I found here battery - without RC.
http://www.batteryupgrade.ro/shopBrowser.php?shopGroupId=24340791#/shopGroupId/24340791
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I brought one from the states, delivered for under £20. Batterybay.net,
item code CS-LSR533RC. ($30 total).
Hi Mooro,
How is the battery pack performing and how long did it take from
ordering to delivery.
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By chance I a saw a crate full of them at 'media markt' the Hague, nl.
Strange that the shop where I initially bought the squeezebox radio
never bothered to e-mail me about the batteries FINALLY becoming
available.
25 Euro (36 USD). It looks like a small bomb: A bunch of batteries
taped up with
notatoad;626323 Wrote:
big thanks to the OP for making a kit available. makes things much
easier for noobs like myself.
i just ordered some generic AAs off ebay at $6/dozen. they claim to be
3000mAh NiMH. it'll be fun to put a multimeter on them and see what
they're like. what are the
notatoad;626323 Wrote:
i just ordered some generic AAs off ebay at $6/dozen. they claim to be
3000mAh NiMH. it'll be fun to put a multimeter on them and see what
they're like. what are the odds of crappy batteries actually frying my
squeezebox?
Crappy batteries aren't likely to fry a
aw crap, for some reason i was thinking that NiMH were the preferred
battery. oh well, it's only $6.
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They are, LiON require very much more precise charging circuits and
wouldn't be as easy to swap out as NiMH. The built in charging of the
radio wouldn't work with them.
Its just that cheap ones are usually knock offs that don't last long.
Quality NiMH batteries are worth the extra cost.
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big thanks to the OP for making a kit available. makes things much
easier for noobs like myself.
i just ordered some generic AAs off ebay at $6/dozen. they claim to be
3000mAh NiMH. it'll be fun to put a multimeter on them and see what
they're like. what are the odds of crappy batteries
I just finished building my pack using the Sanyo 2700 mAh batteries
listed above. Seems to work great. My first test yielded a playing
time of 10 hours 49 minutes (streaming FLACs). Charging took several
hours. Interestingly, the pack slowly heated to 45C which triggered
forced a pause in
For what it's worth, the cheapest US source I could find for the Sanyo
2700mah batteries that I could find (incl tax and shipping to CA) was:
http://www.bestbyte.net/merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODStore_Code=BBProduct_Code=BARESAAA27Category_Code=
Worked out to about $3.10 per battery
I currently have these slow-discharge batteries:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003M0PR6W
Been working great for a couple of months now.
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A mate of mine has just picked up a Radio from Ebay with an 18V PSU.
Does this mean it's a very early unit will the official 12V battery
pack work in it?
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On 01/30/2011 10:08 AM, rbz5416 wrote:
Seems that Strikalite now sell a built pack for the Radio.
http://www.strikalite.co.uk/viewproduct.asp?from=sresults.aspprodid=881catid=20cat=Specialist%20Battery%20Packssearch=881offset=
I'd love to hear of someone who has gambled and bought one. The copy
@agillis: Thank you, I have ordered two of your kits.
I am now picking out the batteries. The Sanyo 2700mah cells seem to
really be the best choice. I have found confirmation on these from a
couple of sources:
-
Perhaps if one was somewhat inclined to ask a favour of a US resident
forum member to purchase a battery on their behalf... ;)
Though the way this thread is degenerating it may take an awful lot of
groveling and trust
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Logitech
chGSD;594223 Wrote:
While waiting for the smallgreencomputer.com kit to return to stock, I
have been looking for existing packs which would yield a more
professional looking result.
Nice post. You have done a lot of research. The battery kits are back
in stock.
Would someone who has received the Logitech battery pack please measure
the voltage on the two battery tap pins relative to the ground pin, on
a charged battery pack?
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My interest in building my own battery pack has stemmed not from the
elevated price of the Logitech one, nor the scarce availability of it
over time.
