I bought these, they do have to be charged, and my receiver that is only 5 years old does not have a place to plug them in to charge!
1977418
You just bought the EXTRA headset. It comes without a rec. To charge you must buy the whole set that comes with a charger. In my review I said the sound was great but construction of the units was really bad. Of two that I bought, one had the elastic strap come out of it's receptacle I sent it back to Costco, they sent me a new one. Then the other one broke and I taped (good & bad) with black duct tape. Costco should stop selling these.
1977419
Mine are branded Unisar and TVListener on the outside of each ear piece. On the right side ear piece, there is an on-off switch, a volume control and a red light that shows when it is turned own. On hat same right side ear piece, on the front side that faces the transmitter is a small green light and a jack into which you plug in the charging plug that comes out of the transmitter. If you do not have those features, it seems to me that the only way to solve the problem is (a) get newer models; or (b) periodically replace the batteries inside each ear piece.
1977420
On right ear muff: on/off switch, volume control, and 1/8" jack next to led. Plug your charger in there.
1977421
I was told that you can use regular batteries instead of rechargeable ones. I return these earphones because on the first day of use, the lower band that goes over the head broke, so I never got to use them.
1190741
The instructions say to take them out when charged. You could leave them in for a while longer but I had a charger smoke on me doing that, so I take them out and put them in a special box I got from XTAR
985739
I could not get these to charge either, so I sent them back and got a different pair. Sorry I cannot help.
1216245
I had to charge the batteries after I got them and they work fine. Try charging them.
2093207
They are rechargeable. There is a small charging plug spot under the earbud without the buttons. Works fantastic!
529988
Yes the headphones (receiver) are rechargeable. You place the headphones on the transmitter (which is plugged into power source near TV) when finished using them and they recharge while you are sleeping and turn off when recharged. These are the best wireless headphones I have tried - highly recommend - no hissing or background noise, just crisp clear sound from the transmitter with strong base. Be well, Tom Robertson
973912
They do need to be charged first. It took an overnight wait before the light on the charger turned green.
1939298
The ones I received were not charged. I put them into the solar charge floodlights in the early morning on a sunny day and they worked that night and have been working perfectly since, 10 months so far!!
1878945
You will have to use a "dumb" charger to charge them up a bit before your can use them with this charger. Hope this helps.
2163635
When I got mine, they were fully charged. If yours are not, they may be defective or may be very old and might have lost some of the charge.
81371
Yes, they do, but make sure that you charge them overnight before using, or they do not last long. But if you charge first, they last a good amount of time.
427265
These have a USB adapter and plugs into that in order to charge up. The charge lasts a really long time, too. I didn't think I wanted headphones that I had to charge up, but these have worked out really well. Hope this helps :)
350440
You can do both. I usually charge them, when not using them, in the off position. When I am using them for long periods of time and I notice they are starting to die I will plug them in. Either way is fine though.
387819
They do not come precharged. After connection, you place the headphones on the headset to be charged.
616392
I haven't used them in over a year . But I think they have to be hung on the charger while it charges ?
527941
Ken,I did not think these were rechargeable. I have never tried to recharge them.Dan
2055400
I'm not sure... Mine do charge, but the charge barely lasts more than a day so i don't know if they aren't charging well, or just have horrible battery life. I've had mine a couple (2-4) of months