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To be fair, the manual says it's SPDIF only.
I got delivery of my DR100mkii today, and wanted to report that it works with an AC adapter I originally bought on eBay for my Tascam DR-07 for about $6.00.If you search PS-P520 on eBay, a bunch of them come up from different retailers.It looks like this:
Quote from: dogmusic on December 18, 2011, 05:52:53 PMI know that the Li-ion battery will charge from a USB connection. Can you power the unit itself from a USB connection?Nope. Explanation and photo added. Basically it's just like other recorders...once you connect the USB to the PC, it acts like a separate drive for downloading files from the recorder but recorder functionality is disabled.
I know that the Li-ion battery will charge from a USB connection. Can you power the unit itself from a USB connection?
How'd you figure that one out?
Not true Steve. There is a work around. Press Record first, THEN plug in the external USB battery pack. You'll continue to record while charging the Lithium on the fly. No "USB Connect" screen. I perfected this at Wanee a few years ago with my DR-1, which runs the same battery. A simple cheapo USB AA battery pack had that puppy running 11 hours. Hot swapping made easy. NOTE: if you Stop your recording, the "USB Connect" screen will come up, but no fears, your recording will be saved.
Quote from: spyder9 on December 19, 2011, 11:05:19 PMNot true Steve. There is a work around. Press Record first, THEN plug in the external USB battery pack. You'll continue to record while charging the Lithium on the fly. No "USB Connect" screen. I perfected this at Wanee a few years ago with my DR-1, which runs the same battery. A simple cheapo USB AA battery pack had that puppy running 11 hours. Hot swapping made easy. NOTE: if you Stop your recording, the "USB Connect" screen will come up, but no fears, your recording will be saved.Does this charge the Lithium and power the unit?
3 hrs, 15 minutes on a pair of AA energizers. Backlight off, internal directional mics, 24/48, low cut and the filters off, of course.