Zune 8gb battery life How is the battery life on this mp3 player. How does it compare to an 8gb ipod nano or other comparable mp3 players?
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Well I just got a new zune 8gb and i feel that the battery empties too fast... in only a 5 hours of listening the battery is half empty =/ ...Is it normal? What should I do ? Should I return it?
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Have you upgraded to the latest firmware Karen? The new firmware manages the battery much better. Also, for the first few usages, the battery will not yet utilise its full potential. Make sure you empty it fully before charging it. After a few usages, you will get its optimum performance. If you continuously use it, you should easily get about 12hours of music. But if you turn on and off occasionally, it will draw the battery faster. Also, remember that the wireless is always using the battery too. Turn it off for more listening time :) I hope that helps.
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What exactly is updating firmware?? My 4 GB doesn't work, could that be it?
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Hey Pat,as a nano + zune user, I guess I can definitely answer to your question here..I have used both players so far and both of them have averagely similar battery life..I feel like my Zune uses a little more battery though but that must be due to wireless syncing..Thing about Zune, I charged it one day, and then left it on my desk for a week with the hold button locked, and after a week, the battery didnt get used up even a little..If you will have access to your laptop/PC in the next 24 hours, then you can be assured your player will run fine with you :)
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926770?sd=zune This is the link that shows you how to update your zune. Hope it helps.
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To really preserve battery life, turn off your zune while you're not using it. Press the back button and press and hold down on the zune pad at the same time fo 5-10 seconds and the zune will turn off instead of just going to sleep. To turn on push the play/pause button. Whatever you do, DO NOT Press and hold the play/pause button and the back button at the same time because this will reset your zune (delete everything). I learned this the hard way.
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the wireless feature should be turned off. Always lock the hold button when not using zune. This improved the battery life on my 8 Gb a lot.
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I have return my zune 8G 3 times now and it always does the same thing,if i can get 8 hours of music with NO wifi and display set to low i am lucky.
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I have owned Zune 80 GB for the past 3 years. It worked fine initially. It stayed unused for the, past year or more. Now that I want to use again, it is giving me a lot of problems. It took hours for the screen to even light up when I started to charge.The battery is draining dead after being fully charged in hold or off position.It is abruptly shutting off while playing music, if I touch any button for >>, << or pause.I cannot turn it on unless I connect it to the computer.Does anybody know what is going on? .........Ms. Espee.
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Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player (Black) I really loved my zune 30 gb (1st generation), however it let me down when one day while charging it in a wall outlet it deleted every song I had on it. I would like to know how can I get those songs back on my zune it seems to not allow me to do so. if you can help me i would appreciate it.
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I just got the 16GB for Christmas. After reading all the battery posts, the first thing I did was charge it fully, then play it until the battery died. I got 20+ hours. I think a lot has to do with how often the screen is "lit". If you're constantly shuffling through, picking songs, adjusting volume etc. i think one would get less life than just playing it like I did (the screen was black most of the time since I wasn't adjusting anything). And of course, i would expect video or games to kill the battery even quicker. That would be a good test, play a video straight through and see the life. I don't have any videos loaded, so I can't really test that.
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I've never had an Ipod so no "vs" report here...but...the MP-3 player is great. Holds a kazillion tunes by artist, style (rock, country, hip-hop, etc), gendre & so on. Easy to use, even for an old fart like me. Plays through powered speakers or thru your computer,or car radio (if you have an input). Charge seems to last a long time and they are cheap. How ya gonna lose?
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The problem that microsoft is running through the mp3 business, is not for the fact that they cant create good mp3 players, but ipod has already got a monopoly in this industry since they got a head start. Microsoft is going through the problem, that macs are going through against the pc, the consumers are used to the user interface and very few people switch over. I really dont think people who have used ipods and itunes, will switch over to the zune, just like not very many pc users are switching over to the mac.
