Hi All.... Bad day for me today - to cut a long story short, I drove over my beloved Archos AV560 media player, and naturally it has ceased to be. I used to listen to it several hours a day, but now I'm using a borrowed Ipod Nano. I read in another forum that the Kaiser dosent sound a lot different to the nano, so I thought about using the Kaiser as an mp3 player. At the moment I've got a Vario II (Tytn), and am due an ungrade in February.
Basically I'd like some feedback on battery life as an mp3 player, with screen off/on, with phone/3G off etc.
Thanks all.
Tim
I don't have battery statistics, but here are two relevant threads.
Audio playback - as good as Ipod?
Tilt: Music Playback Audio Problem (Glitch 'skip' heard every 3-4 minutes)
IMO, at the moment, the Kaiser is a poor choice for multimedia playback. It will have less battery life than an iPod/regular DAP because it doesn't have hardware acceleration.
With bluetooth headphones, my Kaiser skips like crazy (2-3 times a minute).
To use regular headphones, you need a 3rd part adapter. The D/A converter is much worse than the one in the iPod. Battery life will will be relatively bad (less than 8 hours continuous music, I would guess). Not to mention the fact that the largest MicroSD card you can buy is 8GB, for $120. For a couple of bucks more, you can get a 30GB iPod Classic or 8GB iPod Nano.
In my experience,
Under these specs,
-System Volume set at half
-Audio player set at 15%(Still pretty loud IMO)
Screen off battery:
(fell asleep for 4 hours with it on)
After 4 hours of continuous usage battery drops to around 30-35%
Occasional screen on/off (checking mail, time, etc) battery:
For about 3 hours, dropped down to 40-45%
Screen on Battery:
Phone sometimes gets pretty warm, but battery drops pretty fast. I left it on for IM with continuous usage. After 1 to 1 1/2 hours, it dropped to 60-65%
Hope these give u a rough idea on the battery life!
I really dont know why so many kaiser people are having problems. I use a couple different BT stereo headsets (rockr s9s and logitech ones also) and have never had any skipping problems. Infact I can set my phone down and walk 30 feet away without any drops or skips.
I have an ipod also thats been sitting in my desk drawer for months unused. I use Core player on my tilt and once you adjust the equalizer in it, the sound is very good. I have zero problems with battery life. I listen most the time for 5 to 7 hours straight at work and still have 40-50% of the battery left. I charge my phone nightly so it doesnt matter much to me.
I have my phone on, 3g on and the screen off. I hate having a pocket full of gadgets, that was my main reason behind the tilt purchase. So far I have no problems letting my ipod collect dust in the drawer and its probaly never going to be used again.
So an Ipod has more storage, I cant even listen to all of my 4 gig microsd card in 3 days at work. If I want more songs, its a matter of minutes to reload it. I also have a set of portable bluetooth speakers (nokias). Another thing an ipod cant do.
The logitech mp3 bluetooth stereo headsets were pulled off the market awhile back because the headband would crack/break. You can scoop a new set up for 29 bucks on some deal sites even today. they are one of the sweetest sounding headsets for that price. A couple mods to the headband and they good forever.
Go ahead and get the phone, you wont reget it even as a mp3 player.
I listen via BT (Sony DS HBH970), using PocketPlayer 3.5, audio files stored on a 4 gb microSD.
- After 3/4 hours I still have between 50 and 60% battery life.
- On PP, my settings are to turn off the screen at 1 minute.
- I do not have 3G in my area, and I do not keep Data on at all.
I do have an occasional skip, and I can't walk too far away from my phone before it cuts out.
Thanks for all your info guys. I've just ordered the USB to 3.5mm adapter so I can use my Sony headphones, and see how it all works out. It's gotta be worth a try!!
yzf750 said:
I really dont know why so many kaiser people are having problems. I use a couple different BT stereo headsets (rockr s9s and logitech ones also) and have never had any skipping problems. Infact I can set my phone down and walk 30 feet away without any drops or skips.
I have an ipod also thats been sitting in my desk drawer for months unused. I use Core player on my tilt and once you adjust the equalizer in it, the sound is very good. I have zero problems with battery life. I listen most the time for 5 to 7 hours straight at work and still have 40-50% of the battery left. I charge my phone nightly so it doesnt matter much to me.
