I bought one of these radios for my wife for christmas, with a chargepak. She is chuffed to bits with the radio, but the battery life of the chargepak seems a bit rubbish.
From full charge we are only getting between 4 and 5 hours before it needs recharging again. (This is listening to t'interweb radio, which I guess will make it use more power than FM or DAB).
I'm interested to know how much life other people are getting from the chargepak, so i can decide if its normal or if there is a problem.
One odd thing I've also noticed is that when I plug the radio in to charge (with the radio turned off), the battery charging symbol shows (ok thats not odd, but bear with me) and then after half an hour or so, it goes off, however if I then turn the radio on briefly the battery charge symbol appears again, and will stay there for another half an hour or so before disappearing again. I'm not sure if this is normal behaviour or if it could indicate a charging problem with the radio that could be responsible for the short battery life...
From full charge we are only getting between 4 and 5 hours before it needs recharging again. (This is listening to t'interweb radio, which I guess will make it use more power than FM or DAB).
I'm interested to know how much life other people are getting from the chargepak, so i can decide if its normal or if there is a problem.
One odd thing I've also noticed is that when I plug the radio in to charge (with the radio turned off), the battery charging symbol shows (ok thats not odd, but bear with me) and then after half an hour or so, it goes off, however if I then turn the radio on briefly the battery charge symbol appears again, and will stay there for another half an hour or so before disappearing again. I'm not sure if this is normal behaviour or if it could indicate a charging problem with the radio that could be responsible for the short battery life...