Nov
09
How to extend your iPod’s battery life
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With the increased battery life of the modern iPod’s, there are still some things that you can do to increase the life of your iPod. These simple tips will help increase the battery life of your iPod so that you don’t have to go through the hassle of a dead battery.
Pausing vs. standby
Because much of the power consumed by hard-disk iPods (not the Nano or Shuffle) spins the disk, press Pause when you leave the player unattended. Left playing in default mode, the iPod will run until the battery is drained.
However, you might think you have turned it off, when you’ve actually entered a standby mode. The way Play/Pause is engineered on the click dial, if you press down until the screen goes dark, the iPod may be in a paused standby mode (not Pause), which uses more power. To verify that the unit is in Pause mode, press the middle button. When the screen lights up, look in the upper-left corner for dual bars (Pause), not the triangle (Play). To cut power totally, flip the Hold switch on the top.