From: SeeSchloss <SeeSchloss_at_zmail.pt>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 21:51:37 +0100

Hi,

Hmm I dont think that the battery they put in the FM Recorder
is very bad... Most of the time I have to recharge my unit
after having used it for 12H...
But if your charged your FM Recorder with Rockbox I think
it may be damaged since Rockbox doesn't know how to manage a
LiIon battery...


SeeSchloß



> So, when I first got my FM recorder, it got about 5
> hours of continuous play off the battery before it
> died. Now it only gets about 2-3 hours before it dies
> (after a full charge from the charger it came with).
>
> The only thing is, I did install a daily build of
> rockbox fm on jan 23 & jan 27 2003, but I have since
> removed the ajbrec.ajz file (but not the .rockbox
> dir). Is there any way that the rockbox could've
> damaged my battery/unit? Or is this just a really
> shoddy battery they put in it. It is now totally
> useless for any long flights or day trips away from my
> charger.
>
> The only other thing I will say is that I did buy a
> Radio Shack 6-volt/1000 miliAmp car charger (which
> works fine), but my battery problems started well
> before I started using the car charger.
>
> Any comments on the subject at all will be
> appreciated!!! Should I send my unit back to Archos?
> Thanks a lot!!!
>
> Andrew
 
Received on 2003-02-07