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Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.

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stephen_usher wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 5:59 pm
Cosmic Puppet wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:37 pm

The crap SCART cable?

p.s. It's slighty too short to be a skipping rope. :lol:
Yeah, obviously a "Monster" cable, oxygen free wires, ultra gold plated, blessed by Tibetan monks and cleaned with Holy IPA. Probably a mere £500.
And still manages to look terrible.

Thankfully my 70s TV has no scart so I can pilfer the scart from my new old stock freeview box.
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Finally Working! Been at this for a while.

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s3uyCYHRvbE

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Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.

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:goodpost:

I don't know why I like that as much as I do, but i do! :lol:

Edit: Hey, that's post number "1040" for me. :girldance:
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derkom wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:10 pm :goodpost:

I don't know why I like that as much as I do, but i do! :lol:

Edit: Hey, that's post number "1040" for me. :girldance:
'cause it's cool! :lol:

I love the idea of using both old and new.

I've tidied up all the cable routing and ordered another aerial.

It's been a long road setting this up. First box was a dud. Also had to get a barrel adapter for the end of the power plug I bought. Been a bit of a nightmare.

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This one has a Philips tuner in it rather than an unbranded, and IT WORKS!
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Technical question about power.

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My Digital Receiver had no power supply but had 1.2A MAX written next to the barrel socket:

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So I bought this center positive supply from CPC:

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Is this the right approach or could I have gone with higher amps?

Would the TV box fry itself or would it 'know' what's going through it?
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Re: Technical question about power.

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Cosmic Puppet wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:13 am My Digital Receiver had no power supply but had 1.2A MAX written next to the barrel socket:
Is this the right approach or could I have gone with higher amps?
Would the TV box fry itself or would it 'know' what's going through it?
It should be OK, but IMO I would go with a 2amp PSU. As they never normally give the full output of what they quote. Plus your box saying 1.2A you should take with a pinch of salt as well. It could be a bit higher . Nothing wrong with giving stuff a bit of headroom, you could use a 5amp one with no troubles either.
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exxos wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:19 am
Cosmic Puppet wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:13 am My Digital Receiver had no power supply but had 1.2A MAX written next to the barrel socket:
Is this the right approach or could I have gone with higher amps?
Would the TV box fry itself or would it 'know' what's going through it?
It should be OK, but IMO I would go with a 2amp PSU. As they never normally give the full output of what they quote. Plus your box saying 1.2A you should take with a pinch of salt as well. It could be a bit higher . Nothing wrong with giving stuff a bit of headroom, you could use a 5amp one with no troubles either.
Thanks Exxos. I was worried about frying the TV BOX. The adapter does get quite warm.
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Cosmic Puppet wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:33 am Thanks Exxos. I was worried about frying the TV BOX. The adapter does get quite warm.
Its probably running on its limit. PSUs generally really start suffering efficiency wise generally after like 75% of its rated current for example. I guess a general rule would be go with 1amp higher than you actually need.
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Re: Technical question about power.

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exxos wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:38 am
Cosmic Puppet wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:33 am Thanks Exxos. I was worried about frying the TV BOX. The adapter does get quite warm.
Its probably running on its limit. PSUs generally really start suffering efficiency wise generally after like 75% of its rated current for example. I guess a general rule would be go with 1amp higher than you actually need.
Would this 2.2A one I'm currently (no pun) looking at be a good choice?

Don't want to go higher than I need with energy coats an all that lol

*edit* will have to go with the 2A one as the barrel plug is the same so I know my adapter will work.
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I had a look on my other TV box that doesn't work and it's wall plug has a 3A fuse in it.

Finally went with this:

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