Best Time to Recharge the Zen Touch Batt

I was just wondering what the best time is to recharge my zne touch's battery. I have heard from some that I should wait until it gets as low as possible without having it be fully discharged is the best way to go, and others recommend partial charges. So, overall, how many bars should be left on the battery indicator when i recharge to get the longest life out of my battery?

Partial charges are better, although I can't give you a value to recharge at.
But honestly, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just enjoy using your player and charge when convenient as the Lithium Ion batteries are pretty tough.
The only thing to watch though is not to leave the battery flat for several weeks, as the voltage can drop below the detectable voltage for a charge.

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    Ok...my question--
    ) to preserve battery life span, shouldn't we wait for the player to die off complete, for example when it starts to display "low battery" before we recharge it's Does this post mean that we shouldn't actually wait for the battery to be complete;y drained off before a recharge? Does it mean we should always recharge, say when there's one bar left?
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    immunophilic wrote:
    Ok..i don't think this is convered in the FAQs.
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    ) to preserve battery life span, shouldn't we wait for the player to die off complete, for example when it starts to display "low battery" before we recharge it's Does this post mean that we shouldn't actually wait for the battery to be complete;y drained off before a recharge? Does it mean we should always recharge, say when there's one bar left?
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    <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3>Hi everyone.
    <SPAN>So I just went through all through posts to see how many names we have, and it turns out that there was much more discution than I thought there was. With all the names from the thread and from what UT-king has added we have ~556~ names. Its less than what I thought it was, but its still really good.
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    Message Edited by Torstein on 04-28-2005 06:54 AM

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    Spetznaz24 wrote:
    <FONT face=Verdana size=>I agree, Creative needs to put the EAX function back and allow for it to be USB MASS Storage Device without drivers,
    <FONT face=Verdana size=>Sergey K.<FONT face=Verdana size=>
    I agree with the EAX Function back, and also the USB MASS Storage Device.dzyl-

  • Why is the Zen Touch.

    I just wanted know know one thing, WHY DID YOU GUYS MAKE THE SMALLER ONES BETTER THAN THIS?!?!?! I own a 40gb creative zen touch and a friend of mine has a smaller 5gb one with exactly everything the touch has except the touch pad on the smaller one is better (liek the design you guys decided to choose) and having radio, as well as having the mic thing where you can record anything without using your computer. For example you can record important meetings in case you miss something out during the meeting without have a microphone connected to the computer to record. (if you dont know what i mean well i mean you just have the mp3 and you put the record function on during a conversation and you can listen to it afterwards instead of using a regular computer with a microphone at home...)
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    I saw it a while back and now it doesn't seem to be anywhere. Was there any word on what is going to happen? Is Creative considering it's

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    Please, keep checking on our website or register your email address so
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    Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
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    I already uninstalled N64oid, but kept the others 2D emulators, never had a problem with them, they run without lagging.
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  • Is The Zen Touch Sensitive To Moti

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    On the Zen Touch 20GB player, is the battery removable?

    Falcora wrote:
    I belei've that there are batteries available that include detailed instructions on how to open up the case and replace the battery on numerous websites. The drawback is that it is difficult to replace the battery on the go.
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