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gulmatan · Sep 4, 2006, 07:03 PM

Hi all,

Please clarifry something for me. Ever since I had my 10Gig iPod (2Gen), I was under the impression that, even when the iPod is turned off, when the Hold switch is engaged, there is still a power draw. Does this apply to my 60GB iPod Photo?

imitchellg5 · Sep 4, 2006, 08:10 PM

There is always a power draw, no matter if hold is on or off. Li-on batteries don't hold their charge forever

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Big Mac · Sep 5, 2006, 03:32 AM

That's not the question he was asking, mitchell.

I think that still applies, gulmatan.

test22 · Sep 5, 2006, 04:55 AM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

There is always a power draw, no matter if hold is on or off. Li-on batteries don't hold their charge forever

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ghporter · Sep 5, 2006, 07:30 AM

Any iPod uses a tiny bit of power when it's "off." Since there's no real "off" switch, you CAN'T really turn off an iPod, and it needs to check the controlls every now and then to see if you're trying to use it. The Hold switch, IIRC, just tells it to ignore the controls, so it won't accidentally wake up when they're bumped.

There are two levels of sleep in an iPod. When you hold the pause button for about 6-10 seconds, it "goes to sleep," into a state where it will immediately resume operation-where you left off-as soon as you press any of the control buttons. If you leave it in this state for an extended period of time (I don't know how long this is supposed to be) it will go into "deep sleep." In deep sleep, when you wake the iPod up, it reboots-you'll see the Apple logo on the screen as evidence of this-and your previous state is lost. Deep sleep uses very little power, but it still uses some, so eventually an unused iPod will run itself down no matter what.

Big Mac · Sep 5, 2006, 07:36 AM

And yet I left a new iPod video in its box for about four months and it still had a charge when I finally opened it. I was pretty impressed by that.

imitchellg5 · Sep 6, 2006, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

If you leave it in this state for an extended period of time (I don't know how long this is supposed to be)

Normally it is one week

gulmatan · Sep 7, 2006, 03:16 AM

So, what's the answer?

ghporter · Sep 7, 2006, 06:20 PM

Official answer? I don't have one. I have not seen any specs about this. My iPod sits idle more than it's used, so it goes into the deep sleep state after a day or two, not a week. But this happens whether or not the hold switch is on, so that doesn't address the question. I do not think that an iPod uses more power with the hold switch on than with it off-I cannot think of a reason it should-but I can't prove that.