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Power camera with micro usb?

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Walas10
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If you investigate in the battery compartment you will find s micro USB hook up. Use this for constant battery power.

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JamesC
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Wales10,

 

We do not recommend charging the camera using the micro-usb port. This port was not designed as a charging port and doing so may cause damage to the camera and void the warranty.

 

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Walas10 wrote:

If you investigate in the battery compartment you will find s micro USB hook up. Use this for constant battery power.


The USB port will only get 5v (as it's a standard ), the cameras run on a higher voltage level and that would increase the current thru the port...

As mentioned, it may fry.

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