Aquabucket
Premium Member
I was frustrated with my old Sony digital camera so I decided to experiment with it a bit today. The result is I now can project my tank live on the wall. The camera was basically useless as it only could load pics and short vids to a floppy. The floppy mechanism failed about 6 months ago. My new computer doesn't even take floppys. Today I noticed a small video out-put jack and decided to play around with it. I hooked it up to my Optoma projector that's also linked to my computer for watching movies and viola it worked.
But now I had another problem. The camera did not have a wall adapter and could only run on batteries. Because of this the camera would auto shut-off after a few minutes and there was no way to change it. When plugged into the wall the auto shut-off is disabled so I decided to take the camera apart and find the leads to the input for the wall adapter. I cut the leads and spliced them with some longer wires. The label next to the adapter input called for 7.2 volts DC. I had an old DC adapter laying around so I gave it a try. I set the adapter to 7.5 volts and it worked. The 12 year old 3 mega pixel camera is now useful again.
For those of you with a digital video projector you might want to give it a try. Having my tank projected on the wall is simply amazing! One of my cats has been watching the huge aquarium on the wall for at least an hour now.
But now I had another problem. The camera did not have a wall adapter and could only run on batteries. Because of this the camera would auto shut-off after a few minutes and there was no way to change it. When plugged into the wall the auto shut-off is disabled so I decided to take the camera apart and find the leads to the input for the wall adapter. I cut the leads and spliced them with some longer wires. The label next to the adapter input called for 7.2 volts DC. I had an old DC adapter laying around so I gave it a try. I set the adapter to 7.5 volts and it worked. The 12 year old 3 mega pixel camera is now useful again.
For those of you with a digital video projector you might want to give it a try. Having my tank projected on the wall is simply amazing! One of my cats has been watching the huge aquarium on the wall for at least an hour now.