Rather it has stemmed from the desire to have a longer unplugged
duration so that it could be treated more like a power hungry
smartphone that gets
I am on SB Radio Firmware 7.5.1 r8837. I think when I originally
applied it I had some of those problems. I then forced another update
from the menu and fixed those problems. I use mine with Squeezebox
Server. I don't see a way to tell the SBR to connect to
mysqueezebox.com in the menu...
earthbased;567562 Wrote:
I am on SB Radio Firmware 7.5.1 r8837. I think when I originally
applied it I had some of those problems. I then forced another update
from the menu and fixed those problems. I use mine with Squeezebox
Server. I don't see a way to tell the SBR to connect to
ciarmer;567047 Wrote:
(snip)
I then went off on a rant and also mentioned the Firmware 7.5.1 issue
which he was in no mood to hear about. After all that he asked me if
there was anything else he could help me with. I thought to myself
anything else? exactly what have you helped me with?
earthbased;567361 Wrote:
What is the 7.5.1 problem?
Lots of problems when using Mysqueezebox.com. They include the radio
turning off shortly after turn on, turning on randomly, art not
updating, tons of alarm problems, etc.
Best way to see the issues is to do a search specific to the SB Radio
Soulkeeper;566307 Wrote:
I ordered the accessory pack a little less than a month ago. Just now I
got a shipment confirmation. Yay! :)
The pack has been delivered at my house now. But one thing that
would've been nice to know, before I get home, is:
earthbased;566870 Wrote:
Does the SB
The Radio has a huge amount of code to deal with smartly charging the
battery, so don't worry about that.
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Alright, thanks! Then I'll pop it in right away. :)
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Does the SB Radio have a good battery charging monitor circuit to
intelligently charge the battery pack or will the pack wear out quickly
if the user doesn't follow a strict battery management protocol when
running on AC power for days/weeks forgetting battery pack is
installed? Any heat issues?
Here is my experience ordering the battery pack (I'm in the US)
July 21 - Ordered my battery pack. The site said pre-order now but
when I added the battery to my cart, it said in stock. I thought I
got lucky. My Paypal account was charged the same day.
July 23 - Order status - in process
July
newy;565971 Wrote:
Yet another glorious summer day here in Toronto yet still no SB Radio
outdoor listening pleasure due to no batteries being sold in Canada.
Pretty pathetic that I have to ask this question here but would anyone
be willing to buy me one and ship it up here? Obviously I'd
I ordered the accessory pack a little less than a month ago. Just now I
got a shipment confirmation. Yay! :)
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Yet another glorious summer day here in Toronto yet still no SB Radio
outdoor listening pleasure due to no batteries being sold in Canada.
Pretty pathetic that I have to ask this question here but would anyone
be willing to buy me one and ship it up here? Obviously I'd prepay you
for your
Ordered 3 batteries in May - just came! Happy to have them installed. I
have 6 SB Radios now.
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Got it today 7/27. Ordered on 5/19. Woohoo!
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mherger;564359 Wrote:
FWIW (and quite OT here...): I was about to put an announcements to
the
beginner's forum (probably others too), telling people clearly about
those
new forums. They're official support channels, monitored by support
people, while this here (forums.slimdevices.com) is
So what's the deal with Canada? I've been reading a lot of posts that
the battery isn't available in Canada. Does Logitech offer any kind of
explanation?
Just read up on this thread, a few postings before yours. Logitech Canada
decided it's not worth it. You'll have to let _them_ know
This is a perfect (and very sad) example of what long time SlimDevices
customers feared when Logitech purchased SlimDevices.
Logitech is a behemoth corporation that seems to stumble over itself to
make anything squeeze related a confusing mess.
The simple solution to the Canada situation is to
If the entire Radio itself were not available in Canada then I'd
understand Logitech Canada's position.
+1 on that.
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newy;564202 Wrote:
If the entire Radio itself were not available in Canada then I'd
understand Logitech Canada's position.
+1 on that.
As a Canadian who owns a Radio, not being able to buy the battery is a
pain. Now that Michael says they won't be selling them in Canada I may
build my own
Maybe we're just arguing semantics ... but
As I see it Logitech Canada advertised this neat product:
radio + battery pack. Great. I go to the store to buy it.
Battery not quite ready I'm told. I don't want to go away
empty handed so I buy the radio. Now Logitech Canada
reveals they never did and
albright;564221 Wrote:
Maybe we're just arguing semantics ... but...Why does this not meet your
own definition of bait and switch?
As was mentioned earlier, bait and switch requires them to advertise a
product to lure you in to sell you another product instead. I agree
this is a dirty trick
And don't believe for one minute that someone from Logitech isn't
monitoring this forum.
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Aagh!!!
