Technology iPod Battery Question

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[tinman831]

How long did you charge it before you let it play non stop?

 

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[southerndoc]

Only until the battery meter was full (ipod fully charged). I conducted this experiment only a couple of days after I bought the ipod.

The battery meter will read full with a quick charge of only 2 hours. I know, I know, it's rather stupid for Apple to do this. To fully charge, you need to charge it for 8 hours.

 

[mustangsally65]

I've got a 3rd generation iPod, I got it in 2003, so my experience may be different from yours since my iPod is older and different.

But I've found a lot of things affect the battery life, like if you leave it in your car in the cold it will lose battery power faster, or if the backlight is on, it's on repeat and shuffle then it drains it faster as well. I bought a car charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter so I never charge mine at home much, I just charge it in the car, which is probably bad because it's not a continuous charge like southerndoc said.