VCI-100 Power Adaptor

DJ Life & Community General Discussion
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VCI-100 Power Adaptor

Just about to go out and get one

Am I right in thinking it’s a 9V DC does anyone know what amp they have to be?

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Sorry just found it

500mA

My bad :disappointed:

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I got this one from Maplin a few weeks back and it works just dandy.
9V 500mA Unreg PSU… £7.99
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=13453

In fact i bought 2 cus i live in fear of busting and/or losing everything.

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yeh i usually carry 2 of everything aswell or 3 :smiley:

Nice one i’ll be grabbing a couple of them

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i went to my local thrift store and they had a whole wall of used power adapters. i picked one up for 0.99 cents

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I’ve been using the VCI-100 without power adaptor all the time and it never let me down.

Is there any kind of advantage if you use an adaptor?

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Some people don’t have enough usb ports to supply power to all of their devices, especially if you are using a usb hub that is pulling power from a single port.

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Doesn’t the USB-hub add latency to the VCI-100?

Would you rather use a power adaptor on an usb-hub or on the VCI-100.

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i think he means if you have to use a USB Hub to connect the VCI . Maybe you had a USB soundcard on the one USB laptop port and say, a Korg Nanopad and VCI on a hub to the other port (if you only have 2 USB ports like Macs) its a good idea to power the VCI with an adapter to take the strain of the powered USB Hub that may have two items connected to it.

I would always power anything that is connected to a hub even if it is a powered Hub.
Definitely never put your soundcard on a Hub.