PRS-600 Battery life question

luckycharms · 02-10-2011, 09:16 AM

Hi Folks,

I'm a proud new owner of a refurb prs-600. The battery seems to be draining a bit quicker than I would have expected, and I'm concerned that the fine folks at sony sent me a unit with a crap battery.

So, how long should this thing last on a charge? How many page turns before the bars start going down? It'd be nice to be able to test this somehow - any ideas?

thanks!

Alf1 · 02-10-2011, 10:20 AM

Hi ................... When I first got my PRS 600 I was very dissapointed with the battery life, but I must admit it gets better the more you use it I now charge via a Sony mains charger which charges in 1 hour and you can read at the same time.
I read about 4 to 5 books per week about 2 to 3 hours per day and a bit more at the weekends a fully charges battery last about two weeks which is nowhere like the length of time quoted by Sony but I am happy with what I have.
I have never checked the page turn numbers but I would think it is nowhere near the figure quoted by Sony

I am told if I shut down each time I finish reading and don't use an SD card I would get a better battery life also using the screen for page turns uses more battery than than page turn button

Alf

luckycharms · 02-10-2011, 10:36 AM

oh man - there's no way my battery is lasting that long. Did I understand you correctly, that the battery life seems to improve with use?

Alf1 · 02-10-2011, 01:15 PM

Yes it seems to

Penforhire · 02-10-2011, 01:19 PM

How are you charging it?

luckycharms · 02-10-2011, 01:20 PM

i've charged it both via USB and via my son's PSP charger.

Alf1 · 02-10-2011, 02:31 PM

you are giving it full charges

luckycharms · 02-10-2011, 02:38 PM

yep - charged it overnight via the psp charger, etc.

Pinecone · 02-11-2011, 12:15 PM

There also a couple of threads around about the battery life going down, and being "fixed" by opening the reader and disconnecting the battery for about 10 - 15 minutes

luckycharms · 02-11-2011, 12:55 PM

hmm, i'll take a look. but sounds like those folks had their readers for a while? dunno, but i just got mine (though refurb)...

akais · 02-14-2011, 08:48 AM

I too just got a PRS-600 refurb and thought that 4 or 5 days of reading an hour a day was not a normal battery life. I called Sony support and the technician there assured me that it was perfectly normal. He said that 300 to 500 page turns would be all that was expected on a freshly charged battery. I charge it with an external Sony charger and cycle it fully. It does seem to be lasting longer then when I first got it but it now has about 5 charges under its belt and does not seem to be lasting any longer. There is no way I could get the life of what the poster above gets (2 weeks).

luckycharms · 02-14-2011, 09:07 AM

thanks for the feedback, akais. This really seems like pretty bad battery life to me. I just charged it the other day and the thing lost a bar within 2 page turns. Very strange.

Can anyone else chime in here with their experiences of battery life on the PRS-600?

akais · 02-14-2011, 02:14 PM

Now one thing I did find interesting was that the Sony Technician told me that once the battery was charged (the red light goes off), disconnect the reader then. Do not leave it plugged in to the charger. He said that would shorten the battery life also.

Alf1 · 02-18-2011, 06:02 AM

I have found using the page turn button instead of the touch screen does not use as much battery I was also using a 4GB SDHC card I now use a 512MB card with the just the few books I am reading gives a better battery life If going away for a few days I do still use the 4GB card which has more books on.
I am using the Sony mains adaptor to charge I found that USB charging was useless and Sony told me it was OK to leave the mains adaptor connected after charging. ( this adaptor allows you to read whilst charging and when the red led goes off allows Mains powered reading instead of battery powered.
I have read that the red led goes off at 80% charge

Alf

elcreative · 02-18-2011, 12:09 PM

Read the other threads on battery usage but basically your Sony tech doesn't know what he is talking about... I get thousands of page turns on my 600, the electronics takes care of potential overcharge automatically (it DOESN'T happen), the red light goes out at 80% charge anyway and LI Polymer batteries are ACTIVELY DAMAGED by full cycling...

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Originally Posted by akais

Now one thing I did find interesting was that the Sony Technician told me that once the battery was charged (the red light goes off), disconnect the reader then. Do not leave it plugged in to the charger. He said that would shorten the battery life also.