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a product that they may not even have in order to sell you another
product instead.
I feel that the radio+battery is the product they advertised but
did not have. They got me to switch to just radio (with their
trickery about the battery being available March 2010 - still on
the Canadian
diannabill;564229 Wrote:
And don't believe FOR ONE MINUTE that Logitech staff is not monitoring
this forum.
I see no reason to believe that Logitech Canada sales or upper level
Logitech global staff are reading this forum.
SCREAM AWAY!
Please don't. The vast majority of users here can't help
peterw;564248 Wrote:
I see no reason to believe that Logitech Canada sales or upper level
Logitech global staff are reading this forum.
Please don't. The vast majority of users here can't help you at all, so
screaming will only make these forums unpleasant for others. Scream at
Logitech
garym;564249 Wrote:
agree. Best to contact logitech via phone or email. And if you want to
post on forums that LOGITECH does(theoretically) read, one should post
at the official LOGITECH forums here:
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Squeezebox-Players/bd-p/squeezeboxplayers
Mnyb;564251 Wrote:
Om my what a horrible forum solution ?
agree, i don't like the new logitech forums. Bad organization, hard to
see new postings only, etc. But they are there. I live in fear that
this forum gets shut down (as it is a place where one can truly get
some useful user assistance).
And don't believe FOR ONE MINUTE that Logitech staff is not monitoring
this forum.
We do.
SCREAM AWAY!
Please don't. As I said: we're the wrong persons.
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agree, i don't like the new logitech forums. Bad organization, hard to
see new postings only, etc. But they are there. I live in fear that
this forum gets shut down (as it is a place where one can truly get
some useful user assistance).
FWIW (and quite OT here...): I was about to put an
mherger;563528 Wrote:
What do you mean by canadian sales person? Was one person
responsible
for the decision not to sell the battery in Canada? Or did you mean
the
Canadian Sales Team?
I'm not sure whether it was one single person taking that decision, or
the whole team together.
newy;563519 Wrote:
Would've been nice if they mentioned that at the time we all bought the
Radio. Maybe it's just me but I thought the ol' bait and switch tactic
was not just deceitful but illegal.
If Logitech would take my Radio back and give me money back I'd accept.
In a word,
diannabill;564115 Wrote:
This is absurdly illogical. The box my radio came in clearly states
Additional Options Available.
It's no way to do business or to treat customers, but it's not bait and
switch, no matter how badly you've got your shorts in a bunch.
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diannabill;564115 Wrote:
Quit apologing for Logitech. At best, they're lousy at delivering on
their promises. At worst, they're dishonest. In my opinion, they fall
somewhere in between.
I am not apologizing for Logitech, I hate seeing people throw around
absurd legal statements to cover
m1abrams;564122 Wrote:
It does not take a genius to see when you opened the box that it did not
work without the power cord!
Well I'm definitely not a genius, but I did make the giant leap to
assume that it would work without the power cord with the OPTIONAL
AVAILABLE BATTERY!!!
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The Canadian Logitech website states that the battery pack
will be available March 2010. It does not state that in fact
Logitech will not sell the battery in Canada *at all*.
That is clearly false advertising.
I think it falls under bait and switch as well which is
to advertise a product as
So what's the deal with Canada? I've been reading a lot of posts that
the battery isn't available in Canada. Does Logitech offer any kind of
explanation?
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albright;564132 Wrote:
I think it falls under bait and switch as well which is to advertise a
product as possessing various features that, after the purchaser is
committed, turn out not to exist.
I don't understand the policy with batteries and Canada, but I do
understand bait and switch and
OK - admittedly not bait and switch.
But how's this for the definition of false advertising: The act of
knowingly advertising a product or service that does not exist or does
not function as represented.
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I am still confused though, you even stated that Logitech offered to
refund the device AFTER the 30-day return period yet you choose not to.
Instead you want to throw legal slander their way?
Again you knew when you bought the device that no such battery existed,
yet that is a key feature for
m1abrams;564154 Wrote:
I am still confused though, you even stated that Logitech offered to
refund the device AFTER the 30-day return period yet you choose not to.
Instead you want to throw legal slander their way?
