Never Recharge Zune

ryandapimp913 · 07-13-2008, 02:09 PM

Hack Title: Never Recharge Zune
Description:Put a simple solar panel in the back of the zune and hook it up to the battery.
Tips:Some simple screwing, cutting, soldering, and glueing should make it work.
Extra:It would be cool to have it so you can plug it in the old way and make it work then to in case of cloudy days.

SilentWalrus · 07-13-2008, 02:30 PM

It voids your warranty.
Go to Best Buy, for like $45 you can get a solar panel that has a usb plug in.
TO CHARGE YOUR ZUNE, without voiding your warranty.

Spike! · 07-14-2008, 04:11 AM

Is this....a serious request?

skyroket · 07-15-2008, 06:31 PM

birdman · 07-15-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by skyroket

7

7 out of 10 on the lol-o-meter?

i was around an 8.5

this idea is ridiculous

xalexanderxhollywoodx · 07-17-2008, 06:04 AM

bahahaha welll hey if anyone actually figures how to do that and your on a car or airplane and it breaks down in the middle of no where you got music to listen to :] never ending suppy of power...

cenadogg · 07-19-2008, 10:27 AM

i think that is a great idea. i went to san diego on tuesday and it die half way there. i just movies a lot. i had to wait to get off the bus and in to our barracks to chare it back up. and the same thing happen on the way home.

azngothacked · 07-25-2008, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentWalrus

It voids your warranty.
Go to Best Buy, for like $45 you can get a solar panel that has a usb plug in.
TO CHARGE YOUR ZUNE, without voiding your warranty.

I was thinking about that, but doesn't the Zune have its own special USB plug because the other side of the Zune USB is a normal one and the one that goes on the Zune is its own special thing.

simonsandh · 07-26-2008, 07:57 AM

um i think that would make the zune looks really retarded!!

quickspeedy1317 · 07-30-2008, 03:09 PM

hmm i think its a cool idea. tat way u can save more battery life.

MAG · 08-03-2008, 05:21 PM

This is in fact a very nice gadget. Maybe not the most aesthetic looking thing but functional. Most "geeks" prefer function over form anyhow.
I found this one for a somewhat reasonable price usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=0680

leefy008 · 08-04-2008, 08:13 AM

there was another thread talking about this, i forgot where someone was like actually working on it. personally i don't think you'll ever get enough power from a solar panel that's small enough to be portable. if solar panels really worked well sun powered cars, power plants and houses wouldn't SUCK!

silendreamer · 08-04-2008, 09:57 AM

do any of u remember the small solar panels on the calculators in the good old days? they were very aesthetic .. and in no way look retarded.

i really wonder why none of the gadgets these days come with solar panels? is it hard to build them? is it not capable of supplying the needed power?

Locke · 08-04-2008, 10:14 AM

They don't use them anymore because they don't really fit with the design of most modern gadgets, and most of the calculators' solar panels wouldn't supply enough charge to do much for modern batteries. It would be better to have, I think it was called a Splash Pad. For any enabled device, you would place it on the pad and it would recharge. The pad had it's own battery, charged by solar power. Thus, you could leave the pad out to gain power and charged the device whenever you wanted. You didn't have to leave the device in the sun, so you could store it and use it however you wanted. Only the pad itself needed the sun.

leefy008 · 08-04-2008, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Locke

They don't use them anymore because they don't really fit with the design of most modern gadgets, and most of the calculators' solar panels wouldn't supply enough charge to do much for modern batteries. It would be better to have, I think it was called a Splash Pad. For any enabled device, you would place it on the pad and it would recharge. The pad had it's own battery, charged by solar power. Thus, you could leave the pad out to gain power and charged the device whenever you wanted. You didn't have to leave the device in the sun, so you could store it and use it however you wanted. Only the pad itself needed the sun.

now that's a good idea

oh and i found this old thread

http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/req...attchment.html

and in that i found this link

http://solarstyle.com/webSpecial.php

(-_-) · 08-04-2008, 12:29 PM

Does any one have a Download link for the solar panel I can has?

leefy008 · 08-04-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by soccerfreak24

Does any one have a Download link for the solar panel I can has?

download link of what? the solar panel is hardware... i don't understand what you're asking for...

Locke · 08-04-2008, 01:12 PM

I think he means a link to where he get one, or find more information on it.

(-_-) · 08-04-2008, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leefy008

download link of what? the solar panel is hardware... i don't understand what you're asking for...

(It was a joke..)

leefy008 · 08-04-2008, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soccerfreak24

(It was a joke..)

ohhh... i feel dumb... haha

07-13-2008, 02:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
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07-13-2008, 02:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
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07-14-2008, 04:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
Spike! Experienced Zuner Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 175 Reputation: 13	Is this....a serious request?

07-17-2008, 06:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
xalexanderxhollywoodx Experienced Zuner Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: houston Posts: 123 Reputation: 13	bahahaha welll hey if anyone actually figures how to do that and your on a car or airplane and it breaks down in the middle of no where you got music to listen to :] never ending suppy of power...

07-19-2008, 10:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
cenadogg Squirt Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 13 Reputation: 10	i think that is a great idea. i went to san diego on tuesday and it die half way there. i just movies a lot. i had to wait to get off the bus and in to our barracks to chare it back up. and the same thing happen on the way home.

07-26-2008, 07:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
simonsandh Jr. Zuner Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York Posts: 49 Reputation: 10	um i think that would make the zune looks really retarded!!

07-30-2008, 03:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
quickspeedy1317 Squirt Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 10 Reputation: 10	hmm i think its a cool idea. tat way u can save more battery life.

08-03-2008, 05:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
MAG Zewbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 Reputation: 10	This is in fact a very nice gadget. Maybe not the most aesthetic looking thing but functional. Most "geeks" prefer function over form anyhow. I found this one for a somewhat reasonable price usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=0680

08-04-2008, 08:13 AM	#12 (permalink)
leefy008 Jr. Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: dc Posts: 367 Reputation: 18	there was another thread talking about this, i forgot where someone was like actually working on it. personally i don't think you'll ever get enough power from a solar panel that's small enough to be portable. if solar panels really worked well sun powered cars, power plants and houses wouldn't SUCK!

08-04-2008, 09:57 AM	#13 (permalink)
silendreamer Zewbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 Reputation: 10	do any of u remember the small solar panels on the calculators in the good old days? they were very aesthetic .. and in no way look retarded. i really wonder why none of the gadgets these days come with solar panels? is it hard to build them? is it not capable of supplying the needed power?

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