is it battery powered only or can an ac adapter be used?
157093
It has both -- I use the ac adaptor mostly. I'll say it again, after many months of use, I still find it a practical way to get good sounds and more practice time in an apartment setting (without bothering the neighbors).
1944701
It did not come in with a AC Adaptor. Batteries only. there is an optional adaptor you can buy but it is separate.
1241594
It is battery powered only. It seems to use little battery power, I'm still using the original batteries I installed.
673199
No it is not powered by battery. The device has an AC adapter and has to be plug into an outlet in order to operate.
2004158
It uses 6 AA batteries, happen to have the user guide handy. I have only used the AC power adapter and never tried using the unit with batteries yet.
872506
It is not battery powered. It must be plugged into AC at all times.I suppose if you were really motivated, you could make a DC power supply from a car battery or two, and a DC to DC converter, but that's beyond the scope of this reply :-).
1296884
It is not battery powered. It comes with a plugin transformer. Settings are retained in non-volatile memory, so if there is a power interruption, the settings remain intact.
169811
Just received mine and it came with a AC adapter that fits my outlet into the converter. I thought that it was non standard battery powered so this should be a plus. Now to find out if it actually works.
2022131
When I used it it was plugged in to car outlet. Not sure if battery powered.
386852
It uses 4 AA batteries. You can use rechargeable batteries if you choose. Since it runs on batteries it doesn't come with an AC adapter. It is very energy efficient and the batteries last a long time. I've only had to replace the batteries 2 times since I bought it and have taken several hours of video and hundreds of pics. The first time the batteries were replaced with a cheap $1 pack and they lasted for 2 weeks. The ones that are in it now are much better and have lasted ever since. (about a month)
1222476
Unfortunately, it is not battery powered. I wish it was since I have misplaced the power cord.
350843
Yes, it will run quite a long time on just the batteries (I haven't plugged mine in for a couple of months). When it is plugged in, the battery serves only as a backup, so it doesn't run down the battery power if you have the adapter. The adapter isn't technically necessary if you are happy replacing the batteries when they run out, but I like having it to save the batteries when I'm just keeping it in one place.
511296
There is no AC adapter. It's battery operated by D batteries. I only activate it when I'm going to be away for one night or more (about once a week) but I'm still on the original battery for 6 months now.
1712725
It is battery operated and I don't believe the batteries are rechargable. Do you mean able to hook to a/c power? Did not find an adapter in our package.
1597978
It has an AC adapter. I don't remember if it has a battery or not, I think it might take AAs.
1092914
Although the unit comes with an AC adapter it's for charging only and for some reason does not allow direct AC use. I found this out the hard way as the batteries do not carry a charge longer than a couple weeks and I tried plugging in and using. Only when the battery was charged could I use it.
1793134
It is not battery powered. It is plugged in. I bought around Christmas and I have had no problems with it.