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Old 20th Feb 2011, 3:25 pm
Nicolas72 Nicolas72 is offline
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Default What type of battery is it ?

I would assume its a Lithium-Ion Polymer battery.
If thats the case then there is a logic build in to prevent damage to the cells.
The logic `knows` how many cells are in the pack and therefore charges accordingly.
Simply changing the battery would not result in higher battery runtime because the logic board still assumes a 600mA cell(s) in the player.
I recently changed the battery in my ebook player and i had a had time finding a corresponding logic circuit for it that allows me to really use the extra charge.
I guess i got lucky that a local electronics store sold those things.
What you could try is to charge the battery is a Li-Ion approved charger. (One that is either able to detect the amount of cells or one where you can specify it via switches or simply the one that came with it)
The battery indicator on the unit is also specifically for 600mA. I think they measure the drop in voltage and not the actual capacity but i am not sure.
Voltage would be my guess.

Regards

Nicolas
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