Battery life
The time below may differ depending on ambient temperature or the status of use.
Battery Life (continuous playback)
Actual battery life may vary depending on settings. The estimated battery usage hours shown below are based on typical usage conditions with “Settings for battery life measurement” as shown below.
Music
MP3 128 kbps
Approx. 60 Hrs
Linear PCM 1,411 kbps
Approx. 61 Hrs
FLAC 96 kHz/24 bit
Approx. 43 Hrs
FLAC 192 kHz/24 bit
Approx. 33 Hrs
DSD 2.8224 MHz/1 bit
Approx. 22 Hrs
DSD 5.6448 MHz/1 bit
Approx. 16 Hrs
Video
MPEG-4 384 kbps
Approx. 9 Hrs
Note
- Even if the player is turned off for an extended period, a small amount of battery power is still consumed.
- Battery life may vary depending on volume setting, conditions of use and ambient temperature.
Settings for battery life measurement
Display
Brightness (*1): Default
Sound adjustment
ClearAudio+ (*2): OFF (default setting: OFF)
Equalizer (*3): OFF (default setting: OFF)
Surround sound (*3): OFF (default setting: OFF)
DSEE HX (*3)(*4): OFF (default setting: OFF)
Dynamic normalizer (*3): OFF (default setting: OFF)
Bluetooth (*5)
OFF (default setting: OFF)
(*1) The maximum brightness setting shortens the battery life for continuous video playback by about 19% compared with the default setting.
(*2) The [On] setting shortens the battery life about 37% compared with the [Off] setting.
(*3) Setting [Equalizer] to other than [Off], [Surround sound] to other than [Off], [DSEE HX] to [On] and [Dynamic normalizer] to [On] shortens the battery life for continuous music playback by about 70%.
(*4) The [On] setting shortens the battery life about 52% compared with the [Off] setting.
(*5) When listening to music wirelessly with [Bluetooth] set to [ON], the battery life is about 40% to 65% shorter than when [Bluetooth] is set to [OFF]. The battery life also differs depending on the selected codec.