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> >I'm talking about the battery in the 4DTV. I just read in the sat forums
> >that one person had a battery go bad in 2 years and when he had a board
> >replacement it came with a 1998 battery which also went bad on him. Seems
> >the batteries were inferior to the ones in the VCII. I also have several
> >VCII modules with original batteries and some have been unplugged for
years
> >and there still good. If you have a 920 replace the batter or pay $189
for a
> >replacement board.
>
> I think I'm going to do my 920 and oldest 905, thanks for the headsup.
>
> I wonder if you could make a backup with the BDM connection like the
> 4play project uses to restore after some bad battery changing episode.
I'm waiting for someone to mention which battery would work best as a
replacement. Maybe from Radio shack?
As an alternative, what the voltage requirements are so I can look it up.
This could save me some time, and since some of someone here has already
been through this.
Thanks in advance
> >I'm talking about the battery in the 4DTV. I just read in the sat forums
> >that one person had a battery go bad in 2 years and when he had a board
> >replacement it came with a 1998 battery which also went bad on him. Seems
> >the batteries were inferior to the ones in the VCII. I also have several
> >VCII modules with original batteries and some have been unplugged for
years
> >and there still good. If you have a 920 replace the batter or pay $189
for a
> >replacement board.
>
> I think I'm going to do my 920 and oldest 905, thanks for the headsup.
>
> I wonder if you could make a backup with the BDM connection like the
> 4play project uses to restore after some bad battery changing episode.
I'm waiting for someone to mention which battery would work best as a
replacement. Maybe from Radio shack?
As an alternative, what the voltage requirements are so I can look it up.
This could save me some time, and since some of someone here has already
been through this.
Thanks in advance