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stephen_usher wrote: 22 Jul 2022 17:59

Cosmic Puppet wrote: 22 Jul 2022 14:37

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.

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

: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:

derkom wrote: 31 Jul 2022 20:10 :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.


This one has a Philips tuner in it rather than an unbranded, and IT WORKS!

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


So I bought this center positive supply from CPC:


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?

Cosmic Puppet wrote: 01 Aug 2022 00:13 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.

exxos wrote: 01 Aug 2022 00:19

Cosmic Puppet wrote: 01 Aug 2022 00:13 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.

Cosmic Puppet wrote: 01 Aug 2022 00:33 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.

exxos wrote: 01 Aug 2022 00:38

Cosmic Puppet wrote: 01 Aug 2022 00:33 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.

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: