9V Power For Denecke TS-C

[syncsound]

Curious what you mean "trimmed the batt sled".

Did you just shorten it so that it would maintain pressure on a 9v inserted in the TS-C battery compartment?

Yup. Used a hacksaw. The compartment is sized precisely to a 9V form factor, which makes me think it was initially designed for multiple alkaline 9V.

[Matt Mayer]

Yup. Used a hacksaw. The compartment is sized precisely to a 9V form factor, which makes me think it was initially designed for multiple alkaline 9V.

Excellent, I'll give it a try.

Thanks!

[Twade]

One oft forgotten fact is that you can power the comtek M216p7 externally. A friend snuck an np1 shoe on the back with a spring clip at the top - it powers both the comtek and slate forever.

[Charlie Parra]

Hi everyone,

Lithium batteries will work fine in a TS-3 or TS-C (we need to change our brochure).

A 9v battery will do the trick as well, but don't expect the same kind of life as you would get with AA. 9v batteries simply can not supply the same amount of current as AA can.

Best Regards,

Charlie

[johnpaul215]

So a 9volt iPower is easily going a day with a backlit TS-C? I usually change my rechargeable AA batteries every two days. I use the 2,000 mAh batteries, not the ones I normally use in my wireless transmitters. If I can get a full day from 9volts, I would give that a try.

[syncsound]

So a 9volt iPower is easily going a day with a backlit TS-C? I usually change my rechargeable AA batteries every two days. I use the 2,000 mAh batteries, not the ones I normally use in my wireless transmitters. If I can get a full day from 9volts, I would give that a try.

Let me clarify that it isn't the EL (backlit) model. I've gotten a full 13+ hours on a single ipower 520mAh in the non-backlit slate.

New Mexico Mixer, I only trimmed one of the two sleds included with my (then) new slate. I can go with AA if I choose to, but changing a 9V daily is far simpler than keeping an eye on AAs for me. As you said, YMMV.

[studiomprd]

" easily going a day "

a big it depends...

YMMV

[RPSharman]

So a 9volt iPower is easily going a day with a backlit TS-C? I usually change my rechargeable AA batteries every two days. I use the 2,000 mAh batteries, not the ones I normally use in my wireless transmitters. If I can get a full day from 9volts, I would give that a try.

Don't you re-jam at lunch?

Jam the slate, swap the 9v.

[studiomprd]

" Jam the slate, swap the (iPower) 9v.... "

... don't worry, be happy

[Charlie Parra]

I would guess that you would get about a day out of a iPower 9v battery under "normal" slating use. It will vary depending on the display brightness and if the sticks are kept closed between takes. At the very least, I would say half a day.

[allenc3]

Just got a new TS-C. Pretty nice unit. Tiny, but nice.

 

Brochure is not quite an operator manual and there is no operator manual so I have a few questions:

 

How do you externally power the slate? I see the voltage referenced in the brochure (5.7v to 16v DC) but nothing is mentioned about where you plug in that power. My guess is the 5 pin LEMO connector but the label on rear shows LEMO pin out +6/14V which does not match the brochure voltage range.

 

Nothing mentioned in brochure about what battery voltage is lowest before should replace batteries.

 

There is no mention in brochure about how long the clap frame display is shown. I saw a YouTube video that mentioned is held for 4 frames but I see no documentation to verify that.

 

Any way to make the clap frame display longer than 4 frames?

 

Any way to make the User Bits not display at all?

[carbonhobbit]

Just got a new TS-C. Pretty nice unit. Tiny, but nice.  Congrats, now play with it for a couple of hours

 

Brochure is not quite an operator manual and there is no operator manual so I have a few questions: Read it again, twice. It's short.

 

How do you externally power the slate? I see the voltage referenced in the brochure (5.7v to 16v DC) but nothing is mentioned about where you plug in that power. My guess is the 5 pin LEMO connector but the label on rear shows LEMO pin out +6/14V which does not match the brochure voltage range. Sorry, don't own one. Only used a 1 & 3. They power off a 4 pin XLR. But remove batteries before plugging in external power.

 

Nothing mentioned in brochure about what battery voltage is lowest before should replace batteries. Your answer is right up above. Somewhere before 5.7 v.

 

There is no mention in brochure about how long the clap frame display is shown. I saw a YouTube video that mentioned is held for 4 frames but I see no documentation to verify that. It's printed on the brochure under Mode.

 

Any way to make the clap frame display longer than 4 frames? Yes, see above.

 

Any way to make the User Bits not display at all? It's not made to go black at the clap.

[studiomprd]

RTFM..?

Denecke has always had a philosophy of everything you need to know is on the unit (labels, etc.)...

" Just got a new TS-C "

if you got it from one of our usual suspects, they would have been glad to go over it with you...

[John Blankenship]

inside the 9v alkaline battery are six AAA batteries!

and a little bit of basic electrical knowledge would be very usefull!!

Incorrect.  A 9v. alkaline battery contains six AAAA (quad A) batteries.

I agree with the second part of the post. A sound mixer should know their gear and how it works.

[Toy Robot]

9V battery hack

 

Note that I've never done this and can't vouch for the safety aspect of any part of this. But it's cool!

[syncsound]

Don't you re-jam at lunch?

Jam the slate, swap the 9v.

+1 to the above. 

 

My personal preference is to stay close to camera anyway, to keep myself in the loop. Checking in at lunch for re-batt/jam is part of that for me.

[Conor998]

We used 4 x TS-C slates on a 20 week show with one of the slates converted to 9v .

 

Used i-power 520mAh batteries,

Found it struggled to get a full day reliably as back lights were used on the slates usually.

 

Got a new Battery sled for that slate and converted it back to AA's.

Using powerex 2400mAh AA's now, guaranteed a full day but not much more.

 

Now 2 of the other slates are doing the powering off trick, so new sleds ordered, from my experience with them, the battery contact springs inside seem to get weak after regular use, its a little bit annoying as one of the slates is only a year old.

[johnpaul215]

I use lower capacity AAs in my TS-C, maybe 1900mAH, because they are easier to get in and out of the holder. My slate lasts for days, even if we are doing stuff with the backlight on. As in, I change batteries every 3 or 4 days as a precaution, not because the low battery warning comes up. Are your batteries old?

[John Blankenship]

...

Now 2 of the other slates are doing the powering off trick, so new sleds ordered, from my experience with them, the battery contact springs inside seem to get weak after regular use, its a little bit annoying as one of the slates is only a year old.

If that's the cause, I'd bet you a dollar to a doughnut that you'd get prompt, attentive support from the great gang at Denecke.

[ProSound]

Charlie and The Denecke gang are the best. They recently resurrected a slate of mine that I though was done for due to being run over by a dolly on set instead it came back to me like new at a great price

[Geoff Maxwell]

Just a thought with regard to Lithium vs alkaline... I usually use lithium in the Denecke sync boxes ostensibly so i don't have to worry about them. The other day we re-jammed the boxes at lunch and got the green flashing light. 40 minutes later one unit was dead. The Denecke has a yellow light for low battery indication but because the discharge curve is so steep on the lithiums we missed it. Lesson learned, never again on sync boxes ...alkaline or rechargeable...my 2 ¢

 

And yes Whitney, Charlie and the gang at Denecke are THE BEST. Old school. Mentored by one of the giants of our industry Mike Denecke.