> > * Is there something particularly special about Sony's supplied
batteries
> > that makes them different to normal rechargables, therefore explaining
the
> > "warning" in the manual?
>
> Yes, they are nicad. If people were to try charging the rechargeable
> alkaline "renewal" cells they may ha
Anthony Horan wrote:
> Now, a Melbourne electronics store called Jaycar (www.jaycar.com.au) has
> NiMh AA-sized batteries for sale for about $4.50 each, which to me looks
> like a good replacement for Sony's NiCd offering - larger capacity, less
> memory effect, etc. What I'm wondering, though,
Well Anthony,
Sony want you to buy there ridiculously overpriced batteries. I've got an
old but perfectly working MZ-R3 and by using a bit of cardboard from a
cereal box have made it such it always thinks it has the proprietary Sony
NiMH battery.
I think it's the BP-DM20 or something like that
Hi;
I've just bought a Sony MZ-R37 portable, which I'm perfectly happy with in
all but one area - battery life, of course. The unit comes with two Sony
NiCd rechargable batteries which charge in the unit itself - and Sony's
manual states that no other rechargable other than Sony's ones should be
