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marcusgi · 06-22-2011, 21:25

Thanks Kerebron, retailer said "we receive our stock weekly" I guess i will give it a shot.

henrycow · 02-13-2012, 15:55

just replaced the battery on my ageing d2 4gb - £7.99
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/UK-Power-Shop

Battery for COWON D2 4GB 1800 mAh Li-ion
SKU :CS-CWD2SL
Battery Type :Li-ion
Capacity :1800mAh

Piece of cake, except I lost one of the teeny tiny fiddly screws and had to bodge in a replacement. Take my advice my brethren, when changing batteries, get a nice flat surface with a white cloth on or something and lay it all out properly so you don't lose those little screws. I can hear you now saying yeah yeah sure we know but I know that when you come to do it you'll get all impatient and end up holding the screws in your mouth and then something happens and you end up spitting them out on the floor and then they are gone forever. You do not want to be saying yeah those other screws don't quite fit but it still looks ok from a certain angle you know you don't so.

Enzyme · 02-13-2012, 18:22

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henrycow · 03-04-2012, 13:41

quick update on the replacement battery - nearly three weeks since install and i'm just recharging the battery. Mwuhahaha my D2 will last forever !!!!!

marcusgi · 01-11-2013, 08:36

For those of you that have replaced the battery, how does it act before it dies? Does it seem to hold the charge less and less or one day it is charged 100% and then the next it will not take a charge?

henrycow · 01-17-2013, 08:26

nah - it just gradually gets less and less efficient - charge it fully - it used to run for a couple of weeks, then a week and a half, then you realise you have been charging it every week for a while and so on. My old battery still worked, and I kept it in case the replacement battery was pants, but it wasn't. I replaced my battery after about 5 years - I guess this is the sort of timescale you will be looking at.

marcusgi · 01-20-2013, 21:35

Henrycow,

Thanks for the reply. That's what I thought. I have had my D2 almost 3 1/2 years, thinking it died on me. Well, I might have just left it on for 2 days and it completely drained the battery. I ordered a replacement because I thought it died, but still working like a charm. I wish there was a way I could make sure and charge the Cameron-sino coming in the mail. I suppose I could swap them every couple of months, but then I would risk the screws getting stripped or lost. Geez, could they make them any smaller. lol

WAI · 01-20-2013, 22:19

i just ordered me a battery. gotta keep our D2s alive

marcusgi · 02-18-2013, 21:04

I just got my CameronSino replacement from licketysplitauctions on ebay for $8.99 plus $4.49 S/H. I swapped it out in about 5 minutes. no soldering, charged from 2 bars to 4 in less than 2 hours. I used a plastic plate to make sure I didn't lose the screws.

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01-20-2013, 21:35	#67
marcusgi Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 152	battery drain Henrycow, Thanks for the reply. That's what I thought. I have had my D2 almost 3 1/2 years, thinking it died on me. Well, I might have just left it on for 2 days and it completely drained the battery. I ordered a replacement because I thought it died, but still working like a charm. I wish there was a way I could make sure and charge the Cameron-sino coming in the mail. I suppose I could swap them every couple of months, but then I would risk the screws getting stripped or lost. Geez, could they make them any smaller. lol

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02-18-2013, 21:04	#69
marcusgi Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 152	replacement complete I just got my CameronSino replacement from licketysplitauctions on ebay for $8.99 plus $4.49 S/H. I swapped it out in about 5 minutes. no soldering, charged from 2 bars to 4 in less than 2 hours. I used a plastic plate to make sure I didn't lose the screws. Last edited by marcusgi; 02-18-2013 at 21:09..

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06-22-2011, 21:25	#61
marcusgi Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 152	Thanks Kerebron, retailer said "we receive our stock weekly" I guess i will give it a shot.

02-13-2012, 15:55	#62
henrycow Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 141	just replaced the battery on my ageing d2 4gb - £7.99 http://stores.ebay.co.uk/UK-Power-Shop Battery for COWON D2 4GB 1800 mAh Li-ion SKU :CS-CWD2SL Battery Type :Li-ion Capacity :1800mAh Piece of cake, except I lost one of the teeny tiny fiddly screws and had to bodge in a replacement. Take my advice my brethren, when changing batteries, get a nice flat surface with a white cloth on or something and lay it all out properly so you don't lose those little screws. I can hear you now saying yeah yeah sure we know but I know that when you come to do it you'll get all impatient and end up holding the screws in your mouth and then something happens and you end up spitting them out on the floor and then they are gone forever. You do not want to be saying yeah those other screws don't quite fit but it still looks ok from a certain angle you know you don't so.

03-04-2012, 13:41	#64
henrycow Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 141	quick update on the replacement battery - nearly three weeks since install and i'm just recharging the battery. Mwuhahaha my D2 will last forever !!!!!

01-11-2013, 08:36	#65
marcusgi Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 152	For those of you that have replaced the battery, how does it act before it dies? Does it seem to hold the charge less and less or one day it is charged 100% and then the next it will not take a charge?

01-17-2013, 08:26	#66
henrycow Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 141	nah - it just gradually gets less and less efficient - charge it fully - it used to run for a couple of weeks, then a week and a half, then you realise you have been charging it every week for a while and so on. My old battery still worked, and I kept it in case the replacement battery was pants, but it wasn't. I replaced my battery after about 5 years - I guess this is the sort of timescale you will be looking at.