Does the radio come with the portable capability to operate with internal batteries?
645213
No. The Yaesu FT-897D (no longer in production) was a similar radio with internal battery capabilities. This radio, the FT-857D, is primarily used in mobile applications (installed in a vehicle). You could operate it portable with external batteries, though.
865091
My husband said it does have an internal battery but it probably won't save for more than a few minutes. Hope that was helpful.
1272677
It comes with a charger/power adapter. It will charge the batteries and allow the radio to be on at the same time. The radio has a switch to change from regular AA Alkaline to NimH rechargable. I like this radio because of being able to recharge the batteries in the radio while playing it at the same time. This is a quality product and I recommend it.
1829778
It does not have a built in charger, but you can fit an extra battery in back of radio.
216218
No. it has no internal batteries. you have to buy an external 12v dc adapter
2257046
Yes, it has it's own internal battery. As far as a complimentary, back-up battery, No it does not. That would be nice, and a very good selling point.
687225
The radio is not designed to charge batteries internally. An alterative would be to have twelve batteries on hand. When the six battries in use show signs of weakening, they can be put into an external charger and be replaced with the other six batteries on hand. This process can be repeated indefinitely.
1328199
This unit MUST be plugged in to operate. Unfortunately it does NOT contain a standalone battery.
1420880
This item doesn't have an internal battery. It has to be plugged in during operation.
1999598
Yes, you can. I used to have the radio with 4 Eneloop batteries in that way.
78887
Not really. You can easily open the Radio's battery door, remove the battery-pack, insert a freshly-charged battery-pack, and close the battery door, without losing any of your Radio settings. But, the original batteries are packaged as 3 AAA's sheathed together as a single battery-pack, so I don't know if you could easily fit that battery-pack in an external charger. Finally, looking inside the battery compartment, it also looks like you could use 3 individual standard rechargeable AAA's instead of a battery-pack. So no, I don't believe the battery-pack can be easily charged outside the Radio body, but yes, using individually AAA's you can charge the AAA's outside of the Radio, then insert into the Radio and go. I bought the extra charger because I had two Radios but only one charger, and wanted to give one Radio permanently to an elderly neighbor, who therefore needed his own charger. The extra battery-packs are a bonus; I'm saving them for day when the original battery-packs start losing their oomph.
1853903
It only works with 2 AA batteries, however, this radio is far from power hungry. I have had the radio for several months using it on occasion for at least an hour at t time and i am still onthe first set of alkaline batteries. You could use rechargeables and I suppose you could hook up a power supply connecting to the internal spring contacts with aligator clips but Hey! this is a portable radio!Not a ton of bass but surprisingly good fidelity and great stereo separation. Even played loudly the batteries will last a long time.
349830
no, but the rechargeable are pretty darn cheap. Also without the recharge feature you would be running through batteries really quick.
2001039
yes. I don't have it in front of me right now but it uses the small ones, like AA or AAA. I don't think it came with batteries, but it does require them.
2221197
This item only includes the radio. There are batteries available that range in the hour per use.
158328
No it doesn't so I use rechargeable batteries and have extras just in case. I love this weather radio! Just make sure you charge it from the units jack and not from the base. Our base doesn't work right but charging into the hand held works great for me. I hope this helps.
1701765
This radio does not come with batteries. You can put any C cell batteries in it. There is a switch that allows you to use rechargeable or alkaline batteries. I really like this radio but, the only thing is that it has distortion when I turn it up to loud.