I have my phone on, 3g on and the screen off. I hate having a pocket full of gadgets, that was my main reason behind the tilt purchase. So far I have no problems letting my ipod collect dust in the drawer and its probaly never going to be used again.
So an Ipod has more storage, I cant even listen to all of my 4 gig microsd card in 3 days at work. If I want more songs, its a matter of minutes to reload it. I also have a set of portable bluetooth speakers (nokias). Another thing an ipod cant do.
The logitech mp3 bluetooth stereo headsets were pulled off the market awhile back because the headband would crack/break. You can scoop a new set up for 29 bucks on some deal sites even today. they are one of the sweetest sounding headsets for that price. A couple mods to the headband and they good forever.
Go ahead and get the phone, you wont reget it even as a mp3 player.
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Well I guess it's time I try this .... but that leads me to another question: can I have your iPod?
Doubt he'll send u the ipod, but I can send you the most compact 60 gigabyte Archos AV560 media player you'll ever see. Just a mere 6mm thick. It's fully funtional apart from the fact it won't turn on....
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I really dont know why so many kaiser people are having problems. I use a couple different BT stereo headsets (rockr s9s and logitech ones also) and have never had any skipping problems. Infact I can set my phone down and walk 30 feet away without any drops or skips.
I have an ipod also thats been sitting in my desk drawer for months unused. I use Core player on my tilt and once you adjust the equalizer in it, the sound is very good. I have zero problems with battery life. I listen most the time for 5 to 7 hours straight at work and still have 40-50% of the battery left. I charge my phone nightly so it doesnt matter much to me.
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This echoes my experience, as well. Using coreplayer, with equalizer, it sounds great. Turn the screen off while listening and it will run a very long time. I listened to mine on a 3 hour flight this week and the battery dropped by 20% during that time. Not TO 20%, dropped by 20%. (From 98% to 78%).
I used to take my Dell Axim, A bluetooth GPS, my Ipod Nano, and my cellphone on every trip. Now, I take just the Tilt. It's the first smartphone I've owned that was complete enough to leave everything else behind.
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I used to take my Dell Axim, A bluetooth GPS, my Ipod Nano, and my cellphone on every trip. Now, I take just the Tilt. It's the first smartphone I've owned that was complete enough to leave everything else behind.
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Same here, all I carry on the plane now is my TyTnII and Promate PM-2600's (absolutely no ticks or skipping with these!) and I have a WLHDD2.5 100Gig wireless hardrive in my case for tons of extra AV and business files.
I find I can get around 5-6 hours continous play when in flight mode and still have 50% battery left. If I connect my 'power monkey' portable charger I can easily double that.
Hi,
I'm kinda newbie here and after I browsed couple of topics here, I think this forum is awesome.
Well, recently I want to buy a Bluetooth headset for my X1, maybe Jabra, or Jawbone. But I don't know if I use BT headset, will it do major impact of X1's battery life? The consumption of battery is acceptable?
by the way, if I use BT headset, will the bluetooth device (or chip) keep fully functioning until I shut it off? Or in case there are no data transfered between the cellphone and headset, they will enter some kind of "Sleeping Mode" to save the energy at the same time?
and please tell me if I want a long-lasting BT headset, with switchable ear piece, which model you recommand? DS205 is my only choice?
And Jabra JX10 is good?? I like it very much but I don't think it is as useful as DS205.
Thanks, and sorry for bad english...
Just saw a Plantronics Voyager 855, I think this one is good.
Link is here: http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/20080205291/plantronics-voyager-855-stereo-bluetooth-headset.html
Your opinion?
Have not used BT headset with my X1 yet but normally it would put a little drain on the battery.
The Jabra JX10 is a perfect headset. Have used one for a long time.
I haven't noticed any significant battery drain. There is some, but it is not life threatening.
Depending on the bluetooth headset, I'd say you'll be able to listen for hours.
Last time I checked, I drained around 5% of my X1's battery while listening to an hour of music. Can vary ofcourse, but it wasn't bad at all. The X1's biggest drains are 3G, Wifi and the screen's backlight.
Wouldn't have guessed that anyone nowadays would hold up their phone to the ear anymore!
I only use bluetooth. So since my bluetooth is always on and my headset always connected, pretty good battery life!
