iPod hold/lock switch actually turns it on?

[sygyzy]

I have a 5th generation iPod (Classic; not Touch, Nano, or Mini), and I noticed something interesting while listening to music with my UE Super.fi 5's (v2, not Pro). I never noticed this before using any other phones because none of them exhibit the hiss from the iPod that the Super.fi 5's are able to pick up. Different impedance levels perhaps.

By habit, I always use the top "hold" switch of my iPod whether I am playing music and especially when I shut down when I am done. My reasoning, is the same as locking your phone, I don't want any chance of it accidentally turning on. I always assumed that if the iPod was off (no screen display) and I slid the switch to "hold", it would remain off. This is confirmed by the fact that there is no display.

Well today I had my IEM's in and pressed and held on to Pause. Screen shuts down. Hiss is gone ... iPod is off. Then I slide the switch over and hiss comes back.

Is this a flaw in the iPod's design? Why is it providing current to the headphone jack while it's off and locked?

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Zim Hosein

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[funkymatt]

uh?

are you holding the play/pause button until it turns off, then locking it? or just pausing it and then locking it?

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

When you hold the pause button then it "turns off", it's really going into a standby mode and there is still some power flowing through the unit.