can the battery on this unit be replaced when the battery dies? Can it be powered with an AC current if the battery dies? is the battery proprietary?
1314331
It does have a charger cord similar to an iPhone charger yes, seems to hold a charge very well. I haven't taken it apart to see what Kind of battery it holds to see if a replacement avail. As haven't needed to.
1314332
It has the standard micro usb port. Any phone charger will work. I don't remember if it came with one or not but if you don't have an extra phone charger you can purchase an ac/dc adapter with usb and mini usb charger on here for a minimal fee. The battery can't be replaced but there should be no reason. You should be able to recharge.
1314333
There is a rechargeable battery. The hookup works with my iPhone adapter. I plug it in for a few hours and have hours of use on the unit with the Bluetooth setting. As far as I can tell there is no way to change out a battery.
1356785
It is a built in Lithium battery. So, I'm assuming no way to replace it. They are asking me to assume the charge of shipping and send a $9.95 check for possible repairs because mine stopped working. That would probably be what you would need to do if yours needed a new battery. Since I've had mine less than 6 months I'm not a happy camper. Probably will not send it back. (This is their idea of a guarantee, I guess.)
1439367
It's a sealed unit, that must have a pretty custom battery to be so flat. Probably would be hard to find even if you could get access. I would suspect battery life will degrade slowly over a long time.
1092914
Although the unit comes with an AC adapter it's for charging only and for some reason does not allow direct AC use. I found this out the hard way as the batteries do not carry a charge longer than a couple weeks and I tried plugging in and using. Only when the battery was charged could I use it.
459764
I do not believe you can replace the battery. I contacted the seller of mine about this and got conflicting info. They lastly told me to pry off the back to replace the battery which I believe will break the unit if attempted. My 2 still work so I have not tried it yet.
1933314
The unit is powered by using the AC power supply, and it can also be powered using 3 AA batteries, you should use both together, in a power outage it will switch to using the batteries. Also the frequencies are stored in EEPROM non volatile memory, which means that it will stay in memory even when there is no power.Thank you.
1508005
Hi Skyhawk, you can send the unit for service if you wanted to replace the battery. Thanks -Sean
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
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.
1933315
The unit is powered by using the AC power supply, and it can also be powered using 3 AA batteries, you should use both together, in a power outage it will switch to using the batteries. Also the frequencies are stored in EEPROM non volatile memory, which means that it will stay in memory even when there is no power. Thank you.
390543
YES! The battery will eventually have to be replaced. I did get the a/c wall charger also, to complete the many ways of charging this unit. This is a great little unit, the sound out of it is incredible for it's size.
1276549
I don't know. I've had one approximately eight years and have not replaced the battery. It only runs on battery when the power is out
1866633
Yes, strictly speaking. It is a lead-acid battery that you could use and then recharge. But it's not a 'rechargeable battery' in the modern sense. It's not designed to be used until dead, then recharged. It's generally going to be kept at full charge by wall voltage. It's just there to supply backup power in case wall voltage is interrupted.
1128726
Sorry that I cannot be more help. I like the unit, but I do not know if the battery can be changed.
1924498
Yes, you can. However, I'm not currently using a battery. The best batteries cost around $500.00, almost the same as the unit itself.
2075875
I don't know I hadn't thought of trying that, it has a 2 hour battery according to the instructions. But you can run it on AC also. Sorry I wasn't much help.
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I was also hoping to keep a spare battery on hand. Looks like it's a permanent battery. Two issues bad about that is: you can NOT charge one while the other is in use and once the battery no longer holds a charge, the unit is useless. Did I miss this information (permanent battery not replaceable) somewhere in the product description?