Quote: Originally Posted by tbird2340
Ok.. I have one of those adapters that go from 120 to a variety of volts. I set it to 12V and alligator clipped the wires together.. I got nuttin. Flipped the polarity switch.. Still nuttin...
The ONLY thing that I have a question with is... If the polarity was wrong when hooked up could it have jacked it up and then when I switched it to the correct polarity it not matter because it was jacked up?
FYI - the adapter might not be pulling the right amount of amps to power the camera.
1.) Figure out the positive and negative wires from the camera
2.) take an extra Molex adapter (splitter) you may have lying around for your computer and cut off one of the Molex ends
3.) Identify the 12 volt and ground wires on the Molex. (I
think the yellow wire is 12 volt and the red wire is 5 volt -
don't take my word for it, do some verification yourself)
4.) Connect the positive camera wire to the +12v wire of the molex connector and the negative to negative
5.) Connect the other end of the Molex to your computer power supply and power up your computer
6.) Enjoy.
If you've done these steps correctly and still don't see anything from the camera, than it's probably fried. Good luck.
-HD