Scored a great unit on facebook for free today

[@brainndamage]

I save all the connectors from dead 9V batteries, then use them to make battery clips for projects when I need them, I'll never have to buy a 9V clip ever again.

[@12voltvids]

I've done that.

[@tompsheridantsheridant7354]

​@@12voltvidsI CONNECTED MY NAVEL TO THE INTERNET: **INTERNAVEL!!**

[@ketas]

yeah because why not. recycling is nice. just need strain relief for wiring

[@brainndamage]

@@ketas I usually hot glue on the other end of the battery (plastic the same shape as the connector)

[@ketas]

or just make 4 small holes in plastic and route wire through it...

[@djarty1164]

Hi Dave just a quick one about Nav systems. I used to work for a leading Nav company and there are 2 options which you talked about in your video. Fast and short travel. Fast means the speed that you are going. Short is the travel time. If you want to go quick as in time wise you would have to use Short travel. But if you want to go quick in your car you would have to use "Fast". It's stupid but true. Keep up the great vids!!!

[@tacofortgens3471]

They need a 3rd economy option. Waze gives you map overview and you can select multiple routes.

[@12voltvids]

Problem with Google is if it detects a traffic slow down such as a tunnel or bridge it reroutes you and if you decide to go the other way it constantly nags you to turn around.

[@12voltvids]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin I can get to and address in the city i work in without gps. This was 2 cities over. If I looked at a paper map I wouldn't have even needed it because a friend lived in the next street over. As I was going there i drove past my friends old house. I know the area just didn't know where that street was. Gos took me in the back way, the much longer way.

[@jacksonblack9408]

Nice work. If you ever want to do it the easy way, you can get barrel jack adapters that will fit just about any socket. They cost maybe a dollar or so. Then you just need a power pack with a 5.5mmx2.5mm barel jack (or splice one on) and the right voltage. You can glue the adapter on if you're worried about it falling off

[@12voltvids]

This was easy.

[@henrychinaski5223]

Great video! I always end up searching out some electronic gadget I see on KZbin. Put a bid in for one of these on eBay just so that I can have another toy. Even at 70 these things still fascinate me. If it works I'll end up putting it on one of the several TVs scattered around the house. BTW, really enjoyed your video on changing belts in a Sony 300 CD changer. I have a 300, 400 and a Sony 400 DVD player and have had to change the belts in all three at different times. After the first belt change the rest were a snap. Even got my son back in business with his Sony 300. His had been down for more than three years and as expected the belts were black goo.

[@JaxonRamblers]

I get it. About the same age as you and I still have a habit of coming home with something I really don't need more of. Found a Philips VCR/DVD combo at Goodwill for 11 bucks yesterday, like new condition with remote. Like I need another VCR/DVD combo! I have four hooked up to every tv and the projector in the house along with bluray, roku, tv antenna. With VHS coming back into the collectors' market now they ae becoming harder to find a cheap deal on. Glad Goodwill hasn't figured it out yet.

[@JaxonRamblers]

Oh yea, on the same trip, same store, I found an AppleTv streaming box for eight bucks. Brought it home, did a factory reset and update and works like new. Price those on the market!

[@Cyba_IT]

I do the same Henry and my house is getting pretty full! 😂😂😬

[@vanderlinde4you]

480p/720p players - a good find. these days it's all about live streaming; takes quite the hobby to collect all sorts of movies to store on there.

[@12voltvids]

This does 1080p. It can output 480i at the same time as well as 1080i out the component while outputting 1080p out HDMI. It's great if i want to make a quick DVD copy of a 1080 file. No need to render out a 480 file just plug the USB stick in or stream it from the hard drive over WiFi and plug the composite out into DVD recorder and hit record.

[@kevkabluebird1032]

I also have the problem with weak batteries and incorrect data from my Fluke devices. Since I live in Germany, I also have access to our local manufacturer “Gossen Metrawatt” and their multimeter series. I have not actually encountered this problem with these devices. These "Made in Germany" multimeters cost as much as "Made in USA" Fluke Devices :D Apart from that, an interesting video! Nowadays, I only look at classified ads and the like with a low price limit and actually only for defective devices. On one hand, because it’s fun to try to repair them, and on the other hand, I don’t like to spend a lot of money on old electronics. Even if I like old stuff, some prices for functional devices such as "vintage" radios, tape decks, etc., are simply astronomically high. Best regards from Berlin!

