160GB Classic Battery Life

Does anyone know the idle battery life of the 160GB Classic? I want to use it amd leave it in my car and want to know how often it would need to be recharged.
Thanks

Not smart if you park anywhere other than in your garage. An iPod left in an unattended car is a plea for a break-in. I've heard it happen numerous times.
And if the battery is Ni-MH, it should lose about 2% of its charge per day if left completely idle. Of course, whenever you use it, that would drain significantly more so don't go around thinking (well, I've got 50 days before I need to charge it). I'd say you should charge it every 4 days depending on your usage.

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Usual battery life on 160gb classic when using iTrip/dock connector mainly!

Hi folks,new to the iPOD scene! I mainly use my ipod in the car with an iTrip(no charger connected) and connected to my hifi(Stereo)with the apple dock (without the charger on so far) Just wondering if I use my ipod in this fashion should battery life be lower? Would appreciate if anyone could indicate what average life of battery should be overall. my typical use of ipod is to and from work (one hours use total per day and maybe an hour in the evening on the hifi. I assume time as well as actual use also contributes to the battery losing charge eventually(as a cell phone does)? any info on this would be appreciated...thanks

The iPod Classic 160GB is certainly not friendly with the Bose SoundDock.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1184812&start=50&tstart=0
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/09/firstweek_with_the_160_gbipo.html
I haven't seen my particular problem on any other forums yet. But this seems a bit extreme, causing such a complete meltdown on a brand new iPod.
I plugged it into my PowerBook around 3:30pm and I could hear clicks coming from the hard drive for the very first time... I am not sure whether or not to be excited because the screen is still dead black (not digital black). So this still isn't resolved, but I can give advice to new iPod Classic owners:
_NEVER CHARGE YOUR NEW iPOD CLASSIC ON THE BOSE SOUNDDOCK!_

6500 classic - becoming hot and battery life

Anyone else finding that their 6500 becomes hot near the earpiece during calls and that the battery life is very poor - I get only about 24 hours on stanby with very minimal use and all the usual power hungry elements already turned off.
I have already had it looked over and repaired by my operator but still same problems.
anyone had similar issues and resolved them?

Hi,
Yes. I had my 6500 slide in Steel delivered just over a month ago and had read many worrying reviews about the battery life. I'd also read many reviews that said the opposite though.
After carefully charging the Li-Poly battery for a good 16 hours on the first charge, the phone managed a paltry 24 hours just like yours. I continued for 6 days completely discharging the phone and then recharging it fully to no avail. I turned off all the power hunger features (3G, Bluetooth, Screensaver etc ) and turned on the power saving mode. Still nothing.
I called my operator who claimed they'd never heard of this sort of problem. I demanded a replacement battery immediately, which duly arrived two days later. Transit seemed to have scuffed the edges of this battery as it had simply been thrown in a paper envelope (no bubble wrap) but I noticed it was a Li-Ion battery unlike the Li-Poly that Nokia issued in the box.
This has TRANSFORMED the battery life. It will run for up to 6 days with normal use eg. Permanent standby, a few calls, lots of music on the commute, some texting and the odd Photo (I'm impressed with the camera).
Get a replacement battery ASAP, I'd go for the older LI-ION even though it's a bit heavier. With all the Stainless Steel you don't notice.

IPod Touch and Battery Life

Hello guys, just question for you.
I think that soon I'll go get myself a new iPod and still can not decide between the iPod touch 64 gigs and the Classic.
I am looking for a device where I can store all my music and has a good battery life. Now the Classic would be great as I would not need to upgrade for a few years ... the only worry is that it's a bit too fragile, due to the presence of an hard drive and not flash memory.
On the other side I wonder if the iPod touch would resist for a week without charging it....I'm the kind of user who often flickrs tru the list looking for other songs etc and also most of my songs have been ripped at 320kbs so that means the player has to fish into the memory more often
Any advice? Thanx in advance

Hi Antonio,
I've had a classic (original 160gb) for a few years now. It's taken a few knocks over time... nothing hardcore/abusive, but still works fine.
Apple say that you get 36hours of music from a classic and 30hours from a touch
I listen to my classic on my way to/from work, and a few hours of the day at work. I can get a whole week out of one charge easy.
I recently bought a touch with some gift vouchers from a work bonus. The usability of a touch is far superior to a classic. Movies, games, apps, wi-fi are all amazingly good, but drain your battery. A charge usually lasts 2-3 days, but I do use my work wi-fi to check facebook & eBay sometimes (banned on work computers)
I'd say touch trumps the classic, but if your music is all 320k, your going to fill 64gb fast!!! One thing to bear in mind is it's almost new Apple time. With the advent of iPhone OS4, there are many rumours and speculations, all of which are totally unfounded, but it is widely assumed that June/July will yield a new iphone, and possibly a new touch. There is no way to know for sure what the specs will be, but the new touch may come in greater sizes than 64gb

So, Hows the 160gb Classic??

