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Powering a SMALLHD DP6 through the Red One's AUX port?

Rick Darge

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Hey guys, I love my DP6 for judging critical focus but kinda a pain having to always cycle through my Canon battery packs to use them. Is there a better solution out there? D-Tap? AUX cable? Forgive me if this question is stupid simple. Just trying to look for a solution that doesn't fry my Red. Thanks!
 
I have used dtap to power my DP6. But lately I have just gone with two small canon batteries on the back. I get about 6 hours runtime per pair of batteries. The beauty is one less cable to wrangle and it's still a very lightweight system, and I get longer runtimes for the camera battery.
 
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That's interesting. I only get 2 hours of run time with 2 fresh batteries. I wonder if it's a firmware or hardware thing...
 
i got the dp6 batts and they last about 4 hours a piece @ 79 bux i thought that was a good deal and you can just velcro them since there pretty light
 
Rick Darge said:
That's interesting. I only get 2 hours of run time with 2 fresh batteries. I wonder if it's a firmware or hardware thing...
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Wow, 2 hours seems really short Rick. Perhaps your batteries are getting old and losing capacity? I'm on the latest firmware version. 4 hrs would be a minimum runtime for me. 6 hrs max.
 
Yep Rick, something is not right.

I generally prefer to run my DP6 off the Dtap, but I generally get about five hours when using the Sony's.

Steve
 
Rick Darge said:
That's interesting. I only get 2 hours of run time with 2 fresh batteries. I wonder if it's a firmware or hardware thing...
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It will depend on the battery's rated mili-Amp-Hours and the quality of the battery. It is not firmware related. Please contact support if you have any questions.
http://www.smallhd.com/Support

-reed
 
The Dtap system is great. When using the DP6 as a directors monitor, and DP4 on camera, i power the DP6 with its own anton bauer, and i get 12+ hours of runtime, could be more but the days rarely go longer.
 
After my monitor gets nice and warm, I often get a weird fixed pattern noise in the mids and blacks. Anyone else get this issue? Love the D-Tap by the way.. So nice..
 
To answer the original question, while DTap is an awesome system, you should be able to power the DP6 off the AUX port. The AUX port gives 1.5A @ 12V, and the DP6 only requires .5A @ 12V - this is listed on the smallHD site and in the red one operations manual.

If you decide to make the cable yourself you can get the LEMO plug part # from the red manual as well, though I'm not so sure about what kind of plug the DP6 might take.
 
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