Battery replacement Sony MDR-IF5 headphones?
myfathersson
headphones please? I called Sony and they told me that they are a
1-528-287-11. They then said that these have been replaced by the
152817971 which is alson apparently not available.
On further checking, they said they are in fact a triple A.
I cant figure out how on earth to put a triple A into these narrow
headphones
Anyone got any ideas please?
William Sommerwerck
Arfa Daily
"myfathersson" <license...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Don't know if it was the same model, but I did battery replacements on a few
Sony Wireless headphone sets for a friend of mine who buys retailers'
'returns' by the pallet-load. These ones were indeed a pair of AAA NiMHi
cells, but they were bonded together into a 'carrier' package that had a
slot up the middle to correspond to a small offset 'wall' in the battery
compartment, to make sure that they could not be inserted backwards. But
here's the trick. The carrier was important to the operation, as it worked a
tiny little switch as the batteries were inserted. This is presumably to
stop people inserting dry cell AAAs, which of course would then get mighty
upset when you put the headphones back on their charging station. The
unfortunate thing is, that it also prevents you from putting in a couple of
loose AAA re-chargables. I got around this by cutting a piece of modeler's
plastic to the size of the base of the original package. I then used a sharp
scalpel to cut out the required slot, and finally fixed the cells to the
plastic base with hot melt glue. When this 'assembly' is inserted into the
battery compartment, the switch is pushed over by the plastic base, and the
batteries are then allowed to charge, and power the headphones.
Arfa
myfathersson
wrote:
> Have you opened the headphones to confirm or deny the size of the batteries?
I managed to get a Sony pro on the phone this afternoon and he
confirmed that from the manual they are button cells of some type
which look (to him) about three times the width of any normal button
cell??
The unit has to be taken fully apart to get at it so i was wondering
if anyone had gone through this exercise before (before I do and
discover that there is indeed no replacement!)
gtt2...@gmail.com
Phil Allison
>
> I managed to get a Sony pro on the phone this afternoon and he
> confirmed that from the manual they are button cells of some type
> which look (to him) about three times the width of any normal button
> cell??
>
> The unit has to be taken fully apart to get at it so i was wondering
> if anyone had gone through this exercise before (before I do and
> discover that there is indeed no replacement!)
You may be able to replace them with NiMH button cells of the same physical size.
My local parts supplier ( WES Components) has Varta brand in various sizes like 7 x 25mm and a few series connected packs too..
.... Phil
jjim...@gmail.com
I've been searching for replacement batteries for a long time. I've owned three sets of the Sony MDR-IF5 headphones. They're simply GREAT. I love them because they are lightweight and the sound quality suits me fine. Good treble. But my last set is 22 years old, still running on the original battery, and when it's done for I'll be really sad. I think I will see if someone can substitute any kind of battery, even a wired dry cell, so I can keep using it. --Jim, Louisville KY
William Sommerwerck
the service manual at no charge.
Forgive me, but I found it in less than two minutes.
gbuf...@fonvest.com
can you tell me know how you manage to disamble the head phones ? and the way to replace the battery ?
thank in advance
gb
Marv
http://www.electrondepot.com/repair/battery-replacement-sony-mdr-if5-headphones-125998-.htm
, Marv wrote:
>
> Have you opened the headphones to confirm or deny the size of the
> batteries?