in the device, even using a charger. All the power cables are listed as power adapters, not chargers, so I think you will have to change the batteries when they go dead, or use seperately rechargable batteries.