Disklavier

I have received 45 minutes use or more while using the remote and backlight
on. 

To extend battery life I always put the remote in the cradle. I use the
"continious" play feature or use the playlists I have created so I hear the
whole album or whole play list. By doing that I don't have to handle the
remote as much.

Good Luck

Neal 

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From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of jfoodman
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:52 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Re: Hacks, accessories, after-market items

 

Thanks Ken, that's a good tip. 

I'm sure my expectatations are just too high, but I'd like to be
able to leave the backlight on full strength for say 30 seconds
from last use and have the remote in my pocket for 12 hours. Just
like my cell phone. The remote takes a minute or so to shut down
and another minute or so to boot up, so swapping batteries isn't
for me a great solution (especially when the new battery will give
me only another 7 minutes of use or so). I think for me at least
it's either leave it on the pad and use it that way, take it off but
only for a minute at a time, or reduce my backlight/power settings.

As a test, can someone else with the same Mark IV remote turn on
the backlight full strength and give me a sense of how long the
remote lasts if you sit there and use it (renaming songs, etc.)? 
I get 7-10 minutes of actual use before I get the Charge Battery
notification.

Regards,
Jason

--- In disklavier@yahoogro <mailto:disklavier%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com,
Ken Gorman <KenGorman@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi Jason,
> 
> 
> 
> There was some previous discussion aboutbattery life on the 
Disklavier remote. Below is what Tom Wheeler[tnwheeler@...] wrote 
back in June. 
> 
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> 
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Wheeler [tnwheeler@...] wrote:
> 
> I typically get 2 hours or more on my Mark IV's PDAcontroller. One 
possibility for the shorter time that you are getting isthat your are 
allowing the backlight to burn longer than I am. Theduration that 
the backlight is on after each time that you touch the screen canbe 
set within the system settings. Shorter times will give longer 
batterylife. 
> 
> Incidentally, the Li ion battery used in the Mark IV PDA controller 
is the sameas used in a Sharps Zaurus PDA and these batteries can be 
order throughAmazon.com for about $25:
> http://www.amazon.
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000088EDF/104-3828949-0580734?%25>
com/gp/product/B000088EDF/104-3828949-0580734?%
5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=172282
> I ordered a new battery a few months ago from Amazon and itworks 
fine. However, even after about 17 months ofalmost daily usemy old 
battery was still going strong giving well over one hour of use. 
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> From:disklavier@yahoogro <mailto:disklavier%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com
[mailto:disklavier@yahoogro <mailto:disklavier%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com] 
On Behalf Of jfoodman
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 20067:00 AM
> To: disklavier@yahoogro <mailto:disklavier%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com
> Subject: [disklavier] Hacks,accessories, after-market items
> 
> 
> [snip]
> - an extended battery for the remote (sorry, 10 minutes battery life
> just doesn't cut it, I want it to run for 3 hours!)
> 
> 
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