Sony 2 Pin DC Power Plug Required

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> Can anyone shed any light ? I have recently bought a Sony DCR TRV 265E. As
> with many other Sony Camcorders they use this funny little two prong DC
plug
> that connects directly to the camcorder to facilitate mains power or
> charging the battery.
>
> Always wanting more, I wish to power my camcorder with an alternative DC
> source, but cant find one of these plugs anywhere. Buying a seperate ac
> adaptor just to hack the plug off seems a bit excessive.
>
> My intention is to power the camera from several sources:
>
> Car (via cig lighter)
> Sealed Lead Acid
> 5 Std D type batteries
> 6 Ni-Cad's
>
> I have built an 8V dc regulator into an old walkman cigarette lighter
power
> plug which will give me 8V from the car or from the 12v sealed lead acid.
5
> Std D's will give me 7.5 volts and 6 Ni-CAD's 7.2 volts.
>
> The limiting factor however is the power plug. So has anyone been this
route
> before ? I have searched the WWW but cant find one. My last resort is to
cut
> the plug off my current cable and insert an inline connector so that I can
> use it for each of the apps above. However I would prefer not to
invalidate
> the warranty and find a spare.
>
> Please Help !
>
> TIA
>
>

 

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You can probably purchase a car cigarette lighter adapter for the
camcorder, which will have the necessary plug for the camcorder, then
wire each of your alternative power packs for a cigarette lighter
plug.

"Colin Forsyth" <colinforsythnot@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:<UUozc.475$lC3.108@newsfe3-gui>...
> > Can anyone shed any light ? I have recently bought a Sony DCR TRV 265E. As
> > with many other Sony Camcorders they use this funny little two prong DC
> plug
> > that connects directly to the camcorder to facilitate mains power or
> > charging the battery.
> >
> > Always wanting more, I wish to power my camcorder with an alternative DC
> > source, but cant find one of these plugs anywhere. Buying a seperate ac
> > adaptor just to hack the plug off seems a bit excessive.
> >
> > My intention is to power the camera from several sources:
> >
> > Car (via cig lighter)
> > Sealed Lead Acid
> > 5 Std D type batteries
> > 6 Ni-Cad's
> >
> > I have built an 8V dc regulator into an old walkman cigarette lighter
> power
> > plug which will give me 8V from the car or from the 12v sealed lead acid.
> 5
> > Std D's will give me 7.5 volts and 6 Ni-CAD's 7.2 volts.
> >
> > The limiting factor however is the power plug. So has anyone been this
> route
> > before ? I have searched the WWW but cant find one. My last resort is to
> cut
> > the plug off my current cable and insert an inline connector so that I can
> > use it for each of the apps above. However I would prefer not to
> invalidate
> > the warranty and find a spare.
> >
> > Please Help !
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >

 

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I like your optism. Unfortunately, I havent been able to locate such an
item.

Col

"mikep76" <sandyprice@msn.com> wrote in message
news:be7373cf.0406142019.59f6457f@posting.google.com...
> You can probably purchase a car cigarette lighter adapter for the
> camcorder, which will have the necessary plug for the camcorder, then
> wire each of your alternative power packs for a cigarette lighter
> plug.
>
> "Colin Forsyth" <colinforsythnot@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:<UUozc.475$lC3.108@newsfe3-gui>...
> > > Can anyone shed any light ? I have recently bought a Sony DCR TRV
265E. As
> > > with many other Sony Camcorders they use this funny little two prong
DC
> > plug
> > > that connects directly to the camcorder to facilitate mains power or
> > > charging the battery.

 

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I'm in the US, where "DC Power Inverters" are easily obtained. I
don't know if that is true in the UK.

These devices plug into the cigarette lighter plug in the car, and
convert the 12V-DC into mains voltage which is provided in a
standard mains plug. So you could just plug your regular charger
into the mains plug of the inverter.

You have to be careful about the available wattage - if you plug a
1000 Watt hair drier into an inverter that can provide 150 Watts,
you can expect problems

See this as one example of many:
http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3972528

In this catalog entry, you can see the auto plug on its pigtail, but
you can't quite see the US-style mains plug on the end of the box.

