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TreoRenegade
04-30-2003, 07:14 AM
I knew in advance I'd have to sit through a 9-hour seminar (mandatory continuing education) recently. It's one of those deals where your body has to be front and center, but your brain can be on lay-away, since the speakers repeat what's in the textbooks received upon arrival.

Since it was located in a hotel conference room, I figured there'd be no immediately accessible electrical wall outlet. And, it would be too darn inconvenient to rely on the car adapter. So I did some research, and grabbed this adapter, which takes 4 AA batteries, to be SURE I wouldn't lose TG50 power prior to the end of the day, as I had headphones; a fully loaded Mem Pro stick with movies, MP3s; plus lotsa PDF files to review and work documents to create. Worked like a charm y'all, so I'm passing on this tip.

BTW, I also grabbed the portable keyboard -- all of which allowed me to leave the laptop at home, yet get lotsa work done while boppin' my head to the tunes, and still travel super-light!

You can compare prices via a froogle.com search for
--> pega-bc10 battery adapter
Pricing tends to be in the just-under-$40 range.

TreoRenegade

graph101
04-30-2003, 09:39 AM
Ebay sells 3rd party for $7 but not sure if its good. $40 is too much for a battery holder but its good to know that it works. you should test how many charges it can do. thanks for the tip

TreoRenegade
04-30-2003, 10:32 AM
You're right. The price is steep indeed. But hey, since I now know I don't "need" a car adapter, and I can leave the AC adapter behind, it makes decent "cents" to me. Easy to grab additional batteries if needed as well. Size is good, just enough to hold 2 rows of the side-by-side 2+2 AA's. Dunno yet about the number of times one set of batteries rejuices though. Frankly, that's not a top priority with me.

TreoRenegade

SwissDan
04-30-2003, 01:20 PM
i am using the PEGA-BC10 with my TG50 and with my NZ90....

BE 100% SURE YOU USE 4x 2000 mAh AAs
i used 1600 mAhs and 1700 mAh, it's not enough !!!

Dan

yOyOYoo
04-30-2003, 10:30 PM
a little off topic, I know the KB11 is compatible with the TG (with drivers?) but what about the Belkin G700 keyboard?