Battery Life: Is anyone else having battery issues with the Innotab?
494931
Like pretty much all touch phones/tablets the backlight and touchscreen gobble up a considerable amount of power. Go with some rechargeables.
794724
I have the same problem. Always running out of battery. Then the dock stopped working, so I am not at all happy. Good luck.
2184830
I am wondering the same....I have a Z560 Ideapad as well. Hopefully someone can confirm because my current battery is a goner.
144711
I also bought a refurb and love it. I went into the settings and turned brightness way down but its still seems plenty bright. You can check in settings and see which programs are the biggest drain. Turning off Bluetooth will also help. I think companies always overestimate how much battery life they can achieve (they probably measure the life by how long you can listen to mp3's continuously). I don't think you should be concerned.
308199
I can't say I've left it in standby from a full charge till it has died, but overnight drop in standby was pretty high. Probably between 15-20% drop. I think the worst I have seen it was close to 35% drop one night. I mostly just shut down if I know I am not going to be using it for extended periods because the boot up time is so fast. probably under 20 seconds max.
156748
Low battery life. I guesstimate my Suunto Core lasts maybe 1 month or 2, only.
738405
We just bought this innotab 2 and love it. We had the fist one, but my little boy kept dropping it so it no longer worked properly. I would wait until she is 4 or so to get it, it didn't make it long at our house due to slippery fingers! Hopefully now that he is 5 this new one will fare better. Good luck!!
991284
I installed my unit the first of the year and I'm showing about 45% remaining. I don't use the unit all that much but I suspect the connectivity to the base unit (Elan in my case) is the biggest user of battery life. I might try Lithium next go around. I really like the lock/display...
1928758
Battery life has not been a problem. EVery once in a while we need to remove a battery, let it rest for a few minutes and then replace it. Otherwise, no problem.
2040014
I've been using energizer batteries and I doubt any rechargeable batteries will do any better. The Innotab just isn't all that portable with it's battery drainage....I might try an external 9V battery pack to use with the external plug instead.
1989642
I wished i could help you but i have no idea.. bought this especially for the innotab
957164
I'm having the same issue here. Then it takes hours to fully charge it again.
263388
I think I may keep it. I want to keep it anyway. I downloaded the newest firmware update which is supposed to deal with some of the issues with alarm presets and lost wifi connections so hopefully this will work. The battery pack finally was just made available on the logitech web site and I really like the idea of being able to use the radio anywhere for up to 6 hours with the rechargeable battery. I just ordered the battery pack so I will just try to wait it out to see if there are any more problems with the radio.
266738
I use this keyboard for several hours everyday, and though I haven't tracked exact battery usage, it's never been an issue.
1644666
Has anyone experienced problems with the touch screen calibration. My son's Innotab has gone on a mad one. You touch the screen on one part, but it is recognising it as if you are touching somewhere else? (e.g when you have the keyboard up and try to touch the letter 'a', it thinks you are touching the letter 'g') Still waiting on a reply from VTech about this problem, as I have no idea how to fix it.I have 'updated' my sons Innotab and it made no difference to the problem.Any ideas?
2081211
I've not had any problems with battery life, but then plug in to charge every evening. Yes, I am very happy with the transformer keyboard.
1964214
I don't know. You could call Innotek customer support, I've talked to them a couple of times and they've always been helpful.