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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Testers wanted: up to 50% greater battery lifeRe: Testers wanted: up to 50% greater battery life
From: mrlipring <mrlipring_at_tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:14:59 +0100 i could leave my fm recorder recording a stream off tv, and see when it stops recording by the length of the file... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Stevenson" <steveo1967_at_yahoo.com> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: Re: Testers wanted: up to 50% greater battery life > I am interested but have a couple of questions for > you. > > 1) How will we know the time it will switch off, I > would intend to leave mine running overnight, since I > use it on the train during the day (a two hours each > way commute). I do not suppose you want us to sit and > wait (the phrase a watched pan never boils springs to > mind.) (Maybe add a setting that can time the number > of hours unit is on, against battery capacity) > > 2) I have two sets of batteries running in my JBR20, > the orginal set (1500) and a 1700 set. Which I swop > and change using a fast charger - will this make a > difference? Or would you want test results for both > sets? > > 3) Will it be flash compatible, or will be need to > ROLO to use it and will that effect the results? > > 4) Your testing would not be 'real life' based, > people do not use their player in that way. Might be > best to time over normal usage - more people could > take part then. The normal stuff such as switching > on, off, (which uses more battery power) creating > queues and just playing with it, that way you will get > a more realistic set of metrics. > > regards > > John > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! > Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/ Received on 2003-07-29 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |