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---+!! Gigabeat Battery Runtimes

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---++ Introduction

This page documents runtime tests performed by Gigabeat users. For test methodology, see BatteryRuntime. Original F Series battery is 830mAh Li-ion battery.

---++ Results
| *Model* | *Codec* | *Encoder and options* | *Rockbox version* | *Date* | *Volume* | *Runtime* | *Battery Type* | *Tester* | *Comments* |
| F40 | MP3 | VBR | 20070108 | 2007-01-09 | | 15h 3m | | AdamGashlin | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench.txt][battery_bench]] |
| F40 | MP3 | 128-192kbps | 20070114 | 2007-01-18 | | 14h 45m | | Malcom (Combrains) | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench.txt][battery_bench]], No CPU-scaling, old bootloader |
| F40 | AAC | 128kbps | 20070115 | 2007-01-15 | Medium | 15h 27m | | YohannMisquitta | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench.txt][battery_bench]], No CPU-scaling, old bootloader |
| F40 | MP3 | VBR | 20070115 | 2007-01-17 | | 19h 24m | | Alison Gravley | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench.txt][battery_bench]], predominantly normal use, new bootloader |
| F40 | AAC/mp3/OGG | Various | 20070117 | 2007-01-18 | Medium | 16h 10m | | YohannMisquitta | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench.txt][battery_bench]], CPU-scaling, new bootloader |
| F20 | MP3 | CBR (192kbps) | 20070127 (Daily)  | 2007-01-28 | -20dB | 14h 10m | | Frank Grisafi | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_Frank_Grisafi.txt][battery bench file]], new bootloader, below average use |
| F40 | MP3 | VBR (221kbps) | 20070201 | 2007-02-03 | | 16h 22m | | MichaelConner | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_mconner.txt][battery bench]], new bootloader |
| F20 | MP3/FLAC/OGG | VBR | 20070322 (SVN r12894) | 2007-03-30 | -20dB | 14h 7m | | CarlosEduardoCoelhoBaptistaShinagawa | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_cadu_30-3-07.txt][battery bench file]], new bootloader, below average use |
| F40 | MP3 | 128-320kbps | 20070418 | 2007-04-18 | | 16h 40m | Original F40 Battery | AlexanderSpyridakis | [[http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/viewfile/Main/AlexanderSpyridakis?rev=1;filename=battery_bench.txt][battery_bench]], new bootloader |
| F40 | MPC | Quality 5 | 20070430 | 2007-04-30 | -20dB | 16h 38m | | FredericHoffmann | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_FredericHoffmann_2007_04_30][battery_bench]] |
| F20 | MP3 | 320kbps | 20070501 (SVN r13302) | 2007-05-01 | -24dB | 17h 33m | | ChristopheNicolas | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_ChristopheNicolas_F20.txt][battery bench file]], default settings |
| F40 | MP3 | LAME API (220kbps) | 20070508 | 2007-05-09 | -12dB | 17h 58m | | IanLawler | Brand New F40, UI barely touched, [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_F40_IanLawler.txt][battery bench file]] |
| F20 | MP3 | 192kbps | 20070709 | 2007-07-09 | -25dB | 16h 17m | | JohnathonMihalop | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_JohnathonMihalop_2007_07_09.txt][battery_bench]], svn bootloader |
| F40 | MP3 | VBR | 20070830 | 2007-08-31 | -29dB | 15h 45m | | MichaelDiFebbo | svn bootloader |
| F40 | MP3 | VBR/CBR | Custom Build | 2007-10-05 | -27dB | 23h 44m | Li 1200mah 4G iPod | Mad Cow | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery-bench-madcow.txt][battery-bench-madcow.txt]] |
| F20 | MP3 | Various | Custom Build | 2007-10-09 | -3dB | 26h 39m | Li 1200mah 4G iPod | JacobBrooks | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery-bench-jac0b.txt][battery-bench-jac0b.txt]] |
| F40 | MP3 | VBR/CBR | 20071123 (SVN r15780) | 2007-11-06 | ??? | 15h 51m | Li 830mAh standard battery | JerryLange | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_JerryLange.txt][battery_bench_JerryLange.txt]] |
| F40 | MP3 | 192kbps | 20080211 (SVN r16290) | 2008-02-11 | -8 dB | 12h 14m | Li-ion orig. battery | KyleGabriel | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_2-11-08.txt][battery_bench]], Big_AA_SVN Theme |
| F40 | MP3 | 192kbps | 20080211 (SVN r16290) | 2008-02-15, 2008-02-16, 2008-02-19 | -8 dB | 14h 25m, 14h 58m, 15h 0m | First Replacement 1200mAh CS-IPOD4HL iPod 4G | KyleGabriel | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_08-02-15.txt][battery_bench_08-02-15]], [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_08-02-16.txt][battery_bench_08-02-16]], [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_08-02-19.txt][battery_bench_08-02-19]], Same MP3's as previous test, Big_AA_SVN Theme |
| F40 | MP3 | 192kbps | r16410-080224, r16441-080227 | 2008-02-26, 2008-02-28 | -8 dB | 18h 46m, 19h 6m | Second Replacement 1200mAh CS-IPOD4HL iPod 4G | KyleGabriel | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_08-02-26.txt][battery_bench_08-02-26]], [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_08-02-28.txt][battery_bench_08-02-28]], Same MP3's as previous test, Big_AA_SVN Theme |
| F60 | Mp3 | 320kbps | r18346M-080826 | Aug 31, 2008 | -73 dB | 14h35 | Original F Series Battery | ClementPitClaudel | [[%ATTACHURL%/ClementPitClaudel_2008-08-31.txt.txt][Data file]] |
| F40 | MP3: LAME 3.98r2 | V0 | r27541 installed via RB Utility 3.6 | 2010-07-23 | -25 db | 22h28m | Original F Series Battery | JosephSatchton | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_F40_2010-07-23_JosephSatchton.txt][battery_bench_F40_2010-07-23_JosephSatchton.txt]]. Infinite repeat of single album, no shuffle, Crossfeed On, No EQ, Bass/Treble adjustments. |

