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 below.

Music

MP3 128 kbps

Noise Cancel ON: approx. 62 Hrs

Noise Cancel OFF: approx. 77 Hrs

Linear PCM 1,411 kbps

Noise Cancel ON: approx. 63 Hrs

Noise Cancel OFF: approx. 81 Hrs

Video

MPEG-4 384 kbps

Noise Cancel ON: approx. 13 Hrs

Noise Cancel OFF: approx. 14 Hrs

FM

Noise Cancel ON: approx. 20 Hrs

Noise Cancel OFF: approx. 22 Hrs

Voice Recording

MP3 128 kbps: approx. 15 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

Common Settings

Screen Off Timer (*1) (*2): 30 Sec

Brightness (*3): 3

Battery Care (*4): Off

Music Settings

ClearAudio+: Off (*5)

Equalizer (*6): None

VPT (Surround) (*6): None

DSEE (Sound Enhance) (*6): Off

Clear Stereo (*6): Off

Dynamic Normalizer (*6): Off

DPC (Speed Control) (*7): Off

Display Lyrics (*8): On

Dance/Karaoke/Language (*9): Off

^(*1) The [Off] setting shortens the battery life about 80 % compared with the [30 Sec] setting.

^(*2) The longer the waiting time, the shorter the battery life for continuous music playback.

^(*3) The [5] setting shortens the battery life for continuous video playback by about 45 % compared with the [3] setting.

^(*4) The [On] setting shortens the battery life about 10 % compared with the [Off] setting.

^(*5) The [On] setting shortens the battery life about 50% compared with the [Off] setting.

^(*6) Setting [Equalizer] to other than [None], [VPT (Surround)] to other than [None], [DSEE (Sound Enhance)] to [On], [Clear Stereo] to [On] and [Dynamic Normalizer] to [On] shortens the battery life for continuous music playback by about 50 % compared with setting them to [None] or [Off].

^(*7) The [x2.0] setting shortens the battery life for continuous music playback by about 70 % compared with the [Off] setting.

^(*8) The [On (Screen Always On)] setting shortens the battery life for continuous music playback by about 85 % compared with the [On] setting.

^(*9) The [Maximum Karaoke Mode] setting shortens the battery life for continuous music playback by about 85 % compared with the [Off] setting.