From: Jens Arnold <arnold-j_at_t-online.de>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:04:24 +0100

On 15.03.2009, Paul Louden wrote:

>> As for the charging - other supported targets have the
>> same problem (charging very slowly in rockbox), namely the
>> iAudios.

>>
> Do the iAudios actually consume battery during file
> transfers? Can they die and shut down if the transfer is
> too large? There's been at least one claim of this
> happening on an iPod.

Yes, I think that can happen when connected to USB only.
I usually play safe and connect the charger when doing larger
transfers to my X5, in which case this cannot happen.

The iAudio X5/M5 have software assisted hardware charging.
Charging is handled by the PCF50605, which handles most things
itself but only charges slowly from USB by default. It needs
periodic attention from the software to work around this. This
is probably the reason why the H300 has a separate LiIon
charger chip even though it also has a PCF50605.

Regards, Jens
Received on 2009-03-16