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gpgyo · 05/13/2010, 03:25 PM

Went to Fry's today looking for something to power the TouchStone I got for my office (I <3 Radio Shack!) I bought the "Belkin Chargin Kit for iPod" that comes with a wall adapter, cigarette lighter adapter and USB to iPod charging cable for $20. With great difficulty through the plastic box I could read from the AC adapter that its output was 1A so I was pretty sure it would work. It does work after cable mod (shorting the green and white wires as discussed elsewhere.) Here's everything it says on the AC adapter:

BELKIN
Power Adapter
model # F8Z121

Input: 100-240V
AC 0.5A 50-60Hz
Output: DC 5V / 1A
V1401

I'm not sure what V1401 is. Below the bar code on the box is "V1501" and above the bar code is F8Z152. Anyway, the AC adapter has a silver face that says, "BELKIN", a blue LED that's quite bright, and the rest is white. One USB port on the bottom and the prongs fold up. I have another Belkin AC adapter of similar design but all silver and two USB ports (since it does not output 1A, I've never tried it.) Except for the bright blue light, I like this design much better than the Palm charger that sticks a lot farther from the wall than makes sense.

While the set I bought comes with a car charger, forget about using it for a TS. Its output is only 500mA.

By the way, I saw a lot of USB AC adapters that output 1A so as long as you are willing to spend 5 min. hacking a cable, there are a lot of choices.

Hope this helps.

05/13/2010, 03:25 PM	#200 (permalink)
gpgyo Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 57 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Went to Fry's today looking for something to power the TouchStone I got for my office (I <3 Radio Shack!) I bought the "Belkin Chargin Kit for iPod" that comes with a wall adapter, cigarette lighter adapter and USB to iPod charging cable for $20. With great difficulty through the plastic box I could read from the AC adapter that its output was 1A so I was pretty sure it would work. It does work after cable mod (shorting the green and white wires as discussed elsewhere.) Here's everything it says on the AC adapter: BELKIN Power Adapter model # F8Z121 Input: 100-240V AC 0.5A 50-60Hz Output: DC 5V / 1A V1401 I'm not sure what V1401 is. Below the bar code on the box is "V1501" and above the bar code is F8Z152. Anyway, the AC adapter has a silver face that says, "BELKIN", a blue LED that's quite bright, and the rest is white. One USB port on the bottom and the prongs fold up. I have another Belkin AC adapter of similar design but all silver and two USB ports (since it does not output 1A, I've never tried it.) Except for the bright blue light, I like this design much better than the Palm charger that sticks a lot farther from the wall than makes sense. While the set I bought comes with a car charger, forget about using it for a TS. Its output is only 500mA. By the way, I saw a lot of USB AC adapters that output 1A so as long as you are willing to spend 5 min. hacking a cable, there are a lot of choices. Hope this helps.