foz1284 Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Hi there,Ive got myself in a bit of a pickle!somehow i have managed to lose the charging cradle for my sony MZ-NH1 MD playerMy plan is to butcher the usb cable so that I can put the 6V charger through it.I need to know which pins on the connector are +ve and 0VIf anyone has the unit and would be willing to help i can walk them through how to find out, it should be quite an easy process for someone with a cradle but i havnt got one so of course cant do itplease help as I have over £100 worth of paperweight at the moment,Thanks, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bass_Man Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Hi,I don't think it is quite as simple as that.I have seen somewhere on this site a link to a homebrew project where the electronics from the charger base is cannibalised to make a charging adaptor powered by AA cells (if my memory serves).The implication is that the electronic gubbins in the charger which you have lost contains the components required to use the dc available from the USB connection charge the Li-Ion battery in the NH1.So it isn't simply a case of sticking 6V dc up the USB cable.Hopefully someone in this forum will come up with something which will lead to your salvation - maybe the fact that the NH1 has a removeable battery may be of some use if there is such a thing as an external Li-Ion charger ...Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foz1284 Posted May 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 trust sony not to make things simple!!!!! if anyone has taken the charget apart and can tell me what components there are inside that would be great, a circuit diagram would be brilliant as well, but I would probably be able to work out what was going on from a few pictures if anyone has any.cheers guysIf anyone knows where I would be able to pick up a charging cradle or if anyone has a broken unit and therefor a spare cradle i am willing to pay for it.we can all live in hopecheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foz1284 Posted May 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 I have looked at the pictures or the charging electronics and from what I can Make out there is just a resistor and capacitor which would indicate a simple DC filter.sony probably just put this in as a precautionary measure and I believe it will be ok to just connect the unit straight up to 6VIf anyone knows any different can they please let me know...Cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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