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Thanks for clarifying Rick and for confirming what I thought was the case. Guess I wasn't as confused as studiomprd tried to make me feel, but that's nothing new.

And once again proving my point: you're a troll and a jerk. It's not surprising you spend your free time being a jerk on these boards. That's probably what grumpy old sound men do when they don't get hired any more. Because obviously if you were on set you wouldn't have time to troll these forums. Troll all you want, I have the information I need to approach the task I set out to accomplish thanks to the suggestions of a couple other users. Must be tough not having anything of value to share, huh?

I didn't come here to research rechargeable batteries. I only asked for clarification on what he was talking about. Once again, anything you say is irrelevant to the actual conversation at hand. I often forgot some tech guys are also incredible trolls.

Well, a google search of "Endloop" batteries only returned what I said. This is why asked for clarification. Instead of constantly jumping in with snarky remarks, maybe you could just say "Endloops are....". So far you've made 2 or 3 responses that have had nothing to add to the conversation. Atleast Jeff Wexler often gave helpful info.

Rick, interesting. I mostly use the Duracell Pro Cell AA's, and my experience with consumer-level rechargeables has been less than appealing. Just to make sure I'm not misunderstanding, when you say "Endloops" you're talking about Sanyo brand Eneloop rechargeable batteries? I've never used them but maybe I should give them a try. While price of batteries wasn't really driving my decision, you make a great point. I wish Sony made a kit like the Sennheiser has. On the Sonys, both the transmitter and receiver have a little AA battery cartridge that clicks in there. Even if I used one of the AA battery eliminator kits that others have suggested, I would still have to make a modification to that battery cartridge to allow the wire to come through.

This is correct. And the Hawk-Woods unit I have has 4 auxiliary outputs (hirose 4 pin connection), so it's just a matter of having the hirose 4 pin at both ends of a cable. The sound devices mixer and recorder have a wide range of acceptable voltage compared to the Sony Wireless Kits.

Thanks ShastaPete and Eric. Both great suggestions that I think will work for my setup. Jeff, I searched for similar terms to describe what I was looking for but the term "battery eliminator" did not come to mind unfortunately. My search terms led me to DIY battery kits and the sort but not what I was needing. And I did spend ample time searching before I posted here. The reason I came to this site is because of knowledgable and helpful people like yourself to help steer me in the right direction. Just knowing the terminology, as you have stated, is important and I was not sure how to even properly describe what I wanted. Luckily with the help of yourself and others, I now know where to go with this to get the answers I need. Thank you all again!

Okay thanks, concern about the terminology noted. And for anyone who hasn't gotten it yet, yes I'm talking about the receiver unit. While I and others commonly refer to the whole kit as a "lav" for short, I understand that I'm in the company of dedicated sound persons who have a much more comprehensive vocabulary and use that on a more regular basis. I should have been more clear in my initial post, and for that I'm sorry. But I think at this point, we've moved past it. So maybe future responses could deal with the actual task at hand and not a mistake I made about terminology when trying to describe said task?

Well, thanks to those of you that actually tried to answer my questions. I see I also attracted the terminology police. :-) To clear up confusion, here is a link to my wireless microphone kit. As you can see, it is commonly referred to as the Sony UWP series. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001EYPZAQ?pc_redir=1407283477&robot_redir=1 What I'm talking about is powering the receiver of this with the NP1 that powers the rest of my bag. The post that engaudio made was actually exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. I will look into whether it could be used for my receivers. Thanks again for the suggestions!

hey guys So my kit has two Sony UWP series Wireless Mic Kits. These are only powered by two AA batteries. I know higher end receivers can be externally powered by a DC cable and a BDS system, but unfortunately the Sony's don't have a DC power jack. I'm wondering if there's a way to have a DC wire going into "dummy batteries" that would then power the receivers. I could then hook up the DC to my BDS. Here's what I'm working with: NP1 style battery, Hawk-Woods NP cup/BDS (Its the NPC-SQ4NS). The NP then powers a Sound Devices 302, and Sound Devices 702T from the Hawk-Wood's 4 pin hirose outputs. I basically want a wire that goes from the Hirose output the Hawk-Woods connector to some sort of "fake AA" that will power the receiver. Any suggestions?