[@12voltvids]

The ones i love at garage sales where the owner has printed out eBay sales prices and stuck it on what they Are selling. 100 for a 20 year old microwave. I don't think so.

[@12voltvids]

It will be a FLUKE if its accurate. There is a reason FLUKE devices cost as much as they do, and that is repeatability. They are held to very high standards by industry and government users such as NASA, Boeing, US military ect. They make meters that span many, many years. They don't change often and the reason is due to specifications called for by these industrial users. Dave Jones over at EEVBLOG did a video on this. They have contracts with large industrial and governmental agencies that demand a very specific specification. They don't give a dam about selling to a back yard hobbies. They have industrial users that do not care about the price, they are paying for a specific product and specification and their meters are produced to this standard. Are there other companies that produce a meter as accurate as fluke. You bet there are, lots and they cost a fraction of the price, but one thing they don't have is the certifiably that fluke has earned over the past half century. I have a brand new fluke that I have never used. Some idiot was selling a 500 meter for 20 bucks on Facebook and I pounced on it. The guy said he had about 40 offers in the first few minutes and would sell it to the first person that showed up. Just so happened that it was my day off and I jumped in the car and headed straight over and snagged it. Was it hot? Possibly. He told me it had been his father's and he ran a repair shop but couldn't tell me the name of it, and he bought the new meter only a few months before he had a stroke. Its so new that the protective film on the display is still there. I'll put that one in service after this old FLUK 12 packs it in.

[@kevkabluebird1032]

@@12voltvids I do work in industrial enviroments and here in germany you find a lot of Gossen Metrawatt devices alongside with FLUKE devices. Gossen is the only company that made a 1200000 digits handheld multimeter, which is a kinda neat and costly device. These meters come with official calibration certificates - which is also kinda nice. I do like meters from both ... FLUKE and GOSSEN.

[@hermannschaefer4777]

Had once a Fluke meter with the same problem - even before the battery indicator showed up, sold it. All my Metrawatt and Sanwa meters never had a similar problem.

[@kyoudaiken]

N3, isn't that a German channel? I remember watching N3 back then, too with the same logo. But it could be that it also was broadcasting in other countries.

[@rwdplz1]

I live in a major metro area with HUGE cellular data dead spots, so I've had issues with Google Maps not knowing where I am, failing to load, freezing, etc. Just bought a used Garmin for $20 with lifetime maps and traffic, updated it, and installed a new $15 battery.

[@electromech7335]

You need to upload the cat fight video! The white one just kept coming back for more butt kicking 😅😅😅

[@ipavemyownroad]

Nice hair. Thanks for showing us your hair while you solder so we can enjoy it's flowing beauty instead of seeing the boring act of soldering

[@12voltvids]

Have to show it off while i still have it and rub it in to those much younger that have lost theirs.

[@jblackjack]

I remember the 6 AAAA in the 9v and the big single A cell.

[@ford1546]

I've always wondered what factories think when they make such media boxes? almost air tight box where there is no air circulation. Perfect recipe for overheating.

[@markrowe8824]

I have a Roku streaming box, it's a sealed unit and after being on for a while the top gets warm so I'm guessing it acts like a secondary heatsink. 🤔🤔

[@ford1546]

@@markrowe8824 It doesn't. When you have a heatsink inside an almost airtight box, in the end it doesn't work as a heatsink! CPU. begins to slow down to protect himself. I have only seen an android/media box with a fan!

[@12voltvids]

There are hidden vents on top and bottom covers. In case you missed it a gap of about 2mm all the way around. Plenty of convection air flow.

[@RaduTek]

This thing probably runs some very light weight real time operating system, probably not even Linux, so it probably doesn't need much cooling anyways. Sony uses BSD on PlayStations, so maybe this thing's firmware shares some code base with that.

[@markrowe8824]

@@RaduTek the on-screen interface is almost exactly the same as the PS3 games console. 🤔🤔

[@loumontcalm3500]

I still like old fashioned road maps. Was lucky enough to see Joey D. and have a brief conversation with him. He was a very nice guy. I know next to nothing about electronics but like your vids- don't know how the algorithm put you on my map. Maybe Cold War Motors.. in Alta. Now there's a coincidence!😂

[@helpaholic]

Yeah he fixes it and he sells it on his time and his knowledge. His knowledge is worth money.

