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Started by CRAZZZY STONER at 9/22/2009 05:53:29. Topic has 25 replies.
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9/22/2009 05:53:29
Zune battery not all its filled up to be...
hey guys i've noticed my zune's battery getting less then 1/3 of Microsoft specs on how long the battery should last. What have you guys been noticing about battery life?

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9/22/2009 15:59:43
re: Zune battery not all its filled up to be...
Did you leave it to charge until it was completely full before even attempting to use it the first time?

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9/22/2009 22:29:04
re: Zune battery not all its filled up to be...
Yep, that's just about what I'm getting. I posted on Sunday.
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9/23/2009 09:47:13
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I pose the same question to you.

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9/24/2009 21:24:19
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yea i charged mine fully up the first time. Not even the first time but i do every time and then wait till it's in the red before recharge.

This is crazy Microsoft says it can play videos for 8.5 hours and i can't even get through a 2 hour football game video, yes wifi off, and i keep the volume low. this is crazzzy, defective zune? but if it was why would the other guy have the same problem...

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9/25/2009 02:50:40
re: Zune battery not all its filled up to be...
 CRAZZZY STONER wrote:
yea i charged mine fully up the first time. Not even the first time but i do every time and then wait till it's in the red before recharge.

This is crazy Microsoft says it can play videos for 8.5 hours and i can't even get through a 2 hour football game video, yes wifi off, and i keep the volume low. this is crazzzy, defective zune? but if it was why would the other guy have the same problem...


It's a new product...as such you're bound to run into more issues with the first released devices as opposed to ones made later in the manufacturing cycle. That explains 2 (or probably more) people have the same issue out there.

Just out of curiosity is your screen brightness turned down as well?

If it's still not right after turning down the brightness then I'd call them up and see if you can get a new one.

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9/30/2009 20:57:38
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wait when you say don't use till fully charged for the first time in till it's fully charged is it okay to be syncing and updating it while it's charging for the first time?

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9/30/2009 21:29:03
re: Zune battery not all its filled up to be...
It seems that on mine the battery indicator is just off.  After the battery icon shows full it still charges for an hour or so.
Two hours of use the icon still shows full and after i got a low battery warning I watched two hours of video before it turned off.
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10/1/2009 01:56:39
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 CRAZZZY STONER wrote:
wait when you say don't use till fully charged for the first time in till it's fully charged is it okay to be syncing and updating it while it's charging for the first time?


Yup that's fine as long as it's actually still charging.  You just don't want to unplug the device from the port until it shows fully charged (the green indicator for the battery).

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10/1/2009 01:58:48
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 TBMF wrote:
It seems that on mine the battery indicator is just off.  After the battery icon shows full it still charges for an hour or so.
Two hours of use the icon still shows full and after i got a low battery warning I watched two hours of video before it turned off.


So the icon shows green after 2 hours of use? That is weird.

Just to clarify...a full white bar is not fully charged...it turns green when fully charged.  If it seems that far off though fully run the battery down to a point where it won't even turn on (and shows the battery icon on the screen) and then fully charge it.  That usually will reset the charge indicator on any device.

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10/1/2009 03:03:02
re: Zune battery not all its filled up to be...
I posted that last post when i received my new zune HD and it was charging. Weird thing though when charging it would have the battery icon with scwiggels through it for a few seconds then switch back to white with how ever full it was for a few seconds and keep repeating.

After reading your last post that's weird because I'll charge it till it's green, then as soon as i disconnect it it shows white battery.

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10/1/2009 03:06:35
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 CRAZZZY STONER wrote:
I posted that last post when i received my new zune HD and it was charging. Weird thing though when charging it would have the battery icon with scwiggels through it for a few seconds then switch back to white with how ever full it was for a few seconds and keep repeating.

After reading your last post that's weird because I'll charge it till it's green, then as soon as i disconnect it it shows white battery.


Yup it should only show green while it's still plugged in.  Once it's disconnected from power it knows it and switches it to show white :)

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