I use the SE PV740 which lasts about 11 hours talk! The pphone is going empty at 10hours! Go figure
Since the phone is empty before the headset, no problem there. If I just use the phone for phone calls and since I only use the bluetooth, both last for days. After 1 day the phone is down to 80% and the headset doesn't even show a lower battery by then
When two devices are simply connected, there is minimal battery drain. when they are actually sending and receiving between each other, there IS much more battery consumption. Sorry, can't give figures for each modality or even explain the "standby" connection - but that's how it is.
Anyway, there are some good real-world examples above.
When two devices are simply connected, there is minimal battery drain. when they are actually sending and receiving between each other, there IS much more battery consumption. Sorry, can't give figures for each modality or even explain the "standby" connection - but that's how it is.
Anyway, there are some good real-world examples above.
well, thanks for the comments. will consider to invest.
i was driving w/ my captivate plugged in the docking system (charging) and with my nav. on paired w/ bluetooth gps receiver. Blutooth also was connected w/ my head set and I was talkign on the phone. this multitasking was going on about for 30minutes... when i took off my phone from the docking, it was very hot, so i checked the battery temp. it said 57C.... It had gone upto 45 C before when I did stability test for about 45minutes but never this hot before... Did i just cheat death and never do this stunt again? or it can survive this high teperature?? I normally listen music via BT and sometimes use nav. at the same time... so I wonder it I can continue to do that or not. fyi I'm on FF 2.5 w/ stock kernel.. not oc/uv'd
Thanks
It won't certainly be healthy for your battery though... I know what you mean though. It's having Bluetooth on and GPS turned on at the same time that seems to drive my temperature up as well (and it's really hot summer here).
I try not to use GPS on it for too long, I get a bit paranoid :/
Anyone using a Plantronics Voyager Legend headset with their Galaxy S5? Im on conference calls about 5-7hrs a day and about 2-3weeks ago got this headset to replace my drying Plantronics Voyager Pro HD headset. The Legend works great but what I notice in the battery usage section, Bluetooth shows as highest usage when Im on say 4hrs of calls and that's about all the battery lasts.
If I go back to my Plantronics Voyager Pro HD and take the same level of calls, I can easily go 4-5hrs and Bluetooth is no where on the top of the list of the battery usage. Also have more battery left over say like 40% still left over. My Voyager Pro HD only lasts about 3.5-4hrs now, battery isn't as good as before where it would go 6hrs solid. The Legend goes 7hrs but kills the phone in the process.
Something with how it seems the Legend connects to the S5 and causes it to use more power. I cant find specs on the Legend or Pro HD to see what Bluetooth levels they operate on.
Dixit
Noticed this as well but hadn't narrowed down to Voyager, but that is when I started noticing battery drain. Also my old Plantronics did voice dialing from contact list with out sharing with Google. This one required sharing contacts. Before you know it google will know more about me than I do. Any way to use voice dial without sharing contacts?
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Anyone using a Plantronics Voyager Legend headset with their Galaxy S5? Im on conference calls about 5-7hrs a day and about 2-3weeks ago got this headset to replace my drying Plantronics Voyager Pro HD headset. The Legend works great but what I notice in the battery usage section, Bluetooth shows as highest usage when Im on say 4hrs of calls and that's about all the battery lasts.
If I go back to my Plantronics Voyager Pro HD and take the same level of calls, I can easily go 4-5hrs and Bluetooth is no where on the top of the list of the battery usage. Also have more battery left over say like 40% still left over. My Voyager Pro HD only lasts about 3.5-4hrs now, battery isn't as good as before where it would go 6hrs solid. The Legend goes 7hrs but kills the phone in the process.
Something with how it seems the Legend connects to the S5 and causes it to use more power. I cant find specs on the Legend or Pro HD to see what Bluetooth levels they operate on.
Dixit
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Not sure. Didn't use that feature myself. I've been back to using the Voyager Pro HD even though my battery life on it sucks. But at least my phone isn't getting drained. BTW both headsets have the latest firmware via Plantronics MyHeadset.
Dixit
Hello, can anyone confirm but does listening to music with normal wired jack headphones with the stock music app eats alot of battery ? like even when the screen is off it still drains alot of juice ? am on emui 8.