Dont leave your iPod on the dock all the time

if its mounted on the computer it wont go into sleep mode, you need to unmount it.

theres a faint circle, look in 2nd pic its easier to see. in the ipod photo theres a red circle with a diagonal line in and text "Do not disconnect"

I honestly don't see a difference between either...

I can see a faint white circle, I think, in the second one. It's pretty hard to see, if it is indeed there.

Send it back to Apple then?

Originally posted by Tomo_kun
I thought LCD's didn't burn in...

Technically you're right.

It took me a minute, but I saw a very(super) faint bottom left hand of the circle.

Yeah well I see a slight difference when I look very close, its difficult to take a good picture of it I can imagine, but anyway its very bad.. thanx for the warning, I hope u find a way to get repairs. tried mailing apple service about this problem ?

I always remove it from the dock when its fully charched, cuz I still think its bad for the battery life, anyone disagree on that or might know something I dont ?

LCD screen does not burn in, but it can have dead pixels. But, there's usually only one pixel that are dead and comes back after a few days and work as it should. So, the LCD screen shouldn't burn in. It could be just dead pixel that will go away in a few days or so.

I think that either A) It had nothing to do with the dock or B) This is a VERY iscolated incident. I wouldn't be scared.

EDIT: All right, it's a little freaky. But I don't really see anything...so this would NOT happen on a regular iPod, right? (Not photo)

Definitely a strange problem, but in my case I've been leaving my iPod photo in the dock every night since I first bought it (about six weeks ago). I've had not even the slightest indication of burn-in problems, so I have to assume this is an isolated incident (as others have pointed out, LCD screens shouldn't burn in anyway).

Further, the iPod stops charging once the battery is fully charged (as with most modern LiOn devices), so there should be no harm to battery life in leaving the device in the dock either.

OK for a start, as a lot of you pointed out correctly, LCDs don't "burn-out" as far as I know, this is only a problem with CRT displays and Plasma TVs. I can see the markings in the photo that you described and this is due to the liquid crystals having a "memory". This happens rarely with modern displays, but it's not serious. I have been told that a way to remedy this problem is to display the negative of the "Do not disconnect" screen until the crystals' "memory" has disappeared.

Bear in mind that all this does is give all the other crystals the same memory effect. The memory effect disappears over time, so all the crystals will return to their original state. If you can put up with the way your display looks at the moment, just wait a while and see if the crystals revert. Make sure you don't leave it in the dock with the same message displaying otherwise you'll see no difference.

Just keep in mind that you won't damage your iPod by leaving it in the dock. Apple have been making these iPods for a few years now and they haven't released any notices to the contrary... so don't worry.

Ben.

Originally posted by short_2oo4_
how can u be without your ipod for up to 2-3 days? Anyway do you keep your computer on all the time. well its common sense not to leave your ipod on the disconnect screen so, sorry, but to me its your fault!!!

How else would a person plan on charging from the computer? The harddrive is spinning whenever that 'OK to Disconnect' screen isn't showing. It could easilly overheat and fry your 'Pod.

Originally posted by Cerb
How else would a person plan on charging from the computer? The harddrive is spinning whenever that 'OK to Disconnect' screen isn't showing. It could easilly overheat and fry your 'Pod.

:rolleyes: Do you enjoy living a life of fear?

You're saying "Oh if I actually use my iPod it'll overheat and explode! Better wrap it up in bubblewrap and leave it in a drawer then"