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HOWTO Power a Wyze Camera 50ft Away Using an AC-to-5V Adapter (Off-Grid & Home Use)

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🏕️ Off-Grid, Long-Distance Camera Power—A Practical Inexpensive Solution If you’re setting up a Wyze camera (or other micro-USB device) in a remote location, you’ve probably run into power challenges. In my case, I needed to monitor my off-grid property with a camera mounted 50ft away from my power source. My solar setup runs through a pure sine wave inverter, providing reliable AC power, but I needed a stable 5V source to power a Wyze Cam without voltage drop issues. 🔴

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Resolving External USB HDD Mount Issues on Synology NAS (exFAT) (1813+ and others)

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Resolving External USB HDD Mount Issues on Synology NAS (exFAT) If you’ve recently connected an external USB HDD to your Synology NAS and encountered an error message like “System failed to mount external device [USB Disk 1] partition [1]”, you’re not alone. This issue often arises when the external device is formatted in the exFAT filesystem, which requires additional support on Synology systems. In this post, I’ll guide you through identifying the issue and implementing a simple solution using the

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What USB cable does the Olympus E-M1 Mark II use? [SOLVED]

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Q. What kind of USB cable does the Olympus EM1 Mk II use? A. Great question! The E-M1 Mark II uses a standard USB-C cable for data transfer. All you need is a standard USB-A to USB-C cable lying around, and it will work perfectly! 🙂 You can find more posts about this here: Olympus CB-USB11 USB Cable for E-M1 Mark II Camera V331060BW000https://www.adorama.com/iomcbusb11.htmlCB-USB11 USB Cable for E-M1 Mark II Camera Top Search Terms:https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/what-usb-cable-does-the-olympus-e-m1-mark-ii-use-solved/ (3)does the olympus om-d e-m1 mark

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ROMOSS fast charging USB car charger review

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My latest USB car charger is a ROMOSS 36W QC 3.0 model. Over the years I have tried a variety of car chargers and so far this has been a good option. Pricing: As of today, $13.99 on Amazon Specs: (2) USB ports Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 36W max rated output Overall charging performance has been excellent. This has been over the course of a number of business trips and one family vacation. All of these trips involved significant driving with phone navigation,

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White USB-C cables ($6.99)

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After upgrading from a Samsung S6 to a Nexus 6P, one of the few changes needed was new USB-C cables! Thankfully, Amazon has a nice assortment. I especially like the white USB-C cables here: They are usually available for around $6.99 and they allow easy connection to USB-A (“regular” USB) devices like most existing PCs, Macs and laptops. After purchasing a two pack, I’m a happy camper 🙂

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Using a USB flash drive with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2

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I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to use my old USB flash drives with my new Galaxy Note 2. All that was required was a compatible micro USB OTG cable: After connecting, the drive was automatically mounted and I used the Samsung ‘My Files’ app to access the drive. Pretty easy and not bad for about $1.70! 🙂 BONUS: USB hubs are also reported to work, so it should be possible to connected multiple devices (like a thumbdrive and a

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Kmashi external battery sneak preview K-MP806

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  Look what the nice mailman delivered: I have been putting it through its paces and will be posting a review shortly. In the meantime feel free to comment if you have any questions about these nifty looking external batteries! 🙂   Top Search Terms:kmashi external battery review (17)kmashi k-mp806 (15)k-mp806 (13)kmashi mp806 (6)kmashi model k-mp806 (5)kmashi external battery (3)kmashi battery review (2)kamshi mp806 battery reviews (1)k-mp806 kmashi (1)how does kmashi work (1)

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Google Nexus 7 USB file transfer speeds

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When connecting Nexus 7 to Lenovo X220* laptop via USB: I get about 3-4MBs when writing to the Nexus 7.  The files being written were large video files, smaller file transfer (like music/mp3s files) copied at about 2-3MBs… I get closer to 7-8MBs when copying from the Nexus 7 to the laptop. NOTE: The X220 was running Windows 7 in these tests. Top Search Terms:nexus 7 usb transfer speed (16)nexus 7 usb speed (15)nexus 7 transfer speed (6)nexus 7 copy

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