I solve my Garmin GPS power cord problems

Dino’s Tinker Shed, S1Ep28. GARMIN NUVI power cord problems

In this episode I will walk you through how I modified a Garmin Power cable to work on my DR650 without going into Sync mode. This was an issue I had been dealing with for years with my snowmobiles and lately my DR650 which both use a USB plug wired directly to the 12 volt power system of the vehicle instead of using the “cigarette” style power plug supplied with the GPS.
This Mod seems to work for me but please let me know if you have other ways to stop this annoying issue with the sync mode.

TIME CODE CHAPTERS:
00:00 Cold opening
00:55 Intro
01:14 Overview of the issue
02:01Why I use a Garmin NUVI in the first place
05:19 Review of cable and project
06:56 I mess up the first attempt
0830 Example of a journeyman’s splice
10:05Soldering the splice example
11:24 Soldering the real wires
12:00 Shrink tube
12:27 Take two
12:57 Testing
13:26 Summary