I have a Mio C520 sat nav that has never run on the internal battery as far as the map is concerned, it has got so that I cannot even program in a destination without being plugged in to a power source yet it will show films or play music for hours but turn it to maps and the message battery to low comes up and the whole unit shuts down, if I measure the battery voltage while it is doing this the reading is 3.8 volts with the map on and 4 volts with it off but playing films.
I have ordered a new lithium battery but this has been like it from new (2007) the battery date code 070901 not sure if this means the battery was made in 2007, or 2001. But for a unit that is called the mio digi walker it certainly is not a portable sat nav, the battery never in the sat nav mode ran the unit for more than 5 minuets enough time to set the destination get out of the house and plug it into the car cradle.
So I was wondering how much power sat nav require and if there is a fault or short in the unit I have.