Thread: PRS-600 Battery almost drained in 5 hours while idle?
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Old 02-03-2010, 04:11 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by ChristopherTD View Post
I watched this process this morning, and Ejecting the Sony Reader using the Eject button in Calibre caused the red charging light to go out, even though it was still plugged in. This is on Mac OS/X (Snow Leaopard) and behaviour may vary on other platforms. So my apparent rapid discharge was a combination of not actually completing the charge cycle and the Arctic conditions in the room.
When you have the USB cable plugged in and the red light goes out before it's done charging, then you are draining the battery.
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