Section 92. Enhance Your iPod s Battery Capacity


92. Enhance Your iPod's Battery Capacity

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Just jump right in!


SEE ALSO

77 Carry Your Photos on an iPod Photo

80 Use Your iPod as an External Hard Disk


Apple guardedly promises 12 hours of battery life from your iPod or iPod shuffle. As we all know, such rosy estimates are seldom entirely accurate, even for products as good as the iPod. Even if you do regularly get half a day out of a charge on your iPod, what good does that do you after a long red-eye flight from San Francisco to London, or in the middle of a weekend backpacking trip?

Fortunately, available devices let you bulk up your iPod's battery capacitysacrificing its svelte size and elegant shape in favor of extra playback time when you need it most. Belkin makes a Battery Pack ($59) that takes four AA batteries and provides an additional 12 to 15 hours of life for full- size iPods (not the iPod mini); and Apple's iPod shuffle Battery Pack ($29) extends the life of your iPod shuffle by up to 20 hours with two AAA batteries. The Belkin TunePower ($79.95) is a rechargeable battery pack that supports full-size iPods as well as the iPod mini.

92. Enhance Your iPod's Battery Capacity


1.
Get the Belkin Battery Pack or Apple iPod Shuffle Battery Pack

Pick up the external battery module from your local Apple Store or other retailer. Be sure to get a device that's compatible with your model of iPod.

2.
Load Batteries into the Device

Most iPod-compatible battery packs come with batteries in the package. Open the case as directed and insert the batteries.

3.
Connect the iPod to the Battery Pack

Each battery pack connects to the iPod in a different way. The Belkin Battery Pack has two suction cups that attach to the shiny back of the iPod while the shell grips the iPod's sides and a Dock connector plug attaches to the bottom. The iPod shuffle Battery Pack has a plug matching the USB connector so that you can slide it on the iPod shuffle just as you would the regular protective cap.

No further configuration is necessarythe iPod now draws power from both its internal power source and the external battery at the same time, wearing each down at a comparable rate (one will not be exhausted before the other, in most cases). Be sure to have replacement batteries on hand to refill your external battery pack when the iPod finally runs out of juice , or keep a charger with you if you prefer using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries.



iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac in a Snap
iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac in a Snap (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0672328992
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 152
Authors: Brian Tiemann

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