My Zune will only hold a charge for about a half an hour to an hour, and its supposed to have a 12 hour battery life! Am I charging it wrong or something? Or is it faulty? Should I return it?
2007-01-15 15:06:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
go to settings on the zune:
turn wireless off
go to music then make sure equalize says none
go back to settings
go to display
make backlight to 1 second, 5 seconds, or 15 seconds
make brightness low or medium
go back to settings
make sounds off
there ya go;
also of course frequently going to the hard drive will deplet your battery as well;
so make a playlist so you can't skip through to buynches of songs.
test this out..
work it with those settings for a couple of days..
if it doesn't work take it back asap as defective :]
2007-01-17 06:38:11 · answer #1 · answered by just amanda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are four basic things that will cause a battery to have a short charge capacity:
1. It's defective. If it worked like this from the start, this is the most likely possibility...but not guaranteed.
2. It's old. Li-Ion batteries' internal components corrode from the day they are built, and when they reach a certain point they'll just stop working very well (um, this is measured in years unless you've been baking the battery, so the Zune isn't old enough that this should be a problem).
3. The hard-drive is horribly fragmented. Clean it out, reload everything, and see if it works better.
4. You've got everything cranked to the maximum settings. Running the backlight _all_the_time_, turning the volume up to the highest setting, constantly shuffling through menus to select each song that you play vs. using playlists or playing entire albums/artists, etc. This is your most likely problem if the battery is not defective, given how new the Zune is. Remember, everything that you do with a battery-operated device draws on the available charge, and the more wasteful you are with that charge, the less it'll do for you when you're looking for long-lasting playback.
So, try checking out options 3 & 4, and if it doesn't fix the problem you got a bad battery. Take it back. Get a new one, buy an iPod instead, pocket the money, or whatever you feel like doing. If it happens three years from now, and the latter two options still fail to fix it, your battery is dying from old age, and you'll either need to replace the battery, or upgrade to a new player.
2007-01-16 15:00:07 · answer #2 · answered by the_amazing_purple_dave 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's probaly defective. Here's some of the top things that will drain Zune's battery:
1. Turning on the wi-fi feature : that really pulls it down. If nobody's around, or if you just don't need it, turn it off. From the home menu, go to settings, and on the wi-fi part, make sure it says off.
2. Watching videos : if you managed to find videos, watching them can drain the batteries too. Don't watch too much.
3. Not recharging them daily : it should have 14 hours if you don't use wi-fi. At least that's what I know. I don't think you spend the 14 hours of your day listening to it all the time. So recharge it. Buying an AC adaptor will give it a supercharge.
That's about it. Don't listen to redsoxer. He talks about Zune's bad things, just because it's from Microsoft. No MP3 player is perfect. He's just a hater. Contact me if you need more help. I'll be glad to help.
Sorry just amanda - I don't want him to get away with it. I've seen many cases where he's won, because of his looooong post.
2007-01-17 02:57:35 · answer #3 · answered by quikboy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All rechargable batteries decrease in capacity with time. This is natural. If you've had it a long time then its probably time to replace it. To maintain good battery life, if its a NiCad battery u are using, you should drain the battery from time to time and then recharge it, because this affects its life. If its Lithium-Ion, you dont have to worry about that because it doesnt affect it at all.
2007-01-15 15:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes it will run down fast if you leave the screen on. or it possibly can have a small short in that. possible bad battery. take it back an get another one.
2007-01-15 15:46:33 · answer #5 · answered by manningbj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds like a bad one. I would call technical support and do what they say or take it back and get an ipod.
2007-01-15 15:12:39 · answer #6 · answered by jesse6317 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
of course you should return it, i hope you bought that warranty if possible. bring a receipt.
2007-01-15 15:09:40 · answer #7 · answered by lemonsquare 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would take it back. mine lasts way longer then that
2007-01-15 15:29:52 · answer #8 · answered by Jamie 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Return it and get an iPod.
2007-01-15 15:09:54 · answer #9 · answered by flamingo_sandy 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
HOPE ITS NOT ONE OF THOSE SONY BATTRIES...HEHE!
2007-01-15 21:09:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