[@12voltvids]

Told the person that wanted money for a broken tv to keep it.

[@martinda7446]

The Fluke - Ha, ha, ha.. This IS the reading you get after ignoring ''low battery'' for weeks. (I've had a couple of those).

[@12voltvids]

Mine came on a few weeks ago but i haven't been using it. I don't leave it on. Mostly just for continuity beeper. I went to check a lithium battery that my car had said was low in the fob and the meter showed good. Hmmm won't unlock car. Got a new battery and it measures 4.8v hmmm something up here. Must be meter battery. I put the old one back in to "stage" this portion of the video.

[@martinda7446]

@@12voltvids I have a cheaper old meter that starts to display exactly the same figures as the Fluke... I'll have to have a look at the chip-set. PS. (Warning! This is a weird comment) I love your channel, but I do sometimes think about things the total opposite way you do. I think if we were in the same room for an hour we would have a fight 🤠😸😸 But I really like you and your channel... In fact it makes it more entertaining and sometimes amusing. I think I'm a bit of a picky, annoying old git.

[@12voltvids]

@@martinda7446 simple answer. I do it right

[@martinda7446]

@@12voltvids Ha ha.... We would be fighting right now. I love it.

[@GGigabiteM]

I feel you with Google maps being terrible. I use it as a guide instead of taking it verbatim because of how terrible it is. I turn off the voice navigation because it'll hitch up constantly and tell me that I need to do a 180 on the freeway, go back 20 miles and then go on a different nonsense route because it calculated that would be faster. I also have to keep an eagle eye on it because it'll constantly tell you about "faster routes" and automatically try switching to them if you don't cancel the prompt in the 5 or so seconds it gives you for input, which makes it so you have to close the maps and open them again. This is especially dangerous on long haul trips, because you can end up 50-100 miles away from where you actually want to be. I remember years ago hearing "experts" say that GPS map software was going to make it a thing of the past for you to have to remember routes to your destination, you just plug in and go. Yeah, no. It'll never be like that. GPS software is good at one single thing, making you frustrated and want to throw your expensive electronic device out the window. It's the exact opposite, GPS nav software is great at forcing you to remember routes out of pure spite for the software, so you don't need it.

[@mitchgordon8199]

Sony used the XMB menu in the ps3 and few other products.

[@markedtky]

I love how you talk about other stuff that you thought was interesting

[@branhicks]

Someone gave me the same player a while back. It's identical to a Sony blu-ray player I had from the same era. None of the apps are supported any more on mine

[@12voltvids]

Apps all removed themself. Only thing that plays is media from my server or USB media.

[@starquestman1544]

I took a trip in my 87 ram 50 from California to Montana one year and had a route all planned out on Google maps to take the back roads through eastern Oregon and Idaho. that thing refused to let me stick to my original planed route! Every time I would get to an intersection or fork in the road it would tell me that it found a faster or better route and I would have to look down at my phone and tell it to ignore the freeway or whatever new route it would try and direct me to. I'm surprised my phone didn't end up in the engine fan along the way!

[@Zoli1972s]

Is that possible that Google has a database of "no-go" regions or some kind of an algorithm when you are doing long-dinstance travel, just to keep the traffic out of small towns? I was thinking abut this for a long time. Here in Germany, it seems it does. I also tried the planned route thing once or twice, to do scenic roads (should definitely be an option) and I always got stuck to the big roads (federal road, which is Bundesstraße or Autobahn). I know, I can swtich off Autobahn, but what about the others?

[@digitalchaos1980]

Great video, as usual, and love your ringtone!! 😆

[@12voltvids]

I gave a few. Good thing asshole didn't call.

[@kingforaday8725]

Great video! I loath those special Sony power connectors! When substituting a missing power supply Im aware of checking the polarity of the middle pin and barrel, + and -, or - and +. How much over/under can the voltage and amps be?

