Aeris/Oceanic Transmitter MH8A

[loosenit2]

Need a little help. I recently bought a used Aeris/Oceanic Transmitter. As I took the cap off I was surprised to see that there was not a CR2 battery in it but 3ea 303/357 batteries. It also appears the cap is different (longer sidewalls than what I expected). Is this a really early version of the transmitter that uses different batteries? Pictures attached.

 

[caruso]

I have no answer for you but as an Oceanic dive computer user the question that comes to my mind is, if it works and syncs with your computer, so what? It is what it is.

 

[scubadada]

Interesting question. My oldest transmitter is from 2002 and uses a CR2. All the transmitters I have seen have a grey, plastic end rather than the steel end shown in your picture. With 3 cells, seems like your transmitter runs at 4.5 v rather than 3. I believe the oldest transmitters used a 1/2 AA 3.6 volt battery, perhaps that's what your transmitter runs. Let us know how it works out.

Best of luck,

Craig

 

[loosenit2]

I actually bought to work with a computer that did not work out. Now considering buying a Teric, Perdix ai, or OCI, but want to make sure transmitter will work with those. My assumption is that what I bought was a V1 that was latter upgraded, just wondering capability differences.

 

[loosenit2]

bump....really looking for answer from someone more experienced than I.

 

[Mike1967]

As far as I know, if it's got FCC ID:MH8A on it it will work with all the computers you're looking at.

 

[caruso]

Yeah but what does "As far as I know" really mean?

I say "As far as I know the transmitter is useless" but I don't know anything about it.

 

[Mike1967]

Yeah but what does "As far as I know" really mean?

Ok I'll rephrase it lol
From every thing I've read in here from people that know more than you or I will ever know, it WILL work!
Better?

Edit: unless it's rooted of course.

 

[runsongas]

the oldest version uses three of the 357 silver batteries instead of a cr2. works the same but my experience is that the range is a bit more iffy.

 

[Dutch-Diver]

The MH8A Transmitters seems to use 3V CR2 batteries.
Does anyone ever tried the 3.6V (1/2AA or 14250) batteries
They have a far greather capacity of 1200mAh compared to the CR2 with 800mAh
Question: can it handle the higher voltage of 0.6 Volt