Dear all, I am very interested in hearing your experience with alternative battery packs. How did yours work? Which one would you recommend?

Cheers, js

Hi JS,

I've been meaning to post an update.

Yes, I bought the

Very interesting, Colin, thank you for your feedback.

I am just wondering about the following:

1. Are you really sure we can use NiMH batteries? The 7000 charger was designed for NiCd batteries. So will it safely charge NiMH? Will it know when to switch off? Is there any fire/explosion/damage danger?

2. According to this thread, some use 700mAh and others use 2400mAh. So which capacity is the right one?

Peter, have you got any recommendation from the authorised B&O repairer you mentioned in your earlier post?

Cheers, js

1) No, I'm not sure at all. Other people seem to have done it and it worked for them. I can't promise it won't break your device, spill acid everywhere or make your hair turn grey.

2) I don't know. I couldn't find 700mAh batteries anywhere - that's what the German chap used and recommended. I'm using 2400mAh

All I can add is it's been OK for me for the past week or so. Everything seems to work as expected, and I keep it on the charger most of the time. If you'd like to hold off and wait to see if I have any problems first, that might be a good move.

Thanks, Colin. Worth a try.

This is great news, Colin. I only wish I had known about this a month ago. I would have loved to be able to replace Peter's battery before I returned it to him.
I have since bought my own Bl 7000 from Beoworld member samueljoachim. It is mint and RDS the batteries are still fine, but now I know where to look when they eventually go.

Andy T.

Ah, good for you, Andy. Hope you have a lot of fun with it.

Hopefully, by the time you do come around to needing batteries, we'll have a fairly good idea how well I've faired with this pack. 

Well, I just replaced the battery pack of my BL7000 today after 13 years of continuous and flawless service

Very easy. I had the pack assembled with 5 Ni-Cd 1000mAh batteries by a local store in Paris for 17€.  I then just removed the old pack and soldered the new one in place. And everything works fine.