Sega brand VMU - Battery life

Chaniyth · Post by **Chaniyth** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 8:03 am

Is there away to extend the life of the batteries (for the LCD) on Sega brand VMU's? I put mine on sleep, and the batteries still drain???

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 8:13 am

There is a relatively simple mod you can make that let's it run on standard batteries or through an AC adaptor.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 11:47 am

Yea I don't understand why they have to drain power from the batteries when ou have it shut off but they do. With Average use they die in 1 or 2 months I have found. Best thing to do is just take the batterys out when not useing it. Or make that mod they are talking about.

H-Guy · Post by **H-Guy** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 2:53 pm

One way to help it is to not keep the card plugged into the controller.

Chaniyth · Post by **Chaniyth** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 4:37 pm

I think that's what caused it... drat!

H-Guy wrote:One way to help it is to not keep the card plugged into the controller.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 5:22 pm

H-Guy wrote:One way to help it is to not keep the card plugged into the controller.

Nah I took the card out of my controller and it still died in like 2 months of not useing it.

H-Guy · Post by **H-Guy** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 5:50 pm

Veggita2099 wrote:
H-Guy wrote:One way to help it is to not keep the card plugged into the controller.
Nah I took the card out of my controller and it still died in like 2 months of not useing it.

Yes, I know that too, I guess thats the average battery life on those VMUs but keeping the VMU not connected with the controller is key to keeping those batteries from being severely drained.

I dont play the VMU games so I dont really worry about it. On top of that it looks like if the batteries die your game saves are not lost.

Basically, its not the end of the world.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 8:58 pm

H-Guy wrote:
Veggita2099 wrote:
H-Guy wrote:One way to help it is to not keep the card plugged into the controller.
Nah I took the card out of my controller and it still died in like 2 months of not useing it.
Yes, I know that too, I guess thats the average battery life on those VMUs but keeping the VMU not connected with the controller is key to keeping those batteries from being severely drained.

I dont play the VMU games so I dont really worry about it. On top of that it looks like if the batteries die your game saves are not lost.

Basically, its not the end of the world.

None of the games was ever worth playing. They had less gameplay then a Atari 2600 game. Only ones I played was Chao Adventures (sonic adventure 1) and Pita's Quest.

someoneElse · Post by **someoneElse** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 10:58 pm

H-Guy wrote: Yes, I know that too, I guess thats the average battery life on those VMUs but keeping the VMU not connected with the controller is key to keeping those batteries from being severely drained.

I dont play the VMU games so I dont really worry about it. On top of that it looks like if the batteries die your game saves are not lost.

They're not going to drain any less noticably in or out of the controller socket.
Most people never use the VMU games it seems, but why waste the batteries if you don't have to, right?

The only sure-fire way to keep them from dying out is to keep your little plastic Tabs that are inserted into the battery compartment when you buy a new VMU, or to make one yourself.