···107107 Chargers with similar (or user-adjustable) properties are available
108108 at shops selling consumer electronics.
109109110110+111111+Q12: I often need to stop my player for about 15 minutes or so, and when I do
112112+ it runs off it's batteries. I was wondering, which is best: shutting the
113113+ player down completely and rebooting it when I want to listen again, or
114114+ leaving the unit on? Which way does it draw more power?
115115+A12: In our testing we found the following results:
116116+ HDD off, LED off, idle 94 mA
117117+ HDD off, LED off, play 97 mA
118118+ HDD off, LED on, idle 129 mA
119119+ HDD off, LED on, play 131 mA
120120+ HDD on, LED on, play 230 mA
121121+ HD on, reading, LED off ~ 600 mA
122122+ HD spin up before read max 800 mA
123123+124124+ So leaving the unit on and paused consumes ~100mA, and thus much less then
125125+ needing to reboot the unit. Your mileage may vary.
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