The Rock EQ sucked it up, cuz everything is on 11.
:-o
Err, sorry, only if you were listening to the Spinal Tap discography all that time. Seriously, the EQ does use more processing power (I believe all this magic is done in DSP so it has to work harder to tweak the EQ curve in realtime etc.)
Volume level and headphone impedance both obviously make a difference, are you using the stock 'buds or something more audiophilic??
Finally, give it a chance, cycle the battery a few times and see where it gets you.
I think perhaps people are expecting too much from this rudimentary battery meter. I don’t think it was ever meant to be an extremely accurate meter but rather rough guideline.
I don’t believe batteries discharge at a linear rate to begin with. The more the battery is drained the less the output voltage and the greater the current needed to supply the device. Due to the internal resistance that every battery has, there is a voltage drop internally to the battery itself. The more current is drawn the more the internal voltage drop. No battery is a perfect current source. As a result I think you will find the more you discharge a battery the faster it will discharge. What this means is that you cannot say that each 25% of the battery discharge will last 4 hours as some are trying to say.
I guess that makes sense… My battery meter is VERY innacurate. It stays at 100% for about 4 hrs 20 min, while it stays at 75% for at least 3 hrs longer. The last 25% gives me about 30 minutes of playtime. I’m looking foward to the new firmware!
Sasafrass452 wrote:
I can now confirm that I get 16 hrs 40 min of playtime with my Clip… much better than I thought
Wow! That’s great! Mine isn’t faring as well. After the meter taking about 4 hours of play to go from full to 75%, it’s now dropping to the 50% and 25% level much fastrer!- This is understandable though, as I have the EQ highly tweaked; often listen at at least half volume or more and have been using it out in below freezing temps. I’m still very pleased with it.
It’s been two weeks now since I’ve charged it…I may just have to charge 'er up next week!
I just noticed another “behavior”, which could help explain some of the “self discharge” issues…
After doing a connect/disconnect, and after the database refresh (not playing any songs, just to do some testing around the ring light issue in '20) then changing the power OFF time to 5 minutes, then reconsidering and setting it back to 30 seconds, I set the device down for a few minutes, waiting for it to power OFF. Well after 30 seconds had elapsed, but not quite 5 minutes later, I hit the center button (why? I don’t know why) and THE CLIP WAS STILL ON (BTW the ring light came back ON again, too, and without a hard power cycle).
I need to see if I can replicate this and if I can, see if the Clip EVER shuts itself off - after one hour, it should for sure…
Nice find, Click… I can’t see why anyone would just set it down without actually turning it off, even though it’s *supposed* to turn off automatically. I always turn it off manually when I’m done using it… But it might very well be the culpret in some cases.
It’s a personal preference thing, but - I seldom use the switch, trusting in the self-power down most of the time. It’s just easier to pause a song when the phone rings or when I’m done using it for awhile, then it’s into the pocket or backpack. Presumably, it shuts itself down (I have had no self-discharge issues on either of the two Clips I own). When I need it again, yeah, THEN the power switch gets pushed.
I wonder how many users prefer to use the switch and how many prefer to trust the soft power down?? It would be nice if the forum had a “poll” option…
I use the power switch to shut 'er down…after pausing the song first. My Clip does shut down automatically though- I have the power on factory setting…and a few times, when I had paused it and not resumed soon enough (like after a minute or two) it needed to be restarted with the power switch. (Darn, I love this li’l thing!)
I think it’s best to use the power switch, so the battery isn’t drained any further. Even if it’s only a minute, you’ve lost that minute of playtime. 16 hrs isn’t really that much when you think about it. Every minute counts…
On a different note… I haven’t noticed any change in the battery meter since getting the new firmware. I’ve had it on for at least a couple of hours worth, & it still reads 100%. I thought it was supposed to be more gradual, as the battery is used? Or maybe I misunderstood?
Anyone notice any difference in performance with the new firmware version 20? Thus far I have not. Would be nice to have an option to disable the equilizer instead of just setting it to 0db gain on all 5 bands.
hy_tek wrote:
Anyone notice any difference in performance with the new firmware version 20? Thus far I have not. Would be nice to have an option to disable the equilizer instead of just setting it to 0db gain on all 5 bands.
When the equalizer is flat (all bands in the middle position- which is the factory setting) it is the same as not having an EQ.
