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Old 03-22-2008, 07:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
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It literally lasts 2 hours. It's only a month old. The only way I could've ****ed it up is throwing song on it when I got it and ****ing up the charge sequence.



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Old 03-22-2008, 07:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
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How long do you allow it to charge?
Does the status bar show green?
Can you exchange it?
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Only last 2 hours!!! Dang.. but yeah try recalibrating your zunes battery. Just click the link it well lead you to the Microsoft site and will show you how to recalibrate your zunes battery. This should work in my opinion, since my friends zune 8 was like yours. But lasted for 3 hours he recalibrated the battery and it lasts alot longer now.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927710/en-us
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You could use it when you first opened it, so long as you didn't drain the battery completely. The only thing you need to worry about with lithium ion batteries is making sure that they don't go dead and charging them to full capacity if you don't plan on using them for a few weeks (depending on the battery). I would return it since video is supposed to last up to 4 hours alone.
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Only last 2 hours!!! Dang.. but yeah try recalibrating your zunes battery. Just click the link it well lead you to the Microsoft site and will show you how to recalibrate your zunes battery. This should work in my opinion, since my friends zune 8 was like yours. But lasted for 3 hours he recalibrated the battery and it lasts alot longer now.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927710/en-us
ok, this is a bit confusing. I followed what the link says...when it's fully charged does it want me to play it til it's dead again? then recharge?



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Yes, wait for it to die, then recharge again.

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Old 03-24-2008, 03:41 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Is wireless on? Turn that off.
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The fastest way to drain the battery is to do the following:

Set the screen brightneess to high
Turn on the wifi
Play a song
Get a heavy object and put it on top of the right button

Also... the zune will take about 5-10 full charges to reach its full capacity.




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Old 03-25-2008, 07:39 AM   #9 (permalink)
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if you are shuffling your music mind the fact your zune will use up more battery, playlists are an easy cure to that
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