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Good. I just ordered the 30g Zune for myself. I'm anxiously waiting to see and try it. for christmas
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ok thanks, I was thinking about buying a sansa fuze 8gb mp3 player on black friday and I wanted to know if i could make it at least 16gb total with the mirco sd card and now that I know I can, I will be buying the mp3 player. thanks again.
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Yes, I think it gets 15 hours of battery life only if you are not really using the player much during those 15 hours. If you press buttons/look at the screen, the battery life is much shorter.
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Do you know what generation zune you have? Unfortunately my zune broke before I was able to use it. I had a 30gb zune which was a little boxy and not slender
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The iPod works well, it's only complained once when exposed to -20 degree weather. The charge is excellent with regular playlist use (approx 8-12 hours) with the FM tuner it lasts about 4 hours though. Although considering the age it's pretty good.
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I have the same problem. Got my Zune today and nothing. The battery icon stays on the screen even when it is unplugged. Guess the price was too good to be true.
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Can we try not to have an iPod VS. Zune discussion until the Zune is, at least, Released? The iPod has been around for FIVE years and is in it's 5th generation. There are almost 70 million people who joined the iPod culture. I don't think this is a fair fight. Plus, we can't be walking around with iPods forever. Trends can end as soon as they start. I personally applaud Microsoft for giving it a shot and delivering a product that's exciting enough to compete with the iPod.
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This player looks great, but if the battery life is short and not replacable, then it become very disappointing. Questions:What is the life expectancy of the battery (within the two year coverage)?You can't send it to Sansa and get it replaced?
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Hi Savanna - Again, thanks for your question! our Shuffles, they are 2 GB -enough memory power for about 15 hours of music. We would love to be able to offer our customers more storage capacity, but Apple does not currently make an iPod Shuffle music player with more than 2 GB storage capacity. Best regards, and happy swimming.. Ivan at Swim Audio
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I'll try that recommendation. I usually get about 4-6 hours of playing time (afterall my iPod IS 6+ months old), but that's with tinkering around with settings, pictures, playlists, AND having the backlight on "10 seconds". I'm switching it lower and I'll see what I get.But, the older the iPod gets, the lower battery life it'll get, everyone should know that. It's a lithium-ion battery that has about 500 charges in it, and with each charge it lessens the battery life, it's inevitable, but worth it.
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The Zune has a 60mb version, I saw it at Walmart, I don't know if it's 60mb exactly but it's a small portable Zune.Besides the Zune has just came out, you can't expect it to have all the models that the Ipod already has.
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I use my mp3 exclusively for audiobooks. I'm a real junkie and listen nonstop all day when I'm not at work. The first one I bought was a Zen V. It had issues, but improved when Creative came out with new firmware. After using it for a year, the battery would no longer hold a charge. There was no way to replace the battery. So I decided to look for a player with a user-replaceable battery and bought a Zen Micro. It worked fine for a few weeks, then it broke and Creative said they could not repair it. I decided the battery was more of an issue than the bookmarking, so I bought a Sansa e250 v2. I've had it for about a month and it's great. Better than either of the Creative players. But it doesn't have bookmarking. Rockbox wizards are working on a new version that will work with the Sansa e250v2, so I'm hoping that will give it bookmarking capability. The resume playing works really well with the Sansa (unlike with the 2 creative players). Since I only listen to one book at a time and don't listen to music, the only time bookmarking is really an issue is when I transfer or delete books when the player is connected to my PC. (I have a Gomadic wall charger to recharge the battery at night.) I'm really not sure about the full time stamping. My library changed from netLibrary to Overdrive. Overdrive breaks audiobooks into multiple files instead of having one really large file like NetLibrary, so that hasn't been an issue. In 2006 a survey showed that 25% of the adult US population listens to audiobooks. It's really stupid that mp3 manufacturers continue to ignore our needs when the technology and software already exists to provide every player with full time stamping and bookmarking. If just one of them would come out with a reliable player with a user-replaceable battery and those features, they would probably rival iPOD overnight. If Sansa would respond with a firmware update to provide those features, the e200 series could be that player. Instead, they foolishly continue to ignore the pleas of audiobook listeners.