Am I correct that you can't use replaceable batteries, only crank, solar or dc charger to power the radio?
1013461
That is correct, you cannot use batteries in this unit. Also, it does not come with the DC charger, that is a seperate purchase.
1013462
There is a door to access the batteries. But I have not opened mine. I did not want to tamper with whatever factory seal there may be. The unit can also be charged with an optional 5V adapter from Eton. It is available from Amazon and also charges other Eton devices. Keep in mind the unit will only charge cell phones using the crank. Solar alone will not charge cell or other devices. If you need to charge your phone in an emergenc, be prepared to crank for a while. My galaxy 4 charges about 1% in 10 minutes of medium speed cranking.
1013463
that is correct,and radio will not play continuously for more than a few hours even in direct sunlight.for me though the biggest complaint is that the radio has a weak receiver, even with the external antenna.
1013464
Yes, is has a small rechargable pack but no place for standard batteries. You do have access to the rechargeable pack and in a worse case situation could improvise.
1013465
you can't access to battery compartment at all. You can charge it from your computer from the wall from solar power or from hand winding the crank
2171578
Yes you can replace the recargable batteries -- they are the same size as a AA Battery thus you can substitute regular AA Batteries till they run out.
1182323
Hello,There is no way to change battery on this unit as it is solar powered and sealed. Please contact us at pxh@game-group.com for a free replacement of the new and improved model. Thank you
242175
Yes. You can replace with rechargeable or alkaline batteries easily. Do not try to recharge alkaline batteries. They would only be used to recharge a cell phone or something similar.Rechargeable batteries have many cycles before they have to be replaced. They are environmentally friendly. I did not feel that the solar charge feature worked well. The USB cord plugged into external power, works best.
620697
Not intended to be portable, no batteries designed in. There is a 120vac wall wart plug-in but I am unsure what the output voltage & current are. However, if you have some electronics smarts, you could likely rig up a converter to go from the car's 12vdc to whatever the radio requires. Would not think that would cost too much. I'll have a look at it when I get home.
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Not really. You can easily open the Radio's battery door, remove the battery-pack, insert a freshly-charged battery-pack, and close the battery door, without losing any of your Radio settings. But, the original batteries are packaged as 3 AAA's sheathed together as a single battery-pack, so I don't know if you could easily fit that battery-pack in an external charger. Finally, looking inside the battery compartment, it also looks like you could use 3 individual standard rechargeable AAA's instead of a battery-pack. So no, I don't believe the battery-pack can be easily charged outside the Radio body, but yes, using individually AAA's you can charge the AAA's outside of the Radio, then insert into the Radio and go. I bought the extra charger because I had two Radios but only one charger, and wanted to give one Radio permanently to an elderly neighbor, who therefore needed his own charger. The extra battery-packs are a bonus; I'm saving them for day when the original battery-packs start losing their oomph.
2240278
The battery is not replaceable, it charges during the daylight with the solar cell on top. Mine has been working great for about 2 years.
1520285
Yes you can replace the batteries. With daily use the rechargeable batteries have lasted over 3 yrs
1100291
Hi Paul, The battery is not replaceable, it is a crank radio, never needs replacing just crank.
1369977
You can, it will not fry the batteries. It will only charge the batter if it needs charging.
263627
Yes you can. It was difficult figuring out which way to place the battery in the unit at 1st, but it doesn't matter. The charger is amazing and will figure this out for you.
480935
Hey, Jeff, No, they will not charge because the solar panel is wired to charge only the one, rechargeable battery that comes with the radio. I'm not sure about the hand crank, though...but I don't think so. The good news is that there is an adapter to charge the batteries, via their regular charger. So I guess, kind of in a secondary sort of way, you can charge your AAA rechargeable batteries with this unit. But with the adapter, not the hand crank, or the solar panel.
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Dear Sir: You can use charge batteries with this radio, but they must all be of the same kind; you can not use different type of batteries because they will damage the radio. As far as I know, you cannot charge batteries while in the radio.
948943
You can use rechargeable batteries, but there is no built-in rechargeable battery.
2197053
Yes, the battery is replaceable. I keep the unit in the charger 90% of the time but when I use the unit on battery it lasts about a couple of hours.
656619
Yes, the charger has some guides for the battery so that you can charge a battery without it being attached to the radio.
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I don't think the battery is replaceable. In the manual it says it can be charged directly with a solar panel 20 watts and lower. however I have a 15 watt panel hooked up to it and the charging light does indeed come on indicating its charging, but It never seems to charge at all. Its been charging that way for over a week and the battery meter still says its almost empty. I have tested the solar panel with a multi tester and I was getting over 20 volts and about 700 miliamps in the sun, so I know power is getting into the powerpack... It appears to charge fine via the ac wall plug. I bought this with the intention of charging it via the sun and I have seen some bundles with this powerpack and a solar panel so it must work. Maybe I just have a defective one...