Another battery question

SanDisk MP3 players Sansa® Fuze™
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Hello guys,

I’ve received sansa fuze 4GB. My battery is almost full and in the instructions I have read that I have to charge it fully. I remember when charging my mobile for the first time I have to discharge it fully (the battery should be empty) and then charge it, but here there is “charge it fully prior to first use”. What should I do?

And how long aprx. (via USB) will this last?

Thanks! 

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Charge it till it says its full then use it. Dont worry about running it down. Its a different battery type so you dont really need that.

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Ok, thank you! :slight_smile:

And it means that it is not necessart to be fully empty so that I can charge it (I mean in principle)?

Btw, what is the different part in this battery? As far as I know the meaning of leaving a battery till it’s empty and then charge it (when it for the first time) it’s that the cells inside should order in some specific way (sth like that). 

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No It does not need to be completely empty. By different I meant that it is a different “type” of battery from your cell phone, probably. Most cell phones are lithium ion batteries, the fuze is a Lithium-Polymer. Basically Ions have “Memory” so you have to run it dead to start out. The Polymer does not. 

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Thanks again for the explanation! :) 

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Well, I never really do charge it all the way, I just charge it when the battery is low, and the next day, I usually unplug it, no matter what battery charge it has.

Is this something that I should be aware of? Like, charge it, or your Fuze will have a dead battery?

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@pringles wrote:

Well, I never really do charge it all the way, I just charge it when the battery is low, and the next day, I usually unplug it, no matter what battery charge it has.

 

Is this something that I should be aware of? Like, charge it, or your Fuze will have a dead battery?

Not really. You do what is best for you. I would suggest that when you first open the fuze you plug it in and let it charge up, then its all you. I let mine charge to 100 % only because then I can go 2 days with out charging.