I was originally responding to your response to newy. You took
umbrage to
mherger;563528 Wrote:
I'm not sure whether it was one single person taking that decision, or
the whole team together. Maybe it even was marketing. But anyway: it's
a decision taken by Logitech Canada, because they thought there was no
market for the battery. Let them know they were wrong.
andyg;563461 Wrote:
As far as I know, Logitech has no intention of selling batteries in
Canada, so you'll have to order from the US somehow.
Would've been nice if they mentioned that at the time we all bought the
Radio. Maybe it's just me but I thought the ol' bait and switch tactic
was not
If Logitech would take my Radio back and give me money back I'd accept.
In a word, disappointed.
Please note that the decision not to sell in Canada was taken by canadian sales
person. Let them know about it. If there are enough people bugging them I'm
sure they'll change their minds.
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What do you mean by canadian sales person? Was one person responsible
for the decision not to sell the battery in Canada? Or did you mean the
Canadian Sales Team?
I'm not sure whether it was one single person taking that decision, or the
whole team together. Maybe it even was marketing. But
I've tried to contact Logitech about this. I hope they got the
message but the basic import of their reply was STFU and go
away (not in exactly those words :) )
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Got an email from Logitech saying that my battery pack has shipped and
UPS has it on track to arrive on 7/27
Hang in there everyone - seems help is on the way!
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Hang in there everyone - seems help is on the way!
Not in Canada (where the battery pack is still listed as
available March 2010. :(
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I ordered my battery today (7/21). The website and the various stages of
the order process were inconsistent. At one point it said backordered,
at another point it said in stock. Very inconsistent. When I completed
the order process, I called a live person. She told me the batteries
are in stock
As far as I know, Logitech has no intention of selling batteries in
Canada, so you'll have to order from the US somehow.
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I placed my order on 6/22, received order today, I'm in the USA, Long
Island.
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albright;563361 Wrote:
Not in Canada (where the battery pack is still listed as available
March 2010. :(
Where on earth did you find a page where you can order accessories? I
spent a good 10 or 15 minutes on the Logitech Canadian site, going in
circles, trying to spend some money. They seem
kloach;563468 Wrote:
I placed my order on 6/22, received order today, I'm in the USA, Long
Island.
Wow - Now I'm really confused. I placed my order on 5/19, and will not
get it until 7/27!!!
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I too have built a battery pack.
http://www.strikalite.co.uk/prodcat_type/20/ALL/0/Specialist_Battery_Packs.html
If you ring Strikalite, and order Product ID 752, you can ask them to
solder wires on before despatch. Very helpful bunch!
Product ID: 752 Category: Specialist Battery Packs
2.1Ah
Hi,David do you have the code for the connector, as i do not seem to see
it on the web page.
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mlsstl;561075 Wrote:
He has no clue as to whether the phone call was a squeaky wheel that got
some grease or if the Logitech customer support people are kept
clueless, whether by design or accident.
It is most likely that the batteries are back in stock and available
for shipping, so they
Hi Sandy,
For the price it is worth ordering the kit from the USA, you get the
instructions, 2 connectors and the thermistor. It didn't take long to
arrive. I soldered the connectors on after crimping.
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Cheers david, I will do that.
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iPhone;561504 Wrote:
Because if there were no batteries available, its hard for it to be an
accident, clueless customer service, or a squeaky wheel syndrome. It is
much more likely coincidence of the batteries coming back in stock a few
days after he called to follow-up.
I think you missed
Hildebrandt;560973 Wrote:
I was in the same situation as you - never in stock... So i didn't
order... And considered making one myself...
One day i just ordered it, not expecting anything - hey the page said
'out of stock'... 3 days later i recieved and installed the pack...
Try
wayneBR;561062 Wrote:
How long ago was this order? In the US? Mine was placed May 12th and
still nothing.
I was at a friend's house last evening and his Radio battery showed up
unannounced last week. I believe he'd ordered it in April.
He'd phoned Logitech about two weeks ago to inquire
mlsstl;561075 Wrote:
You'd think people were waiting for a custom-built Bugatti Veyron
instead of a battery pack ;-)
Good one! I will call torm.-nothing to lose.
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If you can get instructions, go to a Batteries Plus for them to make the
battery pack. -- Dan
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rcampbel3;560732 Wrote:
As it appears that Logitech has only shipped a dozen or so battery
packs, and as it appears that it is eternally 'in stock', yet
nonexistant, yet orderable...
Where's a 3rd party Radio battery that I can buy today?
