Hi everybody,
Following Tignum's post about the Beo6, that led to battery talking, I would like to gather all we know about potential source for good spare batteries.
The problem I have and that Tignum seems to share is some batteries that fit well in the remote, charges as usual and after a while shows as fully charged. But as soon as you remove the remote from the cradle, it displays "charge the remote".
I've tried numerous batteries, in (3/4 AA) and out (Full size AA).
I've tried to play with the thermal sensor: short it, remove it, swap the ones that comes with new batteries with the one from an original battery.
In some of my attempts (can't remember precisely all I've tried) I do know the battery power was not the problem because I did use full sized AA batteries charged from an usual power charger, not from the Beo6 Charger.
In the end, I started to think I had fried some circuitry inside the remote that always make the battery look like low whatever his charge level and I dropped the case and put everything in a box.
But I'm on the bridge again!
What we know:
Tignum has ordered a battery at Electropapa. He got a VHBW battery, a well-know brand, but that battery didn't work, presenting the same behavior that told above (charge but no life).
The he bought a second battery at 123accu.nl.
This time the battery had a black label. That battery happened to work as expected and for some time now it still do.
Because ordering in The Netherlands for us, French people, XavierItzmann and myself did google the reference of the battery and we came up with more international way to order a similar battery: mainly Electropapa through Ebay or Amazon.
They all shows that battery made by Cameron Sino:
But then you start to see the problem: Electropapa sells a battery that look like the one that work but Tignum ordered a battery at Electropapa that didn't work. So it starts to remember me when we used to buy CD mech for the 9000 and it was kind of a lottery to get one that work.
I must add the prices ranges from 12€ to 20+.
What was your experience? If someone is a little bit into those things what could cause that behavior? Is it as I believe related to the thermal sensor or could it be related to the chemistry of the battery or whatever else?
Thank you for your insights.
Location: Paris France