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.
Music
Bluetooth ON
MP3 128 kbps:
Approx. 15 Hrs
Linear PCM 1,411 kbps:
Approx. 12 Hrs
Bluetooth OFF
MP3 128 kbps:
Approx. 25 Hrs
Linear PCM 1,411 kbps:
Approx. 21 Hrs
Video
Bluetooth ON
AVC Baseline 384 kbps:
Approx. 4.5 Hrs
Bluetooth OFF
AVC Baseline 384 kbps:
Approx. 5 Hrs
FM
Approx. 22 Hrs
Note
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Even if the player is turned off for an extended period, a small amount of battery power is still consumed.
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Battery life may vary depending on volume setting, conditions of use and ambient temperature.
Settings for battery life measurement
Display Setting
Brightness
(*1)
Default
Music Settings
Equalizer
(*2)
None
Surround sound (*2)
None
DSEE(Sound Enhance) (*2)
Off
Clear Stereo
Off
Dynamic Normalizer (*3)
Off
Clear Phase™ (*4)
Off
xLOUD™
(*2)
Off
(*1) The longer the waiting time, the shorter the battery life for continuous music playback.
(*2) Setting [Equalizer] to other than [None], [Surround sound] to other than [None], [DSEE(Sound Enhance)] to [On] and [xLOUD™] to [On] shortens the battery life for continuous music playback by about 15 % compared with setting them to [Off].
(*3) Setting [Dynamic Normalizer] to [ON] shortens the battery life for continuous music playback by about 10 % compared with setting it to [Off].
(*4) Setting [Clear Phase™] to [ON] shortens the battery life for continuous music playback by about 20 % compared with setting it to [Off].