USB plug ID

[Harry Bloomfield]

Maginon SZ 24 camera and I would seem to have lost or mislaid the USB charger lead. The same socket serves for an A/V connection and that I have. It is like an horizontally flattened D and probably 4x pins, but difficult to see for sure. Length is height of D, width is the width of the D. Length is smaller than a mini-USB. It has two square corners and two tightly rounded ones.

I have several USB adaptors, but none match. I have also tried to find a match online, but failed - has anyone any ideas please?

[Drusilla Mitchell]

Maginon SZ 24 camera and I would seem to have lost or mislaid the USB charger lead. The same socket serves for an A/V connection and that I have. It is like an horizontally flattened D and probably 4x pins, but difficult to see for sure. Length is height of D, width is the width of the D. Length is smaller than a mini-USB. It has two square corners and two tightly rounded ones.

I have several USB adaptors, but none match. I have also tried to find a match online, but failed - has anyone any ideas please?

Micro Usb.

[Adrian Caspersz]

From

Cable is identified as a "8 Pin Camera (Mini USB B)"

Put that phrase into google and all sorts come up, Amazon, Maplin & ebay.

And ...

[Andy Burns]

If it helps anyone else ID it ..

[Michael Chare]

You could try searching ebay for a charger for that camera. If the plug is smaller that that which you plug into many smart phone then it could be like the one my Panasonic TZ40 uses.

[Brian Gaff]

Or some non standard hdmi varient. Brian

[Harry Bloomfield]

Adrian Caspersz expressed precisely :

Thanks, it seems to be quite a common item for cameras generally.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Have you Googled USB? You should be able to find scale drawings of all the various types and identify yours. I'd be surprised if it was a one off special.

[Harry Bloomfield]

Adrian Caspersz explained :

The Spanish site listed it as being suitable for my camera, so I ordered one - rather expensive at over £10, but needs must.

By then cross referencing the list of cameras it would work with, managed to find an alternative item on ebay at £2.89 delivered, so ordered a second one from them, which was delivered this morning. It fitted and works fine.

This one -