[mythtv-users] Ceton InfiniTV 6 ETH Cooling Fan?

Andrew Stadt acstadt at stadt.ca
Mon Jan 2 21:17:04 UTC 2017


On 02/01/17 04:12 PM, Andrew Stadt wrote:
> On 02/01/17 03:36 PM, Craig Huff wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:huffcslists at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Others who use this have mentioned cooling it with a fan.  I would
>>     like to know how you're doing it.  Are you somehow pulling +5V
>>     from it to power a standard computer chassis fan? What about
>>     adapting a switched digital video control cable to draw power from
>>     the port on the back to feed a chassis fan?
>>
>>     --
>>     Craig.
>>
>>
>> Update: I've tried mini-USB and micro-USB cables I had available and 
>> found neither one would fit in the tuning adapter mini-USB port on 
>> the back of my unit.  Is this a non-standard (maybe female/male 
>> reversed?) connector?  Has anyone ever had something that plugged in 
>> there?
>>
>> -- 
>> Craig.
>>
> Don't have one myself, but IIRC from earlier conversations on this 
> list, that isn't a usb port but an external tuning adapter port. I 
> don't have any experience myself with these things (live in Canada) 
> but you should be able to look up a pinout somewhere... though I'm not 
> sure I'd be trying to power a fan off it myself.
Never mind, conflicting information out there... hopefully someone who 
knows will chime in.



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