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i3 speaker replacement

Hi,

I have a Garmin i3 GPS. The speaker dies on me within 6 months. Instead of calling their customer service and be put on hold for hours, I am planning to fix it myself. I open the thing up and find a very tiny 1" - 1.5" 8 ohms 1 watt round speaker glued/taped on the case.

Do you guys know where I can buy one of these to replace the broken speaker?

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Tom
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"Tom" wrote in news:2qyxg.75115$Lm5.43270 @newssvr12.news.prodigy.com:

That doesn't sound quite right. A speaker is usually good for the life of whatever it's built into. Are you sure the speaker is dead? Have you tried hooking it up to another audio source?

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Jim Land

I hooked the gps speaker wire to my headphone and I could hear the sound from my headphone. So, the gps speaker must be broken.

So, where can I find a tiny 1"-1.5" speaker with 8 ohms and 1 watt? I cut out the tiny speaker from my headphone and hook it to the gps but it does not sound loud at all.

Hmmm... my monitor comes with built-in speaker... and the speaker is loud. I think I will wrack the speaker out and hook it to my gps to see if it is loud enough to use.

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Tom

Surf over to Electronic Goldmine and look at the speakers on

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They have a number of micro sized speakers, some with 8-ohm impedance. Prices are good too.

Cheers!!!

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DaveM

Thanks. but I can't find anything there though. Nothing is 1W. The most they have is 0.4W.

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Tom

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