Energizer Universal DVD Battery/Charger (ERDVDMINI) (ERDVDMINI)

by Energizer

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006ZLPY4
• Item model number: ERDVDMINI
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,767 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

ENERGIZER ERDVDMINI UNIVERSAL NIMH BATTERY FOR PORTABLE DVD PLAYERS

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars How can you tell that this is charging? --UPDATE included., February 26, 2008

By 

Rumiwon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Energizer Universal DVD Battery/Charger (ERDVDMINI) (ERDVDMINI) (Personal Computers)

I just received this unit in the mail and am charging it. However, the round a/c plug doesn't go all the way into the unit. Is this normal? It only goes in about 1/2 way, and since there is no indicator light to show that is charging, I can't tell. The unit doesn't get warm or hot either. Anyone have an answer for me?

I'll write a full review after I figure this charging question out.

UPDATE: All right, I charged this for the required 16 hours initially. After 16 hours, the unit was not hot at all, but barely warm to the touch underneath. I picked the correct plug tip (you get 5 different ones, all conveniently attached to a rubber bar so you won't lose them) for my 10" Phillips DVD player. As the instructions stated, the charge for a 10" screen lasted exactly 1 hour.

So I recharged this unit for 8-10 hours the second time, as per instructions. Then, I plugged it into my Audiovox D1718PK 7" Portable DVD Player (with Bonus Headphones and Car Kit sold here for $99.00 right now) and wrote down the start time at 9:18 am. I watched a movie in medium volume, then I tried the headset, then back to speaker mode. The 2 hour movie ended so I put in another movie. That 1 -1/2 hour movie ended too. Then I put in my kid's dvd and started to fall asleep. Finally, at 1:56 pm, this energizer battery died. That would be 4 - 1/2 hours!

Now granted this long play time is due to the fact that I used it on my 7" dvd player. My 10" dvd player only ran for 1 hour. Anything in between should be 2 - 3 hours, my guess.

I LOVE this round thing! The only thing that I didn't like was the fact that there is no red led indicator light to tell me that it's charging. The unit doesn't get hot so I can't tell that it's charging at all.

Well, I'm trying to change my rating to 4 stars, but it won't let me.
Hope this review helps all of you.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Alternative to RCA OEM Battery, May 13, 2007

By 

Christopher A. Gillies - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Energizer Universal DVD Battery/Charger (ERDVDMINI) (ERDVDMINI) (Personal Computers)

I used this unit on one screen of the RCA DRC 629N Dual Screen DVD RCA 7" Dual Screen Portable DVD Playerafter finding that the unit did not come with a battery and the battery is impossible to find anywhere except by contacting RCA directly for $99.

I decided to try this out as it claimed to provided the same run time as the RCA battery and it did not disappoint. I noticed on the package that the battery time is dependant on the size of the screen and whatever functions you may be using so I suspect that if I used double screens then the time will be cut in at least half but I did get a solid 2 hours out of it with power to spare with one screen with a single DVD test.

One other thing to pay attention to are the instructions on initial charge:

For the first 3 charges you must charge for 13 hours each time.

This should condition the battery for on going usage as this is NIMH and not Lithium Ion.

Enjoy

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars light and slim, April 8, 2007

By 

P. Chan "busy mother" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Energizer Universal DVD Battery/Charger (ERDVDMINI) (ERDVDMINI) (Personal Computers)

I bought it last night, charged it for 16 hours according to the instruction. We tested it with a brand new Polaroid portable DVD, it lasted around 3 hours. We will use it for taking a 25 hours train to Canada. It is very light, slim and portable.