Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 1st or third party battery?

2012-02-27 Thread Pascal Hibon
pippin;692725 Wrote: It's also expensive. I believe I paid 18€ Just curious, where did you buy it? -- Pascal Hibon 1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 1 x SB Touch - all wireless ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.7.1. w iTunes plugin iPeng on iPod Touch. SqueezePad iPeng on iPad.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 1st or third party battery?

2012-02-27 Thread pippin
Also on Amazon, but don't ask me for the shop, it was one of the Amazon marketplace shops that sell batteries here in Germany. Quick search doesn't show prices below 20#8364; right now, maybe they are fluctuating, I bought mine about a month after Christmas. But for those battery pack makers

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 1st or third party battery?

2012-02-27 Thread bluegaspode
Didn't Logitech say they have some temperature sensor in their battery pack as well which might/will prevent overheating/overcharging/fire in case anything is wrong? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=516271postcount=2 Might be important when insurance comes into play for the 1 of

[SlimDevices: Radio] 1st or third party battery?

2012-02-26 Thread onemeg
Hi all; I've just bought a SB Radio and want to get a bettery for it. I don't really need a remote as I have various remotes from my other boxes and therefore am happy just to buy a battery if necessary. I've seen the official 'accessory pack' for £30 on amazon (battery and remote) but there's

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 1st or third party battery?

2012-02-26 Thread toby10
Battery specs DIY kit: http://shop.smallgreencomputer.com/SqueezeBox-Radio-Battery-Kit-squeezepack.htm -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 1st or third party battery?

2012-02-26 Thread castalla
Here in the UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Replacement-battery-Logitech-Squeezebox-Radio/dp/B002MQPD9S -- castalla 1 Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers - 2 duff ears - purfek! 1 Logitech Radio + remote - purfek!

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 1st or third party battery?

2012-02-26 Thread Soulkeeper
Play time of 'the official pack' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Squeezebox_Radio_Battery) is at least 6 hours, according to the wiki. -- Soulkeeper 'Bug 17797: Updating wiki.slimdevices.com' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17797)

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 1st or third party battery?

2012-02-26 Thread pippin
Frankly? Go with the 3rd party one, there's not too much you can do wrong about a NiMh battery. I've got one Logitech one and a 3rd party one and I'd do a comparison run but then that would not be fair since the Logi battery is at least 1 1/2 years old and the 3rd party one only a few weeks.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 1st or third party battery?

2012-02-26 Thread rbz5416
castalla;692655 Wrote: Here in the UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Replacement-battery-Logitech-Squeezebox-Radio/dp/B002MQPD9SI wouldn't be confident buying from someone using a picture of a camcorder battery. -- rbz5416