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Title: Usb Charging For The C1000
Post by: omro on September 14, 2005, 05:14:38 am

Hi guys,

Has anyone found a decent cable that will plug into the USB of a PC and into the power socket of the C1000 and charge it?

Title: Usb Charging For The C1000
Post by: GadgetGuy on September 14, 2005, 12:02:29 pm

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Hi guys,

Has anyone found a decent cable that will plug into the USB of a PC and into the power socket of the C1000 and charge it?
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Yes. Do a search on ebay for PSP USB charging cable. ( The Sony PSP has same voltage, same connector )

Title: Usb Charging For The C1000
Post by: Stubear on September 14, 2005, 09:32:07 pm

You mean something like this

http://www.diatec.co.jp/shop/det.php?prod_c=138 (http://www.diatec.co.jp/shop/det.php?prod_c=138)

I've been using one off and on now for about a month - used to use the same companies power/sync cable too on my C860.

Stu

P.S. this was posted in a thread called "Charging via USB?" in this section of the forum

Title: Usb Charging For The C1000
Post by: tomisako on September 22, 2005, 06:33:42 am

I can recommend Polarpanda (http://www.polarpanda.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=27_46&products_id=675) PSP USB charging and syncing cable.

It's made by Kaiyue.

You can make a telnet connection while it charges Z.

See the mini plug (http://people.jyu.fi/~tomisako/z/psp-usb/kaiyue_charge_and_data.jpg).

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But be careful and use it own risk. Don't use USB HUB which is contacted to an extra power adaptor. Too much power for mini-b plug can blow your Z.
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Title: Usb Charging For The C1000
Post by: GadgetGuy on September 22, 2005, 08:31:16 am

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But be careful and use it own risk. Don't use USB HUB which is contacted to an extra power adaptor. Too much power for mini-b plug can blow your Z.
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I would agree with the comment about USB HUB-s. I have bought a mini USB hub, and when measuring the voltage, I have found, that the power supply of the hub gave about 6.1 Volts!

Fortunately I have several small power supplies - so after measuring all of them, I found one which gives 5.03 Volt (and 2 amps). That is the one I use to power the hub (and from the hub I use a PSP USB charging cable), and all is good...

But as a key learning: before I plug the USB charging cable in the Zaurus, I always make sure, that I test the voltage (if I have not tested it before)...

(However, I have not found yet a laptop / PC with too high voltage on the USB port. It is only the USB hubs which are risky)