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Shame, Garmin. After a short time, the plastic "wings" on the connector bend slightly, making one of the contacts not mate properly. The speaker part of this item is fine. The slide-on electrical connector is poorly engineered. This electrical connector is far to complicated and delicate for anything but occosional use.
Am having problems with the chord in that I have to jiggle the chord for my unit to come on. I had bought this chord in October and have used it about 6 times now. Not exactly what I expect from the product after having paid this much.
When I would go over a bump the Street Pilot would reset due to a break where the cord attached to the connector at the back of the GPS receiver. The original cord on my Street Pilot 2640 began to give me problems after about 2 yrs. The new cord may develop the same problem (it appears to be identical to the original except that it is a couple of feet longer) but it solves the problem for now.
Trying to get all the bits back together was a challenge. I had tried to tape the tip back on for a while to delay purchasing a new one, but eventually that failed. I'll be trying this out myself rather than purchasing a new one. The fact that every person looking at this Garmin speaker adapter is here to buy a replacement for their broken part is surely testament to an inherent design flaw. The fact that the part costs so much just adds insult to injury imho. If you do manage to find all the pieces when yours breaks (and it will break) , I think the reviewer who recommended going to radio shack or an auto parts store and buying a "y" adaptor is on to a great Macgyver fix.
I don't think I should have needed this replacement if Garmin did the right thing. This seller was A++++.Dan The seller was right, it was exactly what I needed. I like my Garmin but this was a week link(cord) in the product.
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