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anybody out there with a Q-be
02GF74 - 13/6/06 at 10:28 AM

Got one yesterday.

It charges via a PC USB so I am wondering if I can use a self-powered USB hub instead? e.g. this one from maplins: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=45620&criteria=usb%20hub&doy=13m6

Anyone tired that or similar?

scottc - 13/6/06 at 10:32 AM

it depends what else you have plugged into the hub.

a USB port can only provide 500ma

The hub will take some, and other devices will take power unless they have they're own power supply (printers/Scanners etc).

02GF74 - 13/6/06 at 10:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by scottc
it depends what else you have plugged into the hub.

a USB port can only provide 500ma

The hub will take some, and other devices will take power unless they have they're own power supply (printers/Scanners etc).


nothing; it is to charge it up without a PC.

I cannot see why it shouldn't work but I'm sure there are more USB savy people out there than me....

.... actually if I knew rthe pin out of a 4 pin USB A socket, then I could use an existing 5 V power supply I have (I measured the voltages on a 4 segment jack plug and it looks like 5 V) but I;d rather pay £10 than melt my Q-be.

[Edited on 13/6/06 by 02GF74]

scottc - 13/6/06 at 10:42 AM

Ooops my mistako completely misread your post and thought the hub was bus powered.

Mark18 - 13/6/06 at 10:45 AM

Something like this is what you want: http://cgi.ebay.ie/USB-TRAVEL-POWER-3-PINs-PLUG-UK-ADAPTER-CHARGER-4-iPod_W0QQitemZ9739071873QQcategoryZ48680QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

mookaloid - 13/6/06 at 11:11 AM

USB powered stuff (phone charging etc) annoys me. If I plug my phone in to PC to edit it, the power it takes from the USB stops my USB cordless mouse working

02GF74 - 13/6/06 at 01:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark18
Something like this is what you want: http://cgi.ebay.ie/USB-TRAVEL-POWER-3-PINs-PLUG-UK-ADAPTER-CHARGER-4-iPod_W0QQitemZ9739071873QQcategoryZ48680QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



Hey - big thanks for that - got one for £5 - doubt I could by the bits to make one for less - did not realise such things existed!!!!

MikeRJ - 13/6/06 at 03:53 PM

Thw Q-Be's are neat looking gadgets, but I could never use one for the same reason that I find small mobile phones hard to use, big fingers!