{"id":969,"date":"2015-11-30T23:39:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T06:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.latenightsw.com\/?p=969"},"modified":"2015-11-30T23:39:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T06:39:36","slug":"powering-chromecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/?p=969","title":{"rendered":"Powering Chromecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We got a shiny new <a href=\"http:\/\/chromecast.com\">Google Chromecast<\/a> yesterday.  Physically, this is a beautifully designed device, save for one thing: its power source.  The device is designed to hang off one of your TV&#8217;s HDMI ports, but you&#8217;ll soon discover that you need to provide power via a separate cable.  The Chromecast box provides a wall wart and cable that plugs into the bottom of the Chromecast.<\/p>\n\n<p>My heart sank.  I only have one power outlet near the TV, and both plugs were already in use for the TV and cable box.  I set about finding some sort of adapter that would give me more plugs.  <\/p>\n\n<p>But there is something cool about the Chromecast wall wart: the wall wart is actually a USB power adapter and the Chromecast power cable is actually a USB cable.  If you have a powered USB port on your TV, you can plug the Chromcast&#8217;s power cord into it and power the Chromecast directly from your TV!  I was saved as my SONY TV has a USB media port right next to the HDMI port I am using &#8211; problem solved, nicely hidden behind my TV.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.latenightsw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0948.png\" alt=\"Chromecast Installed\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>I just have to sort out one problem: turning on the TV powers the USB port which powers the Chromecast, and the Chromecast forces the TV to switch to Chromecast&#8217;s HDMI port when it turns on &#8211; kind of irritating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got a shiny new Google Chromecast yesterday. Physically, this is a beautifully designed device, save for one thing: its power source. The device is&#8230;<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/?p=969\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Powering Chromecast<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7AQk-fD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}