PRS-600 Battery issue with my 600

jswinden · 09-03-2009, 09:54 AM

My 600's battery is fast to drain its charge. I left it off overnight and it went from 2 bars down to 1 bar. That's not good. Also it has drained from a full charge to 1 bar in less than a week, and that is with below normal usage (for me that is) as I've been too busy to read as much as I normally do. Is anyone else who ACTUALLY owns a 600 having this issue?

komugi · 09-03-2009, 10:05 AM

Well for my PRS-700, I used to get discharged pretty fast due to me not turning it off and it kept on playing mp3s, or that my cover was pressing against the turn page button which caused the fast discharge. Are you sure anything like that isn't happening?

lilfoot · 09-03-2009, 10:10 AM

Same thing happened to me. I just kept it connected to my laptop all night long and it had the USB plug icon on it and then this morning I wake up and about to take it to school, and a Low Battery signal came on. Additionally, as I was typing this, I had turned the device fully off and then plugged it to my laptop to charge once more, and it turned itself on by itself...
what's going on here????

JSWolf · 09-03-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by lilfoot

Same thing happened to me. I just kept it connected to my laptop all night long and it had the USB plug icon on it and then this morning I wake up and about to take it to school, and a Low Battery signal came on. Additionally, as I was typing this, I had turned the device fully off and then plugged it to my laptop to charge once more, and it turned itself on by itself...
what's going on here????

What might be happening is that the laptop is going into sleep mode and without a proper USB connection and the Reader plugged into the USB, it will drain the battery. The best solution is to get a good quality PSP AC adapter and use that to charge your Reader.

When you plug your Reader into your laptop's USB, first run eBook Library and leave it running and see what happens.

I did once leave my 505 plugged into the USB port after I closed eBook Library and found that it drained the battery.

lilfoot · 09-03-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

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That stinks but it might explain things...
I have 2 laptops and one of them has the bundled software installed, and I'm using calibre on the other one.
But that still doesn't explain why the device turned itself on after I turned it off and plugged it

Thanks for the help JSWolf

EDIT: Also, my laptop is set up so that when I close the lid, only the monitor shuts down. I have it so it never goes to sleep or hibernation mode...

jswinden · 09-03-2009, 12:33 PM

My PRS-600 battery discharge is not due to being plugged into any USB port. Mine was not plugged into anything. The Kindle 2 was also a battery drainer. I was hoping that my 600 would be more like my 505 was, the 505 held a battery charge pretty much as advertised. Also, I do not use it to play MP3s or view photos.

I do realise that new LiON batteries sometimes have to be completely (or nearly completely) discharged and recharged a few times before they reach their full potential. So perhaps this issue will improve over time.

komugi, Your comment about the case pressing the page turn button was interesting. Did this drain your 700 battery even when it was turned off?

I wonder if the Device Shutdown option will help. I'll try that, although it takes a while to turn on when completely shutdown. But shuuting down every night would not be to much of an inconvenience.

Wetdogeared · 09-03-2009, 01:42 PM

Using any of the advanced functions of the PRS-600 is also going to drain your battery noticibly faster:

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In other words, anything other than just reading will have a larger drain on the battery than expected.

WDE.

jswinden · 09-03-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Using any of the advanced functions of the PRS-600 is also going to drain your battery noticibly faster:

Search
Zoom
Dictionary lookup
Annotations
MP3
...

In other words, anything other than just reading will have a larger drain on the battery than expected.

WDE.

Definately.

Well I just went to my local Best Buy store and picked up a PRS-300. I suspect its battery will rival that in the 505. And no, I'm not getting rid of my 600. I bought the 600 for "scholarly" type reading where I need to make bookmarks, highlight text, make annotations, etc. But for reading a novel, and most other entertaining reading, I won't need those functions. And the 300 is so small and portable.

Lilly · 09-03-2009, 02:38 PM

My K2 use to be like that at the beginning; I would get about 4 days on a full charge and then after a few charge, I started getting at least a week and that's with heavy usage. I have no idea what changed since I did not do anything different but charge using ac adapter. So maybe after a few full charge using a wall unit, the battery life will increase!

jswinden · 09-03-2009, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Lilly

My K2 use to be like that at the beginning; I would get about 4 days on a full charge and then after a few charge, I started getting at least a week and that's with heavy usage. I have no idea what changed since I did not do anything different but charge using ac adapter. So maybe after a few full charge using a wall unit, the battery life will increase!

Good improvement. Apparently LiON (lithium ion) batteries just need a a while to reach there peak performance. At least that is what I've read and heard. They are certainly better than the NiCad and NiMH batteries that kept losing their memory and thus the amount of charge they could hold.

pilotbob · 09-03-2009, 10:02 PM

I'm not sure if the Sony does this... so I am grasping at straws here. But, when you put stuff on the kindle it will index them in the background in order for the search to work. That can really drain the battery.

Perhaps the Sony does the same thing? If you put new stuff on it every day, like maybe RSS feeds and stuff...

Don't know... sounds like a bummer. Hope you get it figured out.

BOb

JSWolf · 09-03-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I'm not sure if the Sony does this... so I am grasping at straws here. But, when you put stuff on the kindle it will index them in the background in order for the search to work. That can really drain the battery.

Perhaps the Sony does the same thing? If you put new stuff on it every day, like maybe RSS feeds and stuff...

