Extending Zune battery life

[AzzidReign]

Extending Zune battery life

Here's a technique that can significantly prolong your Zune's battery life.

Most Zuners turn off their player by pressing and holding the play/pause button for a few seconds.

When you power back on, Zune will bring you back to whatever you were doing when you powered down - whether that be listening to a song, watching a video, viewing a slideshow, listening to radio, and so on.

While that's nice, there's a price! The player uses a little bit of battery power to preserve that information while the player's off. Essentially, the player is going into hibernate mode, ready to spring to life when you turn it back on.

There's a better way to turn it off that saves battery life. You won't find this method in the minimalist "Start" pamphlet that came in your Zune box.

Press and hold the down button on the D-pad, and at the same time press and hold the back button. In three seconds, the player will fully power down.

If you're not going to use the player for a few hours, or if it's just not important to you that it start at your most recent function, this method will keep your battery juiced for a much longer time.

When you do power the Zune back on, it'll display the Zune logo momentarily (about 4 seconds) and then take you to the main screen.

[gillilandboy]

when you hold down the down button and hold the back button it restarts your zune doesnt shut it down...

[AzzidReign]

Did you just try it? If not, you have to be thinking of holding down the up button and pressing the back button...that's what restarts it.

[gillilandboy]

O your right! I'm dumb.

[n00bFRAGGER]

Nice. I will do this later.

[XxSniperZeroxX]

good find..
ive been wanting to know how to do this..
hibernate mode angers me..
it comes back on soo easily.
thanks azzid.

[Donkeytron]

I guess ive been doing this by accident because sometimes when i take my zune back outta my pocket it has the little loading bar at the bottom which means it is starting up.

[AzzidReign]

If it's off for a certain period of time, it will do that. This is to make it turn off instantly without using up any battery life before it decides to turn off.

[llbad]

Is there a way to do this with the ipod also...

Also some other, more common sense ways of conserving battery life include:
-Turn down brighness
-Turn down backlight timer
-Turn "wireless"off
-Turn off the equalizer

[AzzidReign]

Actually, I was going to list those...just never got around to it. Idc about the ipod so I couldn't give you a definite answer.

[Ulysses]

good, call! im about to get my zune because for one noone has them so it wont get jacked like my ipod did out of my pants in the gym locker room as easy because i will be the only one who has it so i will know who took it. but thanks for the advice
ill use it when i get my zune.

[FkN-Esk0-]

thanks for the tip

[Sgt117]

lol this hibernation thing is on my M:Robe MR-100 still gotta find out how to fully power it down..

[X Delta X]

i've been trying to figure this out for such a long *** time. Im glad you posted this Azzid

[BESERK KILLER X]

nice thanks

[KoA]

Thanks, Im gonna start this from now on, no wonder i turn it on and its like all the way down

[yomamma5]

thank you so much i needed a much longer battery life when i dont charge it all the way

[dullo]

this is great especially at night when you go to sleep because having the zune in the hibernate all night for a few days will definitively lower your battery life. awesome tip

[capboy210]

thank you for this tip. everytime i pick up my zune it seems that the battery is lower

[Erdman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ulysses

good, call! im about to get my zune because for one noone has them so it wont get jacked like my ipod did out of my pants in the gym locker room as easy because i will be the only one who has it so i will know who took it. but thanks for the advice
ill use it when i get my zune.

wow.....my ipod got jacked outta my pants pocket in the locker room too...hahaha now i have a zune theyre great