Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery/charging behavior. Anyone else experiencing this?
gwferrei101 wrote: > I just turned on my Squeezebox tonight and had the same issue. Did a > search on the forum for the problem and found your post JJZolx. My > thought is that the battery has probably at the end of it's life. It's > seldom used these days on battery power. Decided I would start using it > again as a portable and it did just as you described JJZolx. Another > oddity is that it happened after I had upgraded it to the latest > firmware version. I haven't upgraded or patched the firmware recently, but I don't doubt the battery is at its end of life. The strange thing is that it appears to still charge sometimes and can play for a couple hours when it does. It's like the Radio is getting false readings from the sensors. Just ran an quick test. The Radio has been plugged in to the wall for days, I don't think I've played it all recently. First, I checked the power info: Wall voltage: 17.7V Charger state: Battery not charging Battery temperature: 29.5C Battery voltage: 13.4V Battery vmon1: 3.9V Battery vmon2: 7.7V Then I unplugged it. It didn't instantly shut off, but after a few seconds displayed the 'Battery low' screen and wouldn't do anything. So I plugged it back into the wall and it showed the small charging indicator. I checked the power info again: Wall voltage: 17.2V Charger state: Battery charging Battery temperature: 29.8C Battery voltage: 15.9V Battery vmon1: 9.5V Battery vmon2: 9V JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112168 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery/charging behavior. Anyone else experiencing this?
I just turned on my Squeezebox tonight and had the same issue. Did a search on the forum for the problem and found your post JJZolx. My thought is that the battery has probably at the end of it's life. It's seldom used these days on battery power. Decided I would start using it again as a portable and it did just as you described JJZolx. Another oddity is that it happened after I had upgraded it to the latest firmware version. gwferrei101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112168 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery/charging behavior. Anyone else experiencing this?
It wouldn't power back up if it was a faulty connection with the power supply plug. I'll open it up and see if maybe there are any bad looking connections with the battery pack. Does the radio always show a charging indicator when plugged in? What I suspect is happening is that it's fully charging when plugged in, then it cuts off the charger when it determines battery full, then the charger never comes back on as it slowly drains from powering the clock display. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112168 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery/charging behavior. Anyone else experiencing this?
JJZolx wrote: > I suspect the battery is on its last legs, but I also suspect the > Radio's firmware is broken. > > Here's the behavior I'm seeing, pretty much every time now: > > If the Radio has been plugged in for many hours or days, and I then > unplug it, it instantly turns off, or occasionally displays a low > battery warning and shuts off a few seconds later. If I then plug it in > (usually because I'm playing it) and leave it plugged in for a couple > hours, the battery charges and is able to play on battery for several > hours.Check the battery indicator to check that the Radio is on charge as Michael suggests. I have had this happen to me where the battery was constantly discharging (slowly) while supposedly on charge. Now I check for the charging beep when I plug in the charger. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112168 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery/charging behavior. Anyone else experiencing this?
If the Radio has been plugged in for many hours or days, and I then unplug it, it instantly turns off, or occasionally displays a low battery warning and shuts off a few seconds later. If I then plug it in (usually because I'm playing it) and leave it plugged in for a couple hours, the battery charges and is able to play on battery for several hours. Are you sure it's charging all the time? I've seen flaky behaviour with a connector coming loose, or a broken charger cable which needed specific positioning before it would actually charge... -- Michael ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery/charging behavior. Anyone else experiencing this?
I suspect the battery is on its last legs, but I also suspect the Radio's firmware is broken. Here's the behavior I'm seeing, pretty much every time now: If the Radio has been plugged in for many hours or days, and I then unplug it, it instantly turns off, or occasionally displays a low battery warning and shuts off a few seconds later. If I then plug it in (usually because I'm playing it) and leave it plugged in for a couple hours, the battery charges and is able to play on battery for several hours. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112168 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery/charging behavior. Anyone else experiencing this?
I've also never seen that. Switching between plugged in and playing on battery with one of my Radios quite often. reinholdk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36070 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112168 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery/charging behavior. Anyone else experiencing this?
JJZolx wrote: > This has always been like this, but I was reminded of it again today. I > had my Radio, with battery, plugged in and playing for a couple of > hours. Then I unplugged it to move it another room to play on battery. > In less than a minute I got a low battery screen and it wouldn't play. > So I plugged it back into the power and let it charge for 10 or 15 > minutes, tried again and it played for several hours on battery. > > Not quite sure what's going on there. I don't think it actually charged > in that time, and unless the firmware is really screwed up, the battery > shouldn't have been drained because it was playing while plugged in.Never > seen that. The low battery indication should appear at around 11V. You can check the battery voltage at Settings/advanced/diagnostics/power. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112168 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Battery/charging behavior. Anyone else experiencing this?
This has always been like this, but I was reminded of it again today. I had my Radio, with battery, plugged in and playing for a couple of hours. Then I unplugged it to move it another room to play on battery. In less than a minute I got a low battery screen and it wouldn't play. So I plugged it back into the power and let it charge for 10 or 15 minutes, tried again and it played for several hours on battery. Not quite sure what's going on there. I don't think it actually charged in that time, and unless the firmware is really screwed up, the battery shouldn't have been drained because it was playing while plugged in. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112168 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
