I would like to leave this permanently plugged into the wall and use it as a charging base for my nightly recharge of my phone and bluetooth headset. My New Trent: iCarrier IMP1000 does this. Will this do the same?
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I just tried it and it seems to work. I have the bluetooth plugged into the 1A for smart phone and the iPhone into 2.1A for tablets and both are charging while the NT120C is charging. On the NT70T I can charge my bluetooth with the integrated micro port, but there is no passthrough for the USB ports, so that is an upgrade for the NT120C in my mind. Of course, my answer is based on trying it, not any knowledge of if it is supposed to work or not.
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The phone does not have to be in the base. You can put the phone anywhere you want in the house or even out in the yard or garage. However, the base must be plugged into an outlet for the phone to work (it's like a transmitter or whatever the proper term is). Also, the base is the re-charger when the battery gets low on the phone. Like a cell phone, the more you use the phone the sooner it loses it's charge. It does seem to hold a charge for quite awhile. I usually put my phone back on the base when not in use, just out of habit. Also, you have to have the main unit for the auxiliary phones to work.
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Probably not. I have not tested it that way but I left mine unplugged, did not use it for 4 days and it was almost dead when I tried to use it. However it does recharge really fast. I plugged it in and an hour later it seem to have a full charge. I use this little device daily so I just leave it plugged in. Maybe just plug it in an hour before you need it and use it that way.
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Yes you can plug it into the wall using the included charger. I never remember how to use the voice commands. I agree with the poster below. Voice quality is not great and everybody always said I sounded very quiet on the line.
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There is a small base that stays plugged in. Resting the speaker on this base charges it.
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You cannot plug the unit into the wall and "run it" using an outlet. It comes with cables to recharge the batteries in the unit in your home or car, but you can't play it while it is recharging. The car cable is only a couple feet long; the cable to recharge in the house is a little over three feet long. It's important to remember, however, that you have to disconnect these cables before you use the unit -- you cannot charge and play at the same time.
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I haven't had that function work properly. Just tried to do that now. I have the radio plugged to charge via a wall wort and then plugged my phone into the USB port...isn't working. I also tried to charge the phone via the hand crank...that's not working.
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You can leave it plugged in using a usb cable with a plug in adapter at the wall, similar to a lot of devices now that charge via usb cable. Just leave it plugged in and it will operate off electricity and keep the battery charged. Be aware that on mine the water in one speaker quit "dancing". Not sure what this was related to but probably not a power issue but defective.
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Jmmm.... Well, like all things with rechargeable batteries, you need to unplug them when they are fully charged, because you are then only killing the batterie, it you think like this, you don't have all the time your cellphone connected to the charger.... I have the same model like you... And it's had been like six moths and It still works perfectly. I hope that my comment help you. PD. do not have your electrodomestics with rechargeable batterie connected all the time, that include your laptop for example.... Have a nice day and I hope that you can fix your BT3500B ;)
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I thought this product was a good idea at its time when every different brand of cellphone had it's own proprietory charging tip. To my understanding, today, most phones use the same tip now. The tip you're inquiring about attaches to a cord that either plugs into a wall socket or car lighter. I found one for sale on Amazon if you'd like to see what it looks like. Here is the link. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-4116777-0850702?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=iGo+23-1401+WallPower&rh;=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AiGo+23-1401+WallPower I thought this product was a good idea at its time when every different brand of cellphone had it's own proprietory charging tip. To my understanding, today, most phones use the same tip now. The tip you're inquiring about attaches to a cord that either plugs into a wall socket or car lighter. I found one for sale on Amazon if you'd like to see what it looks like. Here is the link. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-4... » Read More I thought this product was a good idea at its time when every different brand of cellphone had it's own proprietory charging tip. To my understanding, today, most phones use the same tip now. The tip you're inquiring about attaches to a cord that either plugs into a wall socket or car lighter. I found one for sale on Amazon if you'd like to see what it looks like. Here is the link. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-4116777-0850702?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=iGo+23-1401+WallPower&rh;=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AiGo+23-1401+WallPower « Show Less
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The primary problem is that NiMH batteries do not like to be force-fed/overcharged, and that is exactly what NiCd "low-end" chargers do: they are basically constant-current "trickle" chargers (low current, takes many hours to charge, then keep feeding this same charging current even after the NiCd is fully charged). NiCd batteries just shrug off this excess charging current, but it will eventually "cook" your NiMHs. That said, NiMH will pack much more punch into given size...so if you don't leave it on constant charge (drain it, charge it overnight, then unplug it once "properly" charged) it should work quite well. Of course if you ditch the crappy little wallwart "charger" and hook it up to a proper NiMH charger, it'll work Great!
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Mine did not; it came with an AC power cord for recharging and a soft case. I don't believe New Trent supplies a USB because there is no way of knowing what kind of plug would be needed on the other end of a standard USB (e.g. mini USB, micro USB, Apple Lightning plus, etc.).
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No, it plugs DIRECTLY into a wall socket. Connecting plugs are at the back of the above photo; they fold into the charging unit when not in use.
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Jmmm.... Well, like all things with rechargeable batteries, you need to unplug them when they are fully charged, because you are then only killing the batterie, it you think like this, you don't have all the time your cellphone connected to the charger....I have the same model like you... And it's had been like six moths and It still works perfectly.I hope that my comment help you.PD. do not have your electrodomestics with rechargeable batterie connected all the time, that include your laptop for example....Have a nice day and I hope that you can fix your BT3500B ;)
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sybernut said:How could such a relatively sophisticated device not have such an obvious feature as an easy-to-use way to use the device while it's charging? Hadn't those geniuses thought about the user running out of battery power 1/2-way to a new/unknown destination? Geez... Hey sybernut, when it is plugged into the vehicle, it does not have a problem working as normal. This discussion is about having it plugged into a wall socket or computer. It will charge AND operate normally while plugged into your vehicle. No trickery needed.
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It comes with a cable that on one end, is a USB mini plug (I believe) and a normal USB plug on the other. Plug the mini plug into the Trent unit, and plug the standard USB plug into either a desktop, laptop, or one of the wall adapters that have USB female jacks. That will charge the unit.
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Nope! Pop it in, leave it in, and you can still charge your phone with a wall charger like normal whenever you want.