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TASCAM BP-6AA External Battery Pack for Portable Digital Recorder

February 20th, 2014 3 comments 1153

Let’s review the TASCAM BP-6AA External Battery Pack. If you use a portable field recorder like the Tascam DR-40 or Zoom H4N you may have learned by now that they suck batteries hungrily. Especially if you’re using them to provide phantom power to an XLR mic. I’ve been on shoots and put freshly-charged rechargeable batteries in my DR-40, hit record, and watched the battery indicator drop to 1 of 3 bars in no time.

I picked up an AC USB charger by Tascam for home use or when I leave my recorder at the mixing board (which is actually a great place to leave a recorder when filming concerts), but what to do when you don’t have a plug nearby? Well today I received the Tascam BP-6AA battery pack .

TASCAM BP-6AA External Battery Pack
It’s a simple power pack using 6 AA batteries to provide power to your Tascam DR-40. It comes with a round adapter that fits the Tascam DR-100(II), however Tascam gave the DR-40 a mini USB charge plug. (Why?) So you’ll need to order a mini USB to USB cable with this if you own the DR-40. My Tascam AC USB adapter already has mini to USB so I’m able to use it with this charger.

Below you can see how the charger attaches right to the DR-40 via the included brace. And it then provides a 1/4 20 thread to attach both to your rig. It’s a little bulky. But it will keep your. Oh and one added benefit: This thing can recharge your iPhone!

TASCAM BP-6AA External Battery Pack TASCAM BP-6AA External Battery PackTASCAM BP-6AA External Battery Pack
The white sticker on the cable above is my label. I always label my cables when I get them (so I don’t end up with a box full of mystery cables and chargers.)


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3 Comments

  1. Federico
    March 2, 2014 at 8:27 am Reply ↓

    Hi, i have a question for you: can you use the battery pack with 1.2V rechargeable batteries? I can’t find rechargeable 1.5V batteries.
    Kind regards

    1. dslrnerd
      March 4, 2014 at 2:28 pm Reply ↓

      I’m not sure Federico, I’ll look into it.

      1. Ryan Butt
        April 25, 2015 at 9:27 pm Reply ↓

        will this recharge AA battery cells also? can it recharge or use AA battery cells if they are less than 6xAA, i mean pair of 2xAA or 4xAA battery pack rechargeable cells?

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