Charge via external USB adapters Hi everyone,did anyone test whether a proper external USB charger (for a car, solar pannel, external battery pack) is able to charge the A510? In the manual it says this doesn't work, but I'm assuming this is due to the fact that the computer USB port delivers only 500mA.Can anyone who already received one check/confirm?Thanks Christoph Charge via external USB adapters Hi everyone,did anyone test whether a proper external USB charger (for a car, solar pannel, external battery pack) is able to charge the A510? In the... » Read More Charge via external USB adapters Hi everyone,did anyone test whether a proper external USB charger (for a car, solar pannel, external battery pack) is able to charge the A510? In the manual it says this doesn't work, but I'm assuming this is due to the fact that the computer USB port delivers only 500mA.Can anyone who already received one check/confirm?Thanks Christoph « Show Less
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Have you actually tried a standard microUSB charger, so see if it will charge at a slow rate?
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I've tried charging mine with normal microUSB because I thought I'd gotten a bad AC adapter and the normal microUSB's won't register as charging and didn't seem to raise the power at all. Luckily for me, it turned out the AC adapter just has an odd proprietary plug that needed to be pushed slightly harder to click into place the first time, so I'm able to charge, but yeah, it was a bit of a disappointment to realize that it can't charge off of the same USB stuff all my other electronics use.
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It doesn't work on regular phone charger. The AC-DC adapter specs is output: 12v 1.5a (18w). Regular USB phone and iPad charger is rated at 5V output 1amp ~ 2.1AMP (10w) which is not enough to charge the tablet. Most people made the mistake by not checking the required specs before using their own USB charger.
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If the tablet is turned off, it does charge with a regular USB cable or charger, only that it does at 1%/hr and tops at 80% ... Additionally, you don't see any lights or indication it's charging. Hence it's not practical, but an emergency
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I've been able to charge on a car charger via USB. I found the charge to happen fairly quickly and am happy with it. It charges better than I would expect (though my last phone would die even when on USB so my standards are low)
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To my knowledge, the A5100 doesn't have a hotshoe slot for an external flash. If the camera doesn't have the standard Sony/Minolta hotshoe, then this adapter won't work.
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The external battery holds a charge for a long, long time, therefore I haven't seen the need to charge it up. I have charged my I phone 4 with it. At 45% full the solar panels charged it in less than an hour. The panels work very well and the size is right and the price is right. From what I understand, you can encase it in a ziplock bag and it will work just as well and keep the panels protected.
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Be sure you press the button on the end of external battery and it lights up a blue color to begin charging. Charge the External battery with the USB plugged into the outlet plug and the micro-USB into the battery. Once the External battery is fully charged, then the USB end goes into the external Battery Pack and the micro-USB is plugged into the phone. Sounds like Battery Pack is not charged. I never have had an issue and charge my phone on planes all the time. The blue light must be on though!
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Altoria, I have purchased this Travel External Dock Battery Charger many months ago to charge up my HTC Incredible 2 batteries externally. Forget what it says on the box. It will charge HTC batteries just fine. You have quicker charging via USB than plugged into an AC outlet. Bottom Line: I am very happy with this product. It does what I need it to do. I had to buy a USB cable separately to charge from a USB port on my laptop to the External Charger, but the cost was worth the quicker charging times. You have a LED light that will start out one color and then change colors when the battery is fully charged. Altoria, I have purchased this Travel External Dock Battery Charger many months ago to charge up my HTC Incredible 2 batteries externally. Forget what it says on the box. It will charge HTC batteries just fine. You have quicker charging via USB than plugged into an AC outlet. Bottom Line: I am very happy with this product. It does what I need it to do. I had to buy a USB cable separately to charge from a USB port on my laptop to the External Charger, but the cost was worth the quicker charging times. You have a LED light that will start out one color and then change colors when the battery... » Read More Altoria, I have purchased this Travel External Dock Battery Charger many months ago to charge up my HTC Incredible 2 batteries externally. Forget what it says on the box. It will charge HTC batteries just fine. You have quicker charging via USB than plugged into an AC outlet. Bottom Line: I am very happy with this product. It does what I need it to do. I had to buy a USB cable separately to charge from a USB port on my laptop to the External Charger, but the cost was worth the quicker charging times. You have a LED light that will start out one color and then change colors when the battery is fully charged. « Show Less
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Mine didn't come with any adapters for external power sources but it has a standard jack type so I was easily able to get an adapter at Radio Shack. The adapter I got wasn't the type for a car but those are easily available for that jack type too as far as I know.
