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October 8th, 2002, 01:32 AM

Does anyone know what voltage the dc out mini jack on the back of the XL1 supplies? I know the camera voltage is 7.2 volts.
What sort of things could I use that jack for?
The XL1 manual is no help.
Cheers for any help
John Gwillim

Chris Hurd · October 8th, 2002, 06:02 AM

That jack provides an extremely low-voltage output to power certain electronics inside the MA-100 and MA-200 XLR audio adapters. It serves no other purpose and unfortunately is not adaptable or modifiable for anything else. Hope this helps,

October 8th, 2002, 10:40 AM

Thanks for all your work with the watch dog, your site has been very useful over the years.

Don Palomaki · October 9th, 2002, 07:29 AM

The nominal output voltage is 5 VDC, and as Chris notes it is not intended for anything but a select few accessories from Canon such as the MA-100/200, and operhaps some RF (ch 3/4 output) adapters or a Canon mic. It has very limited current capacity. Also, the ground return may not be through the 5 VDC jack but through the ground of the audio/video jacks.

October 8th, 2002, 01:32 AM	#1
John Gwillim Posts: n/a	DC out plug Does anyone know what voltage the dc out mini jack on the back of the XL1 supplies? I know the camera voltage is 7.2 volts. What sort of things could I use that jack for? The XL1 manual is no help. Cheers for any help John Gwillim

October 8th, 2002, 06:02 AM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	That jack provides an extremely low-voltage output to power certain electronics inside the MA-100 and MA-200 XLR audio adapters. It serves no other purpose and unfortunately is not adaptable or modifiable for anything else. Hope this helps, __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

October 8th, 2002, 10:40 AM	#3
John Gwillim Posts: n/a	Thanks Chris and... Thanks for all your work with the watch dog, your site has been very useful over the years.

October 9th, 2002, 07:29 AM	#4
Don Palomaki Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Northern VA Posts: 4,489	The nominal output voltage is 5 VDC, and as Chris notes it is not intended for anything but a select few accessories from Canon such as the MA-100/200, and operhaps some RF (ch 3/4 output) adapters or a Canon mic. It has very limited current capacity. Also, the ground return may not be through the 5 VDC jack but through the ground of the audio/video jacks.