Hello. I just ordered my 160gb classic and i've seen some bad things about it on this forum. I was wondering if someone who has the 160gb classic could answer a few questions for me...
1) Is there really that much lag with the new user interface compared to previous models?
2) What is the "actual" capacity of the 160gb? maybe 150gb?
3) Any other noticeable differences from the 5.5 gen iPod?
Thanks!

great battery life! so far i have been running lossless for 16 hrs through the line out with the headphone master volume turned all the way down since i use an outboard headphone amp & headphones through a pocket dock & the battery meter is at about the 1/2 way mark. the best i could get out of the 80gb 5.5 gen was about 5 hours with lossless. the 160gb does have a couple glitches. the "now playing screen" goes into a clock screen saver mode after a couple of minutes & you have to scroll the wheel to get "now playing" back & there is no way to set the screen saver's time or even find a screen saver option in the menu. sometimes if you uncheck items in the main menu so you will not have to see them at the start menu. for instance, i unchecked "podcasts" in main menu & it was still in the start screen. i checked it & unchecked it again & it finally went away. otherwise it sounds great & all we need is a firmware update.

160GB classic vs. 2G Nano (Nano FTW!)

Cross posted from another forum...
My bi-monthly housecleaner brought in a new girl to help out last week. The new girl helped alright. She helped herself to my black 8GB Nano and an (inexpensive) wristwatch, and has stopped answering her phone. Gotta love people.
Well I didn't use the Nano a ton, but I liked having it around. (I've been mostly using my iPhone, and the 160GB Classic I got with my iPhone refund money.) I also consider the 2G Nano to be Apple's finest touchwheel iPod from an industrial design standpoint. The new Nanos look and feel totally awkward to me. The 2G Nano is the last word in flash based mp3 players to date IMO, in terms of size, ease of use, battery life, and form factor.
So today I decided I missed my Nano and it was time to find another. No small feat it turns out. Ebay is a mix of used, fakes, and overpriced refurbs. Seems like a week ago they were everywhere here in NYC, but today they were nowhere to be found.
When I eventually found one, brand new for $173, I snatched it up. (at Digital Society, auth. dealer, 60 E10th @ B'way...they had 5 or 6 left if anyone cares)
I got the new-old Nano home, charged it up, filled it, and started playing music. I hadn't used my previous Nano since getting the Classic, so I had forgotten what it was like. I was floored at how much smoother it operated compared to the Classic. The menus fly, the wheel responds the millisecond you touch it. It's what an iPod experience should be. On the Classic, I have to rub the wheel about 5 times to wake it up. Most of the time I give up and just click the center button. I always have the sense that I'm coaxing the Classic to do what I want, and waiting while it ponders the notion.
As others have written, I find the Classic beyond sluggish, bloated with near useless eye candy, and lacking the basic level of touch sensitivity that has been present in every iPod preceding it. In its current firmware state, I pretty much hate the Classic. But it's 160GB. I have every song I own on it, and still have about 70 gigs free. That has been the sole mitigating factor keeping me from returning it. The 160GB Classic is like the big dumb ox you're friends with in college because he can lift a full keg over his head.
I won't touch on the Nano's sound quality vs. the Classic. Many will argue inferiority on the Classic's part. In a bustling crowded city, they both sound pretty great to me.
I will say that in the 3 short weeks I've owned it, I have been spoiled by the screen quality of the Classic. The Nano screen is dimmer, yellowish and the fonts are fuzzy by comparison.
Otherwise, I'm truly baffled as to how the Classic passed QC at Cupertino. Something is seriously amiss at Apple these days. Viva la Nano!

