Can you run without the battery? Meaning, just with the plug into the wall? I saw one post where a guy said the battery wouldn't hold power for "a whole movie" and that you can't play through the projector while charging the battery. Another guy uses it as his t.v. with his Dish ... how is this possible, without bypassing battery power and running straight to the wall plug? Can you run without the battery? Meaning, just with the plug into the wall? I saw one post where a guy said the battery wouldn't hold power for "a whole movie" and that you can't... » Read More Can you run without the battery? Meaning, just with the plug into the wall? I saw one post where a guy said the battery wouldn't hold power for "a whole movie" and that you can't play through the projector while charging the battery. Another guy uses it as his t.v. with his Dish ... how is this possible, without bypassing battery power and running straight to the wall plug? « Show Less
1776116
I never run it with the battery. It stays plugged into the wall the whole time.
1776117
You can run the projector straight from wall power.The battery will charge when the projector is plugged into the wall and turned off. If the projector is turned on, the charging process is stopped and the projector runs entirely from the external power source. If the AC Adapter is then unplugged, the projector will switch to battery power.Optoma has sent me a replacement battery, and the life is now much closer to the advertised value(3 television episodes).
1776118
Yes you can run the projector without the battery installed, my battery stopped taking a charge after 6 months.
1423456
Hello! you charge it directly from the electricity stream on the wall with the charger, and once the battery is full (the light changes from red to green), you don't need to have it plugged. Of course, if you want, you can leave it plugged anyway.
1199568
the item will work without batteries when attached to the charger and the wall. It is a power source from the wall so with that it will only work while attached to the wall if your child wants to walk around the toy are be more than a few feet from the outlet you will still need batteries otherwise not
1501424
it can run off the wall with the provided wall transformer and off aa battery's if this helps! :)
167118
The battery is good. You can either use the battery or plug into the wall. I like to plug into the wall at home. It will be easy to use battery when you are travel.
414999
I run it on the battery. The instructions that came with it said it is better to run off battery rather than run on the power adapter, although that does work too. Just used it in a small gig today and it worked great on the battery.
1260492
You charge it like a cell phone. You do not take the battery out. It comes with a charger and you just plug it in to the back of the speaker and then into the wall. Also we all have one in the family. You will love this speaker. Awesome purchase.
1894019
I was also under the impression there was a battery. NO, it will not work without being plugged in. The description of the product is poorly written. I means that you can plug in and charge the internal battery of the device (MP3 player, cell phone Ipod, etc.) you are using
2210533
Just charges with the plug. I seem to remember ours only running from the battery, and if the battery was out, it would not run off the charger until the charged had recharged the battery. This is a terrible DVD player, that frustrated my kids constantly when they tried to use it. I eventually just got them media players and copied movies down to them. Fewer moving parts.
2078747
No this doesn't run on battery. We need to connect it to plug whenever we want to play.
1551501
Only one needs power, that would be the one that stays in the house. It needs (6) C cell batteries, I believe there is an external power supply for it, but I never used them. The batteries last quite a long time, depending on use of course. The wall unit outside needs no batteries. Hope this helps. I have in operation now many of these units, and they work just fine.
279535
I did say that in my initial review. However, just to double check I ran down my battery again. I can 100% say that you CANNOT use it without the battery charged while being plugged in with the cord. I am very sad about this lack of functionality.
1051924
I was able to play music on a USB flash drive when running from the battery. If I plugged it in, the music would not play. However, I can play music on a MicroSD card when the speaker is plugged in or running on the battery. We use it to play calming music for our dogs when we are out of town, so being able to have the speaker play while plugged in was important. I hope that answers your question.
1421623
I only use mine with an adapter and plug it into a wall socket.I you leave it plugged into your cigarette lighter and the engine isn't running, it will run down the battery.My cigarette lighter doesn't have power unless the car is running, anyway.
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I have always used the batteries. They have worked great. It must not take a lot of power to run, because I have used it many many times on one set of batteries. You could get the adapter, but it is really not needed, but it would make a good back up I would think.
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I've seen these "battery extender" devices on E**y by a seller called SF Planet, they have a bunch of them for creatives, basically it plugs into your device and is capable of approx 3-5 full charges on 4 AA batteries, it has an on/off switch. It can also run the player as well. Bulky but good to use when traveling and not having to carry a bunch of AC cables or trying to find a computer to charge it. If your battery died you could use the thing to run the player if you had to, or at least long enough to get all your stuff off and backed up before you ship it to Creative for repair. SF Planet said the battery extender they sell for the Zen V is also compatible with this player; both have the USB mini plug. I've seen SF Planet as a seller in Amazon Marketplace a few times as well. There is also a do-it-yourself battery replacement kit, including some tiny tools, for the Zen Vision M- which also has an internal battery- so I'm sure there will be something like that available eventually for this. There are lots of them on E**y. As long as the player has screws on the back you should theoretically be able to open it up and pop in a new battery, like changing your watch battery. But if your player is under warranty, you have to send it back to Creative- opening it would void your warranty.
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This is just a battery for the most part, but it comes with a small "wall wart" charger that you plug in to give it the energy it has. That "wall-wart" doesn't meet those states rules on "power conservation", so they aren't allowed there.