Prices and other specs vary all over the place.

Gino

"Colin Forsyth" <colinforsythnot@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in
news:GCxzc.23$S81.6@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net:

> I like your optism. Unfortunately, I havent been able to locate
> such an item.
>
> Col
>
> "mikep76" <sandyprice@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:be7373cf.0406142019.59f6457f@posting.google.com...
>> You can probably purchase a car cigarette lighter adapter for the
>> camcorder, which will have the necessary plug for the camcorder,
>> then wire each of your alternative power packs for a cigarette
>> lighter plug.
>>
>> "Colin Forsyth" <colinforsythnot@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:<UUozc.475$lC3.108@newsfe3-gui>...
>> > > Can anyone shed any light ? I have recently bought a Sony DCR
>> > > TRV
> 265E. As
>> > > with many other Sony Camcorders they use this funny little
>> > > two prong
> DC
>> > plug
>> > > that connects directly to the camcorder to facilitate mains
>> > > power or charging the battery.
>
>



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"Colin Forsyth" <colinforsythnot@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:UUozc.475$lC3.108@newsfe3-gui...
>
> > Can anyone shed any light ? I have recently bought a Sony DCR TRV 265E.
As
> > with many other Sony Camcorders they use this funny little two prong DC
> plug
> > that connects directly to the camcorder to facilitate mains power or
> > charging the battery.
> >
> > Always wanting more, I wish to power my camcorder with an alternative DC
> > source, but cant find one of these plugs anywhere. Buying a seperate ac
> > adaptor just to hack the plug off seems a bit excessive.
> >
> > My intention is to power the camera from several sources:
> >
> > Car (via cig lighter)
> > Sealed Lead Acid
> > 5 Std D type batteries
> > 6 Ni-Cad's
> >
> > I have built an 8V dc regulator into an old walkman cigarette lighter
> power
> > plug which will give me 8V from the car or from the 12v sealed lead
acid.
> 5
> > Std D's will give me 7.5 volts and 6 Ni-CAD's 7.2 volts.
> >
> > The limiting factor however is the power plug. So has anyone been this
> route
> > before ? I have searched the WWW but cant find one. My last resort is to
> cut
> > the plug off my current cable and insert an inline connector so that I
can
> > use it for each of the apps above. However I would prefer not to
> invalidate
> > the warranty and find a spare.
> >
> > Please Help !
> >
> > TIA


Colin, the subject of the Sony plug has come up before. There appears to be
two different size power plugs. I have yet to figure out what all of the
Sony power supplies do. I initially wanted to be able to charge a spare
battery without having it attached to my camera. Some of the Sony items are
a bit pricey.

B&H Photo carries some Sony adapters

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

The exact URL does not remain, so you will have the search

DC-VQ11 DC Power Supply / Charger for S Series Batteries
DCC-L50B CAR BATTERY ADAPTER
AC-SQ950D AC/DC Power Adapter / Super Quick Charger - for M Series
Lithium-Ion Batteries

Rich

 

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Thanks Gino that certainly gives me an option while on the move. I'm still
very keen to get my hands on one of these DC plugs so that I may build
alternative battery backs. The entire DCR- TRV range use them among several
others as well so they must be obtainable !

Regards

Col

"Gene E. Bloch" <hamburger@NOT_SPAM.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns95097E5DFE404Astrolabe@63.240.76.16...
> I'm in the US, where "DC Power Inverters" are easily obtained. I
> don't know if that is true in the UK.
>
> These devices plug into the cigarette lighter plug in the car, and
> convert the 12V-DC into mains voltage which is provided in a
> standard mains plug. So you could just plug your regular charger
> into the mains plug of the inverter.
>
> You have to be careful about the available wattage - if you plug a
> 1000 Watt hair drier into an inverter that can provide 150 Watts,
> you can expect problems
>
> See this as one example of many:
> http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3972528
>
> In this catalog entry, you can see the auto plug on its pigtail, but
> you can't quite see the US-style mains plug on the end of the box.
>
> Prices and other specs vary all over the place.
>
> Gino
>