I have been offered a couple of what appear to be very nice totoku medical monitors, but without power cords. There is a 6 pin dc input socket on the back, but I can’t figure out what kind of cord is needed to power this. Any suggestions?
using the make and model of the monitor then find out about the monitor power needs and its cord.
I am told it is a Totoku, however the plate on the back says KODAK directview 3 mp monitor. Model: DV3MC-HB, serial number L331D00436.
Looks like it takes a MW116 power supply - 12 volts and 6.7 amps.
A PDF of the user manual is here.
Unfortunately, being medical equipment makes it stupid expensive - $160 each, for the power packs, but this sitekindly has a photo of the unit showing the pinout.
Unless you can find the power packs for five or ten bucks on eBay, I’d probably skip these.
I was comparing the user manual with the pin out and while the plug illustrated is round, the plug receptacle based on the user manual is rectangular. I am starting to think they power supply might be proprietary and unavailable.
I wouldn’t necessarily put too much faith in a drawing in a manual, especially one that’s just meant to show where the power cord goes.
Either way, you can buy new monitors for about what the power pack would cost.
That may not be the case here; his previous thread was about video cards for PACS monitors and those monitors are unusually expensive (thousands of dollars).
If you know the pinout (see above*) and can get the connectors, you could just take a power supply of the same voltage and at least as much current (the monitor only draws what it needs) and connect it to the monitor, which won’t notice the difference. Or even, if you are handy with electronics, replace the connector on the monitor with a different connector or just straight to the power supply (non-removable); there are only three connections needed (EGR is earth ground).
*To the OP, you said it has a six pin connector but gotpasswords’ link says 5 pins (four pins in a square around a center pin) - are you sure there are 6 pins (not counting the shell, which is a connection)?
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That may not be the case here; his previous thread was about video cards for PACS monitors and those monitors are unusually expensive (thousands of dollars).
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I didn’t mean they’d be able to get identical displays for $160, but that 21" displays can be bought new in that price range, and they won’t be 5-10 years old. Of course, if there’s some unique aspect (resolution, color quality, etc.) of the Totoku displays I’m not aware of, then it may be worth spending some bucks on power packs. I was of the impression that the OP just wanted to re-purpose used medical equipment as desktop displays.