The old one did it’s normal beeping while shutting down, which was bad as it was still supposed to be powered on. And it refuses to start up again.
I don’t know if I just broke the power cable fitting it to the new car, or if the unit itself died, or if the new car is delivering insufficient input voltage (although it ran for about 2hrs before dying). Cigarette lighter still works so there is still power to that.
Anyway, to get a new car charger cable is $50, thats a lot to pay to see if the power cable is the broken component. The next MiView model down from the one I currently have is only $119 which includes a power cable… and as I’m not sure if the unit itself is broken going for the complete package makes more sense, and is cheap enough that if it breaks again in the new car I haven’t wasted too much money.
According to the car manual there are supposed to be other charging points, in the boot, not much use there.
Anyway, it’s been ordered and should be here by next weekend to take on a 4-5hr drive to see if it lasts.