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That is an interesting proposal of using a charged battery in the charger to try to charge another device using the attached USB port. I have never tried it. Reviewing the manual, it only talks about using the USB port as a power source from computer to charge the battery in the charger but not the other way round. Do not know the answer. You may call Anker yourself. 1 800 988 7973
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Yes, the USB port is the ONLY way to charge it. Any external source 5V (the 1A determines the speed of charge, could be less but will take more time) is ok as long as the connector be a Mini-B USB connector.
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It charges form usb ! So you can charge with any USB output like iPhone charger or your PC. AA batteries was 15 years ago.
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PJC, My assumption is that the USB connector was not made to the correct specification. I make this assumption based on my overall displeasure with the charging unit. In short.....it doesn't work. I plug my Sansa Disk into a USB port on my computer and in an hour or so, I'm at 100% recharge power. I have actually monitored the charge on my Sansa Disk using the outlet plug-in charger. I would allow the MP3 player to recharge for an hour and to my dismay, the MP3 actually lost a significent percentage of its charge while plugged into the wall outlet. Frankly, the plug-in charger is worthless, in my opinion. I'm not surprised that the quality control on the size of the USB connector is dismal. Sincerely, cmp
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For the newly redesigned Macbook (2015) with USB-C, I purchased the adapter below and it does charge. I have yet to test how fast or how many charges you get on the external batteries capacity, but it does work. I share this because it was difficult to find and there was some doubt if it would work at all. I hope this information helps.USB 3.1 Type C DC Charge, KuGi ® high quality USB 3.1 Type C USB-C to DC 5.5 2.5mm Power Jack Extension Charge Cable for Apple New Macbook 10cm (Black)
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You either use the ac adapter OR batteries. The a/c adapter won't charge up rechargeable batteries. Would have to recharge batteries through a different device.
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Actually there are such things as dc-dc converters in devices.I have 5v mini/micro usb portable charger that uses a single 1.5v battery.So it can be done.I've also read that the xoom has a menu setting that allows charging via the usb lead.Also Mr Partridge needs to learn that mA means milli-amps. So usb 2 can deliver 0.5A or 500mA.Most phones try to suck out 0.8A (800mA) yes, that is why some USB ports can't charge a device as the phone makers are breaking the usb2 spec. USB3 now has a limit of 0.9A thankfully.
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Most likely check you wall charger if its under 2.4A or 2400Milliamps output no problem. If its over that rating it might just charge a little slower in your car.I have not found any of my power hog devices that I can't charge. USB2 is rated at 500 MA and USB3 is 900MA so this charger output is well beyond USB3. Not much using this power level and the devices I have charge very well. I charge a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 note and it has no issue even when playing games during the charging.
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Did you ever find out about this AC adapter? Does it come with that little Phoney battery insert or did they dispose of that to make you plug it into the USB connector on the side? It looks to me thats what they did to save money, but I'd rarther have it go into the batt compartment.
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You are correct. There is no external charger included, but as the other answer says, you can get a Sony charger easily, I did. Great charger. But - after having this camera a while, I started to love the fact that it charges with a standard micro-USB cord. I have them everywhere, for my phones, tablets, charger packs, mice, etc...it's turned out to be very handy. No matter where I am, I can just plug it in.