iPod Battery Life
I just bought a new 30GB iPod, and it's great...
One problem, the battery only seems to last about 1.5 - 2 hours. I had it in the dock all afternoon yesterday and it read as "charded" when I removed it this morning, but after a short trip to the office and about 20 minutes of listening while here...Dead...
Same thing this weekend...Had it in the dock for a day, then took it on a flight 2 hours...Got about 15 minutes of use in the hotel, and Dead...
I know the new models have shorter battery times, but this is absurd...Am I doing something wrong or should I return this unit...
I plop it into the dock attached to my iMac and it says charging and then charged (after a few hours)...I skip songs a lot while playing it (just press next on the wireless remote)
One problem, the battery only seems to last about 1.5 - 2 hours. I had it in the dock all afternoon yesterday and it read as "charded" when I removed it this morning, but after a short trip to the office and about 20 minutes of listening while here...Dead...
Same thing this weekend...Had it in the dock for a day, then took it on a flight 2 hours...Got about 15 minutes of use in the hotel, and Dead...
I know the new models have shorter battery times, but this is absurd...Am I doing something wrong or should I return this unit...
I plop it into the dock attached to my iMac and it says charging and then charged (after a few hours)...I skip songs a lot while playing it (just press next on the wireless remote)
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Originally posted by Paul
do you have the pod 2.0.1 software?
Yes, I updated it (Auto Update) upon first plugging it in, and I've confirmed that it is 2.0.1
The battery must be bad (shipped that way), because there is no way this should be normal performance (if it is, I wasted $500).
If not, send that puppy in and get a new one.
Turns out I'm an imbocile...
My Mac ws going to sleep during the charging process, which apparently cuts off the power to the Firewire ports. I made sure that it was set to never, plugged in the iPod over night, and got 6+ hours yesterday and I still had 2 lines showing in the battery bar.
I promise I'm not usually retarded. Don't hold it against me
You can now return to your regularly scheduled programming.
Glad it wasn't a bad battery. Now you can pop in the earbuds and do the iPod dance like the guy in the original iPod commercial.