[@12voltvids]

Amps doesn't matter if it's over. Say the original was 12v 1a. It is perfectly acceptable to replace it with a 12v 3a or 5a. Obviously you wouldn't replace it with 12v 500ma or 300ma. That wouldn't work. It's not like the power supply is going to force 3 or 5 amps into the device. The device is going to draw what it needs. That's the max current the power supply can deliver without going I to over current protection or overheating.

[@kingforaday8725]

@@12voltvids Thanks!!! What about voltage? For example could a 12 volt use anything from say 10 volts to 14 volts and still provide enough power but not enough to fry something?

[@markmarkofkane8167]

I always charged or changed the battery when it shows low. I guess I'm odd? Interesting stuff! Edit: I took apart a Panasonic 9 volt battery about a year ago. It had 6 skinny AAA cells in it. A Lantern battery "Energizer" had 4 long D cells in it.(I had the lantern battery for many years)

[@12voltvids]

Don't use rechargable in test equipment. Voltage is too low.

[@12voltvids]

Usually I leave the battery in place till it stops, but in the case of meters and smoke detectors, they get changed as soon as they show low.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

​@@12voltvidsand alarm clocks

[@supunthalangama3426]

I have decorder but It jack connecter has broken l haven't connecter to replace.finding these not an easy.you had done these work very handly.nice work to see😂

[@rbtgmnstcs]

It feels like that Fluke multimeter isn't entirely ok. At least in the past, they would never had let any multimeter leave the factory with such severe misreadings once the low battery icon shows up. Either the icon shows up too late (when needed voltage for correct reference already is too low) or the reference circuitry "linearization" isn't doing it's job correctly. I suggest the latter, as normally, the LCD starts to dim before such severe misreadings.

[@12voltvids]

Well the new one I bought off Facebook for 20 in the box, the manual says to change the battery as soon as the low battery icon lights as the accuracy is not guaranteed if the low battery icon is illuminated. So they print that right in the manual. They also say not to use rechargable batteries.

[@tall_dude1233]

Too bad you're not on Vancouver Island. I have so much electronics I need to get rid of... laptops, desktops, TV's, Android TV boxes, printers... they're not worth really selling as they're all older hence why I just hang onto them. If you ever make your way to Victoria you can have it all...

[@12voltvids]

I was just there last week

[@tall_dude1233]

@@12voltvids Dave! I should have connected with you. Never knew you made it over to the island. I never ever make it over to the mainland myself because BC Ferries gouges people.

[@jesusmoreno5568]

I was a little surprised because the first concert is from a Spanish channel (TVE2)!!! Needless to say I'm Spanish 😛

[@68pishta68]

@18:53, I have a Samsung TV with an expired KZbin app. I tried to update firmware but nothing available. That's BS!

[@Obwan007]

That was a quality PSA (battery)!

[@petenamlook18]

This is basically a Playstation3 without the gaming functionality.

[@drywallguy87]

To cool never seen this.

[@dadbabyletsplayz5132]

Nice score! Can't beat FREE!!

[@12voltvids]

Yup. Will use this in the studio. When i do a film transfer to digital and the client wants a DVD copy as well. Rather than tender out an SD copy for DVD I'll just plug the stick in and play it and record on DVD or when I want to do a live stream rather than drag the camera in and plug into the computer just put the micro SD card into the media player and plug the HDMI into computer and stream live.

[@rmx77]

when i first got into video production stuff in middle school in 1999 or so i did get to use avid on an all in one molar g3 powermac and also a g3 tower. at the time i learned to edit from tape to tape and also tape to digital. when i got into high school things really changed. we were at the end of tape and there was dvd and hard drive recorders. nice stuff for the time period. i still prefer hardware recorders as suppose to software recording since i think they do a better job. i do own a few hardware recorders. i also still record on tape and occasional dvd. i dont own a dvr hard drive recorder so yea. but wow avid how i remember it so well. shame its no longer around as far as i know. i started with avid cinema as far as i remember from that far back.

[@davidgriffin79]

23:52 Also they won't do the higher resolutions (UHD) or be able to play HEVC, nor will they be able to do HDR (HEVC again) or map HDR to REC 709.

[@12voltvids]

Fine with me. I don't own a 4k tv.

