The manual says to fully charge it before use. Should I?

[imported_Stew]

I just got a new iRiver mp3 player and I really want to just play around with it and load all my music on it.

Do I really need to charge it fully, like the manual says?

 

[Cheesetogo]

Probably not unless the battery's almost completely drained.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Stew
I just got a new iRiver mp3 player and I really want to just play around with it and load all my music on it.

Do I really need to charge it fully, like the manual says?

If it has nickel-cadmium batteries, yes. Charging them only partially may reduce their overall capacity.

If it has Ni-Mh or Li-Ion batteries, it probably doesn't matter as much. You may want to cycle the batteries a few times (charge to 100%, leave it playing until it dies, repeat a couple times) to get maximum performance.

 

[Jiggz]

When in doubt always follow the manual. And when things still don't look right after that then go to the troubleshooting section.

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, Rechargable batts self discharge over a period of a few months. Sitting on the shelf in a store may be long enough to completly or partially drain them . The maker just doesn't want you thinking the batts are bad, thus the warning. Try it. If it doesn't go or only runs a short time then charge it. Jim