Replacement Battery?

[agbagb]

I still find my old Controller useful, but it now will hardly hold any battery charge, and fades away 10 minutes out of the cradle....

Where can I get a replacement battery? What's the "state-of-play" regarding trying to get and maintain decent battery function?

Thanks,

AGB


Player Model: Controller
Firmware: 7.6.1-r9482

[aubuti]

In the US I get replacement batteries from Amazon, usually for around $10-12. The Controller uses the same battery as the Logitech Harmony 1000 remote control.

[agbagb]

Thanks - I had a memory that there was another unit that used the same battery... How are you finding those batteries hold up on the various re-charge cycles?

AGB

[aubuti]

They seem to be holding up the same as the originals. But in my case it may be hard to tell because they usually aren't out of the charging cradle for more than 1-3 minutes at a time.

[garym]

They seem to be holding up the same as the originals. But in my case it may be hard to tell because they usually aren't out of the charging cradle for more than 1-3 minutes at a time.

I have 2 controllers (1 almost 3 years old, one maybe 2). All have original battery, but neither is out of cradle more than a minute or two at a time.

[aubuti]

I haven't kept close track, but the original batteries on my three SBCs all lasted around 3 years or more. In fact, one of them may still be the original, and now 4+ years old.

[maggior]

In the US I get replacement batteries from Amazon, usually for around $10-12. The Controller uses the same battery as the Logitech Harmony 1000 remote control.

That's where I got my replacement battery. My original battery lasted about 2 years and one day just wouldn't hold a charge at all any more. The new battery has been great since. Generally I don't have my controller out of the cradle for more than the time to make a selection.

[Little old me]

I've had my SB for 2 and a half years now and the battery, whilst never brilliant, seems to be holding up well over that time.

It gets used every day, much more often than not for alarge period of time. I have been quite pedantic about treating it how I would a cheap rechargeable battery.

Never stick it onto to charge until it tells me it's needs charging, and never remove it from the cradle until it has finished charging to full capacity.

I get a good few hours out of it as a rule, though obviously quite how much you use it in that time to swap around what you're listening to probably makes a difference - I generally listen to whole albums so one click sets it going for a while.

The screen saver is set to kick in in less than a minute after it's put down, the brightness is set as low as it can go without being unreadable and the ping noise thingy is turned off.

To be fair a lot of the time it's just a case of sticking the radio on and leaving it on whatever station all/most of the day but it such circumstances it only needs charging every other day.

Dave

[Soulkeeper]

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My Controller's battery died a few weeks ago, it was almost exactly two years old. Can't power the Controller for more than 5 minutes between charges. I am now waiting for a (supposedly original Logitech) replacement from ebay, cost me about $8.

[agbagb]

I've just ordered a replacement from an EBay vendow for about 8 bucks US - so I'll see what happens with it, and I'll also use a bit more charge-cycle discipline!

AGB