Plug and Play

[nojay]

I've had an old PDA, a Palm Tungsten E wired up as a background noise generator at the head of my bed for a while now. It plays an "ambient" MP3 track from this site run by Canton Becker and helps me get to sleep at night (as well as masking noise from the neighbours). However for varied and arcane reasons it's not working at the moment (and when I

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[ffutures]

Maybe a cheapo adapter plug like this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271414784537

[ffutures]

This one's even cheaper

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181693476439

I've got something similar I use to charge my ebook reader, seems to work OK.

[andrewducker]

I wouldn't tend to go cheaper than the AmazonBasics range:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-Wall-Charger-Outlet-Output/dp/B00JWXO6NS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1437251774

Largely because I don't trust ebayed electronics to conform to safety legislation.

(And for £5 it's not worth risking a fire.)

[ffutures]

Good point, I suppose.

[andrewducker]

(Just my preference, of course. I'm quite possibly being overcautious.)

[nojay]

I've got a bag of old phone chargers which put out 5V. They're branded by the phone makers, Nokia and Ericsson so I figure they're safe(r) than anonymous Chinese rubber power bricks with a "looks like CE from a distance" test certificate label. I'll chop off the original connectors and splice on a USB socket and that will do. The MP3 player doesn't need 2A to drive it, the 500mA or so the phone chargers are rated at will easily suffice.