AAA battery powered mp3 player???

[nickyboyo]

Good evening all, is anybody aware of any manufacturers making small sized mp3 players which are powered by AAA batteries? these seem to be non existent these days.
1 or 2 gb is ample, i just would like to return to having the freedom of using replaceable AAA batteries.

Any suggestions???

 

[catachresis]

I believe that iRiver still produces a good quality sport player that runs on AAA. There are also gobs of older iRiver flash players that are still available if you look on Ebay or Amazon.

 

[Punnisher]

I used to have a samsung YP-something-or-other that used a single AA. I got 40+ hours with a lithium.

Then a battery exploded inside and it was never quite the same.

Also, there's a thread about this topic somewhere, if you can find it, there will be many more replies than you will get in this thread.

 

[Earwax]

I found one old thread http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f15/ev...s-only-232970/ on the topic.

I used a Creative Muvo N200 (AAA power) back when 512MB was considered reasonable storage for flash memory. I'm listening to it again as I type and the sound isn't at all bad. The user interface and controls are not up to today's standards.

The Sansa E2xx and C2xx at least have easily replacable Li batteries, although who knows if you'll be able to find replacements in the future when you need them. Both of them can be rockboxed. The C2xx series players also sound pretty good although I don't much like the sound from my version 1
E240.

I went over to the dark side of non-replacable batteries with the Sansa Clip because of it's excellent sound and tiny package. [Actually, I've learned how to open them up and solder in a new battery, but that's for some other thread...]

 

[RASeymour]

The last time I looked iRiver had discontinued the T60, which I believe was its last flash player with a AAA battery. I have one that I'm holding onto for a backpacking trip or something like that.

Otherwise, you can get these devices that hold a battery and attach to a flash player through the usb port.

 

[nickyboyo]

Thanks for your replies folks, very helpful. These AAA units are as rare as hen's teeth these days. Great tip RASeymour, i had totally forgotten about the Meizu battery unit i had for my old M3, i'll see if it works with the Clip. All is not lost (yet anyways)

Cheers guys

 

[augustwest]

I too am a fan of the AA/AAA powered MP3 players, you're right they are unfortunately becoming very hard to find these days. The last model that I know of that is made by a major manufacture is the Philips SA25 you can see it here on Amazon:

< Amazon.com: Philips SA25 2 GB Flash MP3 Player with FM Radio (White): Electronics >

and it may be availble elsewhere on the internet. It used to be available in black too, but those are even harder to find. Good luck on your search.

Happy Listening!

- augustwest

 

[appophylite]

Sony had the Old Psyc line of mp3 players that pulled 50-70 hours off of one AAA battery. The come up to 1-2 GB and should be available on Ebay still. Only fault would be that you'd be tethered to the old Sony Connect system, but if you can work around its bugs, its not too bad.

 

[ericj]

sandisk had a couple models that took AAA batteries - i had one. It was a dud.

Also, only the 1st version of the C200 and E200 series are currently stable with rockbox. A new or refurbished unit bought today would probably be the v2 hardware, which is an entirely different set of chips.

 

[CHRIS7509]

Yeah i know what you mean when you said freedom of using replaceable AAA/AA batteries, but they just don't make mp3's like that any more and the few ones left that have them don't really meet my needs, all mp3's require a charger or PC to charge unlike my amps Fiio3 and Tomahawk use AAA's, i have the freedom of take regular AAA' or even rechagable AAA's.
I have two AAA's batt on my car that i can use if i ever run out when using my amps out, don't need to look/carry for a pc, power supply or mess with another car cable.
Luckly my mp3 Zen touch has 24 hrs of life and more new mp3's are having better batt life too, but still would be better to have AA or AAA as a source.

 

[nickyboyo]

The meizu aa battery pack recharges and powers the sansa clip a doozy, works a charm. All i need now is to find a tomahawk and it's outwards bounds.

then again, than you very much for the tip augustwest. that Phillips player looks ok to me, 2 gb, radio, aaa battery- i will have to look into trying to buy one from Australia.

 

[Moontan13]

RCA Lyra 1072. It runs on a single AAA cell and uses SD flash. I have mine still. It's compact, lightweight and ran a long time with a NiMH. One of it's quirks was needing a fully charged alkaline cell to synch properly.