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Ryan - get a grip. This is so common as to be meaningless. They provide 48V for microphones, they can work on 1.5V cells, or 12V - which of course is available in every vehicle, or plenty of common power supplies. What on earth makes you thing designers need to make a product function on one single power rail?

Remember that many phantom powered mics can actually operate on a huge range of voltages - but the box says 48V, when 9-52V is pretty common.

You're taking a page from the manual and trying to find some kind of link that makes sense to you. what's the point?

Two of my portable recorders have 6 1.5V cells in the battery compartment - it too has a 12V power supply socket.

Forget this, it's not something you can understand with your non-electronic background. Accept it as something that is perfectly normal and move on.

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Oh okay. So basically as said before, if I don't use a 12 V adapter, than the batteries will slowly die out cause they are using power as well, is that right?

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If you're not using the 12v external power supply and you're using the internal batteries to power the recroder, they will drain. Same happens if you leave it lying around not using the batteries, they will have a limited shelf live and will drain. Also, if you leave them inside, just using the external power supply, the battery shelf life will apply.

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Batteries do not 'use' power, they provide it! In some designs, when you plug in the power supply, the battery circuit is disconnected - then, as Brian says, the batteries are effectively sitting on the shelf - no drain on them at all. In some other designs, the batteries are still connected, just waiting for the power supply to be disconnected - in this case, the will gradually discharge and become useless. Without a test meter, you won't know which is which. TBH - it doesn't matter.

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Ryan: Because the recorder is designed that way. It's possible to convert voltage up and down. Whoever designed this recorder decided to use four cells as a battery pack. They decided to use a 12V power adapter. That's the end of it. I don't know, and don't give a rat's butt, WHY the designer made those choices. It is what it is. Why do some recorders run on 5V, some on 6V, some on 9V, some on 12V? Seemingly arbitrary choices, and it doesn't matter in the least. If you want to research the history of this recorder, call the manufacturer, find out who designed it, call the designer(s) (if they're still alive) and ask them.

The reason those decisions was made is immaterial to solving your problem. Quit asking!

IF your goal is to get that recorder to work with an AC adapter, get the correct adapter, plug it in, and hopefully it will work. If you are just looking for somebody to BS with, I suggest you go down to the corner bar instead of wasting a lot of time here.

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Oh okay. Well I think in this design the batteries are still connected I am guessing, since it will not take any power from the adapter, if the batteries are not plugged in as well.

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That would be extremely unusual design. Why do you say that? You've never tried it with the correct AC adapter. It might work fine.

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I'm starting to think that Ryan doesn't even have the recorder.

I found some interesting videos when I googled "The Ryan Wray Show youtube."

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(silence as entire forum goes to youtube to search)

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Wow yeah so we’ve pretty much been wasting our time. Oh well. I need a drink.

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I've felt that way since I read Ryan's first thread ages ago.

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i have to go to two grocery stores so i cant watch but i have to know. WHATS THE SECRET?

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I can't put it into words but it'll take you less than a minute to watch.

Of course we don't know it's the same Ryan.