Reference

About 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.

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.

Music

Bluetooth OFF

MP3 128 kbps:

Approx. 20 hours

WMA 128 kbps:

Approx. 13 hours

AAC-LC 128 kbps:

Approx. 18 hours

Linear PCM 1,411 kbps:

Approx. 23 hours

Bluetooth ON

MP3 128 kbps:

Approx. 14 hours

Video

Bluetooth OFF

MPEG-4 384 kbps:

Approx. 5 hours

AVC Baseline 384 kbps:

Approx. 6 hours

WMV 384 kbps:

Approx. 5 hours

Bluetooth ON

MPEG-4 384 kbps:

Approx. 5 hours

FM

Bluetooth OFF

Approx. 25 hours

Settings for battery life measurement

Common settings

Screen timeout (*1) (*2):

30 sec

Brightness (*3):

Default

Music settings

Equalizer (*4): [Details]

[None]

VPT (Surround) (*4): [Details]

[None]

DSEE (Sound enhance) (*4): [Details]

Off

Clear stereo (*4): [Details]

Off

Dynamic normalizer (*4): [Details]

Off

(*1) The off setting shortens the battery life about 80% compared with the [30sec] setting.

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

(*3) Maximum setting shortens the battery life for continuous video playback by about 45% compared with the default setting.

(*4) 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.