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SmartPower® (part 2)

Cont'd from our previous article.

 

Full cycles not good for any battery

Of course, full cycles stress the battery most, so try not to do it all the time, normally 200-400 Cycles can be expected until the battery capacity has dropped to 70% (official definition of when the "battery needs replacing")...

 

And always, if you do not play music for 3 minutes, the iDSD micro goes to sleep, wakeup is ~1 second... So you can probably save a fair few cycles just from that.

 

 

iBattery?

Additionally the latest revision of the battery management system and software also automatically and transparently handles iPhone, iPad and Android Phones/Tablets WITHOUT first engaging battery mode. They do not produce "accessory draws too much power" errors, as for example happens with the iDSD nano if battery mode is not engaged.

 

However some power is however drawn from the phone/pad, so to maximise the battery play time in your smart device you should still engage battery mode. In Battery mode even in sleep-charge mode the iDSD micro will not draw power from a Smart device, only from full power USB ports and chargers.

 

On the other hand, if turned off by the power switch, the iDSD micro will charge from any power source offered (it won’t even scoff at an iPhone or iPad) at the maximum rate supported.

 

 

Use Apple Charger or Higher-Power USB ports

Nowadays, higher-powered ports/charges are becoming more ubiquitous. The micro iDSD takes advantage of this so it recharges faster.

 

 

Dedicated chargers complying with USB IF BC1.2 standards (anything but Apple, in essence) are detected as offering much higher charge currents, as are the high-power USB ports on many recent desktop and laptop PC’s. Such chargers# and USB ports can support charging at much faster rates than a standard PC USB Port, offering as much as three times the current of a standard USB port, cutting charge time down drastically.

 

This is a table of the different chargers and their typical charge times with the micro iDSD.

 

Source - Est Charge Time

High-Power Charger - 6-10 hours

Normal-Power Charger - 10-20 hours

Low-Power Charger - 20+ hours

 

As USB charging is 5v, then using even the most high-powered iPad charger at 5.1v is fine.

 

As you can see, the Battery management system alone is so smart; it should a PhD or two, really.

 

 

Summary

  1. Outta the box, with the unit off, give the micro iDSD its first full charge: when the blue light is out = 100% full.
  2. Micro iDSD is able to take advantage of latest generation high-power USB ports found in the newest laptops
  3. SmartPower® means Micro iDSD automatically goes into sleep mode if no input or output signal has been absent for a time
  4. Battery protection circuitry ensures customer has to do nothing as it covers virtually every eventuality
  5. Maximum battery life measures means you always get the most juice all of the time for the longest time
  6. Full-compatible with Apple and similar smart devices, no more “this draws too much power message”
  7. All Apple chargers work including the iPad charger, these charger faster from 0%>100% so less than 12-24 hours for a full charge on standard USB ports. Only use genuine chargers from Apple/Samsung or similar. Ideally use latest design USB cables such as the supplied USB3.0 or Mercury or Gemini USB cables as these carry the maximum current.

 

 

While on the exterior, the battery inside the micro iDSD just gets on with things, believe us when we say, OMG this bugger was hard to implement!!!

 

# Please make sure to only buy genuine branded chargers/adapters, many cheap Apple copies and other cheap chargers offered via the net and by street vendors not only do not work correctly (they rarely offer the supposed current) but many also fail electrical safety standards. In some cases such chargers have been linked to severe injury and even death!

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Ho ho ho....We just received a batch of iFi Audio Micro iDSD(partial shipment) and we will be calling up the early early birds that had pre-ordered from us soon. You guys will be the first 512 owners around the world to get your paws on them yeah!:s12:

 

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Updates from Team iFi

 

Crowd-Designed. Phase 2: When and Where do you listen to the Meaty Monster?

 

Hi all, a small announcement.

 

As the shipments are gradually arriving at the doorstep of each of the 512 customers around the world, we are going to wait another week or two before we make an official announcement for:

 

Crowd-Designed. Phase 2: When and Where do you listen to the Meaty Monster?

 

Suffice to say that it should be quite natty.

 

In the meantime, as you have all read the "golden ticket" please make sure that you register your micro iDSD here:

 

Product Registration | iFi Audio

 

Once we have your details, we will enroll you into the iCLUB.

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iDSD micro Crowd-Designed! Phase 2: When and Where do you listen to the Meaty Monster? (page 121) - Page 121

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