Connect digital camera to TV in another room - harmful?

fatw41

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I have a Samsung WB280F and I'd like to mount that on the wall in one room and run perhaps a cable to a TV in the other room so that whatever the camera "sees" in the first room will be displayed on the TV outside. Someone mentioned doing this would damage my camera; I intend to leave the camera on for upwards of 6 hours a day while doing this. Any advice or opinions? Thanks!

Also my camera only has one output which appears to be a micro usb output. Is connecting it to a TV as simple as using a micro usb to HDMI adapter and then running an HDMI cable from the camera to TV? Anything else I'd have to do to set this up?

Thanks!
 

Nikolay Savov

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Consider the problem with different power outlets connection !
If you TV and you CAM have 3 pin Power Cables - the one is for grounding - then i will not ADVISE you to connect them in separate power sours.
You may get "phase difference voltage" problem this way.

The other problem is :
How do you plane to see the CAM on the TV if you have only micro USB ?
Better change the cam with :
- HDMI CAM

In advanced :
- if you distance is more than 5 meters go for PoE Camera or Ethernet Cam
You can find those equipment easy and HowTo in Goole ...
PoE Camera or Ethernet Cam
 

fatw41

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Thanks for the reply. Just about any modern digital camera should be able to be connected to a TV so that what I see on the camera's display will be mirrored on the TV, right?