Charging Zen V plus Batter

Hey?I got my creative zen v plus a couple of days ago and im new to all this sort of thing, i was just wondering if like a mobile phone it is better for the zen if you dont charge it up untill its completely flat as it will make battery life last longer, or if it doesnt matter being charged even when its half full. Thanks for any help.

Yeap your better now giving mobile phones and Zens plenty of top ups after you initial battery priming, SSR did do a guide of priming you battery, something to do with a definite empty and definate full conditions, then regular top ups when ever you can.

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well that seams amazingly ignorant of the fact that people own macs.
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I had the same problem. I tried to charge the battery but the mains icon would only come up, and not the lightning bolt that shows it is charging.
I ended up buying another battery, as i thought the first one was defecti've. The same thing happened with this one. (I thought it was to do with the fact I hadn't regularly used my player, and hence the battery had failed)
I saw a post for checking the player's HD and re-setting the machine (as just posted in last few posts in this thread) and it worked!
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Hi,
my brother had the same problem with a Zen MicroPhoto. He'd purchased it from the high street and got a generic mains to USB socket converter, he connected from the Adaptor to the zen with the supplied usb cable, and it never charged the Zen.
I got him a creative charger from Ebay and that works fine.
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vadonna wrote:
I have heard just the opposite - let the battery drain out completely before recharging for longer life. Can Creative chime in on this? What's best for long battery life?Donna
^[url="http://lifehacker.com/software/laptop/ask-lifehacker-readers-extending-long+term-battery-life-73976.php">That is true for NiCAD batteries, as they have a 'memory'.[/url]
All I can say is how I've done it and my 2 year+ year old battery is still useful.
Here is some information:
Eugene says:
The tips about always fully discharging your battery are all old. Modern lithium ION batteries usually have a MTBF of 300 cycles so if you fully discharge it 300 times then its worn out. Full discharges are only needed to calibrate the time remaining prediction, discharging fully all the time is the worst thing you can do for it. Removing the battery does no good unless your laptop is of a poor design that runs too hot, any modern laptop turns off the charge once the battery is at 00%, but some laptops with poor thermal designed will keep the battery too warm which can result in a decreased life. Also remember that lithium ION batteries have a finite shelf life anyway so every year of its age it looses some of its life so basically its going to wear out in a 3 years no matter how well you treat it. Thats the trade-off we get for pushing the technology. Newer Lithium Ion batteries are starting to come out rated with 500 cycle li'ves now so its improving gradually.

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vadonna wrote:
I have heard just the opposite - let the battery drain out completely before recharging for longer life. Can Creative chime in on this? What's best for long battery life?Donna
^[url="http://lifehacker.com/software/laptop/ask-lifehacker-readers-extending-long+term-battery-life-73976.php">That is true for NiCAD batteries, as they have a 'memory'.[/url]
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Can you recharge it through the USB port? Or do i have to waste hundreds of swedish crownes on batteries?

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Message Edited by jack36 on -08-20072:42 AM

reset it then cleanup>reboot theplayer http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ap&thread.id=3

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Not sure if this hel
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