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Shuffle Song mode relationship with Battery Life on iPod mini?
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phantomo
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Jul 27, 2004, 04:05 AM
 
I usually play my mini in Shuffle Song mode and my battery life is lousy. After completely charge up the mini and play shuffle song for an hour, I will have about 80% battery left. During play, I don't touch the mini to change songs or anything. Also, EQ and Sound Check are both off. My normal practice is 2 hours use per day and I will have to recharge it every two days so I am getting only ~4 hours of battery life on this new mini.

Is this normal or I should visit an Apple repair center?

Thanks for your input.
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Jul 30, 2004, 11:55 PM
 
Shuffle song mode probably causes your iPod hard drive's read/write heads to seek quite a bit more than under sequential play mode. I don't know how much this would shorten your iPod's battery life, though.
     
   
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