---+++ Toshiba Gigabeat X Series benchmarks
| *Model* | *Codec* | *Encoder and options* | *Rockbox version* | *Date* | *Volume* | *Runtime* | *Battery Type* | *Tester* | *Comments* |
| X30 | MP3 | VBR | 20070201 (SVN r1217x) | 2007-02-01 | | 15h 12m | Li | JohnBouAntoun | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_megX30_John_Bouantoun.txt][battery bench file]], svn bootloader |
| X60 | MP3 | 320kbps  | r20856-090506 | 2009-05-07 | -26dB  | 15h 04m | Li | ChristopheNicolas | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_may_07_2009.txt][battery bench]],the bench file doesn't start at 0 but at 2:49:17 ??? and finish at 17:53:11. Replay gain on |

---+++ Toshiba Gigabeat S Series benchmarks
| *Model* | *Codec* | *Encoder and options* | *Rockbox version* | *Date* | *Volume* | *Runtime* | *Battery Type* | *Tester* | *Comments* |
| S60 | MP3 | 160 CBR | 20080725 (SVN r18117) | 2008-07-25 | -20 dB | 6h 7m | Original 700mAh | AlexanderSpyridakis | [[http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/pub/Main/AlexanderSpyridakis/battery_bench.txt][battery_bench.txt]] |
| S60 | Vorbis | Q6 VBR | SVN r18359+FS#9312+FS#8943 | 2008-08-29 | -20 dB | 5h 55m | Original 700mAh | AndrewMahone | [[%ATTACHURL%/AndrewMahone_GBS60_Vorbis_Q6_battery_bench.txt][battery_bench.txt]] - battery always reports 100% while unplugged |
| S120* | MP3 | ~256kbps VBR | r19032 | 2008-11-11 | -46 dB | 7:02 | 1000 mAh | AlexParker | *S60 with Toshiba MK1214GAH 120 GB drive. [[%ATTACHURL%/AEP_battery_bench.txt][battery_bench.txt]] |
| S60 | MP3 | 192 VBR | 081110 (SVN r19080) | 2008-11-10 | -25db | 6h 35m | 1000mAh | AlexanderSpyridakis | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_AlexanderSpyridakis.txt][battery_bench.txt]] |
| S30 | MP3 | ~256 VBR | 090209 (SVN r19952) | 2009-02-09 | -37db | 7h 15m | Original 700mAh | MichaelSevakis | [[%ATTACHURL%/MAS_battery_bench_S30_700mAh_1.txt][battery_bench.txt]] |
| S30 | MP3 | ~256 VBR | 090312 (r20298:20299M-090312) | 2009-03-12 | -37db | 6h 34m (528MHz) | Original 700mAh | MichaelSevakis | [[%ATTACHURL%/MAS_battery_bench_r20299_528MHz.txt][battery_bench.txt]] |
| S30 | MP3 | ~256 VBR | 090312 (r20298:20299M-090312) | 2009-03-13 | -37db | 6h 34m (264MHz) | Original 700mAh | MichaelSevakis | [[%ATTACHURL%/MAS_battery_bench_r20299_264MHz.txt][battery_bench.txt]] |
| S60 | MP3 | 320kbps | r19662-090103 | 2009-05-07 | -29db | 5h 54m  | Original 700mAh | ChristopheNicolas | [[%ATTACHURL%/battery_bench_S_may072009.txt][battery bench]] replay gain on |
| S30 | MP3 | ~256 VBR | r25507M-100407 (r25508 eqiv.) | 2010-04-07 | -25dB | <p>8h 32m (264MHz @ 1.35V)</p> | Original 700mAh | MichaelSevakis | [[%ATTACHURL%/MAS_battery_bench_r25508_264MHz_1_35V.txt][battery_bench.txt]] - EQ and DirCache ON, First run with lower core voltage applied. |

---+++ A little graphing
I recently did a whole battery bechmark on my Gigabeat F60 : it seems to me that power estimation is quite good, as the error is limited. Nonetehless, some tweaking is still needed, as estimation is too low at the beginning and too high at the end of ischarge cycle. See graphs and feel free to comment. -- Main.ClementPitClaudel - 31 Aug 2008

<img alt="Voltage evolution graph" src="%ATTACHURL%/Voltage_graph_Aug-31-2008.png" />

<img alt="Error in remaining time estimation" src="%ATTACHURL%/Error_in_remaining_time_estimation_Aug-31-2008.png" />

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   * Since the data on this page is supposed to be used for calibrating battery level meters (as I understood) I changed the table so that more data is available. I used IriverRuntime as model - it might be good to agree on some typical settings - at least the same or similar quality of music files and one codec. I don't own a Gigabeat but I think these hints could be useful. MarianneArnold (14 Jan 2007)
I	Attachment	Action	Size	Date	Who	Comment
txt	battery_bench.txt	manage	89.1 K	24 Jul 2010 - 18:35	JosephSatchton
txt	battery_bench_F40_2010-07-23_JosephSatchton.txt	manage	89.1 K	24 Jul 2010 - 18:36	JosephSatchton
r51 - 24 Jul 2010 - 18:43:11 - JosephSatchton
Parents: BatteryRuntime