Battery replacement Sony MDR-IF5 headphones?

[myfathersson]

Any one know how to get a replacement battery for these cordless
headphones please? I called Sony and they told me that they are a
1-528-287-11. They then said that these have been replaced by the
152817971 which is alson apparently not available.

On further checking, they said they are in fact a triple A.

I cant figure out how on earth to put a triple A into these narrow
headphones

Anyone got any ideas please?

 

[William Sommerwerck]

Have you opened the headphones to confirm or deny the size of the batteries?

 

[Arfa Daily]

"myfathersson" <licensedtoquill@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Any one know how to get a replacement battery for these cordless
headphones please? I called Sony and they told me that they are a
1-528-287-11. They then said that these have been replaced by the
152817971 which is alson apparently not available.

On further checking, they said they are in fact a triple A.

I cant figure out how on earth to put a triple A into these narrow
headphones

Anyone got any ideas please?

Don't know if it was the same model, but I did battery replacements on a few
Sony Wireless headphone sets for a friend of mine who buys retailers'
'returns' by the pallet-load. These ones were indeed a pair of AAA NiMHi
cells, but they were bonded together into a 'carrier' package that had a
slot up the middle to correspond to a small offset 'wall' in the battery
compartment, to make sure that they could not be inserted backwards. But
here's the trick. The carrier was important to the operation, as it worked a
tiny little switch as the batteries were inserted. This is presumably to
stop people inserting dry cell AAAs, which of course would then get mighty
upset when you put the headphones back on their charging station. The
unfortunate thing is, that it also prevents you from putting in a couple of
loose AAA re-chargables. I got around this by cutting a piece of modeler's
plastic to the size of the base of the original package. I then used a sharp
scalpel to cut out the required slot, and finally fixed the cells to the
plastic base with hot melt glue. When this 'assembly' is inserted into the
battery compartment, the switch is pushed over by the plastic base, and the
batteries are then allowed to charge, and power the headphones.

Arfa

 

[myfathersson]

On Apr 18, 5:54 pm, "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgee...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Have you opened the headphones to confirm or deny the size of the batteries?

I managed to get a Sony pro on the phone this afternoon and he
confirmed that from the manual they are button cells of some type
which look (to him) about three times the width of any normal button
cell??

The unit has to be taken fully apart to get at it so i was wondering
if anyone had gone through this exercise before (before I do and
discover that there is indeed no replacement!)

 

On Monday, April 18, 2011 3:19:25 PM UTC-5, Amanda Riphnykhazova wrote:

Any one know how to get a replacement battery for these cordless
headphones please? I called Sony and they told me that they are a
1-528-287-11. They then said that these have been replaced by the
152817971 which is alson apparently not available.

On further checking, they said they are in fact a triple A.

I cant figure out how on earth to put a triple A into these narrow
headphones

Anyone got any ideas please?
NO IT IS NOT A AAA!! well it is Sept 2014 now...mine still works after...27 years!! It is a button battery...don't know if available. Why mine hasn't died by now is mystery. I don't think you have anything to lose by taking it apart since THE IF5 (1F5? ) is VERY OLD. GOOD LUCK.

 

[Phil Allison]

Amanda Riphnykhazova wrote:

I managed to get a Sony pro on the phone this afternoon and he
confirmed that from the manual they are button cells of some type
which look (to him) about three times the width of any normal button
cell??

The unit has to be taken fully apart to get at it so i was wondering
if anyone had gone through this exercise before (before I do and
discover that there is indeed no replacement!)

** The old button cells are certain to be NiCd types - which have not been made for about a decade.

You may be able to replace them with NiMH button cells of the same physical size.

My local parts supplier ( WES Components) has Varta brand in various sizes like 7 x 25mm and a few series connected packs too..


..... Phil

 

On Monday, April 18, 2011 4:19:25 PM UTC-4, Amanda Riphnykhazova wrote:

Any one know how to get a replacement battery for these cordless
headphones please? I called Sony and they told me that they are a
1-528-287-11. They then said that these have been replaced by the
152817971 which is alson apparently not available.

On further checking, they said they are in fact a triple A.

I cant figure out how on earth to put a triple A into these narrow
headphones

Anyone got any ideas please?

=========I've been searching for replacement batteries for a long time. I've owned three sets of the Sony MDR-IF5 headphones. They're simply GREAT. I love them because they are lightweight and the sound quality suits me fine. Good treble. But my last set is 22 years old, still running on the original battery, and when it's done for I'll be really sad. I think I will see if someone can substitute any kind of battery, even a wired dry cell, so I can keep using it. --Jim, Louisville KY

 

[William Sommerwerck]

Amanda, please post your e-mail address (or send it to me), and I'll send you
the service manual at no charge.

Forgive me, but I found it in less than two minutes.

 

Le lundi 18 avril 2011 22:19:25 UTC+2, Amanda Riphnykhazova a écrit :

Any one know how to get a replacement battery for these cordless
headphones please? I called Sony and they told me that they are a
1-528-287-11. They then said that these have been replaced by the
152817971 which is alson apparently not available.

On further checking, they said they are in fact a triple A.

I cant figure out how on earth to put a triple A into these narrow
headphones

Anyone got any ideas please?

Hi
can you tell me know how you manage to disamble the head phones ? and the way to replace the battery ?
thank in advance
gb

 

[Marv]

responding to
http://www.electrondepot.com/repair/battery-replacement-sony-mdr-if5-headphones-125998-.htm
, Marv wrote:

grizzledgeezer wrote:

Have you opened the headphones to confirm or deny the size of the
batteries?

I don't know how to open the headphone to find the battery