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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi,<br>
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The DECtalk Express uses an internal rechargeable battery pack. As
old as these things are, that pack is probably dead, and is
probably hard to impossible to find. If needed, the battery pack
can be removed from the unit by anyone comfortable with opening it
and disconnecting the battery pack. This also makes it a bit
lighter, but of course then it will only work on AC power.<br>
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The DECtalk Express uses a 12 volt DC transformer, not sure of the
polarity.<br>
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Hope this helps,<br>
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Jayson<br>
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On 8/10/2018 5:16 PM, Lowell Prange wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Does it take batteries? <br>
If so count the batteries it would take and multiply by 1.5 <br>
example if it took 8 batteries. 8*1.5 =12v<br>
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then just get an adapter. <br>
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it might be tricky to get the right plug but you could splice
the old adapter to the new one and then check for polarity
before plugging it in. <br>
I can elaborate on any step if I went too fast. <br>
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On 08/10/2018 12:02 PM, Aksel Leo Christoffersen wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So, I recently buyed a
DECtalk Express, and now, I have a few questions, that I
hope someone here can answer.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">First, when I received
the unit, I tried to charge it with the original chager,
but I didn’t know, that people in America uses 120v, while
we in Denmark uses 230v for electricity, so I think I
might have burned the charger. Does anyone know, if I can
get a new charger for it with 230v, or if I can get a new
charger and an adapter from 120 to 230 v?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Also, I was told on a
forum, that there was a commandline program on the
installation disc, that I could use to send text files to
the DECtalk Express, and sence I didn’t have the
installation disc, I downloaded the dtxv42cd.exe, which I
guess is the installation disc. So, do I have to install
the drivers on a Windows 9x virtual machine for the text
program to work, or is it just a program, that I can open
from my Windows 7 machine?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks in advance.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Aksel Christoffersen</span></p>
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