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I have a SONY Wireless LocationFree TV (1st generation) puchased in 2006. The battery no longer accepts a charge, thus the Wireless TV is no longer useable. The battery (BP-1XLa) is no longer available. Any way I can keep the TV out of the landfill? It is a great device; nothing on the market really replaces its function.
There is, now, a new wrinkle – a happy but unexplained turn of events. I brought in the monitor to a SONY repair for a repair estimate. They came back with a figure well over $250. Way too expensive, so I didn’t authorize the repair, and instead took the monitor back home. I downloaded a schematic, thinking I would at least give it a a try at puzzling out what was wrong (and thank you for your suggestion to begin by measuring the AC output). But here’s what happened: I plugged in the AC adapter. The monitor powered on! Curious. I tried the remote. It worked. I tapped the screen. The touchscreen functions are back - and perfectly calibrated. I can’t figure out what happened. A by-product of the SONY technician fiddling around with it it come up with an estimate? A cosmic gift from all the good energy flowing from fixit? Gratitude from an older device for my loyalty to it? I’m puzzled, but happy.
If you can find a battery of about the same size same voltage and the same chemistry (make sure of this!) you could probably solder it into to socket. Or you if it is a battery pack you could remove the casing from the pack and replace the individual cells (you can usually find cells of any size on ebay for a couple of dollars). Please note that messing with batteries is dangerous (lithium cells can catch fire). Also make sure you checked ebay for the proper battery for the unit. You would be amazed at what people have stocks of. hope that helps
