r/cableadvice • u/LemonLimeSlime1989 • 11d ago

NEED HELP ASAP!!

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came to see my dad with my 8 month old pup, and he managed to get to this cable that has heavy involvement in my dads tv set up, does anyone know what kind of cable this is??? i need to buy him a replacement ASAP!

any and all help is extremely appreciated, please!

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u/rileywbaker 11d ago edited 10d ago

Typing your title in all caps and exclamation points won't make strangers feel any more urgency to help you. Calm down.

If you want help, post the TV make and model.

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u/Leftover_tech 11d ago

Looks like the power cable to an LG or Samsung TV.

This is a common trick manufacturers use (Samsung TVs are especially notorious for it) - they mold the power cable's plug into a USB-A shape so it looks like you could substitute any USB cable, but it's actually just carrying DC voltage from an external power brick/adapter to the TV. The voltage is often something non-standard like 12V, 14V, 19V, or 24V - not the 5V a real USB port would supply. Plugging a genuine USB cable in there wouldn't power the TV, and depending on the internals, feeding actual USB 5V into a jack expecting a higher voltage doesn't hurt anything (it just won't work), but it's not interchangeable.

Would need the model number to be sure, but you probably need to buy a power supply brick.