PRS-600 Sony prs 600 Battery

caddie · 12-16-2009, 08:49 PM

Is anyone as silly as me..

l have had trouble with my battery life on my Sony PRS 600.
turning it off properly.

To power down you just slide the sliver switch. To turn of totally you must slid and hold for 3 seconds until reader asks " do you want to turn off"

Maybe their instructions could be more specific or at least tell us to go to their tech web site and get all the information

Love the product though and learing every day about it.

Caddie
Australia.

poshm · 12-17-2009, 02:53 AM

Hi Caddie, welcome to mobileread

Not silly at all. It takes time to work out a new gadget - in my case a looong time as I'm pretty technically challenged!

I tend to only turn mine off with a full shutdown at the end of every evening (I use the power save function - just quickly slide top switch) throughout the day. My battery cycle is lasting about 10-14 days now depending how much I read.

You will learn loads of things on here, I know I have.

planters · 12-18-2009, 11:50 AM

Very useful information, thank you.
It did seem that my battery was draining fairly quickly and now I know why!

Kolenka · 12-18-2009, 01:03 PM

I've been playing with one, and I've noticed a couple interesting things:

The first 'block' on the battery meter doesn't seem to match up to 75% battery. It seems to match up closer to 80-90%. Empty seems to be much higher than 0% as well (probably to encourage people to recharge well before 0%, as LiIon/LiPoly batteries hate being fully discharged).

The touch screen seems to be the main cause for getting worse battery life. Using it to page forward, making lots of handwritten notes, dictionary access and the like will add a lot of drain.

I've been noticing random page refreshes from time to time (page will flash twice) which looks like it might be a bug, and would drain power a bit faster.

sjb · 12-24-2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caddie

Is anyone as silly as me..

l have had trouble with my battery life on my Sony PRS 600.
turning it off properly.

To power down you just slide the sliver switch. To turn of totally you must slid and hold for 3 seconds until reader asks " do you want to turn off"

Maybe their instructions could be more specific or at least tell us to go to their tech web site and get all the information

Love the product though and learing every day about it.

Caddie
Australia.

I was directed to this site via search to find out why my battery was running down faster than expected. And here I was never shutting it off properly.

Thanks for posting that little tip.

chainring · 12-24-2009, 06:19 PM

Think of the first level power off as that of sleep on a computer. It turns off the hard disk, monitor, and other various items, but is still drawing power.

The second level of powering off (slide switch and hold for 3 seconds), is like that of hibernation on a computer. All items are turned off, thus drawing no power, and will take longer to turn back on.

wifish · 12-24-2009, 11:14 PM

is that mean holding the slide till 3 second ,and PRS600 do indeed power off

chainring · 12-25-2009, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wifish

is that mean holding the slide till 3 second ,and PRS600 do indeed power off

Correct. Hold it in the off position for 3 seconds, or until you see the prompt about powering off. That will be the full shutdown that uses no power.

fight4truth · 12-25-2009, 08:24 PM

here's what I don't get- I thought the only battery use involved was when we turned pages on the Reader, and that page display did not take battery. (Music, dictionary, hi-lights, etc., all take battery too of course)

So why should not completely powering down the Reader overnight drain battery? If the machine is in sleep mode instead of off, but no one is there turning pages, why does it drain battery? Does it?

advocate2 · 12-25-2009, 09:22 PM

Thanks for the tip and may the Karma be with you. I couldn't figure why my my 600 did not last as long as the 505. Now I know.

Thank you and welcome.

poshm · 12-26-2009, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fight4truth

here's what I don't get- I thought the only battery use involved was when we turned pages on the Reader, and that page display did not take battery. (Music, dictionary, hi-lights, etc., all take battery too of course)

So why should not completely powering down the Reader overnight drain battery? If the machine is in sleep mode instead of off, but no one is there turning pages, why does it drain battery? Does it?

Having the eink device displaying a page even though it is not doing anything consumes only a very small amount of power from the battery whereas switching off completely will consume none. Yes the sleep mode does drain the battery but at a slow rate - maybe there is someone who can explain why. I only ever bother to do a complete power-off overnight.

newtothis · 12-26-2009, 11:27 AM

Thank you for posting about this. I had no idea it needed to be shut down in this way. I must say, I think the instructions that come with this device are extremely poor, and nothing is straightforward.

-walsh- · 12-26-2009, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtothis

Thank you for posting about this. I had no idea it needed to be shut down in this way. I must say, I think the instructions that come with this device are extremely poor, and nothing is straightforward.

just a quick start guide, although there is a user manual on the sony website..

12-16-2009, 08:49 PM	#1
caddie Caddie Campbell Posts: 8 Karma: 40 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: SDony PRS 600	Sony prs 600 Battery Is anyone as silly as me.. l have had trouble with my battery life on my Sony PRS 600. turning it off properly. To power down you just slide the sliver switch. To turn of totally you must slid and hold for 3 seconds until reader asks " do you want to turn off" Maybe their instructions could be more specific or at least tell us to go to their tech web site and get all the information Love the product though and learing every day about it. Caddie Australia.

12-25-2009, 08:24 PM	#9
fight4truth Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Sony Reader	wait a minute... here's what I don't get- I thought the only battery use involved was when we turned pages on the Reader, and that page display did not take battery. (Music, dictionary, hi-lights, etc., all take battery too of course) So why should not completely powering down the Reader overnight drain battery? If the machine is in sleep mode instead of off, but no one is there turning pages, why does it drain battery? Does it?

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poshm Fanatic Posts: 581 Karma: 1003580 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambs, UK Device: PocketBook 360, Sony Reader Touch, Ipod touch & Kindle 2	Hi Caddie, welcome to mobileread Not silly at all. It takes time to work out a new gadget - in my case a looong time as I'm pretty technically challenged! I tend to only turn mine off with a full shutdown at the end of every evening (I use the power save function - just quickly slide top switch) throughout the day. My battery cycle is lasting about 10-14 days now depending how much I read. You will learn loads of things on here, I know I have.

12-18-2009, 11:50 AM	#3
planters Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Sony PRS600	Very useful information, thank you. It did seem that my battery was draining fairly quickly and now I know why!

12-18-2009, 01:03 PM	#4
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12-24-2009, 06:19 PM	#6
chainring Addict Posts: 210 Karma: 1000659 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Device: Kindle Voyage, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650 (black), Kindle 3G	Think of the first level power off as that of sleep on a computer. It turns off the hard disk, monitor, and other various items, but is still drawing power. The second level of powering off (slide switch and hold for 3 seconds), is like that of hibernation on a computer. All items are turned off, thus drawing no power, and will take longer to turn back on.

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wifish SONY FAN Posts: 22 Karma: 22 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: SHANGHAI CITY Device: PRS-600	is that mean holding the slide till 3 second ,and PRS600 do indeed power off

12-25-2009, 09:22 PM	#10
advocate2 My Kingdom for Karma Posts: 430 Karma: 7125 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Las Vegas Device: Sony 350, 650, 950, Nook Color	Thanks for the tip and may the Karma be with you. I couldn't figure why my my 600 did not last as long as the 505. Now I know. Thank you and welcome.

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newtothis Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-600	Thank you for posting about this. I had no idea it needed to be shut down in this way. I must say, I think the instructions that come with this device are extremely poor, and nothing is straightforward.

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