From: Martin <martindavidsson_at_gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:12:04 +0200

Do you use a 12V AC Power Adapter (to bjorn stenberg) ...............becomes
the unit very hot when the batteries is recharging or......?

When the batteries are fully recharged....the rockbox then turns off the
charging process on the recorder, is that true, and
the unit will becomes cooler or ........if deep discharge is on?

If (to all except bjorn:) you read the manual of the circuit that controlles
the recharging process (on the FM recorder), you can se there that the
recharging never stops, just ease off a little bit to, not to strong
charge....i think that if you gonna have a FM recorder and protect the
batteries you should have a timer connected to the AC.....that shut off the
recharging process after a few hours, not let it recharge the whole
night......thats my opinion (as another guy here wrote)

I have now bought a recorder due to the batteries is ni-mh and that the
recharing process is done by the software (rockbox:), really need the deep
discharge :)

2200 mAh and 4,2V should soon be passed by the ni-mh
batteries........already here in sweden it is very easy to get hold of a
1800 mAh .....obviously the unit will then be on 4,8 V




----- Original Message -----
From: "Björn Stenberg" <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: BATTERY-FAQ and the FM


> Neon John wrote:
> > The battery CAN be changed out. Simply pop off the end and shake it
out.
> > Archos won't sell you a replacement but there are a number of companies
here
> > in the US that can make a replacement for you. The battery appears to
be two
> > smaller ones heat shrunk together. No big deal.
>
> No big deal? Sure, you can pay a battery manufacturer to make a custom
battery for you. How much will that cost? Buying new NiMH AAs (with more
capacity than the LiIon) costs a few bucks each.
>
> > I'm having a very hard time understanding this anti-FM discussion and
rumor.
>
> You are mistaking the anti-custom-non-replacable-battery as anti-fm
discussion.
>
> > This LiIon battery is FREEDOM. Freedom from worrying about battery
life.
> > Freedom from having to carry around a pocket or bag full of batteries.
> > Freedom from overnight recharges. freedom from battery maintenance.
Light
> > weight. Now that I've replaced my main digicam with a LiIon powered one
and
> > have gotten this FM recorder, I'm liberated from my collection of NiMH
> > batteries. It's wonderful.
>
> Well, we obviously have different priorities. For me, standard batteries
are a *huge* win over priprietary batteries due to competition between
battery manufacturers resulting in lower cost and ever increasing battery
capacity. Note that with modern batteries, the "regular" recorders outlast
the FM units with several hours.
>
> > I therefore conclude that I can replace a
> > useful amount of energy in an hour.
>
> I charge my NiMH batteries fully in an hour using an external charger.
>
> --
> Björn
>
Received on 2003-06-05