Grace Digital Acc-IRCLI Rechargeable Battery Pack for Mondo+ and Mondo Elite, Black

I am writing this for the battery pack as used on the Mondo GDI-IRC6000In one word... EXCELLENT. It fulfills the stated specs perfectly.I got a full 12 hours after an 8 hour charge.Only one beef is the lack of a user manual. I am taking theliberty of using a remark made by the manufacturer as to how to getmore life from the battery pack. I would also like to make onestatement that has not been made.What to do if you take the radio on a trip and want to arrive with afully charged battery? If you just unplug it, the clock starts ticking.IF you have an RV and want to create a hot spot, and listen all the way,just unplug it and go for it. If, however, it is packed and you wantto arrive with a full charge at your cabin etc, follow the mfg directionsbelow.Also... there is one caveat to getting the extra battery life. If you do nothave it plugged in, the battery will start discharging immediately. Also,if you choose to remedy this by turning off the wi-fi, the radio will take ashort time to reload and connect vs instant on. This is more than enoughreason to leave it plugged in all the time.How I personally use it... I have a home office and leave it plugged in all day.At 11pm I unplug and move to the bedroom. It plays for 60 min unless I geta good Coast To Coast show and it plays for several hours. It then automaticallycuts on in the morning. This costs me about 1 bar of power. At this time I plugin the radio to recharge.Here are the directions from the manufacturer how to get extra life from the battery.I have the latest version of the software and here are the exact keys to press toget to the appropriate screen.First note that if you pause more than 4 seconds, the screen goes back to the playing menu.This is no big deal as it remembers the key press sequences.1) Home ... press the home key with the little house on it. This takes you to all the pictures.2) Turn the round knob on the bottom clockwise till you get to the "Settings" icon.3) Press the knob to select "Settings".4) Select "Wi-Fi and Network Setup"5) Select "Wireless standby power mode"6) Answer the question.. "Stay connected to Wireless in Standby"7) Select "No" by rotating knob and then PRESSING the know to select "NO".Also remember to set your 3 display options to as low a power as you can live with.....Then next time you start the radio, you will have a 30-45 second delay with the following messages"1) Initializing Network2) Network disconnected, please connect...After a short time it will reload the last station that you were listening to.======================================THIS IS NOTE FROM THE MANUFACTURER I CLIPPED FROM ANOTHER POST.Hello, the battery will play for up to 12 hours. You are correct that keeping the radio unplugged indefinitely it will only last 12 hours in standby unless you change the settings. If you want to keep it unplugged from the wall you should change two settings:1) back light: turn your standby back light 'off'.2) turn the network card off. Go to network settings, select wireless standby and turn it off.Those two settings will maximize battery life when the radio is not in use.Additionally, while using a battery, the backlight setting should be minimized to maximize battery life.However, as you note the radio is designed to be plugged into the wall when not in use to charge the battery. Then when fully charged it will provide portable use for up to 12 hours ( twice the average of the competitor).

I received this battery four days ago along with a Grace Digital Mondo radio. I charged the battery overnight and through the next day, approximately 15 hours. It worked properly for about five hours and was dead. I tried recharging with the radio off and had no success. I removed and re-inserted the battery making sure the plug-in connection was correct and tried again to recharge. It was still dead. I placed a voltmeter across the orange and black wires on the plug and it has 0.0 volts. This must be an open circuit in the wiring of the battery pack. I am returning this unit and ordering another of the same. Other posters here have said this but I must warn that it IS NOT a Grade Digital product and comes in unmarked packaging with no charging directions. Hmmmm! There is also not mention of this optional battery in the Mondo handbook. Hmmm again and it is not available on the Grace website as far as I could see.This is long so to sum up I am returning it to try again. I love the radio but the first experience with this product was a failure. I will update when the new one arrives.September 29, 2013 Update.I returned the original battery to Amazon and ordered a replacement. But instead of the third party vendor for 29.95 I selected the same item shipped and sold by Amazon.com which was $4.00 more. The new battery arrived in a marked GDI (Grace Digital Inc.) box and had the correct GDI part number. I installed the battery and the Mondo radio turned on and was playing before I even had time to turn it over. I made the suggested setup changes of turning off the network card when idle and turning the clock display brightness down to minimum on standby. I am getting excellent battery charge life at least 12-14 hours of constant use and the radio goes with me through out my weekend days at home. After the first failure and the second success I give this five stars.

Good battery, works well with correct voltage and amp ratings. However, it is NOT a Grace battery and I had to put a bit of cardboard in the radio cavity to keep it from being loose. Not a big deal, the price was right, but it was misleading to state it was "from Grace Digital" when it apparently is an after market product that happens to work well. I would have hesitated had I known this, and the loose fit irritated me though was easy to fix with the cardboard packaging. It is this that caused me to check the ratings as to voltage and amp rating, which seemed correct if you can believe what that says. It is probably a decent battery and does last many hours on a charge, but I do not like to be mislead. I opted to keep it as I wanted a battery and it seemed to work well and was not expensive. Just wanted others to know.

Received it and does work. It does the job! It last long good quality

This battery pack is easy to install. It allows the portability of the Mondo Elite in any room of your home. It’s a very useful product.

I placed Apparently in quotes as part of my headline since I'm not sure if my Grace Mondo radio is at fault or the battery pack was simply DOA. Specifically, once the backup battery pack is plugged in the wifi radio's status screen is supposed to light an icon showing that the battery is on board. In my case I could never get the icon to illuminate. Twice I remade the connection, very carefully verifying that the tiny printed circuit board plug was properly engaging and fully seated on the circuit board pins. As well, I left the battery plugged in for several hours, but still no battery icon would show on the status screen.The backup battery is a good idea, however I'm just reporting that beware that it comes with no instructions, it is difficult to plug into the circuit board due to its very tiny plug size and ultimately my radio icon would never illuminate.At under 30 bucks there isn't too much at risk here, but don't consider this a slam dunk add-on. Fortunately, returns with Amazon are a breeze.