View Full Version : Stopping on the ipod?
Litninfingers63
02-19-2004, 06:59 AM
I'm kinda confused.
At work, I listen to my iPod to pass the time, and I put it on random songs.
Question one: Will this effect the battery life? As in making it dye faster?
Anyways, at work, I may go 14 songs with out stopping. Then someone may say something to me, causing me to stop it. but I don't know how!
The only way I've found out is to go to song one, and hit pause then rewind - this causes the iPod to freeze and use too much battery power.
If I pause the song, will it still be sucking up power? Or is pausing it the way to 'stop' the song?
Pause kinda is stop.
Or you can hold down pause for a few seconds to turn it off properly.
pt4117
02-19-2004, 08:55 AM
The ipod is always sucking up power. It is not going to be a huge drain on the battery to just pause it. It actually will take more power to turn it off, and then back on again.
The Pause button will have the same effect as a stop button, except that it doesn't restart the song at the begining. If you want to do that just hit the back button.
Shadow
02-19-2004, 09:34 AM
If you leave the iPod paused long enough (60 seconds?), it will automatically shut off. Even if it shuts off, if you just press play again it will continue playing from the exact point of where you paused the song.
Litninfingers63
02-19-2004, 09:02 PM
okay. Thanks guys.
SouthsideIrish
02-19-2004, 09:15 PM
Yes, it will affect the iPod's battery life in a good way. By putting it on shuffle play the iPod knows exactly what the next song will be and is able to fill up the buffer when it empties, so this will give you the maximum battery life possible. Depending on how you encode you should be able to play it most of the day, if you don't touch it.
SouthsideIrish
02-19-2004, 09:18 PM
Yes, it will affect the iPod's battery life in a good way. By putting it on shuffle play the iPod knows exactly what the next song will be and is able to fill up the buffer when it empties, so this will give you the maximum battery life possible. Depending on how you encode you should be able to play it most of the day, if you don't touch it.
BTW, I have a number of 8 hour smartlists, and generally play one of these depending on my mood, although right now I'm playing my five star smartlist.
Aricbaker
02-23-2004, 12:01 PM
While the iPod is a great mp3 player, it makes a poor bumper. It is small, hard to see and extremely fragle. Even a sub compact car or a light motercycle will crush it if you accidently stop ON the iPod. Always try to stop just BEFORE the iPod if you must use it in that way.
Oh.. You meant... never mind...