Classic battery life?
I've had no serious troubles with my Classic so far, but there is one thing that is kind of irking me: the battery life! I really don't see getting 30 hours of audio out of this thing, not even close. I've played maybe 15-20 minutes of video and about 2 hours of music+podcasts, and it's already lost 1/4 it's charge, according to the meter. Is the meter on the Classic a little iffy, or did I get a dud battery?
One more thing...it's odd that it's draining so quickly, because I tested the video playback and I got it to play over 6 hours of movies before it died. What's up with this?
Thanks!
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mini_me2] at [2007-11-11 20:51:53]
# 1 Re: Classic battery life?
ipod video and classisc have a faulty battery meter. I had a 30gb video and after watching for 1 hour the battery meter had no charge on it but i still managed to playvideos for another 2 hours which is around wht the advertised battery stated when i bough it so dont worry
Tommyb at 2007-11-15 12:11:24 >
# 2 Re: Classic battery life?
I've had no serious troubles with my Classic so far, but there is one thing that is kind of irking me: the battery life! I really don't see getting 30 hours of audio out of this thing, not even close. I've played maybe 15-20 minutes of video and about 2 hours of music+podcasts, and it's already lost 1/4 it's charge, according to the meter. Is the meter on the Classic a little iffy, or did I get a dud battery?
One more thing...it's odd that it's draining so quickly, because I tested the video playback and I got it to play over 6 hours of movies before it died. What's up with this?
Thanks!
Try conditioning the battery. Charge it to full, discharge to none, and repeat 2 more times. It worked for my old 5G and most other phones that use Li-ion batteries.
Lauren
# 3 Re: Classic battery life?
I've had no serious troubles with my Classic so far, but there is one thing that is kind of irking me: the battery life! I really don't see getting 30 hours of audio out of this thing, not even close. I've played maybe 15-20 minutes of video and about 2 hours of music+podcasts, and it's already lost 1/4 it's charge, according to the meter. Is the meter on the Classic a little iffy, or did I get a dud battery?
One more thing...it's odd that it's draining so quickly, because I tested the video playback and I got it to play over 6 hours of movies before it died. What's up with this?
Thanks!
don't be so quick to jump to conclusions that your battery its bad or that it's not going to do what it says. i got the impression that you haven't actually gone through a cycle on the battery yet and drained it completely. use it until the battery is drained completely, and don't expect to be getting 30 hours, you will probably get 25-28, especially, if you're doing video (which eats the battery faster). the battery meter is only an estimate, it's not an exact status of the battery level; it could be more or less than what it says. give it a little while, and if you're consistently only getting 20-25 hours or so (with just audio), then i'd be worried.
# 4 Re: Classic battery life?
I did put it through a full cycle before testing the video playback that I mentioned in my first post, so that's not to blame. I can try a few more cycles if it's still acting up, but I doubt that will be necessary.
I guess I'm just paranoid; my old Mini was the same way. Can't be any worse than 4 hours :)
Thanks for the feedback!
# 5 Re: Classic battery life?
Sounds a lot like my problem with the 5G iPod Video.
When I bought my iPod Video at launch, I got maybe 30-45 minutes of video playback and 7-15 hours of audio playback with the screen brightness low and it being turned off after 2 seconds of inactivity. I was really disappointed with the battery life, but I figured it was natural as I got that out of the box :p
