Which power adapter do I need?

Hi. all. I used to be a member here a few years back. Don't recall what username I used tho. But anyway, who here is an expert on power adapters? The reason I ask, I just picked up a Black Box AC215A on Ebay a few minutes ago. I found it at the end of the auction. No one was bidding on it it, and the starting price was about 15 bucks. So what the heck I thought, so I bid on it and got it for 15 bucks. The seller has no clue whether this thing even works, since it doesn't come with the power adapter. Thus the reason for this thread.

According to the manual I found online....

Connect the provided AC power cord to the power supply and connect the power cord to an AC outlet. The power supply is auto-sensing, so it will automatically adapt to your voltage anywhere in the world. Connect the DC power plug from the power supply to the connector marked POWER on the rear panel of the Advanced Video Scaler.

Power 95-250 VAC, 47-Hz, autosensing external power supply

So where do I find an adapter like this? Would RadioShack have something like this, or is this something I will have to order online? I have an old Iscan V2 I haven't used in ages...and I was looking at the power adapter that comes with it. It's rated at...(Switching power Supply..Input:100-240v--0.4A 47-63Hz...Output:+6V----2.0A...Level 3). Would this work with the Black Box AC215A?

I probably won't get the Black Box AC215A until the middle of next week or later, so trying to find an adapter in the meantime, in case I have to order one. Sorry this post came out as one paragraph. It's supposed to be several paragraphs to make easier to read. I haven't figured out how to do this automatically. I tried all 3 options in CP(Message Editor Interface), and it still came out as one paragraph, at least in the preview..

Thanks for the input. Hopefully that info is on the bottom of the scaler, because it's not on the front nor back according to the clear pics from the auction. Here's a link to the manual, don't know if it tells you anymore than what I've provided tho. http://ftp.blackbox.com/manuals/A/AC215A.pdf

On a side note, I had never heard of this scaler until yesterday. But since I have a cpl of projectors, one of them being an old school NEC LT260, I figured it could benefit from the use of an external scaler. And I guess the fact that this was being offered for 15 bucks starting out, that probably played a factor as well.

I had no idea that scaler was that ancient, lol. Well at least I'm not out much money I guess.
You mentioned Faroudjas for less than 100 bucks. Which models might you be referring to, and where could one find one of these for around that price? Never noticed anything on Ebay for that price or less, except for a cpl of Faroudja LD100s, which BTW, I already have 2. These are pretty ancient as well, perhaps even more ancient than the Block Box scaler.

As per your suggestion, I did just that. This is the reply I got in my email this morning from Black Box.

"The specs for the power supply.

Input: 95 - 250VAC 47-63Hz

Output: 5VDC 1A"


Since I'm still clueless about power adapters in general, is this something that I could find at RadioShack, or will I have to find one online?