P3D Re: VRSurfer transmitter not working :*

[Andrew Woods <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeremy wrote:
>This confirms my conclusion that the transmitter is dead (or
>unconscious), but was a good test.
>While setting it up I did notice that it would be easy to reverse
>the polarity on the power supply. 

Unfortunately the polarity of this jack is not indicated on the device.

>Does anyone know if that could kill it?

YES!  I have one transmitter which was killed this way.

Cheers,
Andrew.



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