knob,
Thanks for the info. I typically do a soft shut down. Then, if I plan to not use the player for a while, I'll use the switch to shut it off. Good point about saving the settings.
7-1/2 hours w/backlight on? I'm impressed. What are your other settings? I think I mentioned my best is ~2 hours. I had the display set @ LightTime=AlwaysOn, Brightness=3 and LightMode="Penumbra", so the backlight was on all the time. I've now set it to 30secs, 3, All Dark, respectively. Let's see how that works with battery life. Maybe I will have to get a new battery.
Curious...when you go to system info, does the display give you any info re: manufacturer? All I get is Hardware ID (looks like a date code), Software ID = 2.2 (apparently s/w rev level) and then internal and any external flash plugged in used and total nos. .
Re: Clock...Based on my understanding of code and hardware, implementing a clock would be pretty straightforward. And current draw is tons less than the LED display. The hardware pretty much exists. All it would take would be to set up a timer on the CPU (I assume it has a few, but I haven't read the datasheet) that interrupts once/sec which wakes up the processor, updates a register/location, and goes back to sleep. The processor is CMOS which means it draws almost no power in powerdown mode. Intel's single chip 80C51 CPU series has tiemrs and teh ability to wakeup on interrupt and it prob'ly isn't anywhere near as powerful as this 2706.
I wonder if this function exists in the firmware, but hasn't been enabled for some reason. The unit has a stop watch which is essentially a clock display (give or take
Maybe there's some daring soul out there who is capable and wants to take on this challenge (hint, hint
Just some thoughts....Cheers Steph
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Originally Posted by knob
I got a player like this.
I've found it works a lot better when I do a "soft" shutdown i.e. don't use the on/off switch to switch the player off, but the button on top ALL the time.
This way the settings get saved and this player is not prone to crashing.
Like the difference between unplugging your PC to shut it down if you see what I mean.
b.t.w I get about 7 1/2 hours play with mine playing mp3's and backlight full on.
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