Voltage requirement for "Power Player" NES clone

[majinbuu]

Hi there

I need to know the voltage requirement, Amp requirement and tip polarity for an ac adapter for a "Power Player" NES clone. There is nothing on the device itself to help me out and it didn't come with one. Also, is it an AC/AC adapter or AC/DC adapter?

I would appreciate any help I can get.

The Battery Pack is 6V (4x 1.5V batteries) so I was thinking the voltage adapter needs to be 6V also?

Thanks
Sam :)

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

All those Famiclones come with 9V 500mA adapters, but as you pointed out the batteries in the Power Player only add up to 6V (and actually I have a different one that only needs three AAA, so that would be 4.5V). I expect that if you got a lower voltage adapter, you'd want a higher amperage rating. So at say 5V, you'd probably want 1000mA.

Tip needs to be negative and it should output DC.


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[majinbuu]

Thanks alot :)

[majinbuu]

before I go out to buy a voltage adapter for this system, does the information supplied by "Sweater Fish Deluxe" seem correct.

No offence to him :), I just want to make sure so I don't fry the system. I find it highly enjoyable even though some here would probably like to hang me for saying that.


I will wait for a day or so for any responses, then will go out to buy the adapter.

It sucks how in the US the voltage adapter comes with the system, but in Australia we don't get it.

Ah well,
Thanks
Sam Delaurentis

[Pantechnicon]

A 9V 500mA shouldn't be that difficult to locate so I'd just stick with that. You can go down to 5 volts if you like. Concerning mA, I wouldn't go above 750 myself.

[Blitzwing256]

i've plugged the genesis model one ac into them and they work just fine, I think it gets a little hot after a few hours but it has never damaged any of the ones i've owned before.

[majinbuu]

I finally went and got myself an adapter. It ranges from 3 to 12V with 1.5A capability at 3V and at the moment I am using 6V. For those in the future who need this info, use 6V DC, negative tip polarity.

However I am now getting interference in the picture which I didn't get with batteries. I have tried 4.5V, 6V and 9V but no change. It is a wavy sort of distortion which shows most on a black background.

Any ideas? Or just cheap chinese production methods?

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

A 9V 500mA shouldn't be that difficult to locate so I'd just stick with that. You can go down to 5 volts if you like. Concerning mA, I wouldn't go above 750 myself.
Higher amperage than is needed can't cause any problems. A system will only draw as much amperage from its power source as it needs, so you could use a 5000mA adapter and the system would still only draw whatever amps it needs at the given voltage to supply enough power for eveything. V*A=W, so a 9V 500mA adapter is capable of supplying 4.5watts, so I would think that at 5V you'd want to have 1000mA just to be sure. The systems actually probably draw less than that, though.

For the interference you're getting, majinbuu, I would guess that it is indeed just crappy shielding in the system even though I've never had that problem with any of the Power Player system's I've had. That's a big part of what's crappy about crappy components: they're unpredictable. It could be the switching AC adapter you bought. Those things should be fine, but I usually stay away from them and get dedicated supplies for whatever voltage I want. Like Pantechnicon said, a 9V 500mA adapter with the proper plug should be very easy to find (check a thrift store, I guarantee you'll find one for $1) so you might try that and see if it solves thr problem. 5V or 6V might be a little harder to find with that plug; you might have to go to two thrift stores.


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