[@ford1546]

10 usd is cheap, but free is better. What is the model number on it? Such a box is about what file formats it supports and whether you can still update it and which CPU and GPU it uses. My old TV screen supports playback via USB. but is slow and does not support so many file formats. Then it's not so fun to use it for that!

[@12voltvids]

It was 10 CDN but ended up being free because the seller tossed the power supply and then realized that if i didn't buy it nobody would so he gave it to me.

[@scottfirman]

When you fix something that doesnt work, you SHOULD be able to sell it and get your labor and parts money back. I refuse to buy lawn mowers and such that do not run. They are SCRAP and no one wants them. Just because I CAN repair them and put them back to work, doesnt mean they are worth anything if they do not work any more. I have fixed many electronic items given to me, under the understanding it was no longer functioning and it is my progative if I want to sell it. I always offer to return the item for a fee if the previous owner is interested in getting said item back. Nothing is free. I tell everyone, " If you wish to take it to a service center and pay more, feel free".

[@EastAngliaUK]

my sony xh95 seems to play most stuff on 256gb usb stick apart from h265 files.

[@stphinkle]

It appears to use the same interface as some of the older Sony Bluray players

[@12voltvids]

Yes as I noticed. Will have to try the remotes out.

[@markrowe8824]

it looks the same as on their PS3 games console too. 🤔🤔

[@ketas]

if you have dvi, why not get hdmi adapter? i got 30cm pigtailed one on my workbench monitor so now i just have female hdmi there where i could plug in a stb for a test

[@12voltvids]

I do but dvi has no audio.

[@mick977]

I assume the TV was free until he realized you had the knowledge to repair it? I don't understand these people.

[@12voltvids]

Many people put free on the ad just because free grabs eyeballs. The 200 disc player I picked up last year was listed as free but the guy then said he wanted 100. I told him to keep it. About a month later he offered it to me free but wanted something if I was able to fix. So when i got it going he saw the video and asked me what I would pay him for it now that it was wirking. I said well you can pay me 100 to get it back or I'm keeping it. His response was i said I would buy it if i could fix it. My response was no, you said I could have it to see if it could be fixed and if so i could buy it. I never one agreed to give him anything for it and it was broken at the time. It had been advertised as free all along. I generally don't respond to ads unless something is free or dirt cheap.

[@kyoudaiken]

You can avoid expiring devices by building a PC from spare and new parts. I had an NVMe SSD left and RAM that wasn't working in my main PC in combination with other RAM. So I bought an ASRock B550M-ITX/ac motherboard, a Ryzen 7 5700G, and a passive AKASA Maxwell case. I installed Manjaro Linux on it and I can watch everything I want. AV1 video is being CPU decoded but the CPU has enough grunt for 4K60 AV1 playback (even if it's not energy efficient). But by the time AV1 becomes widely used, I can upgrade this thing's hardware no problem.

[@12voltvids]

Don't want to have to run a PC to view content. Just want to plug the USB or hdd in and hit play. Already have a PC

[@donsurlylyte]

well, at least you didnt follow your gps into a lake, which has been known to happen

[@12voltvids]

I do know my way around and had I looked up cross streets I would have gone the way i went home. Used to have a friend that lived about 2 blocks away. It just drives me crazy that the GPS always picks the stupidest routes and while driving i I realize that it is taking me the long way. Like through residential streets to avoid traffic lights.

[@james42519]

That is a standard plug at this point. Sony been useing same plug for a long time. Wven the ps1 one slim uses it it seems. Also dont know if it has wifi and it says it right on the top. Funny how dont notice stuff that is in your face

[@12voltvids]

Standard sony plug. Nobody else uses them.

[@dalemacdonald201]

The interface looks very similar to the one they used on Sony televisions.

[@12voltvids]

By golly gee woody it's a Sony.

[@GerardPinzone]

I've always had a lot of respect for Sony , but it would end up being be a dealbreaker for me when they pull stunts like that. Unneccessary proprietary formats turn me off to their products.

[@12voltvids]

The fruit company us the champion in priproprietiy connectors.

[@MrNeverseeme]

Does the player have that god awful Cinavia protection like the ps3 had?

[@BryantAvant]

I was looking for ps5's with broken hdmi ports to fix on ebay. I learned not to tell people that I fix them. Some dude wanted to sell one to me for $10 under what you can buy one on facebook for because he said the hdmi port is only $10 and you're going to fix it. Why TF are people so incompetent.