Considerations are capacity, price, screen size, lifestyle, known issues.
How big is your music/media library? The Classic has a max capacity of 160GB vs the Nano 16GB, some people use the classic as a Music datastore, which I think is not a good idea, as there are hundreds if not thousands of reported iPod hardisk crash, and some people erase the music library in their PC, thinking that the iPod classic is sturdy and reliable. (just read these discussion on Sync issue)
Price - Nano is half the price of the Classic.
Screen size - Nano screen is too small for video
Nano has FM Radio.
Battery life (when new) - Classic has about 40 hours of continuos music per full charge, where Nano has about 24 hours of continuos music.
Nano has no moving parts, hence more sturdy and reliable.
However if you want a sturdy device, with big screen, and more functionality, get the iPod Touch, it is double the cost of the Nano if you get the 32GB Touch.
For better comparison, read this Apple specs

Why can't my 160GB Classic turn off when it's in the universal dock?

When I have my brand new 160GB Classic in my about 4 years old Universal Dock, I can't switch it off. When it's not in the dock, I can switch it off just by pressing the lower key the ordinary way.
When I had my about 4 year old 60GB iPod in the dock, I could turn it off when in the dock, but this doesn't work with my new iPod. The screen keeps saying that the battery is loading or loaded, even when the back light is switched off.
How can I completely turn it off when it's in the dock?

Hi Thebestest1v1er,
Based on your description of being able to Safe Boot (holding down the shift key) but not boot normally, it sounds like your startup/restart issue may be related to one of the things that Safe Boot disables. You can find more information about them here:
OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564
It may also be related to a disk or file system issue (as that is also something checked during Safe Boot). You may find these articles helpful as well:
Apple Support: Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
OS X: About OS X Recovery
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718
Regards,
- Brenden

2600 classic battery live

Hi, I just bought a 2600 classic. The battery live should be max. 560 hours, but after 4 days I have to recharge. What can be the reason? **mail address deleted by moderator - please use PM system only**
Message Edited by romanov on 06-Jan-2009 06:55 PM

When phone manufacturers quote a standby time it's under ideal conditions.
Ideal conditions are when the phone has a very strong constant signal and is not being used or moved at all. All data and connectivity features are disabled. No calls, messages or even having it's keys pressed are allowed under testing.
In the real world you'll never get battery life like that.
4 days is very good for that model. My friend has the same phone and only gets 2 days.
Message Edited by psychomania on 06-Jan-2009 07:23 PM

Please give me your battery life experiences

Hi there,
Just got my first Nano. I love the unit itself. The sound far surpasses my expectations and its the first jukebox MP3 I love.. but..
the battery life is just dreadful for me. I'm getting about 5 hours or so, thats with brightness down, backlight at 2 seconds, and I'm only taking it off hold to change albums or pause! Is this common? If not I will get an exchange, if it is I will just send it back. Disappointing because otherwise it's great!

I've also had poor battery life until now.
I tried to switch off certain settings I chose when first configuring the Nano.
Specifically, I diselected EQ, cross fade and sound check, all in Settings/ Playback.
I also dimed down brightnes a bit, so it's about a third now (I had it in 50% before).
I last charged the nano on monday night and I charged it again on wednesday night when it still marked about 10% of the battery charge. So, I had about 48 hours of music and video, not continously of course.
In total, I must have played like 3 hours of video (games) while listening to music.
When I had those mentioned playback settings on, the battery would drain in less than 24 hours, so I can tell now how much power they (and probably other settings as well) take from the battery.
I'm much more satisfied with my purchase now, but I was seriously considering selling the nano and buying either a Classic or a Touch.
I hope this help other people having short battery life to improve the performance of their nanos. Let us all know how you do.

160GB Classic 50+ hours of playback

I'm not sure what other people have been getting for music playback times on a single charge, but I wanted to burn-in a new pair of headphones, so I hooked them up to my 160GB Classic, selected a playlist and then just let the iPod run at approximately 65% volume level until the battery gave out. Then I charged the iPod and repeated the process. Both times I got over 50 hours of continuous playback. Granted I wasn't using the menus and the screen for the most part was on the screen saving time/battery display mode, but its nice to see that it got well over the estimated 40 hours of playback.

