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| [title] Replacement/soldering of the battery | |
| - | [* black] Here is the placement of the original Lipo 3.7V 1650mAh battery (dimensions about 5 x 46 x 60mm). You can see a similar battery with the same mAh and voltage at: http://www.cpkb.org/wiki/Samsung_EB-F1A2GBU_battery (dimensions about 5.1 mm x 46.1 mm x 59.1 mm), which should fit in the Cybook. |
| - | [* black] Other batteries that could fit are the HTC 3.7v 1650mAh Li-POL replacement Battery (dim. 5x50x60) at: http://www.amazon.com/35H00185-01M-1650mAh-Li-POL-Replacement-Battery/dp/B00MC1P154, and this battery: http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ultra-thin-flat-lipo-3-7v_1783274635.html?spm=a2700.7724857.29.147.ERomfl (dim. 5x50x60mm). |
| - | [* black] In fact, I have installed a Samsung Galaxy S4 battery on my Cybook Odyssey. It has almost the same dimensions and capacity. (But it may not fit all the models, as observed by a viewer of this guide. Nevertheless, it has worked in my Cybook Odyssey for two years.) |
| - | [* black] The original battery is soldered on a protection circuit on a small external PCB from which two wires (red and black) go to the motherboard. |
| - | [* black] On this PCB, the red wire (+) is soldered near the (+) of the battery and the black wire (-) near the (-) of the battery. |
| + | [* black] The original battery is soldered onto a protection circuit on a small external printed circuit board (PCB) where two wires (red and black) attach to the motherboard. |
| + | [* black] On the PCB, the red wire (positively charged) is soldered near the battery’s positive post. The black wire (negatively charged) is soldered near the battery’s negative post. |
| [* black] You must then determine the (+) and the (-) of the new battery to correctly wire it to the PCB. You may need additional wires to solder the (+) and (-) of the new battery to the PCB (as the old battery was). The second picture shows the new battery, soldered with the small PCB, whose output is plugged (white plug). | |
| [* black] Once the battery is soldered, before remounting, charge the battery with the USB receiver on the Cybook Odyssey. Verify that the Cybook Odyssey functions properly when the battery is charged and the USB cord is unplugged. | |
| [* black] Proceed in the reverse order to remount the Cybook Odyssey. |