[@svenschwingel8632]

Nice, classic PlayStation interface 😬

[@richardsmith2721]

Did the GPS save you an hour? They aren't claiming to save you gas or electric power. They are claiming to save you time. They do give you an option to save on tolls. Perhaps they should give you an option to save you money if your time isn't money.

[@12voltvids]

No didn't really save any time. Still took an hour to get there. Another truck hit an overpass. That's the second this month. I think the government needs to start sueing the drivers and taking their assetts like their homes when a driver doesn't know his hight and hits an overpass. No excuse. 15 so far this year. The one that was hit back in July still not fixed.

[@BryantAvant]

The UI looks like the PS3.

[@laylamiamuchmore7240]

Someone has been altering the gps lately. Looking for a particular place where a doctor would be and the gps took us out of our way just to go pass a certain point on the way to a doctor appointment. We examined after the appointment and it took us 6 blocks out of our way.

[@gh0stm0nst3r6]

Dude. You are me.

[@CajunReaper95]

It says Wi-Fi on the top.

[@12voltvids]

I didn't look at the top. I saw that after it was back together.

[@helpaholic]

If you can run your PC can you not run Netflix from your PC ?

[@12voltvids]

Yes I can but i don't want to sit at my desk to watch it. I get Netflix and prime in my cable box on the bug TV and I have a smart TV in my office mounted on the opposite walk from the computer if i want to watch in there.

[@zx8401ztv]

Sony has to be the worst for silly connectors. They are just taking the piss!!.

[@12voltvids]

They used to do it because the polarity was reversed. Tip negative.

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

I don't know why companies have to find stupid ways to rip you off. We should call it what it is-- companies just trying to rip you off. Apple is pretty much the king of ripping people off. That's why I'll never have one of their phones. The EU told apple they had to start using the USB C port on their phones, so they added one. The catch is you have to buy their special cable with their proprietary chip so the phone knows when to provide you with maximum charging and data speeds. Apple just extended a huge middle finger to their customers. I suppose, you can at least use a crappy, generic cable that's pretty much USB 2.0. I honestly wouldn't doubt they might dump you down to 1.0 or 1.1 speeds just to really drive home that need to buy their expensive, special cables.

[@12voltvids]

They are all doing it. Hi but a new Toyota RAV4 you get heated seats for 3 years and then you have to pay a monthly fee to keep the heaters working

[@drywallguy87]

Looks just like the ps3 interface

[@michaelblack5011]

it like PlayStattion 3 Interface

[@12voltvids]

Same as Blu-ray interface, without the disk naturally. It will read both FAT32 and NTFS format USB stick and hdd but. But not ExFAT. No file size limit in NTFS.

[@michaelblack5011]

@@12voltvids yes is true

[@loganhester1439]

that looks like the ps3 menu screen

[@12voltvids]

Blu-ray players look the same.

[@loganhester1439]

@@12voltvids oh I did not know that

[@hectormanuel8360]

The case broke

[@12voltvids]

It didn't break.

[@hectormanuel8360]

@@12voltvids i saw a chip of plastic in the board

[@12voltvids]

@@hectormanuel8360 I think you're seeing things.

[@WizardNumberNext]

Google at list put cars on Raod Google puts bicycles on grass, in parks, on pavements and in middle of nowhere on field and pretend this completely valid route I guess navigation for aircrafts would be directing you through moon or Jupiter

[@helpaholic]

If you can run USB then you should be able to run FLAC files 😎

[@bobk3840]

And that is why I won’t buy an EV. I know this is a hybrid but just think if it was an EV

[@12voltvids]

If it was an ev it would have had 400km range. My range is 60 to 90 depending on the outside temperature. I wouldnt buy a full ev either because i don't need the expense of a huge battery. For my driving the cheap small battery is fine and a small 4 banger as s a backup is perfect. It goes like a bat outa hell on battery or gas. There is no difference. I just don't like burning gas unless i am travelling. Then no problem.

[@Swenser]

Very annoying. Free if you pay me 100 bucks

[@12voltvids]

Ok you can pay me 100 bucks LOL

[@crappyatlife]

Lol you said unit