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	Karel Jansens	2007-03-08 , 00:12
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Originally Posted by rhackenb

Thanks for the input on the Archos battery box. I was wondering what these things do. Couldn't I simply take a 4 AA battery holder and connect a wire with 2mm plug on it and plug it into the N800? That seems too simple. Is there some kind of circuitry that is needed?

Nokia makes a 3.5 to 2 mm adapter. Expansys has it:
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=125505
I found mine (a different one) with a collection of other tips and adapters in a generic charger package.

I honestly don't know if the Archos emergency charger has circuitry on board. All I know is that, with the right adapter, it charges pretty much anything I have that uses Nokia-ish chargers (my Sony Ericsson P910 phone, a bluetooth headset, an old Nokia phone I had lying around, my brother's Treo 650, my N800 and oh yeah: my Archos

). It's quite a useful piece of kit, especially on a twelve hour flight.

The Archos charger is also the only emergency charger that works with the N800; I have a couple of the cheap ones (5 euros) lying about and none of those will work with the N800.

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