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My MP3 player has a lithium ion battery - is it... (by 7 users)

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My MP3 player has a lithium ion battery - is it better to let it drain before charging or can I just charge it whenever?

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6 Other Users Have The Same Problem

Comment by dearto1, posted on Apr 25, 2008

i charge my mix stick when completly drained, when plugged in it flashes green and red. how do I know when it is charged and why will it not hold a charge. can i buy another battry.

Marie

Comment by gditty, posted on Jan 29, 2008

My shuffle has no charge indicator light when charging and does not charge. Bought charger kit but still does not charge. Never abused, never dropped. help!

Comment by Tha Gift, posted on Dec 27, 2007

It wont come on but itz charged

Comment by Guest, posted on Dec 18, 2007

what does drain mean??

Comment by laibing, posted on Dec 05, 2007

battery don't hold more than 5 mins.

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Solution #1

posted on Nov 13, 2007

dworld

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You will get the best battery lifetime if you try to strike a balance between not charging too often, and not discharging too deeply. Generally, that means using it normally until the battery is around 30-40% discharged (60-70% remaining), and then fully charging it then.

Lithium Ion battery lifetime depends mostly on three things:

How many charge cycles, and how deep the battery was discharged. Most Lithium Ion batteries have between 400-800 charge cycles before they start getting much weaker. So you want to minimize the number of charge cycles. However, it is less damaging to the battery to do a small charge cycle, so you will get more charge cycles if you don't discharge it too deeply.
How old the battery is. Lithium Ion batteries age quite quickly, and no matter how carefully you treat them they generally only last 3 years or so.

NEVER let a lithium ion battery go completely dead, and then let them sit around uncharged. That can cause an internal short in the battery that can cause a fire. To prevent, this lithium ion batteries have an internal circuit that permanently disables them if the charge gets too low, and the battery will not be usable after that. (When your battery meter show empty, there is really still a little bit of charge in it by design to protect it from happening, but if that little bit of charge is lost, the battery is permanently dead). This issue is why you can't go to the store and buy lithium-ion batteries in standard sizes like AA, because they require this special protection circuit.

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Solution #2

posted on Oct 05, 2007

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Draining it is pointless. Lithium Ion batteries have no "memory loss" like older battery types. It doesn't matter when you charge them.

Comment by mdwrig2, posted on Feb 04, 2008

To charge it- You have to slide the power switch to ON, then plug it into the usb. You won't see it light up unless you actually turn it on. You will see it charging on the mp3 players screen.

To turn it on-
You have to slide the power switch to ON, then you hold the play button in for a few seconds to actually make it turn on.
(I have one of these that use daily)

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Solution #3

posted on Jun 06, 2007

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you know it really doesn't make that much of a differnce

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posted on Aug 08, 2005

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Yes, let it drain first, so the charging process will be better.

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