Question for Those Whove got Battery Life Issues

Seems to be related to firmware 1.02..the unit just won't spin down the hard drive and therefore your battery drains fast.

It only happened to me once, but I did nothing unusual. I selected an album in coverflow and started playing it. (The iPod was fully charged.) After a few songs, I turned it off and went to sleep. (I've done this exact thing about 20 times before (and since) with my new Classic 160 without incident.) When I wore up, the battery was dead. I did not use the hold button.

Maybe it's what we're listening to or some other overlooked detail. I was listening to an old Gordon Lightfoot album from 1973 called Sundown, and it was set to shuffle the songs but not to repeat. Screen brightness was set to 0% and backlight timer was on 30-seconds (which is really 20). Volume was around 60-70%. The iPod was set face up on the nightsatnd with a set of Bose headphones plugged into it. Altitude was about 2230 feet above sea level. That's about all the details I can remember.

I dont use the hold button either, my 2 drains have happened whist using cover flow, its been 2 weeks now I have stayed away from that option and no drain

Just wondering - does this ever happen during daylight hours? It always seems to be overnight.

Yes, it is definitely related to the built in light sensor. ;)

Seriously though, I am confident that it is not related to firmware 1.02. I've had this twice now. After the first time I reset the device and went back to 1.01. Well, I had it again a few days ago. So, not firmware related.

I am fairly confident that it isn't coverflow either. I rarely use that and I'm pretty sure I didn't use it the times my battery drained. I have tried to get into the habit of putting the iPod up to my ear after shutting it down. There have been several times after shutting it down that I have heard the hd still running. I turn it on then back off again until it is silent. I obviously forgot to do that the other night when it drained again.

This is my first Apple device and I bought it because of their reputation. What a joke. This sucks and Apple hasn't even acknowledged that there is a problem yet.

It happened to me just once. I hooked it up to my car, fully charged, and by the time I had gone to school and back (roughly 45 minutes) it was already down to 1/4. I had it on hold the entire time.

I doubt it had anything to do with the hold, as whenever I set it to play a album or playlist I'll turn on the hold and it usually doesn't die that quickly.