ipod Video Battery

Well my Video is faulty because I only get 4 hours of music and an hour- 1 1/2 of video. I probably will get a brand new video and I can sell that for like $285. Any other suggestions on how I can get a Nano from my Video? I just dislike the Video because of the battery and I usually listen to my iPod a lot but with the Video you have to be more careful and the whole thing is just bigger.

 

I got a 60gig Video Ipod and if I switch songs often and scroll through all of my songs which keeps the backlight on I barely get an hour before the battery goes to red. This is listening to music only at 3/4 volume no equilizer. I put the thing on shuffle and let it play without touching it and no backlight and I got 8 hours. Personally I think I should be able to switch songs alot and the battery should last 8 hours not less than 1. I am kind of pissed about it.

How do you guys charge your Video Ipod? Does anyone who uses a charger instead of using USB from PC get longer play times? I was just wondering. If you do then I will buy a charger.

 

I know what you mean. Espicially your 60GB is supposed to have 20 hours of music according to apple. I am having difficluty with my Video too. It's annonying how no one gets the battery life according to apple. Check it out I charge my iPod Video using the charger brick ($29.99). I fell that it charges my iPod relatively fast, but I have never charged my iPod througth the computer. It's kind of a pain because it doesn't charge when on standby. It's also inconvenient that you have to use a USB port epicially when traveling I'll see if apple will let me trade in my Video for a white 4gb nano. Hope I have helped solve ur problem

 

Turn you iPod on and let it play until the battery is dead and your ipod turns off. Next, charge it for four hours which is how long Apple says it takes to charge to 100%. Repeat this process again and you should notice an increase in the battery life. When I did this with mine I went from only six hours of battery life to over twelve.

 

Which iPod do you have?

Can this be done with any of iPod?

 

also my iPod Video's battery all of a sudden turns low but than in a minute or less it goes back up. Is this normal and does it happen to any one else's iPodd Video?

 

my iPod video 30gb does that. maybe if i watch a music video it will go into red zone. about 5 mins later it is up to half battery :S does anyone know why?

 

I have the 5G 30GB model. I'll admit I wasn't expecting much in the way of results when I did the full discharge and recharge, but as I said my battery life did increase after doing it and it is still performing well.

 

Anyone know where to sell my iPod Video for $285. Only been used 2 weekes about 5 hours of use and I got about 10-15 videos loaded on it. I dont want to sell it on ebay because they charge like 10% so i will actually be getting a bout $260 out of the $300. Any Ideas. Desperte for Nano.

 

you dont really need the stupid backlight on ALL the time i have mine off. if its light out or im in a well lit room videos look good without it! use the light when u need it it is the main battery killer. i watched 6 hours of straight movies and batt had just gone into red zone. best thing to do is drain the battery fully THEN charge it after all, Lithium Ion and Nickel Cadmium batteries will use up that charge very quickly then continue to drain from where its last full good charge was. i notice this very much with my laptop and portable dvd players. the portable music players have advanced a lot but batteries havent... live with it