When you finally own an iPod, especially the iPod Nano, all you want to do is to listen to all your favorite music without any interruptions which means you don’t want to keep recharging your iPod Nano’s batteries for too long. In other words, what you want is to increase the amount of listening time by reducing the number of times needed to recharge the battery. Read on to find some useful tips to do just that.
The first tip is with regards to your iPod’s backlight. While the backlight does provide great enhancement for your player, it takes up a lot of charge from the battery. One of the main reasons for fast draining of your battery is keeping the backlight ON, unnecessarily for long durations. To avoid this adjust the settings of the backlight such that it is turned ON only for a few seconds. You can also turn off the backlight when it is not necessary, particularly during daytime or in bright environments. You can save a lot of battery time by switching off the backlight when there is adequate sunlight to see your iPods screen.
To turn off the backlight use the options tool in the iPod menu. You can always turn the backlight on again during night time or when it is too dark to see the screen. When you turn on the backlight option make sure to set it such that it will be on only for a particular time and will turn off once that time is passed or when there is no activity for a specified time. This simple adjustment can help to extend the life of your iPod Nano’s battery. This will greatly reduce the time needed to recharge the battery and increase the play time of your iPod Nano.
The next tip is regarding the recharging time. Recharging the iPod Nano’s battery for longer periods than is necessary will also make the battery to lose its charge. Most often, people tend to charge their iPod’s battery throughout the night, every night while they barely ever use their iPods during the day. Charging a battery when it is still charged to most of its capacity will decrease the lifetime of the battery over time. This means that in time you will have to charge your iPod’s battery more frequently. So, it is better to charge your iPod’s battery when it is completely drained or at least when the charge is almost discharged.
The above tips are simple but very useful to decrease the charging time and to increase your iPod Nano’s playtime. Follow the above tips to enjoy your iPod even more without any unnecessary interruptions.