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WANTED: Sony MZ-N10 AA battery sidecar and USB cable

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Arr-Nine-Hundred

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Hi again.

I think you may have emailed me direct with this question, but I thought I would reply here as it may interest others. I will look for a battery box for you, but I am almost 100% sure I don't have one. If I do find one, I seem to recall there is a 6-volt adapter socket on the side. It would be interesting to see if connecting to this will also charge the internal battery.

As for the USB cable - these are very difficult to get hold of. Nearly every MZ-N10 that appears for sale these days seems to be missing the cable, and of course it is unique to the N10 (and the NH1). However, a thought occurred to me the other day - perhaps it is possible to mount a different style of socket on the BCA-WM21U cradle unit, and to fit a matching plug on the end of a standard USB cable. or to simply have a short cable coming out of the N10 cradle, with an in-line socket on the end. It may not look pretty, but it will work.

Jim

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That's a great idea Jim! Modify the dock to use a standard USB mini socket* ... If I recall, my N10 sidecar does have the yellow DC input that you mention and I believe it does charge the internal battery using this input.

I will have to test to confirm.

I have four N1 docks which have the mini USB socket, perhaps this dock, which seems to be more common could be used in the "Franken-dock" ...

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That cable is going to get more and more valuable as time passes. I have four of them, one for my NH1, one for my N10 and one for each of my DH10P units.

I wonder if you can still get it directly from Sony?

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That cable is going to get more and more valuable as time passes. I have four of them, one for my NH1, one for my N10 and one for each of my DH10P units.

I wonder if you can still get it directly from Sony?

If some third party is charging $40 I bet Sony's price was way more than that! Looking at the picture in the Ebay listing, I'd say this is stock from the Sony run, either pre- or post- Sony. The blue sticker looks (from a distance) absolutely identical.

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