Consolizing an MV1-FZ, where to put Neobitz?

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Where do you guys put your video encoder when consolizing one of these??? Help me out here. :buttrock: Not enough room between the plastic case underneath and the PCB.
 
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Should be enough room, if you want to save space with the Neobitz you can remove the headers and solder the input and output wires directly to the board.
 
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Xian Xi said:
Should be enough room, if you want to save space with the Neobitz you can remove the headers and solder the input and output wires directly to the board.
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i think thats what I am gonna' have to do.
 
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pixeljunkie said:
i think thats what I am gonna' have to do.
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Just bend the pins 90 degrees, don't break em off or solder direct to the PCB unless you absolutely have to.
 
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xmods said:
Just bend the pins 90 degrees, don't break em off or solder direct to the PCB unless you absolutely have to.
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GOOD IDEA
 
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xmods said:
Just bend the pins 90 degrees, don't break em off or solder direct to the PCB unless you absolutely have to.
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are the pins long enough to do that?
 
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I mount the Neobitz-S to the bottom side of the MVS housing. If you would like a picture, I can email you one showing how I mount it.

This leaves just enough room with the connectors.

Jeff
 
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JMKurtz said:
I mount the Neobitz-S to the bottom side of the MVS housing. If you would like a picture, I can email you one showing how I mount it.

This leaves just enough room with the connectors.

Jeff
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Say, jeff, how do you get TOSlink from raw stereo? :conf:
 
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Xian Xi said:
Hey PJ,

Did you ever get this sorted?
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yes and no. I may have to mount it on the bottom....but then I will have to have it sit higher than I would like. Or, I solder to the pins....or I try bending the plugs...which, for some reason, makes me really nervous and I don't want to try that.

I see no other solutions though. I don't really want an external project box on the back either.
 
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Do you have a picture of the space between the plastic and PCB? Jeff said it fits, did you try installing it upside down?
 
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