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giuda:
Hello, I bought a new Iriver H10 6Gb 2 days ago and I installed Rockbox. I charged the battery using the USB cable, but the battery lasts 30 minutes. (Beside that, rockbox is awesome!)

I made a battery bench (it's attached), while playing several mp3s and one Flac. I think the battery have some problems... do I need a new battery?

Thanks for your help.

karashata:
I somewhat doubt your H10 is "new", since it's been out of production for at least a couple years now I believe, and the battery not holding a proper charge suggests that it's been badly abused.  I had a similar thing happen to my H10, and once I replaced the stock battery, the run-time improved greatly.  (My H10 is the 20 GB model, internal battery, by the way.  You may have an easier time finding replacements for the 6 GB model as it uses an external battery.)

giuda:
I know it is out of production, but believe me, the plastics, ther cables and everything is new, not even one scratch. Also the box was sealed.

Beside that... yeah, I think I need a new battery

petur:
those batteries go bad of age, not usage. So if it has been in a warehouse for two years untouched, the battery will be equally bad.

giuda:

--- Quote from: petur on April 09, 2008, 03:00:36 AM ---those batteries go bad of age, not usage. So if it has been in a warehouse for two years untouched, the battery will be equally bad.


--- End quote ---

That's what I was thinking.  :'( let's hope the warranty covers those problems.

Also, where I can find cheap but good new batteries? The Hong Kong ones on ebay are good?

Thanks for your help.

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