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had the same problem...had it for two months and tried to turn it on and NOTHING!

I have a fix though. I unplugged the battery and plugged the speaker in and it worked without the battery....then plugged the battery in and it started charging.

A beating, but it works!

My friend had one purchased from Brookstone and it sounded wonderful. I loved it and always wanted one. I also purchased my Arius wireless speaker system from Linen N Things and called the Company. I had many of the same problems mentioned above. No sound. I sent it back and had the item insured for delivery confirmation. It has been two weeks and I have heard nothing. I got a good deal on it in the store and had been wanting one a long time. However, it did not work and I sent it back to the company, Matador USA in Pasedena, California. If I get no response I will also contact the trade commission and pursue other legal avehues for the item to be replaced.

Chris Timbes wrote:

computekdirect @ gmail.com if anyone is interested.

I say we all get together and start a class action law suit against the company if they do not honor their warranty. I am sure their are a lot of people out there other than us, so let's go for it 150-200.00 is a lot of money.
Besides the representative at the company should not be sharing privateaccount information about the financialaccount of Linens N thinga even if they went out of business. How uunprofessional is that?

BTW, this Info is public knowledge and available at,
http://www.importgenius.com/importers/matador...

Also;

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/donna/charpen...

Donna Charpentier is the Sr. Product Mngr. at Matador

I purchased 2 speakers over a year ago.They have worked fantastic. I am not sure if most people realize that they are for a computer.You just plug in where your old speakers go and use them through your media player. They do have a built in timer, that if there is NO sound trasmitting through the speaker,they will shut off.As long as you keep the sound going they work just fine.I just used my 2 and my brothers one, at a party this weekend, no D.J. was needed. They covered the room no problem.We are looking to find more.It stinks that we can no longer get them at LNT's. Sorry to hear that some people are getting ripped off in the process.

Chris Timbes wrote:

I had the same problem with my purchase from Linens N Things. Speaker shuts off after about 2 minutes. Company refuses to honor warranty.
Federal law mandates they cover the warranty. They are violating privacy laws by telling us that Linens N Things did not pay, and violating federal law by not covering their warranty.
Anyone want to go together to start a class action lawsuit against these companies? I'm normally not for such a thing but the person that I spoke with from the manufacturer was hateful and disrespectful.

I purchased mine on 12-28-2008 from an internet store. I'm having the exact same issue with mine. At first, I thought it was weak batteries not being fully charged. But after trouble shooting it over a week or so, it was not the batteries, but the main unit itself just turing off after 2 minutes. I will be calling Matador International Inc on Monday, 4/20/2009, at (877)350-4148 for the first time regading this issue.

rosseen wrote:

had the same problem...had it for two months and tried to turn it on and NOTHING!
I have a fix though. I unplugged the battery and plugged the speaker in and it worked without the battery....then plugged the battery in and it started charging.
A beating, but it works!

I tried almost everything but your fix worked. Thanks alot. speakers sound really good

How do you link the speakers together?

How do you link multiple speakers together? Do you use one transmitter and it happens magically?

thought speaker was junk wrote:

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I tried almost everything but your fix worked. Thanks alot. speakers sound really good

Wow... same experience. worked great for first month... was sitting idle for a few weeks... then wouldn't turn on. disconnected battery, plugged in... eventually worked perfect again. thanks!!

Taking the battery out definitely has worked so far. Haven't plugged batteries back in because I don't need them, but I am on about an hour straight without shutoff. I also switched the solar power to off.

Roseen, thank you so much. That worked for me also, I almost thought the speaker was a goner.

I purchased two Arius solar outdoor speakers but was missing a rechargable battery with one so if you have one you can not use I'll buy your battery from you for a fair price contact me at campbellandcampbell@msn.com in Potomac Falls, VA

Received one as a birthady gift from my son. Sounds great but turns off after 2 minutes. I took my battery out but it still shuts off. Too bad, nice design and sound. I called customer service, HA what service. The lady would not talk clearly enough so I could write her e mail address so she took mine, surprise no e mail from her. Any other ideas please post. I am up for a class action lawsuit for companies like this.