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Subject: [Leica] R thoughts (was: Re: M9 thoughts!)
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:45:36 -0500
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You plug the car cable
into the DC socket on the "CHARGER UNIT"

then
the charger unit
into
the battery

Regards,
George Lottermoser
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On Sep 14, 2009, at 10:40 PM, James R. Nelon wrote:

> I was intrigued with the DMR/cigar lighter discussion, so I got out my
> version. And it doesn't fit. On one end, the big, black cigar- 
> lighter-end
> plugs correctly into my car's lighter. But the camera battery end  
> of the
> cigar recharger cable terminates in a plug that is 5 mm wide by 5  
> mm high
> (including the polarity notch). The DMR battery recharge socket in  
> the side
> of the battery expects to see a three pin 7mm wide by 4 mm high  
> plug. I have
> re-read the DMR manual, but I've found nothing which might describe  
> the
> disparity - or offer a conversion or adaption. Nor can I find any  
> socket
> anywhere on my R8 to plug the 5 mm by 5 mm cigar lighter cable  
> into. Can
> anyone enlighten me? I'm going to be in the outer reaches of Orissa  
> in India
> soon, and we may have only car battery power on certain days. TIA.
>
> Jim Nelon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Charlie Chan
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 12:56 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] R thoughts (was: Re: M9 thoughts!)
>
> Stasys,
>
> The Cigar lead plugs into the normal battery charge at the side. You
> then plug the battery in as normal - weird!
>
> Charlie
>
> On 14 Sep 2009, at 15:02, Stasys Petravicius wrote:
>
>> Charlie- I was using my DMR at a car show a couple weeks ago when
>> the battery died. I had brought the cigar lighter plug-in to charge
>> the battery. I had never used it. The cord would not plug into the
>> battery. I must have received a European version when i bought the
>> DMR years earlier.  I only had my Panasonic p/s as a backup. I was
>> very disappointed! Need to get the right charger cigar lighter unit.
>> Best, Stasys
>> On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:10 PM, charlie chan wrote:
>>
>>> This sounds like a very good idea.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> Charlie Chan
>>> Cheltenham, UK
>>>
>>> On 11 Sep 2009, at 20:02, Doug Herr wrote:
>>>
>>>> Fred Hess wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have made a special external batterie with a capacity of
>>>>> 2800mAh connected
>>>>> with a coiled cord and
>>>>> mini connector to the DM-R. I put this batterie in the pocket of
>>>>> my coat or
>>>>> shirt. Works great outdoor at
>>>>> low temperatures and off course indoors as well.....
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering when someone would do this :)
>>>>
>>>> I have one weak battery pack, maybe I can get someone to convert
>>>> it for me.
>>>>
>>>> Doug Herr
>>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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