02-10-2011, 09:16 AM	#1
luckycharms Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Glo, PRS-650, iPad 1, iPhone 4S	Battery life question Hi Folks, I'm a proud new owner of a refurb prs-600. The battery seems to be draining a bit quicker than I would have expected, and I'm concerned that the fine folks at sony sent me a unit with a crap battery. So, how long should this thing last on a charge? How many page turns before the bars start going down? It'd be nice to be able to test this somehow - any ideas? thanks!

02-10-2011, 10:20 AM	#2
Alf1 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: South Yorkshire Device: Sony PRS 600	Battery Life PRS 600 Hi ................... When I first got my PRS 600 I was very dissapointed with the battery life, but I must admit it gets better the more you use it I now charge via a Sony mains charger which charges in 1 hour and you can read at the same time. I read about 4 to 5 books per week about 2 to 3 hours per day and a bit more at the weekends a fully charges battery last about two weeks which is nowhere like the length of time quoted by Sony but I am happy with what I have. I have never checked the page turn numbers but I would think it is nowhere near the figure quoted by Sony I am told if I shut down each time I finish reading and don't use an SD card I would get a better battery life also using the screen for page turns uses more battery than than page turn button Alf

02-10-2011, 01:15 PM	#4
Alf1 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: South Yorkshire Device: Sony PRS 600	Battery life Yes it seems to

02-10-2011, 02:31 PM	#7
Alf1 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: South Yorkshire Device: Sony PRS 600	Battery Life you are giving it full charges

02-14-2011, 08:48 AM	#11
akais Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Flourdough-The Shoeshine State! Device: Kindle 1st gen., Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony Prs-650	What Sony told me I too just got a PRS-600 refurb and thought that 4 or 5 days of reading an hour a day was not a normal battery life. I called Sony support and the technician there assured me that it was perfectly normal. He said that 300 to 500 page turns would be all that was expected on a freshly charged battery. I charge it with an external Sony charger and cycle it fully. It does seem to be lasting longer then when I first got it but it now has about 5 charges under its belt and does not seem to be lasting any longer. There is no way I could get the life of what the poster above gets (2 weeks).

02-10-2011, 10:36 AM	#3
luckycharms Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Glo, PRS-650, iPad 1, iPhone 4S	oh man - there's no way my battery is lasting that long. Did I understand you correctly, that the battery life seems to improve with use?

02-10-2011, 01:19 PM	#5
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	How are you charging it?

02-10-2011, 01:20 PM	#6
luckycharms Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Glo, PRS-650, iPad 1, iPhone 4S	i've charged it both via USB and via my son's PSP charger.

02-10-2011, 02:38 PM	#8
luckycharms Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Glo, PRS-650, iPad 1, iPhone 4S	yep - charged it overnight via the psp charger, etc.

02-11-2011, 12:15 PM	#9
Pinecone Guru Posts: 902 Karma: 1660722 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Device: PRS-650, PRS-600, PRS-350	There also a couple of threads around about the battery life going down, and being "fixed" by opening the reader and disconnecting the battery for about 10 - 15 minutes

02-11-2011, 12:55 PM	#10
luckycharms Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Glo, PRS-650, iPad 1, iPhone 4S	hmm, i'll take a look. but sounds like those folks had their readers for a while? dunno, but i just got mine (though refurb)...

02-14-2011, 09:07 AM	#12
luckycharms Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Glo, PRS-650, iPad 1, iPhone 4S	thanks for the feedback, akais. This really seems like pretty bad battery life to me. I just charged it the other day and the thing lost a bar within 2 page turns. Very strange. Can anyone else chime in here with their experiences of battery life on the PRS-600?

02-14-2011, 02:14 PM	#13
akais Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Flourdough-The Shoeshine State! Device: Kindle 1st gen., Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony Prs-650	What Sony told me Now one thing I did find interesting was that the Sony Technician told me that once the battery was charged (the red light goes off), disconnect the reader then. Do not leave it plugged in to the charger. He said that would shorten the battery life also.

02-18-2011, 06:02 AM	#14
Alf1 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: South Yorkshire Device: Sony PRS 600	Battery Life I have found using the page turn button instead of the touch screen does not use as much battery I was also using a 4GB SDHC card I now use a 512MB card with the just the few books I am reading gives a better battery life If going away for a few days I do still use the 4GB card which has more books on. I am using the Sony mains adaptor to charge I found that USB charging was useless and Sony told me it was OK to leave the mains adaptor connected after charging. ( this adaptor allows you to read whilst charging and when the red led goes off allows Mains powered reading instead of battery powered. I have read that the red led goes off at 80% charge Alf

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