Hi all

As you probably know by now i don't actually have my cybook yet but am thinking about a travel light .. could someone please tell me if you can just use the USB on the cybook to attach a light?

Thanks!
Loopy

Hi all

As you probably know by now i don't actually have my cybook yet but am thinking about a travel light .. could someone please tell me if you can just use the USB on the cybook to attach a light?

Thanks!
Loopy

USB is not reversible. A master USB connector supplies power but a slave USB connector receives power. The Cybook has a slave connector and thus it will not work to attach a light that needs power. You are better off using a light with its own batteries anyway IMHO.

Dale

USB is not reversible. A master USB connector supplies power but a slave USB connector receives power. The Cybook has a slave connector and thus it will not work to attach a light that needs power. You are better off using a light with its own batteries anyway IMHO.

Dale

thanks so much for the prompt reply Dale .. that's exactly what i needed to know :o) ..

Loopy

If you get an LED light, it'll last forever (well, a long time, anyway :) ). LEDs use remarkably little power. I have an LED light and run it off AA batteries which have "given up the ghost" in things like TV remote controls. They run the light for ages even when the remote thinks they're "dead"!

If you get an LED light, it'll last forever (well, a long time, anyway :) ). LEDs use remarkably little power. I have an LED light and run it off AA batteries which have "given up the ghost" in things like TV remote controls. They run the light for ages even when the remote thinks they're "dead"!

Thanks Harry ... sounds good .. the only thing is i want to clip it onto the cybook so it needs to be as light as possible ('scuse the pun!) ..

will look around ..

la la la .. just killing time til my cybook gets here! lol

Loopy

('scuse the pun!)Certainly not! Rather Celebrate the pun! :party4:

Fear not the pun, embrace the pun, looooove the pun. The pun is your Frieeeeend! :jester:

Punliness is next to Godliness, and I can prove it Scripturally, too!

USB is not reversible. A master USB connector supplies power but a slave USB connector receives power. The Cybook has a slave connector and thus it will not work to attach a light that needs power. You are better off using a light with its own batteries anyway IMHO.

Dale

I checked this. There is no power supplied from the USB port.

I checked this. There is no power supplied from the USB port.

thanks Nate i appreciate it ..

sheeesh waiting for my cybook is like getting ready for a new baby! .. i want a nice light for it and everything all ready! .. i know that hubby and the kids are going to suddenly get 'needy' once the thing arrives so i'm left struggling to get 'quality time' with my Cybook baby! lol

Loopy

thanks Nate i appreciate it ..
sheeesh waiting for my cybook is like getting ready for a new baby! .. i want a nice light for it and everything all ready! .. i know that hubby and the kids are going to suddenly get 'needy' once the thing arrives so i'm left struggling to get 'quality time' with my Cybook baby! lol

Loopy

While waiting to order at NAEB, I've surfed for book lights, and I came across this interesting data comparing incandescent and LED lights. http://www.bookmatestore.com/book-lights.htm

Booklights using incandescent lights need to have the bulbs, apx $2 apiece, replaced every 20-40 hours of use.

"...compare the cost of replacement incandescent bulbs to rated life expectancies of 30,000 hours or more for LED's: Assuming each incandescent bulb lasted at least 40 hours, you would have to buy 750 replacement bulbs to get as many hours use out of a light that used incandescent bulb as the LED design, which would cost you $1,500, not counting shipping and handling! Clearly, paying a little more for an LED light could be quickly recouped if you use your light regularly."

Has any one used a book light with the Cybook? Is there any light that does or does not fit correctly?

I'm using the Mighty Bright XtraFlex Duet on the Cybook and it clips on fine. Picked it up off eBay and it wasn't expensive.

thanks for the help everyone .. MUCH appreciated .. now I have a light on its way to me! .. just hoping the Cybook follows! lol .. altho the lights look useful for all kinds of things (well lighting up things that is!) .. and they had it in PURPLE!! (fave coloUr) ..

oh! went with the mighty bright LED duet light ..

thanks again

Loopy:2thumbsup

thanks for the help everyone .. MUCH appreciated .. now I have a light on its way to me! .. just hoping the Cybook follows! lol .. altho the lights look useful for all kinds of things (well lighting up things that is!) .. and they had it in PURPLE!! (fave coloUr) ..

oh! went with the mighty bright LED duet light ..

thanks again

Loopy:2thumbsup

I really think you need to buy several. One color for every possible mood you might be in. As you are reading you may need to change the color depending on the book :)

Dale

I really think you need to buy several. One color for every possible mood you might be in. As you are reading you may need to change the color depending on the book :)

Dale

rotfl! i think hubby thinks i've spent enough money for now!!! .. but i'll certainly bear it in mind! *grin* .. got one for hubby too for his iRex .. i was soooo glad to think of something for him to open at Christmas!

Loopy

sheeesh waiting for my cybook is like getting ready for a new baby!

Hopefully the "delivery" will be a little less painful :).

I'm using the Mighty Bright XtraFlex Duet on the Cybook and it clips on fine. Picked it up off eBay and it wasn't expensive.

Thanks :hatsoff: just ordered it

Hopefully the "delivery" will be a little less painful :).

lol well it's taking longer!! .. don't think anyone could survive this long in laboUr! .. altho i did it the 'cheats' way (C-section!)

i won't start getting antsy again tho til Monday now .. *phew* ..

Loopy