power to gps

Hi Richard,
Mine is the same as the other post. You just buy one cable that has the serial connection on one end and also has a cigarette lighter fitting on the other. It ends up as quite a tangle of cables but it works fine. I guess your laptop has a serial con? Some of the newer models dont. (like mine) I then had to get a serial to usb connecter. (more cables) Which works ok too.

Cheers
Craig

Matt,

Have you tried using the Belkin on something else as well? A Palm maybe.

Sometimes they need software drivers installed - even on a Mac which usually copes with anything you plug in.

Or try to connect the GPS to a computer with a serial port so you can figure where the problem is.

I bought a Prolific unit from ebay, then spent a while searching google for drivers for it. Once set up, it works fine.

Tim