How far does the receiver have to be from the Powermat to charge the phone? I want to mount this underneath my console in my car, there will be about 1/8th to 1/4 of an inch between the Powermat and receiver.
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It has to be absolutely flush with the top of the mat. You can't have anything - not even a piece of paper or a business card between the mat and the case. There are good electrical reasons for this - magnetic fields drop off with the square of the distance, so the charger would be monstrously inefficient if it were even a little bit further away. The other issue you might have is keeping the phone in place. There is a fairly small area on the charger where the phone can sit. It is held in place with the magnetic coupling, but it's only a few ounces of pressure. In a car you would need something to secure the phone to the charger.
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I have used it up to about 15 ft as long as the receiver was pointed at the transmitter, the receiver is under the hood of my car so the signal is blocked some what.
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It is coiled in the middle, straight on either end, maybe about a foot or a little more in total length, stretching to roughly 18-24". However, it tends to spring back or disconnect from your phone if extended to the full length. Depending on where your outlet is located, it's long enough to connect to a phone in a center console or cupholder. I'm able to connect it to my phone while it's mounted in a holder on the center vent, but it might be difficult if it were mounted on the dash or windshield, or to talk on it (non-hands free) while charging.
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Rather short, maybe 24" Probably designed that way so you don't have a lot of dangling cable in your way. Once you plug in, you control it from the radio controls anyway... no need to mess with your device itself.
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Hey Phil. The great thing about the Power mat is that you don't need the charging port. You just simply lay your phone on the mat and charging begins. So yes to your question.
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I have the powermat charging mat and then the powermat case on my iPhone. For a blue tooth hearing piece, the powermat came with special piece and the Bluetooth sits on that on the powermat for charging.
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It uses a standard DC "barrel" or "coaxial" power connector available at any Radio Shack, or you could probably buy a cable on Amazon somewhere, or cut the cord off of a "wall wart" that you do not need any more. It runs on 12Vdc, so it can just tap directly into the car electrical wiring. The positive goes to the center of the connector. Why would you want near-IR under your car?
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It sticks out a little far, but no farther than I think most cables would. The thing that really ended up destroying mine, though (or at least I think), is that its a really stiff cable, and after moving it around a lot in my car it eventually just stopped working (due to what I assume was its stiffness).
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It would be quite awkward. The panel is 4 ft long and a ft wide. I just put it on the roof of my car. When I am ready to go, I just take it off the roof, unplug the charging connector and I'm ready to go.
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It's not too long. It is spiraled like an old phone cord which is nice, but definitely designed to be close to use. I have a windshield mount, you have to have an outlet no further than the where the center console meets the dash.
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Iphone5 does not natively support Powermat. You'll need to get a case that is PMA compatible.
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Ours is on the car now and we have 8 inches between the carrier and the receiver (not counting the portion in the receiver). Hope that helps.
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The cable plug goes in about half way, exposing about 1/4". I concur with zaph. If your power button doesnt turn amber, then you have a problem. BUT, for the first time, figure on a long charging time (If memory serves me right).
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The cable is 5' from micro usb to the power adapter. There is 6" from micro usb to the traffic receiver
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It is made to elevate approx. 3-4 feet above the radio. Just plugging it in increases reception but then you have 3-4 feet of heavy cord and a 2 foot antenna to deal with. Very good product though.
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This is not a powermat This is an adapter for all phones, the powermat has one power source to conect in wall plug. Some powermat has an USB to plug a phone. This adapter connects the phone with the powermat.
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Its short. Just remembering my install if you have to access power more than one foot away from the device you wish to use it on you will need to add length to the power supply end rather than the output side. I used it to power a GPS on a scooter with the need for only about 2 feet and it was too short as it was shipped. I simply added supply side wire. It then worked fine. Good luck.