This is taken from a FAQ covering headphone burn-in...
"What is ‘burn in’?
When speaking of headphones, ‘burn in’ is the term used for the settling of the design parameters of the diaphragms into their intended state. The physical process is that the diaphragms loosen up through use and eventually reach a point that could be considered final. A similar situation is breaking in a new pair of shoes.
Why do people choose to burn in a new pair of headphones shortly after getting them?
Fresh out of the box, a pair of headphones may not sound as good as a well used pair, as the designers have intended. Often, people want their headphones to sound the way that they are intended as soon as possible. Most people don’t want to wait for weeks or months of regular use, so the choice is to expedite burn in by getting the process over with in the first week of ownership. Others choose to listen to their headphones as they change over the burn in period.
How do I burn in my new pair of headphones?
You can simply play music through them continuously. Some prefer using pure tones, sine wave sweeps, pink noise, or AM/FM static for burn in. Some recommend using bass heavy music. The method of burning in a headphone does not change depending on model or manufacturer."

How long is the battery life?

Just curious

If you mean a fully charged iPod Classic battery, when new, it is about 40 continuous hours of music or about 6 hours of video.
However, it has a shelf life of about 400 recharge cycles, which mean if you recharge once a week, it will last about 6-8 years, although it is not linear, as the capacity is reduced over every recharge, and you may have to recharge more than once a week.
Most iPod after the first year, has about 30 hours of continuous music, and about 4-5 hours of video.
Have a nice day!

Hard drive size and its effect on battery life

My hard drive recently failed on my powerbook and am in the market for a new one. Though the original was only 60GB I have settled on buying either a 120GB or 160GB probably from seagate (momentus 5400.3) or possibly Hitachi.
I was just wondering how much have a bigger hard drive reduces battery life? What will the diffence be having a 120 rather than 60? And would it be that much worse getting the 160? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

If you look at the Seagate hard drive specs at http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/dsmomentus5400.pdf you'll see that all of their drives use the same levels of power.

Where's the option to maximize battery life?

I remember seeing an option about battery life but now I can't find it. The option was to let Vista manage how much to charge the battery to maximize the long term life of the battery. The option actually lowers the per charge life since I think the startegy is to not always let it charge completely. Anyways, I looked through power manager and vistas power plans and cant find that option. Someone know where it's hiding and if it's worth using?
thanks

Hi there:
Open Power Manager, select Advanced View, select Battery tab, click on Battery Maintenance. I have read on this forum that some folks have set their thresholds at start charge ~40%, end charge ~80%.
I just did a quick search and found this from march 09, search terms "battery charge thresholds" (one hit, 49% confidence), scroll to jonlumpkin's reply.
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T400_series_ThinkPads&message.id=8742&query.id=1...
Hope this works.
Ulu
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My 160gb classic screen is frozen..Any ideas how to reboot??

My 160gb classic screen is frozen..Any ideas how to reboot??

alan,
Try a hard reset. To do this, press and hold both the Select (Center) and Menu buttons together long enough for the Apple logo to appear. This may take one or two tries.
Otherwise, it might be necessary to let the iPod's battery fully drain.
B-rock

80G Classic Battery Problem

Has no-one but me had a problem with the 80g Classic battery running down at helter-skelter speed even when not in use and turned off?
One day everything as normal, next day battery will hold power equivalent to the time to recharge it (kind of 1:1 ratio in and out).
Problem is I don't know if it's a simple battery change solution or if something else has happened. Everything has been turned off, no extras, covers, etc and I've reset it about 20 times. Can a battery go from good to bad so suddenly? The thing is maybe 3 years old and it's had its fair share of use. Hooked up it runs as it always has, but as it stands its now basically non-portable. Don't really want to do a restore as many, many folders have been personalized and I can't see how this would work anyway.......
Please advise if you can. If not cheers anyway and hope no-one gets the same problem.
Dave

One option is something like Griffin Technologies "Tune Juice" ...
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/tunejuice2
which takes 4xAAA batteries and is $30. You could then use rechargeable AAA batteries in it. Too bad it doesn't take AA batteries since rechargeable AA batteries tend to be easier to find I think. But there are other products out there like this one that will use standard batteries (9-volt, AA, & AAA usually) to hook up to and extend the battery life of an iPod. The advantage of these products is that in a pinch you can grab alkaline batteries at the airport gift shop or a local convenience store.
Just make sure any you look at EXPLICITLY states it will work with the Classic line as the newer iPods tend to be fussy about older chargers and power sources since they make use of the data pins now as well to initiate power and charging vs. the older iPods that only needed to see the two power pins.
Cheers,
Patrick

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