[Gallaine]

I haven't been able to find a satisfactory to my question. Is the rechargeable battery required for the D-25s to power-up even if I am using the AC Adpator? I bought the Radio Shack 9V 800mA adaptor and the unit doesn't power-up. I would hate to purchase the battery at, what I have been told, would be ~$40 only to discover the unit just doesn't work if I don't need to.

 

[Russ Arcuri]

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Originally posted by Gallaine I haven't been able to find a satisfactory to my question. Is the rechargeable battery required for the D-25s to power-up even if I am using the AC Adpator? I bought the Radio Shack 9V 800mA adaptor and the unit doesn't power-up. I would hate to purchase the battery at, what I have been told, would be ~$40 only to discover the unit just doesn't work if I don't need to.

You probably have the polarity of the adapter set backwards. Take the end off and turn it the opposite way. The player works fine without a battery.

 

[Milestones]

Russ is correct.

I had the same problem with my D-25S when I got it and was certain that I had put the adapta-plug on correctly. On a lark, I reversed the polarity of the plug and - bingo! - the D-25s powered right up as soon as I hit the play button.

The polarity on the adapta-plug is counter-intuitive. Reverse the way you have the plug attached now and I'm pretty confident your player will start right up.

Let us know if it works or not.

 

[Gallaine]

I tried reversing the plug and that didn't work; though I honestly hadn't even stopped to think about it until Russ' suggestion. The problem was the plug itself. It seems that although it fit it wasn't the right one. I went to RS and got the "M" adapta-plug and bingo, it powered up! Thanks for the suggestions though - it got me to examine the plug itself more closely...