To clock or not to clock?
On my 2G 20gb, if you didn't set the clock, it would always stay at 12:00.
It seems the clock on my new 40GB keeps time no matter what, so I figured I may as well set it.
Any idea if this still effects battery life? I mean, if it's running anyway, what could be the harm in setting it correctly...no?
Thanks,
-Rob
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mcdj] at [2007-11-9 14:56:57]
# 1 Re: To clock or not to clock?
I doubt it'd take up that much battery life. I set mine on my 3g 40gb iPod. But I don't really know, I've only had mine for about 6 hours now. :D
wind at 2007-11-15 14:12:32 >
# 2 Re: To clock or not to clock?
Yeah, think about watches. They can run for years off a much smaller battery. The killer for iPod standby is keeping the entire DB inside the memory, so its pretty much instant on.
Adam at 2007-11-15 14:13:43 >
# 4 Re: To clock or not to clock?
"The killer for iPod standby is keeping the entire DB inside the memory, so its pretty much instant on."
Sorry I didn't quite understand this Adam, could you clarify? :)
mink at 2007-11-15 14:15:36 >
# 5 Re: To clock or not to clock?
Setting clock does not affect battery life. The clock needs very small amount to energy to keep it running. And there is always very small amount of current flow in the clock curcuit no matter what you set the clock or not.
Adam said the real drain when iPod was in standby mode is the the memory, iPod have 32MB of SD RAM and iPod keep refeshing them on Standby mode (so the song can play intantly when power on again and no need to read entire db from the hard drive everytime)
# 6 Re: To clock or not to clock?
Originally posted by StoneRoses
Setting clock does not affect battery life. The clock needs very small amount to energy to keep it running. And there is always very small amount of current flow in the clock curcuit no matter what you set the clock or not.
Adam said the real drain when iPod was in standby mode is the the memory, iPod have 32MB of SD RAM and iPod keep refeshing them on Standby mode (so the song can play intantly when power on again and no need to read entire db from the hard drive everytime)
The nail has been hit.
For random access memory to contain its information, it needs a charge (or current), unlike hard disks. The main competitor to the iPod (iHP-100/120) stores the vital stuff on the hard drive. Therefore, every time you turn it on, it must first load the song and the database from the appaulingly slow hard drive (relative).
Adam at 2007-11-15 14:17:48 >