Logitech radio batteries are SO SCARCE that
As it appears that Logitech has only shipped a dozen or so battery
packs, and as it appears that it is eternally 'in stock', yet
nonexistant, yet orderable...
Where's a 3rd party Radio battery that I can buy today?
Logitech radio batteries are SO SCARCE that they're not even for sale
at
funkstar;515761 Wrote:
It's not a safety issue, it's to do with the battery deep discharging
when not in use, so reducing the batteries life span.
There is a fix being tested, but as it takes a couple of weeks of a
Radio being off to deep discharge the battery because of the bug, this
anybody in the UK sourced the other remaining parts
I had a look and came up with
http://www.strikalite.co.uk/prodcat_type/36/ALL/0/NiMH_Low_Self_Discharge_Batteries.html
The battery Product ID: 850 would appear to be what we need, low
discharge and tagged to build into packs. £1.95 each.
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Hi,
Excluding the kit as supplied from the US. Can I ask has anybody in the
UK sourced the other remaining parts (batteries and wire) from a UK
supplier and if so who and what exactly?
Many thanks
Adam
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Thanks to all who posted here to guide me through building the battery
pack.
I ordered the $5.99 connector/thermistor and a 2300 mAh pack from
all-battery.com ($15.99), as suggested, and wired it up. I soldered
rather than crimped, since I have better luck with that, and I think it
was no
I really like being able to move it around, bring it with me to the
backyard campfire and take music requests from friends for Pandora,
etc.
Glad to hear of your success; I might give it a try since I live
in Canada, where logitech refuses to offer the battery pack (and,
for some reason, only
lemmy999;527129 Wrote:
I believe the only other thing you will need is some wire and a
soldering iron.
So are people starting to use cell taps 3/6 instead of 3/7 since the
cell voltages of the Logitech battery packs have been reported as
14V/4V/8V? How has that worked out?
I need to
I believe the only other thing you will need is some wire and a
soldering iron.
So are people starting to use cell taps 3/6 instead of 3/7 since the
cell voltages of the Logitech battery packs have been reported as
14V/4V/8V? How has that worked out?
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peterw;522802 Wrote:
Hold the power button for 2 seconds and Radio will shut down (the
SqueezePlay/SqueezeOS software will shut down), not just go into the
off screensaver mode. When fully off like this, I understand the
battery does not charge, even if Radio is plugged into a live AC
I have 2 Squeezebox Radios and I'd like to build the battery packs
myself, but just want to be sure I'm on the right track...
Is the kit from
http://shop.smallgreencomputer.com/SqueezeBox-Radio-Battery-Kit-squeezepack.htm
and the battery pack from
fuzzyT;522755 Wrote:
In what cases is the Radio plugged in but fully off. It seems to
power up the clock and standby functions any time it's plugged in,
Hold the power button for 2 seconds and Radio will shut down (the
SqueezePlay/SqueezeOS software will shut down), not just go into the
BTW, all the battery links I've looked at in this thread have been for
basic NiMH cells, but word from a Logitech engineer is that the official
battery pack uses Low Self-Discharge NiMH cells. From what I understand
about NiMH (also having used them casually for years), you want LSD
cells if
can someone post the voltages shown in power menu, please?
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The voltages have been discussed either in this thread or on the link
with the original instructions. I think they were nominally 1.2*3 and
1.2*7 (depends on charge level of course) the way the instructions say
to do them.
What we need is the voltage levels from someone with the official
...To the folks who provided the following links:
http://cms.diodenring.de/de/electronic/microcontroller/92-squeezebox
and
http://www.all-battery.com/12v2000mahnimhbatterypack11606.aspx
I was able to build two battery packs for my two SBR's for less than
the price of one from Logitech. They
The following directory is interesting for watching the battery
behavior:
/sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/1-0010
Code:
. alarm_time input:input2
.. ambient ir
adc_0
To all those folks building their own battery packs, you had better make
sure that you get the temperature sensor correct. It is -the- critical
component used to control charging. Get it wrong and you are likely to
get either something that is non-functional (will not charge, or
overcharges and
awy;519797 Wrote:
To all those folks building their own battery packs, you had better make
sure that you get the temperature sensor correct. It is -the- critical
component used to control charging. Get it wrong and you are likely to
get either something that is non-functional (will not
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