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How to get some more battery life?
madsic:
Thank you for a very comprehensive and efficacious reply, Llorean. My curiosity is satisfied :)
kronzsw:
so whats the battery capacity settings for?
bluebrother:
--- Quote from: kronzsw on August 29, 2007, 04:13:58 PM ---so whats the battery capacity settings for?
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To calculate the estimated remaining runtime -- some players have changeable batteries and some people changed batteries on players without changeable batteries ...
Pileot:
I found when i bought my 5g 30 gig ipod vid, it would last about 11 hours. i know this because i was working 10 hour shifts at the time, i would have it on pretty much all day nonstop... i would change songs every 20 mins or so (average). I could get through my shift and home and it would about die...
When i put rockbox on, a full charge lasted maybe 7 hours... granted i didnt know much about dircache or how to set the backlight properly, but thats what it was giving me...
I later went out and bought an external batterypack... iRecharge its called... this thing is genious! my battery life went from 7 hours to >12 hours. Dont know how long it would last with the standard ipod software...
In short, Rockbox decreased my battery life a bit, but there are ways to help... like the iRecharge. http://www.gazotto.com/2005/cellboost-irecharge-for-ipod-ipod-mini.html
And no, im not selling the thing, i just happened across it one day and figured i might suggest it. Hope this helps :)
Sambolina3:
I use one of these http://www.batterytech.com/productlist.aspx?br=APPLE&cat=MP3_Device_Battery&model=IPOD+VIDEO
its just like the one that you showed only substantially bigger ;D. When both the ipod and the external battery are fully charged I can get anywhere from 25 - 30 hours depending on how much I am changing songs etc.
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