Don't know... sounds like a bummer. Hope you get it figured out.

BOb

When you unplug the Sony from the USB port, it does all it's sorting out of content before you can use it. Then after it is done sorting, it's ready to be used.

JSWolf · 09-03-2009, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by lilfoot

But that still doesn't explain why the device turned itself on after I turned it off and plugged it

The Reader has to turn itself on in order to go into USB mode. My 505 does the same thing and so does the 500.

JanetCinNC · 09-04-2009, 03:21 PM

What kind of case or cover do you have it in? I have my 600 in an M-Edge 505 case that I thought was a perfect fit. I fully charged my reader yesterday, read for about 2 hours last night and about 1 hour today and was shocked to see I was down one battery marker. I was looking at my reader when I noticed the volume icon flash at the bottom of the screen! I NEVER use the mp3 player - never on any of my three Sony readers (4, if you count both 505s I've had). Turns out the strap at the bottom was pressing on the volume button...

Grandma Aubbie · 09-04-2009, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JanetCinNC

What kind of case or cover do you have it in? I have my 600 in an M-Edge 505 case that I thought was a perfect fit. I fully charged my reader yesterday, read for about 2 hours last night and about 1 hour today and was shocked to see I was down one battery marker. I was looking at my reader when I noticed the volume icon flash at the bottom of the screen! I NEVER use the mp3 player - never on any of my three Sony readers (4, if you count both 505s I've had). Turns out the strap at the bottom was pressing on the volume button...

Which cover are you using? I'm not having the same problem YET, but I have a strap that looks like it may press on the volume button.

09-03-2009, 09:54 AM	#1
jswinden Nameless Being	Battery issue with my 600 My 600's battery is fast to drain its charge. I left it off overnight and it went from 2 bars down to 1 bar. That's not good. Also it has drained from a full charge to 1 bar in less than a week, and that is with below normal usage (for me that is) as I've been too busy to read as much as I normally do. Is anyone else who ACTUALLY owns a 600 having this issue?

09-03-2009, 01:42 PM	#7
Wetdogeared Storm Surge'n Posts: 5,776 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lobster Capital Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1	Using any of the advanced functions of the PRS-600 is also going to drain your battery noticibly faster: Search Zoom Dictionary lookup Annotations MP3 ... In other words, anything other than just reading will have a larger drain on the battery than expected. WDE.

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09-03-2009, 10:05 AM	#2
komugi Zealot Posts: 109 Karma: 254 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Surface Pro 3, HTC 10, Kobo Aura H2O	Well for my PRS-700, I used to get discharged pretty fast due to me not turning it off and it kept on playing mp3s, or that my cover was pressing against the turn page button which caused the fast discharge. Are you sure anything like that isn't happening?

09-03-2009, 10:10 AM	#3
lilfoot Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: sony prs-300	Same thing happened to me. I just kept it connected to my laptop all night long and it had the USB plug icon on it and then this morning I wake up and about to take it to school, and a Low Battery signal came on. Additionally, as I was typing this, I had turned the device fully off and then plugged it to my laptop to charge once more, and it turned itself on by itself... what's going on here????

09-03-2009, 12:33 PM	#6
jswinden Nameless Being	My PRS-600 battery discharge is not due to being plugged into any USB port. Mine was not plugged into anything. The Kindle 2 was also a battery drainer. I was hoping that my 600 would be more like my 505 was, the 505 held a battery charge pretty much as advertised. Also, I do not use it to play MP3s or view photos. I do realise that new LiON batteries sometimes have to be completely (or nearly completely) discharged and recharged a few times before they reach their full potential. So perhaps this issue will improve over time. komugi, Your comment about the case pressing the page turn button was interesting. Did this drain your 700 battery even when it was turned off? I wonder if the Device Shutdown option will help. I'll try that, although it takes a while to turn on when completely shutdown. But shuuting down every night would not be to much of an inconvenience.

09-03-2009, 02:38 PM	#9
Lilly Guru Posts: 688 Karma: 2090 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-900 & PRS-950, Amazon Kindle2	My K2 use to be like that at the beginning; I would get about 4 days on a full charge and then after a few charge, I started getting at least a week and that's with heavy usage. I have no idea what changed since I did not do anything different but charge using ac adapter. So maybe after a few full charge using a wall unit, the battery life will increase!

09-03-2009, 10:02 PM	#11
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	I'm not sure if the Sony does this... so I am grasping at straws here. But, when you put stuff on the kindle it will index them in the background in order for the search to work. That can really drain the battery. Perhaps the Sony does the same thing? If you put new stuff on it every day, like maybe RSS feeds and stuff... Don't know... sounds like a bummer. Hope you get it figured out. BOb

09-04-2009, 03:21 PM	#14
JanetCinNC Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 256928 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Sony 650 in red, Sony PRS-600 in red, Sony PRS-505 in red, iPad 2	What kind of case or cover do you have it in? I have my 600 in an M-Edge 505 case that I thought was a perfect fit. I fully charged my reader yesterday, read for about 2 hours last night and about 1 hour today and was shocked to see I was down one battery marker. I was looking at my reader when I noticed the volume icon flash at the bottom of the screen! I NEVER use the mp3 player - never on any of my three Sony readers (4, if you count both 505s I've had). Turns out the strap at the bottom was pressing on the volume button...

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