battery charging

vietnamesetan · #1 (**permalink**) 8th Feb 2007, 1:55 pm

how long do you charge your mp4 for?

tadad1 · #2 (**permalink**) 8th Feb 2007, 2:14 pm

I use lots of quick topup recharges and never let the battery drain completely.

deepakrr · #3 (**permalink**) 9th Feb 2007, 12:04 am

lol i only charge when the battery is drained.

i let it charge full and leave it charging for an hour more

Que · #4 (**permalink**) 9th Feb 2007, 5:06 am

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Originally Posted by tadad1";p=&quot

I use lots of quick topup recharges and never let the battery drain completely.

Same here. Only new batteries, I load/unload them 2 or 3 times, before I go to the quick recharges. These topup recharges seem the best way to preserve li-ion batteries. Now I have lithium-polymer batteries, shouldn't matter now. But I still keep them full. You'll never know when you have to pick up your bags and run!!! (meaning I could be out to do something elsewhere for some time, and a dead player is one of the worst things that can happen to me when on a bike or a train or a plane)

Ell the Ewok · #5 (**permalink**) 9th Feb 2007, 11:13 am

I just attack my MP4 to my PC when ever I'm not using it. It means I can access it and update it with music and what not with out going through pluging it in and all that crap and its allways fully charged.

_Odyssey · #6 (**permalink**) 10th Feb 2007, 5:32 am

Same as tadad1 and Que.. i seem to get maximum usage time from little top ups

Podder · #7 (**permalink**) 25th Feb 2007, 11:17 pm

Something is wrong with my player if it only takes an hour or two to charge. I waited over an hour only to see it at half. Then almost another hour and no change. I think I'll sell it on ebay or just give up and buy another mp3 player. These things are crap.

gipi · #8 (**permalink**) 27th Feb 2007, 2:47 pm

My player will charge all day while plugged into a PC, I also have the USB/electrical plug charger which charges within an hour or so. However the battery life on my player (purchased in Jan 07) is less than 3 hours per day...which is a bit inconvenient as my commute to work and back is 2.5 hours per day!